Apr 24–25, 2026 · Stanley, WI · 📍 Chapman Park
Reps: Laurie Tweten · Prize money: $3,000
DAWGS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) on April 24, 2026 in Stanley, WI at Chapman Park, scoring 352.0000 in a field of 24 teams. FENDER BENDER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 348.0000. Category winners: Chicken — DAWGS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — FENDER BENDER BBQ (177.7372). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Briskey Business BBQ.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
DAWGS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 3 tracked editions
Dawgs BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: SASSY SMOKE BBQ and Porket About It tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Big Bear BBQ edged All Smoked Up BBQ by 0.0112. Chicken places 9–10: T Daddys BBQ edged FENDER BENDER BBQ by 0.0116.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Dawgs BBQ (won 2024), Briskey Business BBQ (won 2025).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
18 of 24 teams from 2025-04-25 came back
18 of the 24 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2024 | Stanley, WI | Chapman Park | 16 | 350.8572 | Dawgs BBQ |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Stanley, WI | Soo Line Park | 24 | 348.5372 | Briskey Business BBQ |
| Apr 24, 2026 ← this one | Stanley, WI | Chapman Park | 24 | 352 | Dawgs BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.2972 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 172.5600 | 168.5716 |
24 entries · top 352 · median 334.5430
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 2 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 4 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 5 | Porket About It | |
| 6 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 8 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 11 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 12 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 13 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 14 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 15 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 16 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 17 | Natural Born Grillers | |
| 18 | Charlie's Long Smoked | |
| 19 | Boss Mountain | |
| 20 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 21 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 23 | Hogs & Hoses | |
| 24 | Not Bad BBQ |
24 entries · top 180 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 3 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 4 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 5 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 6 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 7 | Porket About It | |
| 8 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 9 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 10 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 11 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 12 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 13 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 15 | Natural Born Grillers | |
| 16 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 17 | Boss Mountain | |
| 18 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 19 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 20 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 22 | Hogs & Hoses | |
| 23 | Charlie's Long Smoked | |
| 24 | Not Bad BBQ |
24 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 2 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 3 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | Porket About It | |
| 5 | Charlie's Long Smoked | |
| 6 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 7 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 8 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 9 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 10 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 13 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 14 | Boss Mountain | |
| 15 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 16 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 17 | Natural Born Grillers | |
| 18 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 19 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 20 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 21 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 22 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 23 | Not Bad BBQ | |
| 24 | Hogs & Hoses |