The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2025-09-12 · Guntersville, AL · 📍 24 State Campground Rd
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $1,000.00
Grand Champion: Weez's Groovin' BBQ (180.0000) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEE LA Q
Entries
15
1 judged meat
Top score
180.0000
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
172.62
median 173.11
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
3.4284 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
171.4056
10th place overall
Field spread
17.2000
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,000.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 16%
beats 84% of 2987 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ and LEE LA Q tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Rollin Smoke BBQ and NORALA BBQ TEAM tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Pork Life edged Armstrong Smoke & Co. by 0.0116.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 171.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 7 | Pork Life | |
| 8 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 9 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 10 | Red, White & Que | |
| 11 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 12 | 205 Smoke | |
| 13 | Modest Meats | |
| 14 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 15 | Wee Daddy's BBQ |