Won without a category win
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 6th
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 2nd
Aug 22–23, 2025 · Oshkosh, WI · 📍 4057 Fisk Ave · State championship
Reps: Debra Gage, William Gage · Prize money: $7,500
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Brighton Barbeque Bash on August 22, 2025 in Oshkosh, WI at 4057 Fisk Ave, scoring 702.8000 in a field of 29 teams. SHIGGIN & GRINNIN took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.9428. Category winners: Chicken — QUE U (180.0000); Pork Ribs — C&M BBQ (176.0000); Pork — HOME FARM BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (179.4400).
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.
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 96% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.8572 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 1–2: QUE U and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Second Hand Smoke SLV and Whiskey Budds BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Can Country Outlaw BBQ and Smoke of Genius tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.8456 | 169.6916 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 171.9772 | 167.4056 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 172.5484 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 171.4056 | 167.9656 |
29 entries · top 702.8000 · median 667.3484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 3 | QUE U | |
| 4 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 5 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | Black Crown Barbeque | |
| 8 | Wisco Fire BBQ | |
| 9 | C&M BBQ | |
| 10 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 12 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 13 | DB BBQ | |
| 14 | Whiskey Budds BBQ | |
| 15 | Northstar BBQ | |
| 16 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 17 | SMOKE INFUSION | |
| 18 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 19 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 20 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 21 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 22 | Squirmin Sow BBQ | |
| 23 | Dead A** Last BBQ | |
| 24 | DD's Mile High BBQ | |
| 25 | Aidens Butt and Other Cuts | |
| 26 | Mil-Town BBQ | |
| 27 | ShamRick BBQ | |
| 28 | Two Brews bbq | |
| 29 | MR GREENS BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUE U | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | SMOKE INFUSION | |
| 4 | Black Crown Barbeque | |
| 5 | Wisco Fire BBQ | |
| 6 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 8 | Whiskey Budds BBQ | |
| 9 | DB BBQ | |
| 10 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 11 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 13 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 14 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 15 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 16 | Squirmin Sow BBQ | |
| 17 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 18 | C&M BBQ | |
| 19 | Northstar BBQ | |
| 20 | Mil-Town BBQ | |
| 21 | ShamRick BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 23 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 24 | DD's Mile High BBQ | |
| 25 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 26 | Aidens Butt and Other Cuts | |
| 27 | Two Brews bbq | |
| 28 | MR GREENS BBQ | |
| 29 | Dead A** Last BBQ |
29 entries · top 176 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | C&M BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 3 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 4 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 5 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 6 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 7 | Wisco Fire BBQ | |
| 8 | Northstar BBQ | |
| 9 | Whiskey Budds BBQ | |
| 10 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 11 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 12 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 14 | Squirmin Sow BBQ | |
| 15 | Dead A** Last BBQ | |
| 16 | Aidens Butt and Other Cuts | |
| 17 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 18 | Black Crown Barbeque | |
| 19 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 21 | SMOKE INFUSION | |
| 22 | QUE U | |
| 23 | DB BBQ | |
| 24 | DD's Mile High BBQ | |
| 25 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 26 | Two Brews bbq | |
| 27 | MR GREENS BBQ | |
| 28 | Mil-Town BBQ | |
| 29 | ShamRick BBQ |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 2 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 5 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 6 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 7 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 9 | DB BBQ | |
| 10 | QUE U | |
| 11 | Wisco Fire BBQ | |
| 12 | Whiskey Budds BBQ | |
| 13 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Northstar BBQ | |
| 15 | Black Crown Barbeque | |
| 16 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 17 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 18 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 19 | C&M BBQ | |
| 20 | DD's Mile High BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKE INFUSION | |
| 22 | Dead A** Last BBQ | |
| 23 | ShamRick BBQ | |
| 24 | Squirmin Sow BBQ | |
| 25 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 26 | Mil-Town BBQ | |
| 27 | Aidens Butt and Other Cuts | |
| 28 | Two Brews bbq | |
| 29 | MR GREENS BBQ |
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.0740
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | Black Crown Barbeque | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 6 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | C&M BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE U | |
| 9 | DB BBQ | |
| 10 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 11 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 12 | Northstar BBQ | |
| 13 | Wisco Fire BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 15 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 16 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 17 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 18 | Whiskey Budds BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKE INFUSION | |
| 20 | Aidens Butt and Other Cuts | |
| 21 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 22 | Dead A** Last BBQ | |
| 23 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 24 | Squirmin Sow BBQ | |
| 25 | DD's Mile High BBQ | |
| 26 | Two Brews bbq | |
| 27 | MR GREENS BBQ | |
| 28 | Mil-Town BBQ | |
| 29 | ShamRick BBQ |