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Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

2026-06-26 – 2026-06-28 · Washington, DC · 📍 Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW · State championship

Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, BILL JONES · Prize money: $19,400.00

Grand Champion: Titans of BBQ (703.3828) · 31 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ

🥇
703.3828 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
701.1200 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
701.0856 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

31
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

703.3828

Winning margin

2.2628
GC over RC

Field average

679.53
median 689.62

Perfect 180s

5 🔥
Titans of BBQ (Brisket), Titans of BBQ (Chicken), BLUE EYED BBQ (Chicken), ELJEFE SMOKE (Pork), Top Gun Barbecue (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

696.5028
10th place overall

Field spread

126.3884
winner to last place

Prize money

$19,400.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.1428 pts — Top Gun Barbecue

How hot was the win?

Top 33%
beats 67% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

84%
of the 31 teams with a home region came from outside DC

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.48 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1613
avg power rating going in · stronger than 95% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1849 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

Titans of BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CT.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🧹 A double category winner

Titans of BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: Titans of BBQ and BLUE EYED BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ALL FIRED UP BBQ and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Mispillion Meat Works (won 2023), Good Googly Goo BBQ (won 2024), 3 Eyz BBQ (won 2025), Smokecraft - MD (won 2025).

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1613 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.

🃏 An upset on the books

Titans of BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2016-06-25 Pennsylvania Ave 35 690.2400 APORKALYPSE NOW BULL RUSH BBQ
2022-06-25 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 32 706.8228 CHUNKY BBQ WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
2023-06-24 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 29 702.2400 Mispillion Meat Works UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2023-06-24 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 26 177.1428 OPTIMUS SWINE
2023-06-24 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 27 177.7372 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2024-06-22 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 36 704.0116 Good Googly Goo BBQ The Fat is Where It's At
2025-06-21 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 26 707.3944 3 Eyz BBQ BLUE & GRAY BBQ
2025-06-21 Washington, DC
2025-06-21 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 24 180.0000 Smokecraft - MD
2026-06-26 ← this one Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 31 703.3828 Titans of BBQ SWEET BELLY'S BBQ
2026-06-27 Washington, DC Historic Pennsylvania Ave. NW 28 178.8572 Smoked & Furious
2027-06-25 Washington, DC
2027-06-26 Washington, DC

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000177.1428175.4172
Pork Ribs180.0000177.1544174.8456
Pork180.0000177.7028175.4172
Brisket180.0000177.7028173.1544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 703.3828 · median 689.6224

#TeamScore
1 Titans of BBQ 703.3828
2 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 701.1200
3 3 EYZ BBQ 701.0856
4 BLUE EYED BBQ 700.5372
5 ELJEFE SMOKE 700.5140
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 697.0972
7 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 697.0972
8 Top Gun Barbecue 697.0856
9 SMOKECRAFT - MD 696.5028
10 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 696.5028
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 695.9432
12 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 694.2288
13 Bailout Barbecue 694.2172
14 Piggy & Swine BBQ 693.7260
15 Smoked & Furious 689.6228
16 Mispillion Meat Works 689.6224
17 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 688.4800
18 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 688.4684
19 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 686.1828
20 GigaBite BBQ 685.0744
21 Dog Bite Barbecue 683.3256
22 Team Meat Coma 678.1484
23 TEXAS OIL DUST 674.1944
24 Mullen It Over BBQ 671.3140
25 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 669.0056
26 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 659.8628
27 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 650.7428
28 Smokey McTasty 641.0400
29 Hall Pass BBQ 639.8972
30 Steel Beach Smokehouse 624.4688
31 RIBS BY ANDY 576.9944

Chicken

31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Titans of BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 BLUE EYED BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 178.8572
4 ELJEFE SMOKE 177.7028
5 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 177.1428
6 Smoked & Furious 176.5716
7 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 176.5600
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 176.5600
9 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 175.4172
10 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4172
11 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.8456
12 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 174.2744
13 3 EYZ BBQ 173.7028
14 Piggy & Swine BBQ 171.9772
15 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 171.9772
16 Mullen It Over BBQ 171.9656
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 170.8228
18 Dog Bite Barbecue 170.8228
19 Bailout Barbecue 170.8228
20 Top Gun Barbecue 170.2628
21 Mispillion Meat Works 169.6684
22 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 168.5372
23 TEXAS OIL DUST 168.5256
24 Team Meat Coma 167.3828
25 Steel Beach Smokehouse 165.7028
26 Hall Pass BBQ 163.9656
27 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 162.8228
28 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 160.5028
29 GigaBite BBQ 156.5028
30 Smokey McTasty 150.8000
31 RIBS BY ANDY 134.8228

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Top Gun Barbecue 180.0000 🔥
2 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 178.8572
3 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 178.8572
4 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 177.7144
5 Bailout Barbecue 177.1544
6 GigaBite BBQ 176.5600
7 Piggy & Swine BBQ 175.4288
8 Team Meat Coma 175.4172
9 SMOKECRAFT - MD 175.4172
10 Mispillion Meat Works 174.8456
11 3 EYZ BBQ 174.2628
12 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 174.2628
13 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 173.7144
14 TEXAS OIL DUST 173.1316
15 BLUE EYED BBQ 173.1200
16 ELJEFE SMOKE 172.5484
17 Smoked & Furious 171.9656
18 Dog Bite Barbecue 171.4172
19 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 171.4172
20 Mullen It Over BBQ 170.2628
21 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 167.4172
22 Hall Pass BBQ 167.4056
23 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 166.8228
24 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 166.8228
25 Titans of BBQ 165.6800
26 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 165.0972
27 Smokey McTasty 163.9772
28 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 163.9544
29 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 157.0744
30 RIBS BY ANDY 154.8572
31 Steel Beach Smokehouse 154.8116

Pork

31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ELJEFE SMOKE 180.0000 🔥
2 Bailout Barbecue 178.8572
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 178.8572
4 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 177.7144
5 Titans of BBQ 177.7028
6 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 177.1428
7 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 176.5600
8 Smoked & Furious 176.5600
9 3 EYZ BBQ 175.4172
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 175.4172
11 Piggy & Swine BBQ 174.3200
12 GigaBite BBQ 174.2972
13 Top Gun Barbecue 174.2744
14 BLUE EYED BBQ 174.2628
15 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 173.1428
16 SMOKECRAFT - MD 173.1200
17 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 171.9772
18 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 171.4172
19 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 171.4172
20 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 170.2628
21 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 170.2512
22 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 168.5372
23 Team Meat Coma 167.9656
24 Dog Bite Barbecue 167.9656
25 Mispillion Meat Works 167.4056
26 Smokey McTasty 165.7028
27 Mullen It Over BBQ 162.8456
28 TEXAS OIL DUST 159.9772
29 RIBS BY ANDY 159.9772
30 Hall Pass BBQ 154.2516
31 Steel Beach Smokehouse 142.2628

Brisket

31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Titans of BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 178.8572
3 GigaBite BBQ 177.7144
4 3 EYZ BBQ 177.7028
5 Mispillion Meat Works 177.7028
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4056
7 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 174.8456
8 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 174.2628
9 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 173.7028
10 BLUE EYED BBQ 173.1544
11 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.1428
12 Dog Bite Barbecue 173.1200
13 SMOKECRAFT - MD 173.1200
14 TEXAS OIL DUST 172.5600
15 Top Gun Barbecue 172.5484
16 Piggy & Swine BBQ 172.0000
17 ELJEFE SMOKE 170.2628
18 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 169.6800
19 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 169.6684
20 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 168.5372
21 Team Meat Coma 167.3828
22 Bailout Barbecue 167.3828
23 Mullen It Over BBQ 166.2400
24 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 165.1084
25 Smoked & Furious 164.5256
26 Steel Beach Smokehouse 161.6916
27 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 160.5600
28 Smokey McTasty 160.5600
29 Hall Pass BBQ 154.2744
30 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 147.3600
31 RIBS BY ANDY 127.3372

Ancillary categories

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.

Ancillary — Aussie Lamb

28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2914

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 178.8572
2 TEXAS OIL DUST 176.5600
3 Team Meat Coma 176.5600
4 3 EYZ BBQ 175.4172
5 Top Gun Barbecue 174.8456
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.1200
7 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 173.1084
8 Dog Bite Barbecue 170.8344
9 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 170.2856
10 SMOKECRAFT - MD 170.2628
11 Bailout Barbecue 168.5600
12 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 167.9772
13 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 166.8344
14 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 166.3200
15 GigaBite BBQ 166.2628
16 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 164.0456
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 163.4172
18 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 163.3828
19 Mispillion Meat Works 162.8228
20 Steel Beach Smokehouse 162.2400
21 Smokey McTasty 161.1200
22 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 161.0972
23 Mullen It Over BBQ 161.0856
24 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 160.5028
25 BLUE EYED BBQ 159.3600
26 RIBS BY ANDY 150.8112
27 ELJEFE SMOKE 147.9428
28 Piggy & Swine BBQ 141.6572

Ancillary — Roseda National Steak

28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 180.0000 🔥
2 ELJEFE SMOKE 180.0000 🔥
3 Mullen It Over BBQ 177.7144
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 177.1544
5 Mispillion Meat Works 177.1428
6 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 176.5600
7 Top Gun Barbecue 175.4628
8 Piggy & Swine BBQ 175.4400
9 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 175.4056
10 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 173.7372
11 Team Meat Coma 173.1316
12 Smokey McTasty 173.1200
13 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 173.1084
14 Dog Bite Barbecue 173.1084
15 3 EYZ BBQ 172.5600
16 SMOKECRAFT - MD 172.0116
17 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 170.8228
18 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 170.8228
19 TEXAS OIL DUST 170.2628
20 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.6684
21 Bailout Barbecue 168.5600
22 BLUE EYED BBQ 166.3200
23 Titans of BBQ 166.2400
24 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 165.0856
25 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 163.9884
26 Steel Beach Smokehouse 162.8228
27 Dietz Mietz BBQ Team 159.3600
28 RIBS BY ANDY 152.5484

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