2026-07-17 – 2026-07-18 · Wise, VA · 📍 303 E. Main Street · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, BILL JONES · Prize money: $7,300.00
Grand Champion: Twisted Pair BBQ (698.2284) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Maya Jane BBQ
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, 2015 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
TWISTED PAIR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Twisted Pair BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 11 tracked editions
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: Pig On Fire and Hot Mess BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Poor Boys BBQ and Twisted Pair BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Maya Jane BBQ and Blue & Gray BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), Swig-N-Pig (won 2024), Dog Bite Barbecue (won 2025).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 172.0000 |
35 entries · top 698.2284 · median 674.7084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twisted Pair BBQ | |
| 2 | Maya Jane BBQ | |
| 3 | Swig-N-Pig | |
| 4 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 5 | Bowman's Butt & BBQ | |
| 6 | Old Virginia Smoke | |
| 7 | Alpine Smoke Works | |
| 8 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 9 | Fred Vegas Smokers | |
| 10 | Creekside Smokers NC | |
| 11 | Brocks Bar-B-Que | |
| 12 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke Show Mafia | |
| 14 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | |
| 15 | Casual Smokers SC | |
| 16 | Rehab BBQ | |
| 17 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 18 | Pig On Fire | |
| 19 | Muttley Crew BBQ | |
| 20 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 21 | Hickory Barbeque Company | |
| 22 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 23 | TNT BBQ | |
| 24 | Still Workin' On It BBQ | |
| 25 | Hoggy Bottom Boys | |
| 26 | Smokin Skullies | |
| 27 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 28 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 29 | Big Alz BBQ | |
| 30 | Hala%22Q%22yah BBQ | |
| 31 | Pit Stop BBQ | |
| 32 | Bad Rooster BBQ | |
| 33 | Canyon Riders BBQ | |
| 34 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 35 | Bib Brothers Backyard BBQ |
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig On Fire | |
| 2 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 3 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 4 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Twisted Pair BBQ | |
| 6 | Bowman's Butt & BBQ | |
| 7 | Maya Jane BBQ | |
| 8 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 9 | Still Workin' On It BBQ | |
| 10 | Alpine Smoke Works | |
| 11 | Fred Vegas Smokers | |
| 12 | Old Virginia Smoke | |
| 13 | Smokin Skullies | |
| 14 | Muttley Crew BBQ | |
| 15 | Swig-N-Pig | |
| 16 | TNT BBQ | |
| 17 | Brocks Bar-B-Que | |
| 18 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoke Show Mafia | |
| 20 | Rehab BBQ | |
| 21 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 22 | Pit Stop BBQ | |
| 23 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | |
| 24 | Bad Rooster BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Alz BBQ | |
| 26 | Casual Smokers SC | |
| 27 | Canyon Riders BBQ | |
| 28 | Hala%22Q%22yah BBQ | |
| 29 | Creekside Smokers NC | |
| 30 | Hoggy Bottom Boys | |
| 31 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 32 | Hickory Barbeque Company | |
| 33 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 34 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 35 | Bib Brothers Backyard BBQ |
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maya Jane BBQ | |
| 2 | Brocks Bar-B-Que | |
| 3 | Smoke Show Mafia | |
| 4 | Bowman's Butt & BBQ | |
| 5 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 6 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 8 | Hickory Barbeque Company | |
| 9 | Twisted Pair BBQ | |
| 10 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 11 | Creekside Smokers NC | |
| 12 | Hoggy Bottom Boys | |
| 13 | Still Workin' On It BBQ | |
| 14 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 15 | Alpine Smoke Works | |
| 16 | Fred Vegas Smokers | |
| 17 | Hala%22Q%22yah BBQ | |
| 18 | Casual Smokers SC | |
| 19 | TNT BBQ | |
| 20 | Muttley Crew BBQ | |
| 21 | Bad Rooster BBQ | |
| 22 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | |
| 23 | Old Virginia Smoke | |
| 24 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 25 | Rehab BBQ | |
| 26 | Pig On Fire | |
| 27 | Smokin Skullies | |
| 28 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 29 | Pit Stop BBQ | |
| 30 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 31 | Swig-N-Pig | |
| 32 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 33 | Big Alz BBQ | |
| 34 | Canyon Riders BBQ | |
| 35 | Bib Brothers Backyard BBQ |
35 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 2 | Twisted Pair BBQ | |
| 3 | Swig-N-Pig | |
| 4 | Creekside Smokers NC | |
| 5 | Old Virginia Smoke | |
| 6 | Fred Vegas Smokers | |
| 7 | Maya Jane BBQ | |
| 8 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | |
| 9 | Alpine Smoke Works | |
| 10 | Still Workin' On It BBQ | |
| 11 | Casual Smokers SC | |
| 12 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 13 | Bowman's Butt & BBQ | |
| 14 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 15 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 16 | TNT BBQ | |
| 17 | Muttley Crew BBQ | |
| 18 | Hickory Barbeque Company | |
| 19 | Smoke Show Mafia | |
| 20 | Rehab BBQ | |
| 21 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 22 | Big Alz BBQ | |
| 23 | Hala%22Q%22yah BBQ | |
| 24 | Hoggy Bottom Boys | |
| 25 | Brocks Bar-B-Que | |
| 26 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 27 | Pig On Fire | |
| 28 | Canyon Riders BBQ | |
| 29 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 30 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 31 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 32 | Bad Rooster BBQ | |
| 33 | Smokin Skullies | |
| 34 | Pit Stop BBQ | |
| 35 | Bib Brothers Backyard BBQ |
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swig-N-Pig | |
| 2 | Creekside Smokers NC | |
| 3 | Old Virginia Smoke | |
| 4 | Alpine Smoke Works | |
| 5 | Casual Smokers SC | |
| 6 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | |
| 7 | Fred Vegas Smokers | |
| 8 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 9 | Brocks Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 11 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin Skullies | |
| 13 | Smoke Show Mafia | |
| 14 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 15 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 16 | Twisted Pair BBQ | |
| 17 | Rehab BBQ | |
| 18 | Bowman's Butt & BBQ | |
| 19 | Hoggy Bottom Boys | |
| 20 | Big Alz BBQ | |
| 21 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 22 | Maya Jane BBQ | |
| 23 | Pit Stop BBQ | |
| 24 | Hickory Barbeque Company | |
| 25 | Hala%22Q%22yah BBQ | |
| 26 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 27 | Bad Rooster BBQ | |
| 28 | Muttley Crew BBQ | |
| 29 | TNT BBQ | |
| 30 | Pig On Fire | |
| 31 | Canyon Riders BBQ | |
| 32 | Still Workin' On It BBQ | |
| 33 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 34 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 35 | Bib Brothers Backyard BBQ |