Sep 27–28, 2025 · Spencerville, Canada · CANADA · 📍 22 Ryan Street
Reps: Craig Maidens, Heather Maidens
BBQ WorX won Grand Champion at the Spencerville Smoke Ring on September 27, 2025 in Spencerville, K0E 1X0 at 22 Ryan Street, scoring 702.2628 in a field of 14 teams. MEAN MOE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5140. Category winners: Chicken — Team Sunrise BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — BBQ WorX (178.8800).
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 71 times in 100
BBQ WorX came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: MEAN MOE'S BBQ and BBQ WorX tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: Crooked Rubz and What For BBQ tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: What the Pork? edged BBQ WorX by 0.0228.
BBQ WorX took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 167.4284 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 167.3940 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 171.4628 | 163.3828 |
14 entries · top 702.2628 · median 681.9142
14 entries · top 180 · median 173.7200 · 🔥 perfect 180
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1200
14 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5600
14 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2514
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.
2 entries · top 174.2856 · median 173.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Heads Jr | |
| 2 | Chicken Bacon Ranch JR |