Smoke on the Ohio
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-13 · Mt. Vernon, IN · 📍 Riverbend Park · State championship
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $9,000.00
Grand Champion: JaBs (709.1428) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Scuffletown Smokers has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
JaBs took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS and RUSTY PIG BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: RUSTY PIG BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS and POOH BEAR BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Scuffletown Smokers (won 2019, 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
JaBs came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Water St | 29 | 693.0856 | FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE | GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ | |
| 2018-09-07 | Water St | 28 | 701.0856 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 2019-09-13 | Mt.Vernon, IN | 1 Locust | 28 | 701.1088 | Scuffletown Smokers | ONE2BBQ |
| 2021-09-10 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 110 East Water St. | 16 | 702.2400 | Local Yokels | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2022-09-09 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 12 | 716.0000 | Local Yokels | DB BBQ |
| 2023-09-08 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 25 | 709.6684 | Scuffletown Smokers | DB BBQ |
| 2024-09-13 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 28 | 703.9428 | Mulkey's BBQ | JaBs BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 ← this one | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 27 | 709.1428 | JaBs | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2026-09-11 | Mt. Vernon, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8800 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 169.6684 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 170.8344 | 167.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 709.1428 · median 663.2568
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JaBs | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | POOH BEAR BBQ | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 6 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 7 | Winks BBQ | |
| 8 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 9 | DB BBQ | |
| 10 | Shoulda' Gone Fishin' | |
| 11 | QUE U | |
| 12 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 13 | PoCo Porkers | |
| 14 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 15 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 16 | TEMPTATION STATION | |
| 17 | Powells Pig Pile Bbq | |
| 18 | AbiCue | |
| 19 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 20 | Rubem Right BBQ | |
| 21 | Zilla's BBQ | |
| 22 | Blue Pig Smokin’ Heirs | |
| 23 | Mac Daddys Barbecue | |
| 24 | GPAs PUB | |
| 25 | Global Smokers | |
| 26 | W.Oink.C | |
| 27 | OFF THE BONE BBQ |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | JaBs | |
| 6 | DB BBQ | |
| 7 | Powells Pig Pile Bbq | |
| 8 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 9 | QUE U | |
| 10 | POOH BEAR BBQ | |
| 11 | PoCo Porkers | |
| 12 | Shoulda' Gone Fishin' | |
| 13 | Blue Pig Smokin’ Heirs | |
| 14 | Winks BBQ | |
| 15 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 16 | TEMPTATION STATION | |
| 17 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 18 | Rubem Right BBQ | |
| 19 | Mac Daddys Barbecue | |
| 20 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 21 | Global Smokers | |
| 22 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 23 | GPAs PUB | |
| 24 | AbiCue | |
| 25 | Zilla's BBQ | |
| 26 | OFF THE BONE BBQ | |
| 27 | W.Oink.C |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JaBs | |
| 2 | QUE U | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | POOH BEAR BBQ | |
| 5 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 6 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 7 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 8 | Winks BBQ | |
| 9 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 10 | DB BBQ | |
| 11 | Shoulda' Gone Fishin' | |
| 12 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 13 | TEMPTATION STATION | |
| 14 | Mac Daddys Barbecue | |
| 15 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 16 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 17 | Powells Pig Pile Bbq | |
| 18 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 19 | PoCo Porkers | |
| 20 | Rubem Right BBQ | |
| 21 | AbiCue | |
| 22 | GPAs PUB | |
| 23 | Blue Pig Smokin’ Heirs | |
| 24 | Zilla's BBQ | |
| 25 | W.Oink.C | |
| 26 | OFF THE BONE BBQ | |
| 27 | Global Smokers |
Pork
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | POOH BEAR BBQ | |
| 3 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 4 | Winks BBQ | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | TEMPTATION STATION | |
| 7 | DB BBQ | |
| 8 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 9 | JaBs | |
| 10 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 11 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 13 | Shoulda' Gone Fishin' | |
| 14 | Rubem Right BBQ | |
| 15 | AbiCue | |
| 16 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 17 | Zilla's BBQ | |
| 18 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 19 | PoCo Porkers | |
| 20 | GPAs PUB | |
| 21 | OFF THE BONE BBQ | |
| 22 | W.Oink.C | |
| 23 | QUE U | |
| 24 | Mac Daddys Barbecue | |
| 25 | Powells Pig Pile Bbq | |
| 26 | Blue Pig Smokin’ Heirs | |
| 27 | Global Smokers |
Brisket
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JaBs | |
| 2 | POOH BEAR BBQ | |
| 3 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 4 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | Winks BBQ | |
| 7 | Shoulda' Gone Fishin' | |
| 8 | AbiCue | |
| 9 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 10 | QUE U | |
| 11 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 12 | Global Smokers | |
| 13 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 15 | PoCo Porkers | |
| 16 | DB BBQ | |
| 17 | Powells Pig Pile Bbq | |
| 18 | Rubem Right BBQ | |
| 19 | Zilla's BBQ | |
| 20 | W.Oink.C | |
| 21 | Blue Pig Smokin’ Heirs | |
| 22 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 23 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 24 | TEMPTATION STATION | |
| 25 | Mac Daddys Barbecue | |
| 26 | OFF THE BONE BBQ | |
| 27 | GPAs PUB |