Jul 25–26, 2025 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $9,250
MUNNY'S STOVE won Grand Champion at the Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) on July 25, 2025 in Dodge City, KS at Wright Park, scoring 706.2400 in a field of 18 teams. Meat Candy Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5488. Category winners: Chicken — Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Meat Candy Q (179.4400); Pork — MAN MEAT BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — MUNNY'S STOVE (176.5600). The Backyard Series standings were won by Too Sauced BBQ with 350.8460. This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
MUNNY'S STOVE came in rated below the field's top team, Meat Candy Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: MUNNY'S STOVE and MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 7–8: FINGER LEIKAM GOOD and WELL SAUCED BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Too Sauced BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
MUNNY'S STOVE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2025 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 18 | 706.2400 | Munny's Stove BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 19 | 707.4060 | Finger Liekam Good | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.7028 | 171.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 168.5372 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 161.6688 | — |
| Ancillary — Brisket | 173.7144 | 143.8972 | — |
18 entries · top 706.2400 · median 692.4912
18 entries · top 180 · median 173.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.2744
18 entries · top 177.7144 · median 174.8342
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.6914
8 entries · top 350.8460 · median 328.7886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 3 | Charcoal Gladiators | |
| 4 | Diesel Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin' Sirens | |
| 6 | Blues Q's | |
| 7 | B&J BBQ | |
| 8 | ROMAN SIMON BBQ |
8 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Charcoal Gladiators | |
| 3 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokin' Sirens | |
| 5 | Diesel Boys BBQ | |
| 6 | Blues Q's | |
| 7 | B&J BBQ | |
| 8 | ROMAN SIMON BBQ |
8 entries · top 173.1316 · median 161.6802
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 3 | Blues Q's | |
| 4 | B&J BBQ | |
| 5 | Charcoal Gladiators | |
| 6 | Diesel Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokin' Sirens | |
| 8 | ROMAN SIMON BBQ |
5 entries · top 173.7144 · median 150.2060
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 2 | Charcoal Gladiators | |
| 3 | Smokin' Sirens | |
| 4 | B&J BBQ | |
| 5 | ROMAN SIMON BBQ |
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.
5 entries · top 172.5600 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOGAN CULVER | |
| 2 | EMALYN | |
| 3 | ZOE FITZSIMMONS | |
| 4 | BIG NITRO WILSON | |
| 5 | FAITH FELDT |
4 entries · top 177.7144 · median 174.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAITH FELDT | |
| 2 | BIG NITRO WILSON | |
| 3 | ZOE FITZSIMMONS | |
| 4 | LOGAN CULVER |
6 entries · top 172.5828 · median 171.1370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAGEN FELDT | |
| 2 | MINI MEAT | |
| 3 | LITTLE FRITZ WESLEY | |
| 4 | ZANE FRIZT | |
| 5 | LITTLE NITRO MICAH | |
| 6 | TINY SCHMIDT |
5 entries · top 174.2628 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TINY SCHMIDT | |
| 2 | MINI MEAT | |
| 3 | LITTLE NITRO MICAH | |
| 4 | ZANE FRIZT | |
| 5 | HAGEN FELDT |
9 entries · top 180 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Sirens | |
| 2 | KoehnBros BBQ | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | Diesel Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 9 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP |