September Fest

2025-09-19 – 2025-09-20 · Coldwater, MI · State championship

Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $3,020.00

Grand Champion: Que U (695.9428) · 26 teams

🥇

Fire Pig

349.7028 · Backyard Series — Overall

🥈

Porkasaurus Rex BBQ

323.3828 · Backyard Series — Overall

🥉

Smoky J's BBQ

319.3828 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

6 categories

Top score

349.7028

Winning margin

26.3200

GC over RC

Field average

321.67

median 319.38

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Field spread

42.3884

winner to last place

Prize money

$3,020.00

on the line

Most consistent

QUE U

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 13.7028 pts — Fire Pig

How hot was the win?

Top 86%

beats 14% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1549

avg power rating going in · stronger than 54% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUE U

rated 1759 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 26.3200 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

QUE U took the Grand Championship home to WI.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2024-09-13	Coldwater, MI	18	687.3024	Mac Attack BBQ
2025-09-19 ← this one	Coldwater, MI	26	695.9428	Que U
2025-09-19	Coldwater, MI	14	176.5600	Smoke'N'Stooges
2026-09-11	Coldwater, MI	—	—	—
2026-09-11	Coldwater, MI	—	—	—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series — Chicken

5 entries · top 178.2972 · median 155.3600

#	Team	Score
1	Fire Pig	178.2972
2	Porkasaurus Rex BBQ	164.5944
3	Titan-Q	155.3600
4	Smoky J's BBQ	154.8456
5	Bad Larry's BBQ	152.0000

Backyard Series — Overall

5 entries · top 349.7028 · median 319.3828

#	Team	Score
1	Fire Pig	349.7028
2	Porkasaurus Rex BBQ	323.3828
3	Smoky J's BBQ	319.3828
4	Bad Larry's BBQ	308.5600
5	Titan-Q	307.3144

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

5 entries · top 171.4056 · median 158.7884

#	Team	Score
1	Fire Pig	171.4056
2	Smoky J's BBQ	164.5372
3	Porkasaurus Rex BBQ	158.7884
4	Bad Larry's BBQ	156.5600
5	Titan-Q	151.9544

Master Series — Brisket

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	180.0000 🔥
2	DB BBQ	176.5600
3	Team Cookie	175.4056
4	BO B Q BBQ	173.7028
5	iBQ'n	173.1200
6	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	172.5600
7	Dino-Q	172.0000
8	JaBs	171.9656
9	DAT'S BBQ	171.9656
10	Bay 5 BBQ	171.4172
11	RedHog BBQ	169.1200
12	Q-JITSU	168.5600
13	Kalamazoo Pit Posse	167.4172
14	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	167.3712
15	Murphy's Leftovers	166.9144
16	QUE U	166.2400
17	BooyaQ	166.2284
18	MC Barbeque	165.6684
19	B&R SMOKE	163.9428
20	PapaDads BBQ	162.8000
21	Billy Bob Q	162.2744
22	Smoke’N’Stooges	161.6572
23	MAC ATTACK BBQ	160.5144
24	JAYBIRD'S BBQ	158.8344
25	Harris Holy Hog	155.9772
26	Thin Blue BBQ	155.9544

Master Series — Chicken

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.0970

#	Team	Score
1	QUE U	178.2972
2	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	177.7372
3	DAT'S BBQ	177.7144
4	B&R SMOKE	176.5828
5	BooyaQ	176.0000
6	Team Cookie	176.0000
7	DB BBQ	175.4172
8	Harris Holy Hog	174.8800
9	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	174.2628
10	JaBs	170.8344
11	JAYBIRD'S BBQ	170.8228
12	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	170.2744
13	Q-JITSU	169.6684
14	iBQ'n	168.5256
15	RedHog BBQ	167.4172
16	BO B Q BBQ	166.2284
17	Dino-Q	165.6800
18	MAC ATTACK BBQ	165.0972
19	Bay 5 BBQ	163.3944
20	MC Barbeque	163.3944
21	Kalamazoo Pit Posse	161.6800
22	PapaDads BBQ	160.5028
23	Smoke’N’Stooges	158.2400
24	Billy Bob Q	156.5144
25	Thin Blue BBQ	154.8112
26	Murphy's Leftovers	144.5828

Master Series — Overall

26 entries · top 695.9428 · median 674.4800

#	Team	Score
1	QUE U	695.9428
2	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	689.6224
3	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	689.6112
4	DB BBQ	687.8856
5	B&R SMOKE	682.7772
6	JaBs	682.7656
7	iBQ'n	681.5884
8	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	681.0516
9	Q-JITSU	680.4796
10	Team Cookie	680.4568
11	BO B Q BBQ	677.0400
12	DAT'S BBQ	677.0056
13	Dino-Q	676.5144
14	RedHog BBQ	672.4456
15	Kalamazoo Pit Posse	669.6228
16	BooyaQ	668.9824
17	Harris Holy Hog	668.5144
18	Bay 5 BBQ	667.9084
19	MAC ATTACK BBQ	665.0060
20	JAYBIRD'S BBQ	663.8972
21	PapaDads BBQ	658.1144
22	Smoke’N’Stooges	656.5032
23	MC Barbeque	644.9256
24	Thin Blue BBQ	644.4456
25	Billy Bob Q	635.8404
26	Murphy's Leftovers	626.3544

Master Series — Pork

26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.6800

#	Team	Score
1	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	177.7028
2	QUE U	176.5600
3	PapaDads BBQ	174.8572
4	JaBs	173.1428
5	BooyaQ	171.9656
6	Dino-Q	171.4172
7	Harris Holy Hog	171.4056
8	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	169.6800
9	RedHog BBQ	169.6800
10	DB BBQ	169.6684
11	Q-JITSU	169.6684
12	Smoke’N’Stooges	169.1772
13	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	167.9656
14	MAC ATTACK BBQ	167.3944
15	Kalamazoo Pit Posse	167.3828
16	iBQ'n	167.3828
17	B&R SMOKE	166.8228
18	BO B Q BBQ	165.6916
19	Bay 5 BBQ	165.1312
20	DAT'S BBQ	162.7884
21	Thin Blue BBQ	162.2744
22	Team Cookie	161.6456
23	JAYBIRD'S BBQ	159.9772
24	Murphy's Leftovers	157.7028
25	MC Barbeque	157.0628
26	Billy Bob Q	156.5028

Master Series — Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 175.4288 · median 167.4230

#	Team	Score
1	B&R SMOKE	175.4288
2	QUE U	174.8456
3	JAYBIRD'S BBQ	174.2628
4	Kalamazoo Pit Posse	173.1428
5	Q-JITSU	172.5828
6	iBQ'n	172.5600
7	MAC ATTACK BBQ	172.0000
8	BO B Q BBQ	171.4172
9	Thin Blue BBQ	171.4056
10	Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ	170.2744
11	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	168.5372
12	Bay 5 BBQ	167.9656
13	Smoke’N’Stooges	167.4288
14	Dino-Q	167.4172
15	Team Cookie	167.4056
16	JaBs	166.8228
17	Harris Holy Hog	166.2516
18	DB BBQ	166.2400
19	RedHog BBQ	166.2284
20	DAT'S BBQ	164.5372
21	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	163.9196
22	Billy Bob Q	160.5488
23	PapaDads BBQ	159.9544
24	MC Barbeque	158.8000
25	Murphy's Leftovers	157.1544
26	BooyaQ	154.7884