Jun 6–7, 2025 · Marysville, KS · 📍 617 Broadway · State championship
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $8,650
Damn Fine Beef & Swine won Grand Champion at the Big Blue BBQ Championship on June 6, 2025 in Marysville, KS at 617 Broadway, scoring 702.8000 in a field of 29 teams. THE SMOKING HILLS took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2056. Category winners: Chicken — Damn Fine Beef & Swine (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TEAM BREW & QUE (180.0000); Pork — UNFAMOUS DAVE'S (178.8572); Brisket — THE SMOKING HILLS (177.7028). This is the 12th of 14 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by SLAPS BBQ; the next was held in 2026.
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, 2013 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 77 times in 100
Damn Fine Beef & Swine came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 of 13 tracked editions
GETTIN' BASTED has won this contest 4 times across its 13 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: Lucky D's BBQ and 42 BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Blind Fox BBQ and FINGER LEIKAM GOOD tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: FINGER LEIKAM GOOD and KC Meat Sweats tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Damn Fine Beef & Swine took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 12th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE SMOKING HILLS (won 2015, 2019), GETTIN' BASTED (won 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023), When Pigs Die (won 2022).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2013 | Marysville, KS | Marysville, KS | 30 | 678.2854 | SMOKE ON WHEELS | PELLET ENVY |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Marysville, KS | Marysville, KS 66508 | 25 | 686.2860 | SMOKE ON WHEELS | FRONT DOOR GANG |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Marysville, KS | Marysville, KS 66508 | 30 | 681.0516 | THE SMOKING HILLS | DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Marysville, KS | 7th & Bradway | 30 | 696.5484 | GETTIN' BASTED | R BUTTS R SMOKIN |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Marysville, KS | 7th & Broadway | 35 | 699.4056 | GETTIN' BASTED | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Marysville, KS | 7th & Broadway | 42 | 708.0344 | GETTIN' BASTED | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| May 31, 2019 | Marysville, KS | 7th Street, Downtown | 29 | 696.5028 | The Smoking Hills | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Marysville, KS | 7th Street, Downtown | 28 | 697.6688 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Marysville, KS | 101 N. 10th Street | 25 | 697.1432 | When Pigs Die | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Marysville, KS | 617 Broadway | 28 | 697.6688 | Gettin' Basted | LOVE 2 Q |
| May 31, 2024 | Marysville, KS | 617 Broadway | 25 | 706.2400 | SLAPS BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Jun 6, 2025 ← this one | Marysville, KS | 617 Broadway | 29 | 702.8000 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Marysville, KS | 615 11th Road | 25 | 698.2056 | TRIPLE H BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Jun 4, 2027 | Marysville, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 172.5484 |
29 entries · top 702.8000 · median 680.4800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | TEAM BREW & QUE | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 8 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 9 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 10 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 11 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | BSbbq | |
| 14 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 15 | Shark Q | |
| 16 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 17 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 18 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 20 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 21 | 42 BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 23 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 24 | Shirts on Fire BBQ | |
| 25 | Very Average BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' TOAD'S | |
| 27 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 28 | Beer Money BBQ | |
| 29 | A & A BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 4 | 42 BBQ | |
| 5 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 8 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 9 | Shark Q | |
| 10 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 11 | TEAM BREW & QUE | |
| 12 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 13 | BSbbq | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 16 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 17 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 18 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 19 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 20 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 21 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' TOAD'S | |
| 23 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 24 | Shirts on Fire BBQ | |
| 25 | Very Average BBQ | |
| 26 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 27 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 28 | A & A BBQ | |
| 29 | Beer Money BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM BREW & QUE | |
| 2 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 3 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 4 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 6 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 9 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 10 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 11 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 15 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 16 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 17 | BSbbq | |
| 18 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 19 | Shirts on Fire BBQ | |
| 20 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 21 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 23 | 42 BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' TOAD'S | |
| 25 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 26 | Very Average BBQ | |
| 27 | Shark Q | |
| 28 | A & A BBQ | |
| 29 | Beer Money BBQ |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 2 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 3 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 4 | TEAM BREW & QUE | |
| 5 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 6 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 7 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 8 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 9 | 42 BBQ | |
| 10 | Shark Q | |
| 11 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 14 | BSbbq | |
| 15 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 16 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 17 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 18 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 19 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 20 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' TOAD'S | |
| 22 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 24 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 25 | Very Average BBQ | |
| 26 | Shirts on Fire BBQ | |
| 27 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 28 | Beer Money BBQ | |
| 29 | A & A BBQ |
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | Lucky D's BBQ | |
| 5 | Very Average BBQ | |
| 6 | Shark Q | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 9 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 10 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 11 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 12 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 13 | BSbbq | |
| 14 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 15 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 16 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 17 | Shirts on Fire BBQ | |
| 18 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 19 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 21 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 22 | TEAM BREW & QUE | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' TOAD'S | |
| 24 | Beer Money BBQ | |
| 25 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 26 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 27 | 42 BBQ | |
| 28 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 29 | A & A BBQ |