2026-06-19 – 2026-06-20 · Morris, IL · 📍 308 Northern Aven
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $2,550.00
Grand Champion: All Smoked Up BBQ (354.2972) · 41 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoked By The Brooks
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.
Closer than 95% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
All Smoked Up BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rollin Smoke BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was All Smoked Up BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 28th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0344 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 6–7: PUDDLEDUCK BBQ and RedHog BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: All Smoked Up BBQ edged Blended Smoke BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Smoke Til Ya Broke edged Big Foot BBQ by 0.0116.
SMOKIN E'S BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Rudes BBQ (won 2025).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Morris, IL | Morris, IL 60450 | 36 | 355.4172 | Rudes BBQ | — |
| 2026-06-19 ← this one | Morris, IL | 308 Northern Aven | 41 | 354.2972 | All Smoked Up BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4400 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 173.7144 |
41 entries · top 354.2972 · median 339.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 3 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 4 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 6 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 8 | Smoke Fire & Brew | |
| 9 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 11 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 12 | RedHog BBQ | |
| 13 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 15 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 17 | Fam Bam-A-Q | |
| 18 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 19 | River City Smoque | |
| 20 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 21 | Shmack Q | |
| 22 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 23 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 24 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 26 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 27 | Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 28 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 29 | The Brisket Brothers | |
| 30 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 31 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 32 | Lyondell Basell Cook Team | |
| 33 | Table Slappin BBQ | |
| 34 | Reid's Southern Kitchen & Smokehouse | |
| 35 | 309 BBQ | |
| 36 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 37 | Crooked Bend Kitchen Company | |
| 38 | Diabolical Pig | |
| 39 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 40 | Culinary Creations | |
| 41 | Bulldog BBQ |
41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 3 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke Fire & Brew | |
| 5 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 6 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 7 | RedHog BBQ | |
| 8 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 9 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 10 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 12 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 13 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 15 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 17 | Shmack Q | |
| 18 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 20 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 21 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 22 | River City Smoque | |
| 23 | Fam Bam-A-Q | |
| 24 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 25 | Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 26 | The Brisket Brothers | |
| 27 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 28 | Reid's Southern Kitchen & Smokehouse | |
| 29 | Crooked Bend Kitchen Company | |
| 30 | Lyondell Basell Cook Team | |
| 31 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 32 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 33 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 34 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 35 | 309 BBQ | |
| 36 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 37 | Diabolical Pig | |
| 38 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 39 | Table Slappin BBQ | |
| 40 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 41 | Culinary Creations |
41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 3 | Big Foot BBQ | |
| 4 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 5 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 8 | Fam Bam-A-Q | |
| 9 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 10 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 11 | River City Smoque | |
| 12 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 14 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 16 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 17 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 18 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 19 | 2 Sauced 2 Pork | |
| 20 | Smoke Fire & Brew | |
| 21 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 22 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 23 | RedHog BBQ | |
| 24 | TJD Smokehouse | |
| 25 | Shmack Q | |
| 26 | Table Slappin BBQ | |
| 27 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 28 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 29 | Meathouse Bob-B-Que | |
| 30 | The Brisket Brothers | |
| 31 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 32 | Rub Sauce & 2 Smoking Barrels | |
| 33 | Lyondell Basell Cook Team | |
| 34 | 309 BBQ | |
| 35 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 36 | Reid's Southern Kitchen & Smokehouse | |
| 37 | Culinary Creations | |
| 38 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 39 | Crooked Bend Kitchen Company | |
| 40 | Diabolical Pig | |
| 41 | Bulldog BBQ |
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.
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180