Jul 25–26, 2025 · Honolulu, HI · 📍 Kaiser High School · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $5,000
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Curley Que Classic on July 25, 2025 in Honolulu, HI at Kaiser High School, scoring 705.1200 in a field of 12 teams. CYNICAL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 705.1084. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ (177.7372); Pork Ribs — CYNICAL BBQ (179.4400); Pork — SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (180.0000).
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 98% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
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.
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| 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 | 174.2628 | 152.4916 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
12 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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.
6 entries · top 180 · 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 |
5 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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 |