2026-05-15 – 2026-05-16 · Deming, NM · 📍 333 N. Country Club Rd · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $8,500.00
Grand Champion: Mar-B-Que's BBQ (709.6800) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q
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.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ and Meat Candy Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: TEXAS OIL DUST and Smoke Em Good BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Meat Candy Q and Smoke on the Water BBQ tied on 175.4288 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 3rd.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 160.5028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 171.9772 | 159.3600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 159.3484 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 161.6456 |
16 entries · top 709.6800 · median 664.9944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 5 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 6 | AZ Buckeye BBQ | |
| 7 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 8 | Smoke Em Good BBQ | |
| 9 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 10 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 11 | Doc Rhoads | |
| 12 | Tres Hermanos | |
| 13 | RENOBS | |
| 14 | M&M | |
| 15 | Rusty Smrkovsky | |
| 16 | Matcor |
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 4 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 5 | Smoke Em Good BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 8 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 9 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | AZ Buckeye BBQ | |
| 11 | Tres Hermanos | |
| 12 | Doc Rhoads | |
| 13 | RENOBS | |
| 14 | Rusty Smrkovsky | |
| 15 | Matcor | |
| 16 | M&M |
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 4 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 5 | Doc Rhoads | |
| 6 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 7 | AZ Buckeye BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke Em Good BBQ | |
| 9 | M&M | |
| 10 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 11 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 12 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 13 | RENOBS | |
| 14 | Matcor | |
| 15 | Tres Hermanos | |
| 16 | Rusty Smrkovsky |
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.5142 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 4 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 6 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 7 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 8 | AZ Buckeye BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke Em Good BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 11 | Tres Hermanos | |
| 12 | Doc Rhoads | |
| 13 | RENOBS | |
| 14 | M&M | |
| 15 | Matcor | |
| 16 | Rusty Smrkovsky |
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 2 | AZ Buckeye BBQ | |
| 3 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 6 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 7 | Smoke Em Good BBQ | |
| 8 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 10 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 11 | Doc Rhoads | |
| 12 | Rusty Smrkovsky | |
| 13 | Tres Hermanos | |
| 14 | Matcor | |
| 15 | M&M | |
| 16 | RENOBS |
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.
3 entries · top 161.6684 · median 160.6288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 2 | M&M | |
| 3 | Tres Hermanos |