2026-07-24 – 2026-07-25 · Leburn, KY · 📍 750 Sutton Memorial Drive · State championship
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: DANG GOOD BBQ (703.3712) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS
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.
Closer than 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
DANG GOOD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BLUE CHIP BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 9–10: Cotton BBQ and DANG GOOD BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Cotton BBQ and Cluckin' Crazy BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Big James Kitchen and Shiggin aint easy tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DANG GOOD BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BLUE CHIP BBQ (won 2025).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-25 | Leburn, KY | 450 Kenny Champion Loop | 10 | 703.9544 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | MUDVILLE BBQ |
| 2026-07-24 ← this one | Leburn, KY | 750 Sutton Memorial Drive | 22 | 703.3712 | DANG GOOD BBQ | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.8456 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1316 | 172.5484 |
22 entries · top 703.3712 · median 683.5998
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 4 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 6 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 7 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | Great White Smoke | |
| 10 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 11 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 12 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 13 | Salted Anchor | |
| 14 | Cluckin' Crazy BBQ | |
| 15 | TNT BBQ | |
| 16 | Roadhouse BBQ | |
| 17 | Bad B BBQ | |
| 18 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 19 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Smoking Pickles | |
| 21 | Smoking for a Cure | |
| 22 | BULLHEADED BBQ |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roadhouse BBQ | |
| 2 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 3 | Great White Smoke | |
| 4 | BrewsCue | |
| 5 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 6 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 7 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 8 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 9 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 10 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad B BBQ | |
| 12 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 14 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 15 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 16 | TNT BBQ | |
| 17 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 18 | Salted Anchor | |
| 19 | Cluckin' Crazy BBQ | |
| 20 | Smoking for a Cure | |
| 21 | BULLHEADED BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoking Pickles |
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 2 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 3 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 4 | Cluckin' Crazy BBQ | |
| 5 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 6 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 7 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 8 | Salted Anchor | |
| 9 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 10 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 11 | TNT BBQ | |
| 12 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Roadhouse BBQ | |
| 15 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 16 | Smoking Pickles | |
| 17 | BrewsCue | |
| 18 | Bad B BBQ | |
| 19 | Great White Smoke | |
| 20 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 21 | BULLHEADED BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoking for a Cure |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 3 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 4 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 5 | Great White Smoke | |
| 6 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 7 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 9 | Cluckin' Crazy BBQ | |
| 10 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | TNT BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoking Pickles | |
| 14 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Bad B BBQ | |
| 16 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 17 | BULLHEADED BBQ | |
| 18 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 19 | Roadhouse BBQ | |
| 20 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 21 | Salted Anchor | |
| 22 | Smoking for a Cure |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Salted Anchor | |
| 3 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 4 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 5 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 6 | Great White Smoke | |
| 7 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 8 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 9 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Bad B BBQ | |
| 15 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 16 | TNT BBQ | |
| 17 | Cluckin' Crazy BBQ | |
| 18 | Roadhouse BBQ | |
| 19 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Smoking Pickles | |
| 21 | Smoking for a Cure | |
| 22 | BULLHEADED BBQ |