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Torry Island BBQ Showdown

2026-03-20 – 2026-03-21 · Belle Glade, FL · 📍 500 West Canal Street North · State championship

Reps: MIKE GARRETSON, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $16,450.00

Grand Champion: Tillman's BBQ (705.6800) · 34 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ACCUTECH BBQ

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TILLMAN'S BBQ
705.6800 · Master Series — Overall
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ACCUTECH BBQ
702.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ
695.3600 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

34
6 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

705.6800

Winning margin

3.4400
GC over RC

Field average

658.34
median 679.03

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
TILLMAN'S BBQ (Brisket), TILLMAN'S BBQ (Chicken), Going Yard BBQ (Pork), TILLMAN'S BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

684.5260
10th place overall

Field spread

222.2516
winner to last place

Prize money

$16,450.00
on the line

Most consistent

ACCUTECH BBQ
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

10
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4.5944 pts — TILLMAN'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 21%
beats 79% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

12%
of the 51 teams with a home region came from outside FL

Came back for more

55%
21 of 38 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.28 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 39% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED
rated 1910 pre-contest

Storylines

🔥 A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🧹 A double category winner

TILLMAN'S BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

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.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ (won 2024).

🃏 An upset on the books

Tillman's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2024-03-01 Belle Glade, FL 500 West Canal Street North 21 714.2744 Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ Going Yard BBQ
2025-03-21 Belle Glade, FL 5000 West Canal Street 26 696.5028 Sloppy Hogs GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
2026-03-20 ← this one Belle Glade, FL 500 West Canal Street North 34 705.6800 Tillman's BBQ ACCUTECH BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180.0000175.4056173.1200
Master Series — Pork Ribs178.8572177.7144175.4056
Master Series — Pork180.0000177.1544175.4172
Master Series — Brisket180.0000174.2628171.4172
Backyard Series — Chicken172.0000164.5600157.6572
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs177.7028171.4172160.0000

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

34 entries · top 705.6800 · median 679.0344

#TeamScore
1 TILLMAN'S BBQ 705.6800
2 ACCUTECH BBQ 702.2400
3 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 695.3600
4 SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA 694.7540
5 Slapulator BBQ 693.6456
6 BrewsCue 690.7540
7 K & E's Little Smokers 688.4912
8 Rum Runners BBQ 687.9312
9 GETTIN' BASTED 685.6456
10 Jarassic Bark 684.5260
11 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 684.4456
12 DONE RIGHT SMOKIN 683.9200
13 Cold Beer BBQ 683.3716
14 Going Yard BBQ 682.1944
15 WHEN PIGS DIE 681.6228
16 Ain't That Rich 681.5652
17 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 679.3144
18 Cooters N Smoke 678.7544
19 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 676.4224
20 Stewey Magoos BBQ 675.3372
21 Smokin Armadillo BBQ 674.7316
22 Bull and Boar BBQ 672.4572
23 Little Nicky's BBQ 671.3488
24 Double Barrel Smokers 670.7084
25 T-Rex BBQ 661.0516
26 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 649.0404
27 Piginorpigout BBQ 618.7884
28 Walker Country Boy BBQ 613.6452
29 Clark's BBQ & More 603.3600
30 The CORN Star Smokers 586.7088
31 Meathead's BBQ 586.7084
32 BBQ Ribs on Wheels 583.8860
33 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 571.8396
34 That BBQ Place 483.4284

Chicken

34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 TILLMAN'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 GETTIN' BASTED 177.7028
3 Slapulator BBQ 176.5600
4 Stewey Magoos BBQ 175.4172
5 SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA 175.4056
6 Double Barrel Smokers 175.4056
7 Rum Runners BBQ 175.4056
8 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 174.2628
9 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 174.2628
10 ACCUTECH BBQ 173.1200
11 DONE RIGHT SMOKIN 173.1200
12 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1084
13 Little Nicky's BBQ 170.8228
14 Smokin Armadillo BBQ 170.8228
15 WHEN PIGS DIE 170.8228
16 Jarassic Bark 169.6800
17 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 169.6800
18 K & E's Little Smokers 169.6800
19 Cold Beer BBQ 166.8572
20 T-Rex BBQ 166.8228
21 Cooters N Smoke 166.8228
22 BrewsCue 164.5256
23 Ain't That Rich 162.7768
24 Piginorpigout BBQ 158.8344
25 Walker Country Boy BBQ 158.2856
26 Bull and Boar BBQ 158.2400
27 That BBQ Place 156.6056
28 Going Yard BBQ 155.9544
29 Meathead's BBQ 154.8800
30 The CORN Star Smokers 153.1428
31 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 152.5372
32 Clark's BBQ & More 149.1544
33 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 147.9428
34 BBQ Ribs on Wheels 145.7144

Pork Ribs

34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1316

#TeamScore
1 ACCUTECH BBQ 178.8572
2 BrewsCue 178.8572
3 Stewey Magoos BBQ 178.8572
4 T-Rex BBQ 178.8572
5 SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA 177.7144
6 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 177.7144
7 DONE RIGHT SMOKIN 177.7144
8 Rum Runners BBQ 177.1428
9 Cold Beer BBQ 176.0116
10 K & E's Little Smokers 175.4056
11 GETTIN' BASTED 174.2628
12 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.2628
13 Slapulator BBQ 173.7028
14 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 173.7028
15 Going Yard BBQ 173.1200
16 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 172.5716
17 Little Nicky's BBQ 171.4172
18 Jarassic Bark 170.8460
19 Bull and Boar BBQ 170.8344
20 Ain't That Rich 169.6800
21 Cooters N Smoke 169.6800
22 Smokin Armadillo BBQ 167.3944
23 Meathead's BBQ 166.2628
24 Walker Country Boy BBQ 165.6912
25 TILLMAN'S BBQ 165.6800
26 WHEN PIGS DIE 162.8344
27 BBQ Ribs on Wheels 158.8460
28 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 157.0740
29 Double Barrel Smokers 155.3600
30 The CORN Star Smokers 151.4400
31 That BBQ Place 146.2860
32 Piginorpigout BBQ 144.5256
33 Clark's BBQ & More 135.3944
34 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 130.7884

Pork

34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Going Yard BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 TILLMAN'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 178.8572
4 Slapulator BBQ 177.7028
5 Cooters N Smoke 177.1544
6 Double Barrel Smokers 176.5600
7 K & E's Little Smokers 176.0000
8 ACCUTECH BBQ 176.0000
9 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 175.4172
10 Jarassic Bark 175.4172
11 Ain't That Rich 175.4056
12 Bull and Boar BBQ 174.8572
13 Rum Runners BBQ 174.8456
14 WHEN PIGS DIE 172.5600
15 SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA 171.9656
16 BrewsCue 171.9656
17 Cold Beer BBQ 170.8228
18 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 169.6800
19 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 169.1200
20 Stewey Magoos BBQ 167.3828
21 Piginorpigout BBQ 164.0456
22 Smokin Armadillo BBQ 162.8000
23 DONE RIGHT SMOKIN 162.2628
24 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 161.1088
25 That BBQ Place 160.5368
26 GETTIN' BASTED 159.4172
27 Clark's BBQ & More 159.4056
28 T-Rex BBQ 158.3088
29 Little Nicky's BBQ 157.6916
30 Meathead's BBQ 155.3712
31 Walker Country Boy BBQ 147.4056
32 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 146.8800
33 The CORN Star Smokers 142.7888
34 BBQ Ribs on Wheels 141.1084

Brisket

34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 TILLMAN'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 WHEN PIGS DIE 175.4056
3 BrewsCue 175.4056
4 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 175.4056
5 GETTIN' BASTED 174.2628
6 ACCUTECH BBQ 174.2628
7 Smokin Armadillo BBQ 173.7144
8 Ain't That Rich 173.7028
9 Going Yard BBQ 173.1200
10 Little Nicky's BBQ 171.4172
11 DONE RIGHT SMOKIN 170.8228
12 Cold Beer BBQ 169.6800
13 SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA 169.6684
14 Jarassic Bark 168.5828
15 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 168.5372
16 Bull and Boar BBQ 168.5256
17 K & E's Little Smokers 167.4056
18 Slapulator BBQ 165.6800
19 Cooters N Smoke 165.0972
20 Double Barrel Smokers 163.3828
21 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 162.8228
22 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 162.8000
23 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 161.6572
24 Rum Runners BBQ 160.5372
25 Clark's BBQ & More 159.4056
26 T-Rex BBQ 157.0628
27 Stewey Magoos BBQ 153.6800
28 Piginorpigout BBQ 151.3828
29 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 146.2284
30 Walker Country Boy BBQ 142.2628
31 The CORN Star Smokers 139.3372
32 BBQ Ribs on Wheels 138.2172
33 Meathead's BBQ 110.1944
34 That BBQ Place 20.0000

Backyard Series

Overall

17 entries · top 349.7028 · median 321.6340

#TeamScore
1 Navin's Backyard BBQ 349.7028
2 Pompano Pit Kings 343.9884
3 Mike's Backyard BBQ 341.1200
4 Cane Country BBQ 340.5372
5 T-Rex Rub BBQ Team 339.9884
6 When Pigs Fly Family BBQ 336.5484
7 Smokin' Hot & Dirty 331.4056
8 Pahokee O's BBQ 322.8456
9 Smoke Showing Backyard BBQ 321.6340
10 Sandbar Smokers 315.9884
11 Roadside BBQ 315.4400
12 Playa Famous BBQ LLC 296.5712
13 Fats BBQ and Soul Food 293.0172
14 Butcher Boys BBQ 291.8744
15 Coco's Cookin' 289.5428
16 Slab Boys 289.0172
17 Black Gold Barbecue 275.1656

Chicken

17 entries · top 172.0000 · median 157.6800

#TeamScore
1 Navin's Backyard BBQ 172.0000
2 T-Rex Rub BBQ Team 171.4056
3 Cane Country BBQ 169.1200
4 Pompano Pit Kings 167.9656
5 Mike's Backyard BBQ 164.5600
6 Sandbar Smokers 163.4284
7 Smokin' Hot & Dirty 162.8800
8 When Pigs Fly Family BBQ 161.1428
9 Pahokee O's BBQ 157.6800
10 Slab Boys 157.6572
11 Roadside BBQ 155.4400
12 Smoke Showing Backyard BBQ 153.1084
13 Playa Famous BBQ LLC 150.2628
14 Fats BBQ and Soul Food 150.2172
15 Coco's Cookin' 149.0628
16 Butcher Boys BBQ 139.3716
17 Black Gold Barbecue 119.7484

Pork Ribs

17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1656

#TeamScore
1 Navin's Backyard BBQ 177.7028
2 Mike's Backyard BBQ 176.5600
3 Pompano Pit Kings 176.0228
4 When Pigs Fly Family BBQ 175.4056
5 Cane Country BBQ 171.4172
6 T-Rex Rub BBQ Team 168.5828
7 Smokin' Hot & Dirty 168.5256
8 Smoke Showing Backyard BBQ 168.5256
9 Pahokee O's BBQ 165.1656
10 Roadside BBQ 160.0000
11 Black Gold Barbecue 155.4172
12 Sandbar Smokers 152.5600
13 Butcher Boys BBQ 152.5028
14 Playa Famous BBQ LLC 146.3084
15 Fats BBQ and Soul Food 142.8000
16 Coco's Cookin' 140.4800
17 Slab Boys 131.3600

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 — Sauce

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3712

#TeamScore
1 Tillman's Barbecue(3) 178.8572
2 Mike's Backyard BBQ 177.7028
3 Pompano Pit Kings 174.8572
4 Navin's Backyard BBQ(3) 174.8456
5 TILLMAN'S BBQ 174.2628
6 Tillman's Barbecue(2) 174.2628
7 Rum Runners BBQ(2) 174.2628
8 Bull and Boar BBQ 172.5600
9 GETTIN' BASTED 171.9656
10 Ain't That Rich 169.7028
11 Gettin' Basted(3) 169.6684
12 Gettin' Basted(2) 169.6684
13 The CORN Star Smokers 167.3712
14 Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ 166.8228
15 Rum Runners BBQ 166.2284
16 Little Nicky's BBQ 166.2284
17 Navin's Backyard BBQ 166.2284
18 Cold Beer BBQ 165.0740
19 Navin's Backyard BBQ(2) 164.5256
20 Playa Famous BBQ LLC 161.6340
21 Black Gold Barbecue 159.9196
22 FINFROCK's Backyard BBQ 159.3712
23 Sandbar Smokers 158.8112
24 Navin's Backyard BBQ(4) 157.6340
25 Walker Country Boy BBQ 154.2168

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