Jul 12, 2026 · La Chorrera, Panama · PANAMA · 📍 Market Plaza Costa Verde
Reps: Ernesto Uribe, Natasha Loew
Justice BBQ won Grand Champion at the BBQ Fest Market Plaza on July 12, 2026 in La Chorrera, PO at Market Plaza Costa Verde, scoring 676.5712 in a field of 13 teams. Urban Smoke House took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.5140. Category winners: Chicken — Bado BBQ (165.7484); Pork Ribs — Justice BBQ (177.1428); Pork — 88 BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — Lucky Three BBQ (173.7256).
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.
Chicken places 8–9: Holy Smoke and Fire Family BBQ PTY tied on 157.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: Los Doctores del Grill and 88 BBQ tied on 153.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Fire Family BBQ PTY edged Lucky Three BBQ by 0.0116.
Justice BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 165.7484 | 159.9656 | 157.0740 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 165.7028 | 153.0628 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 166.2972 | 157.6912 |
| Brisket | 173.7256 | 163.4172 | 153.0856 |
13 entries · top 676.5712 · median 644.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 3 | Grill and Chill | |
| 4 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | 88 BBQ | |
| 6 | Lucky Three BBQ | |
| 7 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 8 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 9 | Holy Smoke | |
| 10 | Mamba Smoke & Grill | |
| 11 | Los Doctores del Grill | |
| 12 | Bado BBQ | |
| 13 | El Diez |
13 entries · top 165.7484 · median 158.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bado BBQ | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 4 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 5 | Grill and Chill | |
| 6 | 88 BBQ | |
| 7 | Mamba Smoke & Grill | |
| 8 | Holy Smoke | |
| 9 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 10 | Lucky Three BBQ | |
| 11 | El Diez | |
| 12 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 13 | Los Doctores del Grill |
13 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Grill and Chill | |
| 3 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 4 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | Lucky Three BBQ | |
| 6 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 7 | Mamba Smoke & Grill | |
| 8 | 88 BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 10 | Holy Smoke | |
| 11 | Los Doctores del Grill | |
| 12 | Bado BBQ | |
| 13 | El Diez |
13 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.2860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 BBQ | |
| 2 | Grill and Chill | |
| 3 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 4 | Justice BBQ | |
| 5 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 6 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | Bado BBQ | |
| 8 | Mamba Smoke & Grill | |
| 9 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 10 | El Diez | |
| 11 | Holy Smoke | |
| 12 | Los Doctores del Grill | |
| 13 | Lucky Three BBQ |
13 entries · top 173.7256 · median 161.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Three BBQ | |
| 2 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 3 | Justice BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 5 | Holy Smoke | |
| 6 | Grill and Chill | |
| 7 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 8 | Los Doctores del Grill | |
| 9 | 88 BBQ | |
| 10 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 11 | Mamba Smoke & Grill | |
| 12 | El Diez | |
| 13 | Bado 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.
4 entries · top 173.7256 · median 161.1542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Diez | |
| 2 | Holy Smoke | |
| 3 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 4 | Bado BBQ |