2025-03-21 – 2025-03-22 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1701 American Royal Court
Reps: DAVID DYCHE, JO DYCHE · Prize money: $5,450.00
Grand Champion: Too Sauced BBQ (353.7028) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Racks 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, 2022 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
Too Sauced BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8456 points.
Chicken places 6–7: Ro-Ro's Smokehouse and Too Sauced BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Rudes BBQ and Rucking Fidiculous BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Wapatui Smokers edged Rucking Fidiculous BBQ by 0.0228.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Big Racks BBQ (won 2023).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-25 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 25 | 350.8456 | Rick's Racks | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 37 | 348.5372 | Big Racks BBQ | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 31 | 357.7028 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | — |
| 2025-03-21 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.7028 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.1084 | Dawgs BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 172.0000 |
33 entries · top 353.7028 · median 335.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 6 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | Ro-Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 10 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 11 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 12 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 13 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 15 | Music City Smokers | |
| 16 | HevyQue | |
| 17 | Backbone BBQ | |
| 18 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 19 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 20 | Grills Gone Wild KS | |
| 21 | SadieQ | |
| 22 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 23 | Brown Dog BBQ | |
| 24 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 25 | Teamhillbillybbq | |
| 26 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 27 | Karnivor Creations BBQ | |
| 28 | Kimmi's Cue | |
| 29 | Tangy Beaver's Dam Good BBQ | |
| 30 | Nuttycocksbbq | |
| 31 | Local Pig BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Buns Out BBQ KC | |
| 33 | Great Shepherd BBQ |
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 3 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 4 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | Ro-Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 7 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 9 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 10 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 11 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 12 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 13 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 14 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 15 | Grills Gone Wild KS | |
| 16 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 17 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 18 | Teamhillbillybbq | |
| 19 | Backbone BBQ | |
| 20 | HevyQue | |
| 21 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 22 | SadieQ | |
| 23 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 24 | Tangy Beaver's Dam Good BBQ | |
| 25 | Kimmi's Cue | |
| 26 | Music City Smokers | |
| 27 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 28 | Buns Out BBQ KC | |
| 29 | Karnivor Creations BBQ | |
| 30 | Brown Dog BBQ | |
| 31 | Local Pig BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 33 | Nuttycocksbbq |
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 3 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 4 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 5 | Music City Smokers | |
| 6 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 9 | Ro-Ro's Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 11 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 12 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 13 | Sofa King Awesome BBQ | |
| 14 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 15 | Brown Dog BBQ | |
| 16 | HevyQue | |
| 17 | Backbone BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 19 | SadieQ | |
| 20 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 21 | Karnivor Creations BBQ | |
| 22 | Grills Gone Wild KS | |
| 23 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 24 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 25 | Nuttycocksbbq | |
| 26 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 27 | Teamhillbillybbq | |
| 28 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 29 | Kimmi's Cue | |
| 30 | Tangy Beaver's Dam Good BBQ | |
| 31 | Local Pig BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 33 | Buns Out BBQ KC |