Balloons and Barbeque
2025-10-17 – 2025-10-18 · Poteau, OK · 📍 501 South Broadway · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Kermit's Ex (712.5484) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Dooms Day BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Kermit's Ex took the Grand Championship home to AR.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
Kermit's Ex won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: HOLLOW Q and BURNIN' SANDS BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ and Smoked & Furious tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Smoked & Furious and DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.8688 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 165.0856 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 167.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 712.5484 · median 686.7656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | Dooms Day BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 5 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 6 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 8 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 9 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 10 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 11 | DAL BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Pink BBQ | |
| 13 | MK BBQ | |
| 14 | 5 Oak Smoke | |
| 15 | Wood Chip BBQ LLC |
Chicken
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 5 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 6 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 7 | DAL BBQ | |
| 8 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 10 | Dooms Day BBQ | |
| 11 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 12 | MK BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Pink BBQ | |
| 14 | 5 Oak Smoke | |
| 15 | Wood Chip BBQ LLC |
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 2 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 5 | Dooms Day BBQ | |
| 6 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 8 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 9 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 10 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 11 | DAL BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Pink BBQ | |
| 13 | 5 Oak Smoke | |
| 14 | MK BBQ | |
| 15 | Wood Chip BBQ LLC |
Pork
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | Dooms Day BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 5 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 6 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 7 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 8 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 9 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 10 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Pink BBQ | |
| 12 | Wood Chip BBQ LLC | |
| 13 | 5 Oak Smoke | |
| 14 | DAL BBQ | |
| 15 | MK BBQ |
Brisket
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dooms Day BBQ | |
| 2 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 7 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 8 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 9 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 10 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 11 | MK BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Pink BBQ | |
| 13 | DAL BBQ | |
| 14 | Wood Chip BBQ LLC | |
| 15 | 5 Oak Smoke |