Jul 24–25, 2026 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $9,250
PACS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) on July 24, 2026 in Dodge City, KS at Wright Park, scoring 708.5140 in a field of 13 teams. HOLLOW Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3828. Category winners: Chicken — PACS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Who's Cookin' (175.4172); Pork — PACS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — HOLLOW Q (178.8572).
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
PACS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Too Sauced BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was PACS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 3–4: MAN MEAT BBQ and Royal Schmidt tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Who's Cookin' and FINGER LEIKAM GOOD tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Too Sauced BBQ and R & R BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PACS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
PACS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 168.5140 |
19 entries · top 708.5140 · median 684.4688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 3 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 4 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 5 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 7 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 8 | Shark Q | |
| 9 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 11 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 12 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 13 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | R & R BBQ | |
| 17 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 18 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoking Diesel Boys |
19 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 7 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 8 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 9 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 10 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 11 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 14 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 15 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 16 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 17 | R & R BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoking Diesel Boys | |
| 19 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
19 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | PACS BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 5 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 6 | R & R BBQ | |
| 7 | Shark Q | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 13 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb | |
| 15 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 16 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 17 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 18 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 19 | Smoking Diesel Boys |
14 entries · top 180 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 3 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 4 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 5 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 6 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 12 | Shark Q | |
| 13 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Shark Q | |
| 5 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | PACS BBQ | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 12 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 13 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
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.
2 entries · top 176 · median 170.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emalyn Edmunds | |
| 2 | Logan Culver |
11 entries · top 180 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 2 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 5 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 6 | R & R BBQ | |
| 7 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 8 | Smoking Diesel Boys | |
| 9 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 10 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 11 | Shark Q |
6 entries · top 176.5828 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bennett Nelson | |
| 2 | Renley Stoffer | |
| 3 | Payton Schmidt | |
| 4 | Reagan Stoffer | |
| 5 | Javi and Liam | |
| 6 | Meyleen and Daniel |
7 entries · top 176 · median 174.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meyleen and Daniel | |
| 2 | Renley Stoffer | |
| 3 | Payton Schmidt | |
| 4 | Bennett Nelson | |
| 5 | Charlie Schmidt | |
| 6 | Javi and Liam | |
| 7 | Reagan Stoffer |