Aug 16–17, 2025 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clocktower Park · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $20,000
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ won Grand Champion at the 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition on August 16, 2025 in DuPont, WA at Clocktower Park, scoring 701.0972 in a field of 30 teams. Slo-Mo-Que took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.7488. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Rolling Smoke BBQ (180.0000); Pork — Slo-Mo-Que (178.8572); Brisket — RJs Smokehouse (180.0000).
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.
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 77 times in 100
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Small Axe BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 4–5: Smokin' O's and OM BBQ COMPANY tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Wine Country Q and Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: OM BBQ COMPANY and BAR-B-CUDA BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8800 | 173.2000 |
30 entries · top 701.0972 · median 686.1884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 2 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 3 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 4 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Wine Country Q | |
| 6 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 7 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 8 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | Moose & Gator BBQ | |
| 11 | J&C BBQ | |
| 12 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 13 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 14 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 16 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 17 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 18 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 19 | DND BBQ | |
| 20 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 21 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 22 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 23 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 24 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 25 | Smokin' O's | |
| 26 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 27 | s'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 28 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 29 | Boat Drinks BBQ | |
| 30 | Greenhorn Smokehouse |
30 entries · top 180 · median 171.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 2 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 3 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokin' O's | |
| 5 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 6 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 7 | Wine Country Q | |
| 8 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 9 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 10 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 11 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 12 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 13 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 14 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 15 | J&C BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 17 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 18 | Boat Drinks BBQ | |
| 19 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 20 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 21 | Moose & Gator BBQ | |
| 22 | DND BBQ | |
| 23 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 24 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 25 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 26 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 27 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 28 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 29 | Greenhorn Smokehouse | |
| 30 | s'Mackdown Smoking Co |
30 entries · top 180 · median 171.4344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Moose & Gator BBQ | |
| 3 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 4 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 5 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 6 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 7 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 8 | Wine Country Q | |
| 9 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 10 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 11 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 12 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 13 | J&C BBQ | |
| 14 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 15 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 16 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 17 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 18 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 19 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 20 | s'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 21 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 22 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 23 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 24 | Boat Drinks BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin' O's | |
| 26 | DND BBQ | |
| 27 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 28 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 29 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 30 | Greenhorn Smokehouse |
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 2 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 3 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 4 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 5 | Wine Country Q | |
| 6 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 7 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 8 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 9 | DND BBQ | |
| 10 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 11 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 13 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 14 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 15 | Moose & Gator BBQ | |
| 16 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 18 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 20 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 21 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 22 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 23 | J&C BBQ | |
| 24 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin' O's | |
| 26 | s'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 27 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 28 | Boat Drinks BBQ | |
| 29 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 30 | Greenhorn Smokehouse |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 2 | J&C BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 4 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 5 | Moose & Gator BBQ | |
| 6 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 7 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 8 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 9 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 10 | DND BBQ | |
| 11 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 12 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 13 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 14 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 15 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 17 | Wine Country Q | |
| 18 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 19 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 20 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 21 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 23 | s'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 24 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin' O's | |
| 26 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 27 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 28 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 29 | Boat Drinks BBQ | |
| 30 | Greenhorn Smokehouse |
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.
24 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slo-Mo-Que | |
| 2 | J&C BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin' O's | |
| 4 | Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 5 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 6 | DND BBQ | |
| 7 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 8 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 9 | Fat Boyz Sports | |
| 10 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 11 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 12 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Marcoe's Blackjack BBQ | |
| 14 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 15 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 16 | Greenhorn Smokehouse | |
| 17 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 18 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 20 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 21 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 22 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 23 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 24 | Moose & Gator BBQ |