2025-10-25 – 2025-10-26 · Cleveland, AL · 📍 6700 County Hwy 1
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $750.00
Grand Champion: 931 BBQ (355.4288) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 NORALA BBQ TEAM
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 73 times in 100
931 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Smokey Bees BBQ - MS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was 931 BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5944 points.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1632 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team and 931 BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Electro-Que-ted and Wee Daddy's BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Rollin Smoke BBQ and Fire Pig tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 169.1200 |
16 entries · top 355.4288 · median 345.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 931 BBQ | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 7 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 8 | 205 Smoke | |
| 9 | Fire Pig | |
| 10 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 13 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 14 | Pork Life | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | 931 BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Life | |
| 7 | 205 Smoke | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Fire Pig | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 13 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 3 | 931 BBQ | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 9 | 205 Smoke | |
| 10 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 11 | Fire Pig | |
| 12 | Modest Meats | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 15 | Pork Life | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |