KTD Smokn' Gobbler
2026-07-10 – 2026-07-11 · Worthington, MN · 📍 700 2nd Avenue · State championship
Reps: LAURIE TWETEN, PATRICK DILLER · Prize money: $8,800.00
Grand Champion: Shiggin & Grinnn (692.5256) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Dry to da bone
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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
Rum N Smoke BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6340 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Hot Daddy's BBQ and Sugar Shack tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: Byg's BBQ and Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Hot Daddy's BBQ and Rum N' Smoke BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Home Farm BBQ (won 2025), Rum N Smoke BBQ (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
Shiggin & Grinnn came in rated below the field's top team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-11 | Worthington, MN | 700 2nd Avenue | 26 | 694.8000 | Home Farm BBQ | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN |
| 2025-07-11 | Worthington, MN | 700 2nd Avenue | 10 | 175.4288 | Rum N Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2026-07-10 ← this one | Worthington, MN | 700 2nd Avenue | 33 | 692.5256 | Shiggin & Grinnn | Dry to da bone |
| 2026-07-10 | Worthington, MN | 700 2nd Avenue | 10 | 174.2744 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 173.7372 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 174.2744 | 171.9884 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 170.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
33 entries · top 692.5256 · median 678.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiggin & Grinnn | |
| 2 | Dry to da bone | |
| 3 | Spitfire | |
| 4 | Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ | |
| 5 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 7 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Six Butt BBQ | |
| 9 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 10 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 11 | Burnt Trees BBQ | |
| 12 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 13 | Bigg Smoak BBQ | |
| 14 | Lucky 19 Sauce Company | |
| 15 | Byg's BBQ | |
| 16 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 17 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 18 | When Pigs Die | |
| 19 | Smokey and His Bandits | |
| 20 | Sugar Shack | |
| 21 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 22 | Heifers, Butts and Clucks | |
| 23 | Aces High BBQ | |
| 24 | Po Po Pork | |
| 25 | Slightly Sauced BBQ | |
| 26 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 27 | Total Consciousness BBQ | |
| 28 | Cross Cut BBQ | |
| 29 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey GQ | |
| 31 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 32 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 33 | Prairie Smoke BBQ |
Chicken
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey and His Bandits | |
| 2 | Dry to da bone | |
| 3 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 4 | Six Butt BBQ | |
| 5 | When Pigs Die | |
| 6 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 7 | Sugar Shack | |
| 8 | Lucky 19 Sauce Company | |
| 9 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 10 | Total Consciousness BBQ | |
| 11 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 13 | Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ | |
| 14 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 15 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 16 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 17 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 18 | Byg's BBQ | |
| 19 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 20 | Shiggin & Grinnn | |
| 21 | Spitfire | |
| 22 | Cross Cut BBQ | |
| 23 | Aces High BBQ | |
| 24 | Bigg Smoak BBQ | |
| 25 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 26 | Slightly Sauced BBQ | |
| 27 | Po Po Pork | |
| 28 | Prairie Smoke BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokey GQ | |
| 30 | Heifers, Butts and Clucks | |
| 31 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 32 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 33 | Burnt Trees BBQ |
Pork Ribs
33 entries · top 176.0116 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six Butt BBQ | |
| 2 | Burnt Trees BBQ | |
| 3 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 4 | Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ | |
| 5 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 6 | Shiggin & Grinnn | |
| 7 | Dry to da bone | |
| 8 | Bigg Smoak BBQ | |
| 9 | Spitfire | |
| 10 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 12 | Aces High BBQ | |
| 13 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 14 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 16 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 17 | Total Consciousness BBQ | |
| 18 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokey and His Bandits | |
| 20 | Byg's BBQ | |
| 21 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 22 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 24 | Heifers, Butts and Clucks | |
| 25 | Lucky 19 Sauce Company | |
| 26 | Smokey GQ | |
| 27 | Cross Cut BBQ | |
| 28 | When Pigs Die | |
| 29 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 30 | Sugar Shack | |
| 31 | Po Po Pork | |
| 32 | Slightly Sauced BBQ | |
| 33 | Prairie Smoke BBQ |
Pork
33 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 2 | Shiggin & Grinnn | |
| 3 | Sugar Shack | |
| 4 | Spitfire | |
| 5 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 6 | Byg's BBQ | |
| 7 | Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ | |
| 8 | Lucky 19 Sauce Company | |
| 9 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | Po Po Pork | |
| 11 | Bigg Smoak BBQ | |
| 12 | Heifers, Butts and Clucks | |
| 13 | Burnt Trees BBQ | |
| 14 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 15 | Dry to da bone | |
| 16 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 17 | When Pigs Die | |
| 18 | Cross Cut BBQ | |
| 19 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 20 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 21 | Aces High BBQ | |
| 22 | Slightly Sauced BBQ | |
| 23 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 24 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokey and His Bandits | |
| 26 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 27 | Six Butt BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokey GQ | |
| 29 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 30 | Total Consciousness BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 32 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 33 | Prairie Smoke BBQ |
Brisket
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 2 | Spitfire | |
| 3 | Burnt Trees BBQ | |
| 4 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 7 | Shiggin & Grinnn | |
| 8 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 9 | Dry to da bone | |
| 10 | Bigg Smoak BBQ | |
| 11 | When Pigs Die | |
| 12 | Heifers, Butts and Clucks | |
| 13 | Slightly Sauced BBQ | |
| 14 | Colorado Bulldawgs BBQ | |
| 15 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 16 | Six Butt BBQ | |
| 17 | Lucky 19 Sauce Company | |
| 18 | Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 19 | Byg's BBQ | |
| 20 | Aces High BBQ | |
| 21 | Po Po Pork | |
| 22 | Prairie Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokey and His Bandits | |
| 25 | Smokey GQ | |
| 26 | Sugar Shack | |
| 27 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 28 | Total Consciousness BBQ | |
| 29 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 30 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 31 | Cross Cut BBQ | |
| 32 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 33 | The Smoking Silverback |
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 — Turkey
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 2 | Hot Daddy's BBQ | |
| 3 | Rum N' Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Home Farm BBQ | |
| 5 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 6 | Wags Backwoods BBQ | |
| 7 | Daddy Dutch BBQ | |
| 8 | Prairie Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Spitfire | |
| 11 | Sugar Shack | |
| 12 | Burnt Trees BBQ | |
| 13 | Brazen Barrel BBQ | |
| 14 | When Pigs Die | |
| 15 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 16 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 17 | The Smoking Silverback |