Up In smoke on the Square
2016-06-03 – 2016-06-04
Grand Champion: OUTSIDERS BBQ (685.6800) · 52 teams
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ won the most recent scored edition (2015-06-05).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 45 teams across 3 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 699.4400, set by MONSTER-QUE in 2014.
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | 46 | 689.6916 | A BOY & HIS BBQ | |
| 2014-08-22 | 50 | 699.4400 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 2015-06-05 | 40 | 689.0740 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 2016-06-03 ← this one | 52 | 685.6800 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | |
| 2017-06-02 | 32 | 695.8968 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 2018-06-01 | 40 | 687.3600 | SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM | |
| 2019-05-31 | Lincoln, IL | 36 | 682.8576 | The BBQ Bus |
| 2021-06-04 | Lincoln, IL | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Lincoln, IL | 26 | 346.8344 | 309 BBQ |
| 2024-08-23 | Lincoln, IL | 28 | 350.8688 | Up From The Pits BBQ |
| 2025-08-22 | Lincoln, IL | 31 | 357.7144 | Electro-Que-ted |
| 2026-08-28 | Lincoln, IL | — | — | — |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.