Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship

2025-08-15 – 2025-08-16 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1308 Indiana Ave · State championship

Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $11,525.00

Grand Champion: Smoked & Furious (705.7028) · 55 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 TCB BBQ

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Smoked & Furious

705.7028 · Master Series — Overall

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TCB BBQ

703.4056 · Master Series — Overall

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Rafter C BBQ

700.5716 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

5 judged meats

Top score

705.7028

Winning margin

2.2972

GC over RC

Field average

645.43

median 664.96

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Smoked & Furious (Brisket), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.7768

10th place overall

Field spread

419.9540

winner to last place

Prize money

$11,525.00

on the line

Most consistent

TCB BBQ

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.8456 pts — BOOMERANG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 20%

beats 80% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

29%

of the 55 teams with a home region came from outside TX

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1532

avg power rating going in · stronger than 37% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ

rated 1776 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

Smoked & Furious took the Grand Championship home to KS.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ and LAA Liar's Cove 2 tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: BULL IN THE RING and Smokin' G Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: TCB BBQ and Big Boys BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BOOMERANG BBQ (won 2018).

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)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

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
2016-08-26		1308 Indiana Ave	72	700.5712	SLAPS BBQ	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ
2017-08-25		1308 Indiana Ave	44	698.2628	Outdoor Chef	BOOMERANG BBQ
2018-08-24		1308 Indiana Ave	54	703.4172	BOOMERANG BBQ	KISS MY RACK
2025-08-15 ← this one	Lubbock, TX	1308 Indiana Ave	55	705.7028	Smoked & Furious	TCB BBQ
2026-08-21	Lubbock, TX	—	—	—	—	—

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	178.8572	176.5600	174.8800
Master Series — Pork Ribs	178.8572	176.5600	175.4400
Master Series — Pork	180.0000	176.0000	174.2972
Master Series — Brisket	180.0000	174.8572	172.5828
Ancillary — Pork Ribs	179.4400	178.2972	174.2744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 705.7028 · median 664.9592

#	Team	Score
1	Smoked & Furious	705.7028
2	TCB BBQ	703.4056
3	Rafter C BBQ	700.5716
4	HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ	699.4060
5	Texas Moonswiners	695.3828
6	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	692.5140
7	Okie Folks Barbecue	692.5024
8	SUPER SWINE	691.3712
9	BULL IN THE RING	690.7772
10	BOOMERANG BBQ	690.7768
11	2 Live Q	689.6340
12	B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	688.5488
13	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	688.5028
14	Red Iron BBQ	686.2400
15	Hollow-Q	685.6684
16	Big Boys BBQ	683.9544
17	LA PASADITA	683.9424
18	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	678.7772
19	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	677.5996
20	H D BBQ	676.5256
21	Texas Revolution	674.7312
22	Smokin' G Q	674.1596
23	That Oil Money BBQ	669.6796
24	Strong Smoke Rings	668.9940
25	West Texas Land Guys %231	668.6060
26	BarrelHead Cookers	666.7772
27	The Outdoor Chef	665.0516
28	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	664.9592
29	Monsta Smoke	663.8740
30	Doody's Smoke Daddies	662.2288
31	S & S Pit Crew	662.1260
32	Dirt City Smokers	659.9200
33	FAT DOGS	658.7544
34	SmokeStack Sparkies	658.2056
35	LAA Liar's Cove 2	656.9828
36	LAA Liar's Cove 1	655.4060
37	Overhead Door Cooking	654.7540
38	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	654.6968
39	REMAX	647.8972
40	Alpha Gamma Rho	646.7656
41	Beat My Meat	646.2400
42	West Texas Land Guys %232	645.6792
43	South Plains Electric	636.4916
44	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	634.1256
45	Clarendon College	631.3596
46	2026 Meat Judging Black	619.9996
47	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	613.6916
48	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	612.4688
49	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	607.2224
50	Texas Barger-Q	605.0060
51	Wundertre	590.7192
52	Goana House Flippers	563.8860
53	2026 Meat Judging Red	465.0512
54	Latin Fire	304.6172
55	Mercosur	285.7488

