Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-13 · Waller, TX · 📍 Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park · State championship
Reps: DEBBIE SPRAY, EUGENE WICKHAM, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, SARAH WICKHAM, SCOTT SPRAY · Prize money: $50,000.00
Grand Champion: Rio Valley Meat BBQ (698.8344) · 92 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Pitfather BBQ
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
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Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0744 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Rio Valley Meat BBQ and The Pitfather BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Rio Valley Meat BBQ and Texas Revolution tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Texas Revolution and Always Forward BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-08 | Waller, TX | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 99 | 693.1660 | Race Crew Drum Smokers | Team Chupacabra |
| 2024-09-13 | Waller, TX | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 67 | 694.3772 | Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ | Flying G BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 ← this one | Waller, TX | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 92 | 698.8344 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | The Pitfather BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 175.4744 | 174.3088 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7372 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
92 entries · top 698.8344 · median 662.5312
Chicken
92 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.8400
Pork Ribs
92 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
92 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.4056
Brisket
90 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8342
Ancillary categories
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.
Kids-Q — 12-16 Kid'S Steak
6 entries · top 175.4516 · median 172.5830
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Chase | |
| 2 | Kenndy / BBQ PROJECT | |
| 3 | Grayson / Kibo-Q | |
| 4 | PRESLIE / THAT OIL MONEY | |
| 5 | Dakota / First Class 2.0 | |
| 6 | Meran / Rosie's BBQ |
Kids-Q — 6-11 Kid'S Steak
21 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572
Kids-Q — Kid''S Q Cook'S Choice All Ages
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Margaritas
17 entries · top 171.4744 · median 151.9200
Ancillary — Mre Challlenge
12 entries · top 173.7256 · median 157.0914