Sep 19–20, 2025 · Loves Park, IL · 📍 100 Heart Bld
Reps: Charlie Brinza, Jeanne Titus · Prize money: $1,000
Sky High BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) on September 19, 2025 in Loves Park, IL at 100 Heart Bld, scoring 348.0000 in a field of 17 teams. Skinny Pig BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 345.0972. Category winners: Chicken — Boneheads BBQ (176.5944); Pork Ribs — Skinny Pig BBQ (173.1316).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
Sky High BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rudes BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Sky High BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Sky High BBQ and Rudes BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: All Smoked Up BBQ edged Smokey Bros Barbecue by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: M2BBQ edged Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que by 0.0344.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 169.1084 | 163.4516 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 167.4172 | 157.1200 |
17 entries · top 348 · median 327.9312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 2 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 3 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 4 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 5 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 6 | M2BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 8 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 9 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Cream City Q | |
| 13 | Brisket to the Limit | |
| 14 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 15 | Drake Bros | |
| 16 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 17 | Tall Dad BBQ |
17 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.9884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 2 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 3 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 4 | M2BBQ | |
| 5 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 6 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 7 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 9 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 10 | Brisket to the Limit | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 13 | Cream City Q | |
| 14 | Drake Bros | |
| 15 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 16 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 17 | Tall Dad BBQ |
17 entries · top 173.1316 · median 158.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 3 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 6 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 7 | M2BBQ | |
| 8 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 9 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 13 | Cream City Q | |
| 14 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 15 | Tall Dad BBQ | |
| 16 | Drake Bros | |
| 17 | Brisket to the Limit |