Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-09-05 – 2025-09-06 · Park Ridge, IL
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $540.00
Grand Champion: Blended Smoke BBQ (353.7488) · 38 teams
Entries
38
4 categories
Top score
353.7488
Winning margin
4.0460
GC over RC
Field average
319.11
median 319.05
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Ancillary — Best dish
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
335.3600
what a walk cost here
Field spread
78.8916
winner to last place
Prize money
$540.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 81%
beats 19% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1509
avg power rating going in · stronger than 14% of contests
Storylines
🃏 An upset on the books
Blended Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ MIKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge, IL | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | |
| Park Ridge, IL | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ | |
| 2022-08-20 | Park Ridge, IL | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers |
| 2023-09-16 | Park Ridge, IL | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ |
| 2024-08-24 | Park Ridge, IL | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ |
| 2025-09-05 ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ |
| 2026-08-15 | Park Ridge, IL | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Best dish
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 2 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 3 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 4 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 5 | De La 'Que 2 | |
| 6 | K&K BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoking Embers | |
| 8 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 9 | Baby Badger Barbeque | |
| 10 | Pickles Posse 2 | |
| 11 | BoriBQ | |
| 12 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 13 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 14 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 15 | South Pork | |
| 16 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 18 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 19 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 20 | Smoke Signals | |
| 21 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 22 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 23 | Pickles Posse | |
| 24 | Pickles Possee 3 | |
| 25 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 26 | Pork Floyd | |
| 27 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 28 | Damn Hangry | |
| 29 | Pork Dorks | |
| 30 | De La'Que | |
| 31 | MIAMI HEAT 4 | |
| 32 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 33 | Smokey and The Bandits |
Ancillary — Best sauce
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 2 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 3 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 4 | MIAMI HEAT 2 | |
| 5 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 6 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 7 | South Pork | |
| 8 | Smoking Embers | |
| 9 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 10 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | BoriBQ | |
| 12 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 13 | De La'Que | |
| 14 | MIAMI HEAT 3 | |
| 15 | Pork Dorks | |
| 16 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 17 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 18 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 19 | K&K BBQ | |
| 20 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 21 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 22 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 23 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 24 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 25 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 26 | Smokey and The Bandits | |
| 27 | Baby Badger Barbeque | |
| 28 | Pork Floyd | |
| 29 | Smoke Signals | |
| 30 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ |
Backyard Series — Chicken
38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.8630 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Baby Badger Barbeque | |
| 4 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 5 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 6 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 7 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 8 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 9 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 10 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 11 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 13 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 14 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 15 | Smoking Embers | |
| 16 | South Pork | |
| 17 | Pork Floyd | |
| 18 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 19 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 20 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 21 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 22 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 23 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 24 | Pork Dorks | |
| 25 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 26 | Pickles Posse | |
| 27 | De La'Que | |
| 28 | BoriBQ | |
| 29 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 30 | Smoke Signals | |
| 31 | K&K BBQ | |
| 32 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 33 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 34 | Rubicon BBQ | |
| 35 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 36 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 37 | Damn Hangry | |
| 38 | Smokey and The Bandits |
Backyard Series — Overall
38 entries · top 353.7488 · median 319.0516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 3 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Baby Badger Barbeque | |
| 5 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 6 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 7 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 8 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 9 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 10 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 11 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 12 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 13 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 14 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 15 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 16 | Smoking Embers | |
| 17 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 18 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 19 | Pork Floyd | |
| 20 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 21 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 22 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 23 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 24 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | Smoke Signals | |
| 26 | South Pork | |
| 27 | Pickles Posse | |
| 28 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 29 | BoriBQ | |
| 30 | Pork Dorks | |
| 31 | De La'Que | |
| 32 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 33 | K&K BBQ | |
| 34 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 35 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 36 | Rubicon BBQ | |
| 37 | Damn Hangry | |
| 38 | Smokey and The Bandits |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 177.7372 · median 159.0916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 3 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 5 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 6 | Baby Badger Barbeque | |
| 7 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 8 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 9 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 12 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 13 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 14 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 15 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 16 | Smoke Signals | |
| 17 | Smoking Embers | |
| 18 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 19 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 20 | Pork Floyd | |
| 21 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 22 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 23 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 24 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 25 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 26 | Pickles Posse | |
| 27 | BoriBQ | |
| 28 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 29 | South Pork | |
| 30 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 31 | Pork Dorks | |
| 32 | K&K BBQ | |
| 33 | De La'Que | |
| 34 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 35 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 36 | Smokey and The Bandits | |
| 37 | Rubicon BBQ | |
| 38 | Damn Hangry |