2025-03-14 – 2025-03-15 · Dinuba, CA · 📍 855 E El Monte Way · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Meat Candy Q (699.4400) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Boys BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2024 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2116 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
699.4400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2744 Old Town Franklin BBQ set in 2024.
Meat Candy Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 5–6: BULL MARKET BBQ and Small Axe BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BONE RUBBIN BBQ and MYA&DJ'S BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: MYA&DJ'S BBQ and RACK CITY BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Big Boys BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Old Town Franklin BBQ (won 2024).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-15 | Dinuba, CA | 855 E El Monte Way | 27 | 698.2744 | Old Town Franklin BBQ | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2025-03-14 ← this one | Dinuba, CA | 855 E El Monte Way | 26 | 699.4400 | Meat Candy Q | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Dinuba, CA | Rose Ann Vuich Park | 27 | 705.1200 | Cynical BBQ | Big Cat BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 172.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 177.7144 | 173.1544 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 170.8800 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.0000 | 171.9772 |
26 entries · top 699.4400 · median 683.6170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 6 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 7 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 9 | Chompa Q | |
| 10 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 11 | OM BBQ | |
| 12 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 13 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 14 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 15 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 16 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 17 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 18 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 19 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 20 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 21 | Beards BBQ | |
| 22 | RBQ | |
| 23 | Jackson's BBQ | |
| 24 | Tommy Q | |
| 25 | Bull Shark BBQ | |
| 26 | Sweet Heat BBQ |
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 4 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 5 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 6 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 7 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 8 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 9 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 11 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 12 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 13 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 14 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 15 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 16 | Jackson's BBQ | |
| 17 | RBQ | |
| 18 | OM BBQ | |
| 19 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 20 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 21 | Beards BBQ | |
| 22 | Chompa Q | |
| 23 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | Bull Shark BBQ | |
| 25 | Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 26 | Tommy Q |
26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 2 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Chompa Q | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 7 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 8 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 9 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 10 | Beards BBQ | |
| 11 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 13 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 14 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 16 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 17 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 18 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 19 | OM BBQ | |
| 20 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 21 | Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 23 | Bull Shark BBQ | |
| 24 | RBQ | |
| 25 | Tommy Q | |
| 26 | Jackson's BBQ |
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9886 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 3 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 6 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 7 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 8 | OM BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 11 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 12 | Beards BBQ | |
| 13 | Jackson's BBQ | |
| 14 | Chompa Q | |
| 15 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 16 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 17 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 18 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 19 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 20 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 21 | Tommy Q | |
| 22 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 23 | RBQ | |
| 24 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 25 | Bull Shark BBQ | |
| 26 | Sweet Heat BBQ |
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OM BBQ | |
| 2 | Chompa Q | |
| 3 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 4 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 5 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 6 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 9 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 10 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 13 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 14 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 15 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 16 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 17 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 19 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 20 | Beards BBQ | |
| 21 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 22 | RBQ | |
| 23 | Tommy Q | |
| 24 | Bull Shark BBQ | |
| 25 | Jackson's BBQ | |
| 26 | Sweet Heat 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.
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 2 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 5 | OM BBQ | |
| 6 | Braddah's BBQ | |
| 7 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 8 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ |