Jul 24–25, 2026 · Honolulu, HI · 📍 57 Arizona Memorial Dr · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $5,000
Cynical BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic on July 24, 2026 in Honolulu, HI at 57 Arizona Memorial Dr, scoring 706.2744 in a field of 12 teams. Smokin' Volts BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.3828. Category winners: Chicken — Sweetie's Bar-B-Q (178.8800); Pork Ribs — The BBQ Bus (177.1772); Pork — Cynical BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — Cynical BBQ (178.2972).
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.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Smoked & Furious and Sweetie's Bar-B-Q tied on 176.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: Damn Yankee Texas BBQ and Smokin' Volts BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Smoked & Furious edged Smokin' Volts BBQ by 0.0116.
Cynical BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Cynical BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 176.0116 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 174.8572 | 162.7884 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 168 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 175.4056 | 158.8000 |
12 entries · top 706.2744 · median 691.3772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | The BBQ Bus | |
| 5 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 6 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 7 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 8 | MAC BBQ | |
| 9 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 10 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 11 | 6th Element | |
| 12 | Dri Rubbahs BBQ |
12 entries · top 178.8800 · median 174.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 2 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 4 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 7 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 8 | MAC BBQ | |
| 9 | The BBQ Bus | |
| 10 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 11 | 6th Element | |
| 12 | Dri Rubbahs BBQ |
12 entries · top 177.1772 · median 173.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The BBQ Bus | |
| 2 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 6 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 7 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 8 | MAC BBQ | |
| 9 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 10 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 11 | Dri Rubbahs BBQ | |
| 12 | 6th Element |
12 entries · top 178.2972 · median 172.8284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 3 | MAC BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 7 | The BBQ Bus | |
| 8 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 9 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 10 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 11 | 6th Element | |
| 12 | Dri Rubbahs BBQ |
12 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 3 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 5 | The BBQ Bus | |
| 6 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 7 | MAC BBQ | |
| 8 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 9 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 10 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 11 | 6th Element | |
| 12 | Dri Rubbahs 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.
8 entries · top 180 · median 174.2914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRM Pit Princess | |
| 2 | 6th Element | |
| 3 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 4 | It's Just Me BBQ | |
| 5 | Damn Yankee Texas BBQ | |
| 6 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 7 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ | |
| 8 | Cynical BBQ |
4 entries · top 175.4056 · median 173.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6th Element | |
| 2 | Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO | |
| 3 | Sweetie's Bar-B-Q | |
| 4 | It's Just Me BBQ |