· Park Ridge, IL · 📍 100 Courtland Ave
Prize money: $600.00
Grand Champion: SimpleManBBQ (330.3888) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Tricky Pig
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Chicken places 4–5: Pork-tugal. The Man edged Uncle Mikes BBQ by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Tricky Pig edged Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ by 0.0344. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SimpleManBBQ edged LIMP BRISKET by 0.0804.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Stone Cold Grillers (won 2022).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | — |
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ | — | |
| 2022-08-20 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers | — |
| 2023-09-16 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Park Ridge, IL | Park Ridge, IL 60068 | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2026-08-15 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 30 | 351.9884 | WICKEY-Q | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 168.6172 | 159.9772 | 155.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 169.1544 | 162.8344 | 157.7372 |
39 entries · top 330.3888 · median 301.1088
39 entries · top 168.6172 · median 150.2972
39 entries · top 169.1544 · median 150.8688
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.
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.3088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickanator | |
| 2 | Smokin Gudbaur-B-Q | |
| 3 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 4 | It's Time for the Porkulator | |
| 5 | Beauty and the Beef | |
| 6 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 7 | Burnt Offerings | |
| 8 | Pork-tugal. The Man | |
| 9 | Big Smokers | |
| 10 | De La 'Que | |
| 11 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 12 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 13 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 14 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 15 | Global Warming | |
| 16 | Game of Bones | |
| 17 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 18 | Pork Dorks | |
| 19 | Smokin' Barrels | |
| 20 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 21 | Bubba's Last Stand | |
| 22 | 3 Blind Pigs | |
| 23 | Pork Ridginal | |
| 24 | Aporkalypse Now | |
| 25 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 26 | Football Meatheads III | |
| 27 | Messi Ribs |
24 entries · top 176.5600 · median 159.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 2 | De La 'Que | |
| 3 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beef | |
| 5 | Smokin' Barrels | |
| 6 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 7 | Football Meatheads III | |
| 8 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 9 | Smokin Gudbaur-B-Q | |
| 10 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 11 | Aporkalypse Now | |
| 12 | Big Smokers | |
| 13 | Smokin' Avenues?I'd Smoke That! | |
| 14 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 15 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 16 | Pork Dorks | |
| 17 | Pig Floyd | |
| 18 | Pork Ridginal | |
| 19 | 3 Blind Pigs | |
| 20 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 21 | Messi Ribs | |
| 22 | Bubba's Last Stand | |
| 23 | Messi Ribs 2 | |
| 24 | Burnt Offerings |