2025-09-05 – 2025-09-06 · Cullman, AL · 📍 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $2,700.00
Grand Champion: FIRE & SHINE BBQ (357.7028) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PUDDLEDUCK 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.
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 70 times in 100
FIRE & SHINE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 2–3: Ghost Hill BBQ and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ and Rollin Smoke BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: 205 Smoke and FIRE & SHINE BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 ← this one | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 29 | 357.7028 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 19 | 180.0000 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 173.1316 | 170.8228 |
29 entries · top 357.7028 · median 341.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 2 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | 205 Smoke | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 10 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 11 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 12 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 13 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 14 | RIBLIFE | |
| 15 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 16 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | Southern Swine | |
| 18 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 19 | Bentley Que | |
| 20 | Jury's Out | |
| 21 | Rise and Swine | |
| 22 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 23 | Pork Life | |
| 24 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 25 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 26 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 27 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 28 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 29 | FOCAS SMOKAS |
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 2 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 5 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 6 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Pork Life | |
| 9 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 10 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | Bentley Que | |
| 14 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 15 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 17 | Rise and Swine | |
| 18 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 19 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 20 | RIBLIFE | |
| 21 | Jury's Out | |
| 22 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 23 | Southern Swine | |
| 24 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 25 | 205 Smoke | |
| 26 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 27 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 28 | FOCAS SMOKAS | |
| 29 | Gustoso BBQ |
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 205 Smoke | |
| 2 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 6 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | RIBLIFE | |
| 8 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 9 | LEE LA Q | |
| 10 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Southern Swine | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 15 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 16 | Jury's Out | |
| 17 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 18 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 20 | Rise and Swine | |
| 21 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 22 | Bentley Que | |
| 23 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 24 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 25 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 26 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 27 | Pork Life | |
| 28 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 29 | FOCAS SMOKAS |
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.
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 176.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 2 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 3 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 4 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | FOCAS SMOKAS |
5 entries · top 177.7144 · median 175.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOCAS SMOKAS | |
| 2 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 3 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 5 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. |