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Smoke on the Mountain 2025

Jul 25–26, 2025 · Galax, VA · 📍 206 N. Main Street · State championship

Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid · Prize money: $8,500

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Kings BBQ Team
695.4172 · Master Series — Overall
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Bowmans Butt & BBQ
693.0740 · Master Series — Overall
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ELITE BBQ SMOKERS
692.5028 · Master Series — Overall

Kings BBQ Team won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Mountain on July 25, 2025 in Galax, VA at 206 N. Main Street, scoring 695.4172 in a field of 37 teams. Bowmans Butt & BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0740. Category winners: Chicken — Optimus Swine (176.5600); Pork Ribs — Kings BBQ Team (178.3200); Pork — Barking Pig BBQ (176.5716); Brisket — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE (178.2972). The Backyard Series standings were won by NORALA BBQ TEAM with 354.2628. This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Poor Boys BBQ.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 176.56
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 178.32
  • Master Series — Pork 176.57
  • Master Series — Brisket 178.30
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 179.44
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 180 🔥
135.36 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

2023-07-21 — 705.7028 (Under the Radar) 2024-07-26 — 710.2860 (Poor Boys BBQ) 2025-07-25 — 695.4172 (Kings BBQ Team) 695.42 2023 2025

Entries

37
6 judged meats

Top score

695.4172

Winning margin

2.3432
GC over RC

Field average

671.48
454.77695.42
median 679.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
NORALA BBQ TEAM (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7028 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7772
454.77695.42
10th place overall

Field spread

240.6512
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,500
on the line

Most consistent

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS
avg finish 9 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 5.1540 pts — T & S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 52%
beats 48% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

67%
31 of 46 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.44 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,623
avg power rating going in · stronger than 89% of contests

Top-rated in the field

NORALA BBQ TEAM
rated 1818 pre-contest

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 17 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Optimus Swine and HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: Glamping Grillers and BAD ROOSTER BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: Barking Pig BBQ and HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Kings BBQ Team took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 25th.

  • Chicken 25th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 9th
  • Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

NORALA BBQ TEAM turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.8572
  • across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Poor Boys BBQ (won 2024).

  • Poor Boys BBQ · 2024

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • NORALA BBQ TEAM · Pork Ribs

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jul 21, 2023 Galax, VA 403 N. Main Street 38 705.7028 Under the Radar One Eyed Pig BBQ
Jul 26, 2024 Galax, VA 403 N. Main Street 32 710.2860 Poor Boys BBQ Bowmans Butt & BBQ
Jul 25, 2025 ← this one Galax, VA 206 N. Main Street 37 695.4172 Kings BBQ Team Bowmans Butt & BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken176.5600174.8572173.1316
Master Series — Pork Ribs178.3200174.2744173.1316
Master Series — Pork176.5716173.1428170.8228
Master Series — Brisket178.2972175.4172174.2628
Backyard Series — Chicken179.4400174.2628165.6800
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs180171.4172161.1316

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 695.4172 · median 679.8972

#TeamScore
1 Kings BBQ Team 695.4172
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 693.0740
3 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 692.5028
4 Bubba Grills 691.3256
5 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 690.1944
6 HalaQyah BBQ 688.4684
7 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 687.9200
8 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 687.8856
9 SMOKIN SKULLIES 687.3140
10 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 686.7772
11 POOR BOYS BBQ 686.2056
12 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 686.1828
13 Optimus Swine 685.0284
14 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 683.3372
15 Bleacher Bums BBQ 682.7768
16 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 682.2060
17 Barking Pig BBQ 682.1944
18 Glamping Grillers 682.1828
19 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 679.8972
20 Hillbilly Hot Butts 678.7884
21 ACCUTECH BBQ 678.1716
22 Lil Bear BBQ 676.5256
23 Big D's Q 675.9088
24 Smoke Central BBQ 675.8512
25 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 672.9596
26 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 671.8856
27 STICKS & STONES BBQ 671.8628
28 Blue Smoke Q 671.8400
29 JL Smokers 670.1600
30 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 670.1256
31 Sweet Swine O'Mine 667.2800
32 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 663.3032
33 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 658.7772
34 Rise N Swine BBQ 652.4112
35 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 641.6116
36 Slayton's Barbeque Company 641.5088
37 Kings Cooking 454.7660

