Smoke on the River (Day 1)
2025-08-29 – 2025-08-30 · Burlington, KS · 📍 625 S. 3rd St. · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $9,350.00
Grand Champion: SQUEALIN N DEALIN BBQ (706.2516) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Glamping Grillers
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: MAN MEAT BBQ and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ and Take It Easy BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Take It Easy BBQ and Can Country Outlaw BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: B3 BBQ (won 2024).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1621 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
🃏 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 29-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-16 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 6 | 344.5828 | TOO SAUCED BBQ | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 20 | 699.9544 | GETTIN' BASTED | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2024-08-31 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 28 | 707.3944 | Slaps BBQ | Can Country Outlaw BBQ |
| 2024-08-31 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 13 | 175.4288 | B3 BBQ | — |
| 2025-08-29 ← this one | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 25 | 706.2516 | SQUEALIN N DEALIN BBQ | Glamping Grillers |
| 2025-08-30 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 24 | 707.3712 | BOCEPHUS BBQ | JDQ BBQ |
| 2026-09-04 | Burlington, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-05 | Burlington, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1084 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 706.2516 · median 694.7656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 2 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 5 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 10 | BrewsCue | |
| 11 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 12 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 13 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 15 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 16 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 17 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 18 | MRS. MEAT BBQ | |
| 19 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 20 | PACS BBQ | |
| 21 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 22 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 23 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 24 | SAUCY & WET BBQ BOYS | |
| 25 | BIG B'S BBQ |
Chicken
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 5 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 6 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 7 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 9 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 11 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 12 | MRS. MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 14 | BrewsCue | |
| 15 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 16 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 17 | PACS BBQ | |
| 18 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 19 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 20 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 21 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 22 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 23 | BIG B'S BBQ | |
| 24 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 25 | SAUCY & WET BBQ BOYS |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 5 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 6 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 7 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 10 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 11 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 13 | MRS. MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 15 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 16 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 17 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 18 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 19 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 20 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 21 | SAUCY & WET BBQ BOYS | |
| 22 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 23 | PACS BBQ | |
| 24 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 25 | BIG B'S BBQ |
Pork
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 3 | MRS. MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 6 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 7 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 11 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 12 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 13 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 14 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 15 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 16 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 17 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 18 | PACS BBQ | |
| 19 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 20 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 21 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 22 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 23 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 24 | SAUCY & WET BBQ BOYS | |
| 25 | BIG B'S BBQ |
Brisket
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 5 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 6 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 7 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 8 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 11 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 13 | BrewsCue | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 16 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 17 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 19 | PACS BBQ | |
| 20 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 21 | MRS. MEAT BBQ | |
| 22 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 23 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 24 | BIG B'S BBQ | |
| 25 | SAUCY & WET BBQ BOYS |