Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2026-05-01 – 2026-05-02 · Murfreesboro, TN · 📍 6790 John Bragg Hwy.
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $6,200.00
Grand Champion: The Big B Barbecue Co (527.9772) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Armstrong Smoke & Co.
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
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
Chicken places 5–6: THE BLAZERS and Buck Shot Malone's Pig Shack tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Killer B Backyard BBQ and Armstrong Smoke & Co. tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Holy Smoke and MANOS AL FUEGO tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-25 | Murfreesboro, TN | 6790 John Bragg Hwy. | 31 | 535.4056 | LEE LA Q | — |
| 2026-05-01 ← this one | Murfreesboro, TN | 6790 John Bragg Hwy. | 23 | 527.9772 | The Big B Barbecue Co | — |
| 2027-04-30 | Murfreesboro, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
23 entries · top 527.9772 · median 508.5028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 2 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 3 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 4 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 5 | Holy Smoke | |
| 6 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 7 | Bad company cookers | |
| 8 | RTQue | |
| 9 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 10 | Van Band BBQ | |
| 11 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 12 | Buck Shot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 13 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 14 | Smokin' Hot Guys | |
| 15 | Bigg Wiggs BBQ | |
| 16 | Music City Que | |
| 17 | City Auto | |
| 18 | Phyllis Prater Pit Crew | |
| 19 | 2 Bros Smoking | |
| 20 | Smokin' Pimp | |
| 21 | Father and the Flame | |
| 22 | Smokin' Smoot's BBQ | |
| 23 | Word Brothers BBQ |
Chicken
23 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 2 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 3 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 4 | RTQue | |
| 5 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 6 | Buck Shot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 7 | Van Band BBQ | |
| 8 | Bad company cookers | |
| 9 | Holy Smoke | |
| 10 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 11 | Word Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 14 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 15 | Bigg Wiggs BBQ | |
| 16 | Phyllis Prater Pit Crew | |
| 17 | Father and the Flame | |
| 18 | Smokin' Hot Guys | |
| 19 | Music City Que | |
| 20 | 2 Bros Smoking | |
| 21 | City Auto | |
| 22 | Smokin' Smoot's BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' Pimp |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 2 | Van Band BBQ | |
| 3 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 5 | Buck Shot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 6 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 7 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 8 | Holy Smoke | |
| 9 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 10 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 11 | Word Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | Music City Que | |
| 13 | Smokin' Hot Guys | |
| 14 | Bad company cookers | |
| 15 | RTQue | |
| 16 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 17 | Bigg Wiggs BBQ | |
| 18 | City Auto | |
| 19 | Smokin' Pimp | |
| 20 | 2 Bros Smoking | |
| 21 | Father and the Flame | |
| 22 | Phyllis Prater Pit Crew | |
| 23 | Smokin' Smoot's BBQ |
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.
Competitor Series — Anything Butt
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4058 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Smoke | |
| 2 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 3 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | Bad company cookers | |
| 5 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 6 | Phyllis Prater Pit Crew | |
| 7 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 8 | Smokin' Hot Guys | |
| 9 | RTQue | |
| 10 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 11 | City Auto | |
| 12 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 13 | Music City Que | |
| 14 | Smokin' Pimp | |
| 15 | 2 Bros Smoking | |
| 16 | Bigg Wiggs BBQ | |
| 17 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 18 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 19 | Buck Shot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 20 | Smokin' Smoot's BBQ | |
| 21 | Van Band BBQ | |
| 22 | Father and the Flame |