2025-08-30 – 2025-08-31 · Burlington, KS · 📍 625 S. 3rd St. · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $9,350.00
Grand Champion: BOCEPHUS BBQ (707.3712) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JDQ BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 84% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1196 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
Bocephus BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4168 points.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1657 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: PARTS 'R' SMOKIN and COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Poppa Pig and Damn Fine Beef & Swine tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Damn Fine Beef & Swine and Who's Cookin' tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
JANKY LEG BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
Bocephus BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 20th.
JANKY LEG BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: B3 BBQ (won 2024), SQUEALIN N DEALIN BBQ (won 2025).
19 of 25 teams from 2025-08-29 came back
19 of the 25 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| 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 | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 25 | 706.2516 | SQUEALIN N DEALIN BBQ | Glamping Grillers |
| 2025-08-30 ← this one | Burlington, KS | 625 S. 3rd St. | 24 | 707.3712 | BOCEPHUS BBQ | JDQ BBQ |
| 2026-09-04 | Burlington, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-05 | Burlington, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 174.8572 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.8456 |
24 entries · top 707.3712 · median 695.0802
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 2 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | Poppa Pig | |
| 6 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 7 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 10 | SUPERSWINE BBQ | |
| 11 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 12 | BrewsCue | |
| 13 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 16 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 17 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 18 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 19 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 20 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 21 | PACS BBQ | |
| 22 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 23 | IOLA UNDERHOGS | |
| 24 | Southern Smokehouse |
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 2 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 5 | Poppa Pig | |
| 6 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 7 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 8 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 9 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 10 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 11 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 12 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 13 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | PACS BBQ | |
| 15 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 16 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 17 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 18 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 19 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 20 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 21 | SUPERSWINE BBQ | |
| 22 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 23 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 24 | IOLA UNDERHOGS |
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7030 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 4 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 5 | SUPERSWINE BBQ | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 9 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 10 | Poppa Pig | |
| 11 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 12 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 13 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 14 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 15 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 16 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 17 | IOLA UNDERHOGS | |
| 18 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 19 | BrewsCue | |
| 20 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 21 | PACS BBQ | |
| 22 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 23 | Southern Smokehouse | |
| 24 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ |
24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | SUPERSWINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 6 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 7 | Poppa Pig | |
| 8 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 9 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 10 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 14 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 15 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 16 | IOLA UNDERHOGS | |
| 17 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 18 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 19 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 20 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 21 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 22 | PACS BBQ | |
| 23 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 24 | Southern Smokehouse |
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 3 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 4 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 7 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 10 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 11 | SUPERSWINE BBQ | |
| 12 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 13 | Poppa Pig | |
| 14 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 15 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 16 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 17 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 18 | PACS BBQ | |
| 19 | IOLA UNDERHOGS | |
| 20 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 21 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 22 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 23 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 24 | Southern Smokehouse |