Honeybee BBQ Competition
2025-05-30 – 2025-05-31 · Lafayette, GA · 📍 298 Culberson Ave · State championship
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Stewbabys BBQ (699.4060) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAYA JANE BBQ CO.
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA and BAD ROOSTER BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: BAD ROOSTER BBQ and Southern Life BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: MAYA JANE BBQ CO. and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Bad Rooster BBQ (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
Stewbabys BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | LaFayette, GA | 298 Culberson Av | 22 | 699.9656 | Under The Radar | Q-INATOR! |
| 2020-06-12 | LaFayette, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-06-03 | Lafayette, GA | 298 Culberson Ave | 25 | 701.0740 | Smoke Me Silly | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2023-06-02 | Lafayette, GA | 298 Culberson Ave | 27 | 710.8228 | Smoke Central BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| 2024-05-31 | Lafayette, GA | 298 Culberson Ave | 25 | 698.1940 | Bad Rooster BBQ | CHOOCHOO BBQ |
| 2025-05-30 ← this one | Lafayette, GA | 298 Culberson Ave | 26 | 699.4060 | Stewbabys BBQ | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. |
| 2026-05-29 | Lafayette, GA | 298 Culberson Ave | 19 | 710.8344 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1316 | 170.8228 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7372 | 175.4056 | 169.6684 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 169.6800 | 166.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 167.3828 | 150.7772 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 178.8572 | 166.2400 | 159.9428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 699.4060 · median 680.4570
Chicken
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8286
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6858
Pork
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.0970
Brisket
26 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.4172
Backyard Series
Overall
11 entries · top 353.1200 · median 334.7656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 3 | 3D BBQ | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | Grillbilly Holland | |
| 6 | BAD BRAD'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Masons Rolling BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Joe's | |
| 9 | JACK SHACK | |
| 10 | Boer's BBQ | |
| 11 | Holy Smokes! |
Chicken
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Grillbilly Holland | |
| 3 | Masons Rolling BBQ | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | JACK SHACK | |
| 6 | 3D BBQ | |
| 7 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 8 | BAD BRAD'S BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin Joe's | |
| 10 | Boer's BBQ | |
| 11 | Holy Smokes! |
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.1428 · median 159.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 2 | 3D BBQ | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | BAD BRAD'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Masons Rolling BBQ | |
| 7 | Grillbilly Holland | |
| 8 | Smokin Joe's | |
| 9 | Boer's BBQ | |
| 10 | JACK SHACK | |
| 11 | Holy Smokes! |
Ancillary
Pork
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | BAD BRAD'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | 3D BBQ | |
| 5 | Grillbilly Holland | |
| 6 | Boer's BBQ | |
| 7 | JACK SHACK | |
| 8 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin Joe's | |
| 10 | Holy Smokes! | |
| 11 | Masons Rolling BBQ |