2025-10-03 – 2025-10-04 · Pleasant Hill, MO · 📍 300 Campbell Street
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $2,700.00
Grand Champion: ELECTRO-QUE-TED (358.8572) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HESSHOGS
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.
358.8572 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 354.3316 Piggy's Kin set in 2024.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 1–2: Rudes BBQ and HESSHOGS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BARE KNUCKLE BBQ and Fire Pig tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SadieQ edged Rudes BBQ by 0.0116.
Rudes BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-04 | Pleasant Hill, MO | 308 W. Commercial St. | 19 | 354.3316 | Piggy's Kin | — |
| 2025-10-03 ← this one | Pleasant Hill, MO | 300 Campbell Street | 23 | 358.8572 | ELECTRO-QUE-TED | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Pleasant Hill, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 170.2744 |
23 entries · top 358.8572 · median 338.8000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HESSHOGS | |
| 3 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire Pig | |
| 7 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 8 | PIT PALS | |
| 9 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | SadieQ | |
| 11 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 13 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 14 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q's | |
| 17 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 18 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 19 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 20 | LL BBQ | |
| 21 | BROS BBQ | |
| 22 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN | |
| 23 | J & M BBQ |
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | HESSHOGS | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 5 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 6 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 7 | Fire Pig | |
| 8 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 9 | PIT PALS | |
| 10 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 13 | SadieQ | |
| 14 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 15 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 16 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Blues Q's | |
| 18 | BROS BBQ | |
| 19 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 20 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 21 | LL BBQ | |
| 22 | J & M BBQ | |
| 23 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN |
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 3 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 4 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | SadieQ | |
| 7 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 8 | Fire Pig | |
| 9 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 10 | PIT PALS | |
| 11 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 12 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q's | |
| 17 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 18 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 19 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 20 | LL BBQ | |
| 21 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN | |
| 22 | BROS BBQ | |
| 23 | J & M BBQ |