Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
2026-03-20 – 2026-03-21 · Lebanon, TN · 📍 945 E. Baddour Pkwy · State championship
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, CONNIE AMIDEI, DAVID BURSTEIN, JEANNE TITUS, JONATHAN AMIDEI · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Razorracks (713.1200) · 125 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Kith n' Kin
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
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Prize money
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How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
TRIPLE H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
RAZORRACKS took the Grand Championship home to MO.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
23 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Kith n' Kin and POOH BEAR BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: POOH BEAR BBQ and LOCAL YOKELS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: LOCAL YOKELS BBQ and BAD ROOSTER BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BILLY RAY BBQ (won 2019), THE BBQ BUS (won 2021), TRIPLE H BBQ (won 2023, 2025), KITH N' KIN (won 2023), Meat Me in St. Louis (won 2024), Smokey Bees BBQ - MS (won 2025).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1603 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
RAZORRACKS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-08 | Nashville, TN | 4001 Bell RD | 67 | 706.8344 | BILLY RAY BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2021-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 57 | 701.6456 | THE BBQ BUS | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| 2023-03-17 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 80 | 705.6800 | TRIPLE H BBQ | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ |
| 2023-03-17 | Lebanon, TN | 954 E Baddour Pky | 59 | 177.1544 | KITH N' KIN | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 93 | 701.6572 | Continental Barbecue Co. | TRIPLE H BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 178.8572 | Meat Me in St. Louis | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 100 | 704.5372 | Triple H BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2025-03-14 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E Baddour Pky | 72 | 179.4400 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | — |
| 2026-03-20 ← this one | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 125 | 713.1200 | Razorracks | Kith n' Kin |
| 2026-03-20 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 88 | 180.0000 | Alpine Smoke Works | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Lebanon, TN | 945 E. Baddour Pkwy | 71 | 180.0000 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-03-19 | Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 178.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0116 | 172.5600 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
125 entries · top 713.1200 · median 683.9200
Chicken
125 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
125 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
125 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
124 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
52 entries · top 358.8572 · median 339.9774
Chicken
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
51 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684
Ancillary
Pork
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
79 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180