Jul 18–19, 2026 · Sutherlin, OR · 📍 150 South Williamette · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $10,000
Rio Good BBQ won Grand Champion at the Sutherlin Throwdown on July 18, 2026 in Sutherlin, OR at 150 South Williamette, scoring 705.1200 in a field of 29 teams. Colorado Bulldawg BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5256. Category winners: Chicken — Tim Tom's BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Cynical BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Bull Market BBQ (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Bar-B-Cuda 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.
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 79 times in 100
Rio Good BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Cynical BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Rio Good BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Rio Good BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: Cynical BBQ and Smokin Colt tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: OM BBQ and RJs Smokehouse tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: RJs Smokehouse and Colorado Bulldawg BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Bar-B-Cuda BBQ (won 2025).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin, OR | 150 Williamette | 35 | 707.3944 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | Big Boys BBQ |
| Jul 18, 2026 ← this one | Sutherlin, OR | 150 South Williamette | 29 | 705.1200 | Rio Good BBQ | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 174.8800 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
29 entries · top 705.1200 · median 686.7656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 4 | J&C BBQ | |
| 5 | OM BBQ | |
| 6 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 7 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | |
| 8 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 9 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 10 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin Colt | |
| 14 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Cat | |
| 16 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 17 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 18 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ | |
| 19 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 20 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 21 | PC BBQ | |
| 22 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 23 | Big Mikes BBQ | |
| 24 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 25 | Ken's Custom Meats | |
| 26 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 27 | T&D's Smoking Meats | |
| 28 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 29 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ |
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 2 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | |
| 3 | OM BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 5 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 6 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ | |
| 7 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 8 | PC BBQ | |
| 9 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 10 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 11 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 12 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 13 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 14 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 15 | J&C BBQ | |
| 16 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 17 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin Colt | |
| 19 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 20 | Big Mikes BBQ | |
| 21 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ | |
| 22 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 23 | Big Cat | |
| 24 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 25 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 26 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 27 | Ken's Custom Meats | |
| 28 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 29 | T&D's Smoking Meats |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokin Colt | |
| 3 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 4 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 5 | OM BBQ | |
| 6 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 7 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 8 | J&C BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Cat | |
| 10 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | |
| 11 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ | |
| 13 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 14 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 15 | PC BBQ | |
| 16 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 17 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 19 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 20 | Big Mikes BBQ | |
| 21 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 22 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 23 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 24 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 26 | T&D's Smoking Meats | |
| 27 | Ken's Custom Meats | |
| 28 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 29 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 170.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 2 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 3 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 4 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 5 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 7 | J&C BBQ | |
| 8 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 11 | OM BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Cat | |
| 13 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 14 | Smokin Colt | |
| 15 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 16 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 17 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 19 | Ken's Custom Meats | |
| 20 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ | |
| 21 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | |
| 22 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 23 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 24 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 25 | T&D's Smoking Meats | |
| 26 | Big Mikes BBQ | |
| 27 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 28 | PC BBQ | |
| 29 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 169.7372 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 2 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | |
| 3 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 4 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 5 | J&C BBQ | |
| 6 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 7 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Cat | |
| 11 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 12 | OM BBQ | |
| 13 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokin Colt | |
| 15 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 16 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 17 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 18 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 19 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ | |
| 20 | Tim Tom's BBQ | |
| 21 | T&D's Smoking Meats | |
| 22 | PC BBQ | |
| 23 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 24 | Big Mikes BBQ | |
| 25 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 26 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ | |
| 27 | Ken's Custom Meats | |
| 28 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 29 | Pomeroy Family 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.
17 entries · top 180 · median 166.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OM BBQ | |
| 2 | Blind Duck BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Team Robin O | |
| 5 | Smokin' Timbers Northwest | |
| 6 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 7 | PC BBQ | |
| 8 | Team AJ B | |
| 9 | J&C BBQ | |
| 10 | Sweet Tooth Fairy Floss | |
| 11 | Mama Juju's and Papa G Smoking BBQ | |
| 12 | Team Linda B | |
| 13 | BBQ the Umpqua | |
| 14 | Nitro Boys BBQ | |
| 15 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokin Colt | |
| 17 | Tim Tom's BBQ |