*Up In smoke on the Square( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)
2018-06-01 – 2018-06-02 · 📍 Kilkapool/Plilaski
Grand Champion: SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM (687.3600) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 iBQ'n
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE won the most recent scored edition (2017-06-02).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 44 teams across 5 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 699.4400, set by MONSTER-QUE in 2014.
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | Lincoln, IL | 46 | 689.6916 | A BOY & HIS BBQ | Twyford's BBQ & Catering | |
| 2014-08-22 | Lincoln, IL 62656 | 50 | 699.4400 | MONSTER-QUE | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 2015-06-05 | Lincoln, IL 62656 | 40 | 689.0740 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 2016-06-03 | Lincoln , IL 62656 | 52 | 685.6800 | OUTSIDERS BBQ | TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE | |
| 2017-06-02 | Kilkapool/Plilaski | 32 | 695.8968 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | PORK PARADISE | |
| 2018-06-01 ← this one | Kilkapool/Plilaski | 40 | 687.3600 | SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM | iBQ'n | |
| 2019-05-31 | Lincoln, IL | Lincoln, IL 62656 | 36 | 682.8576 | The BBQ Bus | iBQ'n |
| 2021-06-04 | Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Lincoln, IL | 601 Pulaski Street | 26 | 346.8344 | 309 BBQ | — |
| 2024-08-23 | Lincoln, IL | 601 Pulaski Street | 28 | 350.8688 | Up From The Pits BBQ | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Lincoln, IL | 601 Pulaski Street | 31 | 357.7144 | Electro-Que-ted | — |
| 2026-08-28 | Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.