Chicken

36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8286

#TeamScore
1 Optimus Swine 176.5600
2 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 176.5600
3 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 176.0116
4 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 175.4172
5 HalaQyah BBQ 174.8572
6 POOR BOYS BBQ 174.2856
7 Glamping Grillers 174.2628
8 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 174.2628
9 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 173.7028
10 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 173.1316
11 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.1200
12 Bubba Grills 173.1084
13 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 172.5600
14 Lil Bear BBQ 172.5600
15 SMOKIN SKULLIES 172.5600
16 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 172
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 171.9656
18 Blue Smoke Q 170.8344
19 ACCUTECH BBQ 170.8228
20 Bleacher Bums BBQ 170.2512
21 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 169.6800
22 Big D's Q 169.6800
23 Sweet Swine O'Mine 169.1200
24 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 168.5488
25 Kings BBQ Team 168.5372
26 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 167.3944
27 Hillbilly Hot Butts 167.3944
28 Barking Pig BBQ 166.2628
29 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 166.2628
30 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 165.0856
31 Smoke Central BBQ 165.0856
32 JL Smokers 163.3828
33 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 162.8000
34 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 160.5144
35 Rise N Swine BBQ 159.4284
36 Slayton's Barbeque Company 156.5144

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 178.3200 · median 168

#TeamScore
1 Kings BBQ Team 178.3200
2 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 176.5600
3 Barking Pig BBQ 175.4172
4 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 175.4172
5 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 174.2744
6 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 174.2744
7 Smoke Central BBQ 174.2628
8 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 173.7028
9 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 173.1316
10 Bubba Grills 173.1316
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 171.4172
12 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 170.8344
13 POOR BOYS BBQ 170.8344
14 SMOKIN SKULLIES 170.8228
15 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 170.2744
16 Hillbilly Hot Butts 170.2628
17 Big D's Q 169.6916
18 Bleacher Bums BBQ 168.5600
19 Lil Bear BBQ 168
20 HalaQyah BBQ 167.3828
21 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 167.3828
22 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 166.8800
23 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 166.8228
24 ACCUTECH BBQ 166.2516
25 Optimus Swine 166.2400
26 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 166.2400
27 JL Smokers 166.2400
28 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 165.0856
29 STICKS & STONES BBQ 165.0856
30 Kings Cooking 164.5716
31 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 162.8344
32 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 161.6800
33 Rise N Swine BBQ 161.6572
34 Slayton's Barbeque Company 161.6456
35 Blue Smoke Q 160.5028
36 Sweet Swine O'Mine 158.8000
37 Glamping Grillers 158.2172

Pork

37 entries · top 176.5716 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 Barking Pig BBQ 176.5716
2 HalaQyah BBQ 175.4056
3 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 174.8456
4 Glamping Grillers 174.2856
5 Bleacher Bums BBQ 173.1428
6 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 173.1084
7 ACCUTECH BBQ 172.5600
8 Sweet Swine O'Mine 171.9772
9 Kings BBQ Team 171.9772
10 Bubba Grills 170.8228
11 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 170.8228
12 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 170.8228
13 Slayton's Barbeque Company 170.2744
14 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 169.7028
15 Blue Smoke Q 169.6800
16 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 169.6684
17 Hillbilly Hot Butts 169.1428
18 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 169.1200
19 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 169.1200
20 Big D's Q 168.5600
21 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 168.5600
22 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 168.5256
23 SMOKIN SKULLIES 168.5256
24 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 168.5256
25 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 167.9656
26 Optimus Swine 167.9656
27 JL Smokers 167.4172
28 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 167.4172
29 STICKS & STONES BBQ 167.3944
30 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 167.3828
31 Smoke Central BBQ 166.2400
32 Rise N Swine BBQ 166.2284
33 POOR BOYS BBQ 164.5256
34 Lil Bear BBQ 162.2628
35 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 161.0856
36 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 151.9772
37 Kings Cooking 144.5372

