2020-07-18 – 2020-07-19 · Eureka, IL · 📍 Eureka College · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: HEAVY SMOKE BBQ (690.1712) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RUSTY PIG 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 70 times in 100
Heavy Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Heavy Smoke BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 3–4: ONE2BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ and CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: SmokinGhost BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 171.4632 | 168.5716 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 171.4288 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 171.9656 | 168.5372 |
25 entries · top 690.1712 · median 672.5260
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 6 | QUE U | |
| 7 | TWISTED SMOKE ADC | |
| 8 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 9 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 10 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 11 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 12 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 13 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 14 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 15 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 16 | Risky Brisket | |
| 17 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 18 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 19 | No Prep BBQ | |
| 20 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 21 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 22 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 23 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 24 | HOG CALL BBQ | |
| 25 | SAUCED N SMOKED |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 4 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 6 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 8 | TWISTED SMOKE ADC | |
| 9 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 10 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 11 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 12 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 13 | No Prep BBQ | |
| 14 | QUE U | |
| 15 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 17 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 18 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 19 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 20 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 21 | Risky Brisket | |
| 22 | HOG CALL BBQ | |
| 23 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 24 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 25 | SAUCED N SMOKED |
25 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 2 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Risky Brisket | |
| 5 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 6 | TWISTED SMOKE ADC | |
| 7 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 8 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 9 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 10 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 11 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 12 | QUE U | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 15 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 16 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 17 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 18 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 19 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 20 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 21 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 22 | HOG CALL BBQ | |
| 23 | No Prep BBQ | |
| 24 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 25 | SAUCED N SMOKED |
25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 4 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 5 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 6 | QUE U | |
| 7 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 8 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 10 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 11 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 12 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 13 | Risky Brisket | |
| 14 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 15 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 16 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 17 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 18 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 19 | TWISTED SMOKE ADC | |
| 20 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 21 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 22 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 23 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 24 | HOG CALL BBQ | |
| 25 | No Prep BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 2 | No Prep BBQ | |
| 3 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 4 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 5 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 6 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | TWISTED SMOKE ADC | |
| 8 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 9 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 10 | QUE U | |
| 11 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 12 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 13 | Risky Brisket | |
| 14 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 15 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 16 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 17 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 18 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 19 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 20 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 21 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 22 | HOG CALL BBQ | |
| 23 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 24 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 25 | JaBs BBQ |