Mar 20–21, 2026 · Belle Glade, FL · 📍 500 West Canal Street North · State championship
Reps: Mike Garretson, Wayne Harper · Prize money: $16,450
TILLMAN'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Torry Island BBQ Showdown on March 20, 2026 in Belle Glade, FL at 500 West Canal Street North, scoring 705.6800 in a field of 34 teams. ACCUTECH BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2400. Category winners: Chicken — TILLMAN'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ACCUTECH BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Going Yard BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — TILLMAN'S BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Navin's Backyard BBQ with 349.7028. This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Sloppy Hogs.
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, 2024 to 2026 — 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.
Tillman's BBQ holds the KCBS record for most perfect 180s in one day — 3 180s at a single contest, Brisket, Chicken, Pork, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
Tillman's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA and Double Barrel Smokers tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Double Barrel Smokers and Rum Runners BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: SMOKE N' ASH BBQ and KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TILLMAN'S BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
TILLMAN'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 25th.
TILLMAN'S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ (won 2024).
This contest usually draws about 24 teams
34 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 24.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024 | Belle Glade, FL | 500 West Canal Street North | 21 | 714.2744 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | Going Yard BBQ |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Belle Glade, FL | 5000 West Canal Street | 26 | 696.5028 | Sloppy Hogs | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| Mar 20, 2026 ← this one | Belle Glade, FL | 500 West Canal Street North | 34 | 705.6800 | Tillman's BBQ | ACCUTECH BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 175.4056 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 177.1544 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 172 | 164.5600 | 157.6572 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 160 |
34 entries · top 705.6800 · median 679.0344
34 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1316
34 entries · top 180 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
34 entries · top 180 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
17 entries · top 349.7028 · median 321.6340
17 entries · top 172 · median 157.6800
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1656
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.
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3712