Smoke on the Bricks
2025-08-08 – 2025-08-09 · Baldwin City, KS · 📍 710 High Street · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Squealin N Dealin BBQ (703.9888) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Aww Shucks BBQ
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Who's Cookin' and Squealin N Dealin BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: LOVE 2 Q and ALL FORKED UP FOR Q tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: TOPEKA BBQ SHOP and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fat & Dumb BBQ (won 2019), Dr. Squealgood BBQ (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
Squealin N Dealin BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | Baldwin City, KS | 1102 Main St | 49 | 692.5596 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| 2020-08-21 | Baldwin City, KS | High St. | 43 | 700.5832 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | Happy Grillmore - KS |
| 2021-08-20 | Baldwin City, KS | High St. | 46 | 710.8228 | Dirt Road BBQ | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY |
| 2022-08-26 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 48 | 701.1200 | Slaps BBQ | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Baldwin City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 44 | 704.5372 | Meat Rushmore BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2024-08-09 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 46 | 707.9888 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE |
| 2025-08-08 ← this one | Baldwin City, KS | 710 High Street | 53 | 703.9888 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | Aww Shucks BBQ |
| 2026-08-07 | Baldwin City, KS | 712 Chapel St. | 52 | 707.9772 | Janky Leg | Parts R Smokin |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
53 entries · top 703.9888 · median 682.7544
Chicken
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 172.5600
Pork Ribs
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
52 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8170
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
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sausage
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180