Chicken

55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ	178.8572
2	LAA Liar's Cove 2	178.8572
3	LAA Liar's Cove 1	176.5944
4	BULL IN THE RING	176.5600
5	Smokin' G Q	176.5600
6	TCB BBQ	176.0000
7	Big Boys BBQ	176.0000
8	Rafter C BBQ	175.4172
9	Texas Moonswiners	175.4056
10	Hollow-Q	174.8800
11	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	174.8572
12	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	174.2856
13	SUPER SWINE	174.2628
14	Monsta Smoke	173.7028
15	Smoked & Furious	173.1084
16	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	173.1084
17	Overhead Door Cooking	171.9772
18	Okie Folks Barbecue	171.9656
19	BarrelHead Cookers	171.4172
20	2 Live Q	171.4172
21	S & S Pit Crew	170.8228
22	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	170.8228
23	Texas Revolution	169.6800
24	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	169.1316
25	Doody's Smoke Daddies	168.5600
26	That Oil Money BBQ	168.5256
27	SmokeStack Sparkies	168.0116
28	Strong Smoke Rings	167.3828
29	B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	167.3828
30	LA PASADITA	166.8112
31	Latin Fire	165.7600
32	West Texas Land Guys %232	165.6684
33	FAT DOGS	164.5488
34	Clarendon College	163.9656
35	Alpha Gamma Rho	163.4056
36	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	162.9144
37	Red Iron BBQ	162.8228
38	BOOMERANG BBQ	162.8112
39	Mercosur	162.3200
40	The Outdoor Chef	161.6456
41	H D BBQ	161.1200
42	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	161.0856
43	Dirt City Smokers	160.5944
44	West Texas Land Guys %231	159.4172
45	Goana House Flippers	158.2972
46	2026 Meat Judging Red	157.6800
47	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	157.6572
48	REMAX	157.0856
49	2026 Meat Judging Black	155.9772
50	South Plains Electric	154.8344
51	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	154.3204
52	Beat My Meat	153.7028
53	Wundertre	150.8456
54	Texas Barger-Q	147.4172
55	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	144.5028

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Rafter C BBQ	178.8572
2	TCB BBQ	178.8572
3	BULL IN THE RING	177.7144
4	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	177.1428
5	Red Iron BBQ	176.5600
6	2 Live Q	176.5600
7	B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	176.0228
8	Texas Moonswiners	176.0116
9	H D BBQ	176.0000
10	Smoked & Furious	175.4400
11	The Outdoor Chef	175.4172
12	SUPER SWINE	174.8572
13	Strong Smoke Rings	174.2628
14	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	174.2628
15	Okie Folks Barbecue	173.7028
16	Dirt City Smokers	172.5484
17	FAT DOGS	172.0000
18	HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ	171.9772
19	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	171.9772
20	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	171.9656
21	Hollow-Q	170.2628
22	SmokeStack Sparkies	170.2628
23	West Texas Land Guys %231	169.6800
24	Big Boys BBQ	169.1432
25	BOOMERANG BBQ	169.1084
26	LA PASADITA	169.1084
27	S & S Pit Crew	168.5372
28	Beat My Meat	167.9656
29	Monsta Smoke	167.4056
30	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	167.3712
31	South Plains Electric	166.8228
32	Texas Revolution	164.5256
33	Doody's Smoke Daddies	163.4288
34	Overhead Door Cooking	163.4172
35	LAA Liar's Cove 1	163.4056
36	BarrelHead Cookers	163.3828
37	REMAX	161.6800
38	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	161.0972
39	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	160.5600
40	2026 Meat Judging Red	160.5256
41	West Texas Land Guys %232	160.0112
42	Smokin' G Q	159.9428
43	LAA Liar's Cove 2	159.3484
44	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	158.8344
45	Clarendon College	157.7256
46	That Oil Money BBQ	157.1084
47	Texas Barger-Q	156.5256
48	Alpha Gamma Rho	155.9772
49	2026 Meat Judging Black	155.4284
50	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	154.8112
51	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	153.0856
52	Wundertre	145.0740
53	Latin Fire	138.8572
54	Goana House Flippers	125.0400
55	Mercosur	123.4288

Pork

53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9540 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Smoked & Furious	177.1544
3	LA PASADITA	176.5828
4	Red Iron BBQ	176.5600
5	B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	176.0000
6	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	175.4172
7	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	175.4172
8	TCB BBQ	174.8456
9	That Oil Money BBQ	174.2972
10	Rafter C BBQ	174.2972
11	Hollow-Q	174.2628
12	Big Boys BBQ	174.2628
13	BarrelHead Cookers	173.1428
14	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	173.1200
15	HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ	172.0116
16	Dirt City Smokers	171.9656
17	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	171.9656
18	Okie Folks Barbecue	171.4284
19	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	171.4056
20	Texas Moonswiners	170.8456
21	SUPER SWINE	170.2628
22	The Outdoor Chef	169.1200
23	REMAX	169.1200
24	Doody's Smoke Daddies	169.1084
25	H D BBQ	168.5944
26	Strong Smoke Rings	168.5484
27	2 Live Q	167.9540
28	West Texas Land Guys %231	166.9260
29	Alpha Gamma Rho	166.8456
30	LAA Liar's Cove 1	166.2744
31	SmokeStack Sparkies	166.2628
32	Beat My Meat	165.7372
33	BULL IN THE RING	165.6800
34	Texas Revolution	165.6684
35	Smokin' G Q	164.5140
36	S & S Pit Crew	161.0856
37	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	161.0740
38	2026 Meat Judging Black	160.0456
39	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	159.9656
40	FAT DOGS	158.8228
41	South Plains Electric	158.2400
42	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	157.7028
43	Overhead Door Cooking	157.0968
44	Monsta Smoke	157.0856
45	West Texas Land Guys %232	156.5596
46	LAA Liar's Cove 2	156.5372
47	Clarendon College	154.8456
48	Texas Barger-Q	149.6572
49	Goana House Flippers	147.4400
50	2026 Meat Judging Red	146.8456
51	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	144.5144
52	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	144.4800
53	Wundertre	141.1084

