Curley Que Classic
2025-07-25 – 2025-07-26 · Honolulu, HI · 📍 Kaiser High School · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Smokin' Volts BBQ (705.1200) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CYNICAL BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.
🧹 A double category winner
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: TINY E BBQ and Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Sweetie's Bar-B-Q and TINY E BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ and Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
Score distribution
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 174.8572 | 155.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.2744 | 163.3944 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2972 | 158.2400 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 152.4916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 705.1200 · median 690.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 5 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 6 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 7 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 8 | MAC BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 10 | Da Garage Grillers | |
| 11 | Nana's Chamoru BBQ | |
| 12 | Ace |
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.7372 · median 174.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 3 | MAC BBQ | |
| 4 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 5 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 6 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 7 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 8 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 9 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 10 | Da Garage Grillers | |
| 11 | Nana's Chamoru BBQ | |
| 12 | Ace |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 8 | MAC BBQ | |
| 9 | Da Garage Grillers | |
| 10 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 11 | Nana's Chamoru BBQ | |
| 12 | Ace |
Pork
12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 5 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 6 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 7 | MAC BBQ | |
| 8 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 9 | Da Garage Grillers | |
| 10 | Ace | |
| 11 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 12 | Nana's Chamoru BBQ |
Brisket
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 6 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 8 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 9 | MAC BBQ | |
| 10 | Da Garage Grillers | |
| 11 | Nana's Chamoru BBQ | |
| 12 | Ace |
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 3 | MAC BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | Yummy Kine | |
| 6 | Ace |
Ancillary — Noodles/Rice
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAC BBQ | |
| 2 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | Ace |
Ancillary — Seafood
4 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 3 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 4 | MAC BBQ |