*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
2018-08-24 – 2018-08-25
Grand Champion: BOOMERANG BBQ (703.4172) · 54 teams
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
Outdoor Chef won the most recent scored edition (2017-08-25).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 58 teams across 2 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 700.5712, set by SLAPS BBQ in 2016.
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | 72 | 700.5712 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2017-08-25 | 44 | 698.2628 | Outdoor Chef | |
| 2018-08-24 ← this one | 54 | 703.4172 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 2025-08-15 | Lubbock, TX | 55 | 705.7028 | Smoked & Furious |
| 2026-08-21 | Lubbock, TX | — | — | — |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.