Brisket

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 178.2972
2 Kings BBQ Team 176.5828
3 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 176.5716
4 POOR BOYS BBQ 176.5600
5 Glamping Grillers 175.4172
6 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 175.4172
7 SMOKIN SKULLIES 175.4056
8 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 175.4056
9 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 174.8456
10 Bubba Grills 174.2628
11 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 174.2628
12 Optimus Swine 174.2628
13 Lil Bear BBQ 173.7028
14 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 173.1200
15 JL Smokers 173.1200
16 Hillbilly Hot Butts 171.9884
17 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 170.8228
18 Bleacher Bums BBQ 170.8228
19 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 170.8228
20 Blue Smoke Q 170.8228
21 HalaQyah BBQ 170.8228
22 Smoke Central BBQ 170.2628
23 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 169.1316
24 ACCUTECH BBQ 168.5372
25 Big D's Q 167.9772
26 Sweet Swine O'Mine 167.3828
27 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 167.3828
28 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 166.8228
29 STICKS & STONES BBQ 166.2628
30 Rise N Swine BBQ 165.0972
31 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 165.0972
32 Barking Pig BBQ 163.9428
33 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 163.9428
34 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 160.5372
35 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 154.8000
36 Slayton's Barbeque Company 153.0744
37 Kings Cooking 145.6572

Backyard Series

Overall

15 entries · top 354.2628 · median 336.5028

#TeamScore
1 NORALA BBQ TEAM 354.2628
2 Char-Cole Grillers 352.5716
3 Mad Hatter BBQ 348.5372
4 PUDDLEDUCK BBQ 347.4060
5 T & S BBQ 345.6916
6 LEE LA Q 343.4172
7 Meadow Creek BBQ 342.2284
8 Rehab BBQ 336.5028
9 Que N Cue 327.9656
10 Dogpatch Q 326.7884
11 Steak Princess BBQ 325.6228
12 Drewbie-Que 321.0400
13 Little E's Que 311.3256
14 Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash 307.3600
15 Choppin Block BBQ 277.0056

Chicken

15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8572

#TeamScore
1 T & S BBQ 179.4400
2 PUDDLEDUCK BBQ 174.2860
3 Char-Cole Grillers 174.2744
4 NORALA BBQ TEAM 174.2628
5 LEE LA Q 174.2628
6 Mad Hatter BBQ 173.1200
7 Meadow Creek BBQ 172.5600
8 Que N Cue 170.8572
9 Steak Princess BBQ 166.8344
10 Drewbie-Que 165.6800
11 Rehab BBQ 165.0856
12 Dogpatch Q 163.9656
13 Little E's Que 150.8000
14 Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash 146.2284
15 Choppin Block BBQ 141.6456

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 180 · median 166.2516 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 NORALA BBQ TEAM 180 🔥
2 Char-Cole Grillers 178.2972
3 Mad Hatter BBQ 175.4172
4 PUDDLEDUCK BBQ 173.1200
5 Rehab BBQ 171.4172
6 Meadow Creek BBQ 169.6684
7 LEE LA Q 169.1544
8 T & S BBQ 166.2516
9 Dogpatch Q 162.8228
10 Bustin Butts & Kickin Ash 161.1316
11 Little E's Que 160.5256
12 Steak Princess BBQ 158.7884
13 Que N Cue 157.1084
14 Drewbie-Que 155.3600
15 Choppin Block BBQ 135.3600

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