2024-07-26 – 2024-07-27 · Galax, VA · 📍 403 N. Main Street · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $8,500.00
Grand Champion: Poor Boys BBQ (710.2860) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bowmans Butt & BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
710.2860 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 705.7028 Under the Radar set in 2023.
POOR BOYS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Optimus Swine and SMOKIN SKULLIES tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: POOR BOYS BBQ and Bowmans Butt & BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: JL Smokers and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Glamping Grillers turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-21 | Galax, VA | 403 N. Main Street | 38 | 705.7028 | Under the Radar | One Eyed Pig BBQ |
| 2024-07-26 ← this one | Galax, VA | 403 N. Main Street | 32 | 710.2860 | Poor Boys BBQ | Bowmans Butt & BBQ |
| 2025-07-25 | Galax, VA | 206 N. Main Street | 37 | 695.4172 | Kings BBQ Team | Bowmans Butt & BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 172.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0344 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2744 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 172.5484 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 172.5484 | 165.7028 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 169.1200 | 162.2516 |
32 entries · top 710.2860 · median 683.0516
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8344
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.9656
14 entries · top 346.8344 · median 334.4912
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 3 | T & S BBQ | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 6 | Steak Princess BBQ | |
| 7 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 8 | Little E's Que | |
| 9 | Twizted Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokey Tire BBQ | |
| 11 | Que N Cue | |
| 12 | Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash | |
| 13 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 14 | Shelby Smokers |
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T & S BBQ | |
| 2 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | Que N Cue | |
| 6 | Twizted Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash | |
| 8 | Steak Princess BBQ | |
| 9 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 10 | LEE LA Q | |
| 11 | Little E's Que | |
| 12 | Smokey Tire BBQ | |
| 13 | Shelby Smokers | |
| 14 | Drewbie-Que |
14 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | Little E's Que | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | Smokey Tire BBQ | |
| 6 | Steak Princess BBQ | |
| 7 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 8 | T & S BBQ | |
| 9 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 10 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 11 | Twizted Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Shelby Smokers | |
| 13 | Que N Cue | |
| 14 | Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash |