Nov 1–2, 2025 · Oak Grove, MO · State championship
Reps: Dave Rogers, Forrest Bruce, Peg Rogers · Prize money: $3,500
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) on November 1, 2025 in Oak Grove, MO, scoring 703.9544 in a field of 50 teams. MACHETE BOYS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8228. Category winners: Chicken — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Go Pig or Go Home (178.2972); Pork — ALL FORKED UP FOR Q (180.0000); Brisket — Blind Fox BBQ (176.5600). This is the 10th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by OMBBQ; the next is scheduled for October 30, 2026.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 82% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 7th. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 10 tracked editions
Janky Leg BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9768 points.
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1673 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER and MACHETE BOYS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: MACHETE BOYS BBQ and Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Who's Cookin' and Renegade BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2022, 2023), Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ (won 2024), OMBBQ (won 2025).
47 of 53 teams from 2025-10-31 came back
47 of the 53 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 702.8116 | Janky Leg BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 38 | 177.7144 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | — |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 47 | 700.5028 | Janky Leg BBQ | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 705.1088 | Squealin and Dealin BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 27 | 176.5716 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | — |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 28 | 180 | BrewsCue | — |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 707.4288 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | Crossed Rifles BBQ |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 56 | 705.0856 | Mulkey's BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 709.6800 | OMBBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| Nov 1, 2025 ← this one | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 50 | 703.9544 | Slaps BBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 31, 2026 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7144 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
50 entries · top 703.9544 · median 685.0342
50 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
50 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9772
50 entries · top 180 · median 172.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
49 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
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.
20 entries · top 180 · median 175.7200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 2 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 3 | OMBBQ | |
| 4 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 5 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 6 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 7 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 8 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 9 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 10 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 11 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 12 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 13 | Triple B BBQ - AUS | |
| 14 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 15 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 16 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 17 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 19 | Caught Smokin' | |
| 20 | Broke Boys BBQ |