8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
2025-08-16 – 2025-08-17 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clocktower Park · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $20,000.00
Grand Champion: Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ (701.0972) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Slo-Mo-Que
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ took the Grand Championship home to OR.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
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 27-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)
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8800 | 173.2000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
30 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
30 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
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 — Turkey Smoke
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 |