The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)
2025-05-31 – 2025-06-01 · Sweet Home, OR · 📍 1851 Tamarack St · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $24,000.00
Grand Champion: Smokin' Volts BBQ (707.3828) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Alderfire BBQ
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
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Bad Bears BBQ and RIO VALLEY MEAT tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: RIO VALLEY MEAT and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Bad Bears BBQ (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-30 | Sweet Home, OR | 1851 Tamarack St | 30 | 694.8456 | Bad Bears BBQ | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| 2025-05-31 ← this one | Sweet Home, OR | 1851 Tamarack St | 28 | 707.3828 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | Alderfire BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4288 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 707.3828 · median 685.3486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 6 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 7 | RIO VALLEY MEAT | |
| 8 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | J&C BBQ | |
| 12 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 13 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 14 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 15 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 16 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 17 | Chompa Q | |
| 18 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 19 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 20 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 21 | EZ-D's Smoke Show | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 23 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 24 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 25 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 26 | Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 27 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 28 | Red Beards BBQ |
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 2 | RIO VALLEY MEAT | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 7 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 8 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 9 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 10 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 11 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 12 | J&C BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 15 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 16 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 17 | EZ-D's Smoke Show | |
| 18 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 19 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 20 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 21 | Red Beards BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 23 | Chompa Q | |
| 24 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 25 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 26 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 27 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 28 | Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ |
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT | |
| 6 | J&C BBQ | |
| 7 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 8 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 9 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 10 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 11 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 12 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 13 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 14 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 15 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 16 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 17 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 18 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 19 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 20 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 21 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 22 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 23 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | Red Beards BBQ | |
| 25 | EZ-D's Smoke Show | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 27 | Chompa Q | |
| 28 | Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ |
Pork
28 entries · top 177.7372 · median 171.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 2 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 3 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 7 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 8 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 10 | EZ-D's Smoke Show | |
| 11 | RIO VALLEY MEAT | |
| 12 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 13 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 15 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 16 | J&C BBQ | |
| 17 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 18 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 19 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 20 | Red Beards BBQ | |
| 21 | Chompa Q | |
| 22 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 23 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 24 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 25 | Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 26 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 27 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 28 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ |
Brisket
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 2 | Chompa Q | |
| 3 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ | |
| 5 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 6 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 8 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 9 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 10 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 11 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 12 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 13 | J&C BBQ | |
| 14 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 15 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 16 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 17 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 18 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 19 | RIO VALLEY MEAT | |
| 20 | EZ-D's Smoke Show | |
| 21 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 22 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 23 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 25 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 26 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 27 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 28 | Red Beards 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.
Ancillary — Hazelnut Dessert
9 entries · top 179.4400 · median 177.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J&C BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys | |
| 4 | Red Beards BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 6 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 7 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 9 | Tropic Thunder, Meat, Boys II |