Aug 24, 2024 · Park Ridge, IL
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $600
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ won Grand Champion at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) on August 24, 2024 in Park Ridge, IL, scoring 354.3200 in a field of 36 teams. South Side Pit Men took Reserve Grand Champion with 353.7028. Category winners: Chicken — WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — South Side Pit Men (176.5600). This is the 3rd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Makdaddy BBQ; the next was held in 2025.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 82% of the 610 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: I'd Smoke That and Uncle Mike's tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Pickles Posse and Kaleta's Kitchen tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Troublemakers BBQ edged Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que by 0.0116.
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ turned in 178.8800 in chicken — past the 174.2856 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Stone Cold Grillers (won 2022), Makdaddy BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ |
| — | Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ |
| Aug 24, 2024 ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | Park Ridge, IL 60068 | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ |
| Aug 15, 2026 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 30 | 351.9884 | WICKEY-Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 174.2628 | 168.0116 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 165.1200 |
36 entries · top 354.3200 · median 319.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 2 | South Side Pit Men | |
| 3 | Shmack Q | |
| 4 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 5 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 6 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 7 | Pork Dorks | |
| 8 | Pickles Posse | |
| 9 | Broken Bones | |
| 10 | Porklandia | |
| 11 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 12 | Bori-BQ | |
| 13 | Uncle Mike's | |
| 14 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 15 | Fu Man-Q | |
| 16 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 17 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 18 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 20 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 21 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 22 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 23 | The Social Smokers | |
| 24 | Miami Heat BBQ | |
| 25 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 26 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 27 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 28 | De La 'Que | |
| 29 | Pig Floyd | |
| 30 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 31 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 32 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 33 | Seminary Ave Smokers | |
| 34 | Smoke Show | |
| 35 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 36 | Pork Rib! |
35 entries · top 178.8800 · median 159.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 2 | South Side Pit Men | |
| 3 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 4 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 5 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 6 | Shmack Q | |
| 7 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 8 | Bori-BQ | |
| 9 | Broken Bones | |
| 10 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 11 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 12 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 13 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 14 | Pickles Posse | |
| 15 | Porklandia | |
| 16 | Pork Dorks | |
| 17 | Fu Man-Q | |
| 18 | Uncle Mike's | |
| 19 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 20 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 21 | The Social Smokers | |
| 22 | Miami Heat BBQ | |
| 23 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 24 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 25 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 26 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 27 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 28 | De La 'Que | |
| 29 | Seminary Ave Smokers | |
| 30 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 31 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 32 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 33 | Pig Floyd | |
| 34 | Smoke Show | |
| 35 | Yostin' & Smokin' |
36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 159.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Side Pit Men | |
| 2 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 3 | Shmack Q | |
| 4 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 5 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Dorks | |
| 7 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 8 | Uncle Mike's | |
| 9 | Pickles Posse | |
| 10 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 11 | Porklandia | |
| 12 | Fu Man-Q | |
| 13 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 14 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 16 | Broken Bones | |
| 17 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 18 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Bori-BQ | |
| 20 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 21 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 22 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 23 | The Social Smokers | |
| 24 | Pork Rib! | |
| 25 | Pig Floyd | |
| 26 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 27 | Miami Heat BBQ | |
| 28 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 29 | De La 'Que | |
| 30 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 31 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 32 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 33 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 34 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 35 | Seminary Ave Smokers | |
| 36 | Smoke Show |
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 2 | South Side Pit Men | |
| 3 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 4 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 5 | Bori-BQ | |
| 6 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 7 | Pork Dorks | |
| 8 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 10 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 11 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Pickles Posse | |
| 13 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 14 | Miami Heat BBQ | |
| 15 | De La 'Que | |
| 16 | Smoke Show | |
| 17 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 18 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 19 | Porklandia | |
| 20 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 21 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 22 | Fu Man-Q | |
| 23 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 24 | Pig Floyd | |
| 25 | Seminary Ave Smokers | |
| 26 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 27 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 28 | Butt Rubbers |
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.3712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bori-BQ | |
| 2 | Pork Dorks | |
| 3 | Porklandia | |
| 4 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 5 | Smoke Show | |
| 6 | South Side Pit Men | |
| 7 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 8 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 9 | Seminary Ave Smokers | |
| 10 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 12 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 13 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 14 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 15 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Pig Floyd | |
| 17 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 18 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 19 | De La 'Que | |
| 20 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 21 | Miami Heat BBQ | |
| 22 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 23 | Yostin' & Smokin' |