Brisket

52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Smoked & Furious	180.0000 🔥
2	BOOMERANG BBQ	178.8572
3	HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ	176.5600
4	Okie Folks Barbecue	175.4056
5	Texas Revolution	174.8572
6	2 Live Q	173.7028
7	TCB BBQ	173.7028
8	Smokin' G Q	173.1428
9	Texas Moonswiners	173.1200
10	West Texas Land Guys %231	172.5828
11	Rafter C BBQ	172.0000
12	SUPER SWINE	171.9884
13	LA PASADITA	171.4400
14	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	170.8456
15	BULL IN THE RING	170.8228
16	H D BBQ	170.8112
17	Red Iron BBQ	170.2972
18	That Oil Money BBQ	169.7484
19	B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	169.1432
20	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	166.2628
21	Hollow-Q	166.2628
22	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	165.6912
23	Monsta Smoke	165.6800
24	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	165.1084
25	Big Boys BBQ	164.5484
26	West Texas Land Guys %232	163.4400
27	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	163.4284
28	FAT DOGS	163.3828
29	Overhead Door Cooking	162.2628
30	LAA Liar's Cove 2	162.2400
31	S & S Pit Crew	161.6804
32	Doody's Smoke Daddies	161.1316
33	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	161.1084
34	Alpha Gamma Rho	160.5372
35	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	160.5372
36	REMAX	160.0116
37	The Outdoor Chef	158.8688
38	Beat My Meat	158.8344
39	BarrelHead Cookers	158.8344
40	Strong Smoke Rings	158.8000
41	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	157.6684
42	South Plains Electric	156.5944
43	Clarendon College	154.8228
44	Dirt City Smokers	154.8116
45	Wundertre	153.6912
46	SmokeStack Sparkies	153.6684
47	Texas Barger-Q	151.4060
48	LAA Liar's Cove 1	149.1316
49	2026 Meat Judging Black	148.5484
50	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	143.9428
51	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	141.1084
52	Goana House Flippers	133.1088

Ancillary

Pork Ribs

44 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1314

#	Team	Score
1	West Texas Land Guys %232	179.4400
2	Alpha Gamma Rho	179.4400
3	2 Live Q	178.8572
4	The Outdoor Chef	178.3200
5	Texas Barger-Q	178.2972
6	TCB BBQ	176.0344
7	South Plains Electric	176.0116
8	S & S Pit Crew	176.0116
9	LAA Liar's Cove 2	174.8572
10	That Oil Money BBQ	174.2744
11	2026 Meat Judging Black	173.1656
12	H D BBQ	172.5832
13	Strong Smoke Rings	172.0000
14	Texas Moonswiners	171.4284
15	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Raider	170.8684
16	Wundertre	170.8344
17	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	170.2744
18	Texas Revolution	170.2628
19	BOOMERANG BBQ	169.7256
20	LAA Liar's Cove 1	169.6800
21	2026 Meat Judging Red	169.1428
22	BarrelHead Cookers	169.1428
23	FAT DOGS	169.1200
24	Latin Fire	168.0228
25	Monsta Smoke	167.9656
26	REMAX	167.4056
27	2025 TTU Meat Judging- Power	166.8800
28	SmokeStack Sparkies	166.8112
29	Dirt City Smokers	166.2628
30	Overhead Door Cooking	163.9772
31	Texas Tech Wool Judging Team	163.4056
32	Galloway Cattle Grill Team	162.8688
33	West Texas Land Guys %231	162.8688
34	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	161.6800
35	Hollow-Q	161.1200
36	T2KS (tee-2-kays)	160.5488
37	Red Iron BBQ	160.5260
38	Beat My Meat	158.9028
39	Mercosur	156.5940
40	Okie Folks Barbecue	156.0000
41	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS	151.4056
42	Clarendon College	150.9256
43	SUPER SWINE	144.6172
44	Doody's Smoke Daddies	134.8228

Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

📸 Photo finishes

🛡️ Back to defend

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)

Score distribution

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

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 →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary

Pork Ribs