Torry Island BBQ Showdown
2025-03-21 – 2025-03-22 · Belle Glade, FL · 📍 5000 West Canal Street · State championship
Reps: JEANNE TITUS, MIKE GARRETSON · Prize money: $16,450.00
Grand Champion: Sloppy Hogs (696.5028) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
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📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ and RUM RUNNERS BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: K & E's Little Smokers and Sporting Wood BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: RUM RUNNERS BBQ and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
Sloppy Hogs came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | Belle Glade, FL | 500 West Canal Street North | 21 | 714.2744 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | Going Yard BBQ |
| 2025-03-21 ← this one | Belle Glade, FL | 5000 West Canal Street | 26 | 696.5028 | Sloppy Hogs | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Belle Glade, FL | 500 West Canal Street North | 34 | 705.6800 | Tillman's BBQ | ACCUTECH BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 175.4056 | 169.6800 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.1316 | 170.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.6172 | 171.4172 | 168.5372 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176.5828 | 173.1200 | 171.9656 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 167.9772 | 159.9544 | 154.2516 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 169.1544 | 161.7144 | 143.4400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 696.5028 · median 671.9314
Chicken
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3886
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
26 entries · top 176.6172 · median 164.2628
Brisket
23 entries · top 176.5828 · median 170.2628
Backyard Series
Overall
12 entries · top 335.4288 · median 314.8286
Chicken
12 entries · top 167.9772 · median 158.2858
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 169.1544 · median 161.3944
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 — Sauce
11 entries · top 172.5484 · median 167.9884