Oct 17–18, 2025 · Topeka, KS · 📍 510 SW 49th Street · State championship
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $4,210
Can Country Outlaw BBQ won Grand Champion at the Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition on October 17, 2025 in Topeka, KS at 510 SW 49th Street, scoring 710.8112 in a field of 23 teams. JANKY LEG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 708.5256. Category winners: Chicken — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — JANKY LEG BBQ (180.0000); Pork — Can Country Outlaw BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — GETTIN' BASTED (177.7028).
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 78 times in 100
Can Country Outlaw BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1653 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: PORKY BUTTS BBQ and Can Country Outlaw BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BBQ Pit Bros and Too Sauced BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Smoke This Drink That BBQ and Bears Backyard Q tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Can Country Outlaw BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
23 entries · top 710.8112 · median 687.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 8 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 11 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 12 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 13 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 14 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 17 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 18 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Boxer Q | |
| 21 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 22 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 23 | Porkin' Around |
23 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 5 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 8 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 10 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 11 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 15 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 16 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 17 | Boxer Q | |
| 18 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 21 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 22 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 23 | Porkin' Around |
23 entries · top 180 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 3 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 4 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 5 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 9 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 10 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 11 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 12 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 13 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 15 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 16 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 17 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 18 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 21 | Boxer Q | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew |
23 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 4 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 11 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 12 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 13 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 14 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 15 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 16 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 17 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 18 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 19 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 20 | Boxer Q | |
| 21 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | Smokey Palates BBQ |
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 4 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 10 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 11 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 12 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 13 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 14 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 15 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 16 | Boxer Q | |
| 17 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 18 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 19 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 20 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 21 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | Smokey Palates BBQ |