Devils Backbone BBQ Championship (Day 1)
2025-06-06 – 2025-06-07 · Roseland, VA · 📍 30 Three Ridges Ln · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $2,000.00
Grand Champion: Old Virginia Smoke (698.2400) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Menke Boys 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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Old Virginia Smoke has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
🧹 A double category winner
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and Optimus Swine tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 8–9: Still Workin' On It and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1642 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 ← this one | Roseland, VA | 30 Three Ridges Ln | 15 | 698.2400 | Old Virginia Smoke | Menke Boys BBQ |
| 2025-06-07 | Roseland, VA | 30 Three Ridges Ln | 18 | 699.9660 | Old Virginia Smoke | Buckshot's BBQ |
| 2026-05-30 | Roseland, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 175.4056 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.9888 | 170.8228 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.2972 | 173.7144 | 170.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 170.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 175.4056 | — | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 168.5372 | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 698.2400 · median 690.2516
Chicken
15 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.1200
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 175.4172 · median 170.8228
Pork
15 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9772
Brisket
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4056
Backyard Series
Overall
4 entries · top 343.9428 · median 340.2228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 4 | Pancho and Leftys |
Chicken
4 entries · top 175.4056 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 4 | Pancho and Leftys |
Pork Ribs
4 entries · top 168.5372 · median 168.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 4 | Pancho and Leftys |