2026-08-07 – 2026-08-08 · Baldwin City, KS · 📍 712 Chapel St. · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Janky Leg (707.9772) · 52 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Parts R Smokin
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
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 87 times in 100
Janky Leg came in rated below the field's top team, Meat Candy Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Janky Leg won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Janky Leg's first Grand Championship in the data.
8 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0344 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Janky Leg finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 1–2: Squealin N Dealin BBQ and Brews Before Q's tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Brews Before Q's and Janky Leg tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Keep Calm and Sauce On and Finger Leikam Good tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Meat Candy Q won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fat&Dumb BBQ (won 2019), Squealin N Dealin BBQ (won 2025).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | Baldwin City, KS | 1102 Main St | 49 | 692.5596 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| 2020-08-21 | Baldwin City, KS | High St. | 43 | 700.5832 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | Happy Grillmore - KS |
| 2021-08-20 | Baldwin City, KS | High St. | 46 | 710.8228 | Dirt Road BBQ | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY |
| 2022-08-26 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 48 | 701.1200 | Slaps BBQ | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Baldwin City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 44 | 704.5372 | Meat Rushmore BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2024-08-09 | Baldwin City, KS | 705 High Street | 46 | 707.9888 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE |
| 2025-08-08 | Baldwin City, KS | 710 High Street | 53 | 703.9888 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | Aww Shucks BBQ |
| 2026-08-07 ← this one | Baldwin City, KS | 712 Chapel St. | 52 | 707.9772 | Janky Leg | Parts R Smokin |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.5716 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.2972 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
52 entries · top 707.9772 · median 680.7370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janky Leg | |
| 2 | Parts R Smokin | |
| 3 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 6 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Beys BBQ | |
| 8 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 9 | Brew 'N' Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 11 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 12 | Team Crawford | |
| 13 | Hefty Lefty BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 15 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 16 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 17 | M2 Smokin Q | |
| 18 | Munny's Stove | |
| 19 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 20 | Brews Before Q's | |
| 21 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 22 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | |
| 23 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 24 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 25 | Wood Hook BBQ | |
| 26 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 27 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 28 | Love 2 Q | |
| 29 | Topeka BBQ Shop | |
| 30 | Double A BBQ | |
| 31 | Bourbon Bent BBQ | |
| 32 | Scheels Smoke Team Six | |
| 33 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 34 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | |
| 35 | Pork Starz BBQ | |
| 36 | Scrappy's BBQ | |
| 37 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 38 | Tornado BBQ | |
| 39 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 40 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 41 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 42 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 43 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 44 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 45 | Me'nage A Hog | |
| 46 | Meat Your Maker | |
| 47 | Smokin D&B | |
| 48 | Smoke Plume BBQ | |
| 49 | Sitt N Smoke | |
| 50 | Faith, Fire & Flavor | |
| 51 | Keep Calm and Sauce On | |
| 52 | Otters Den |
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 2 | Brews Before Q's | |
| 3 | Janky Leg | |
| 4 | Keep Calm and Sauce On | |
| 5 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 6 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 7 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 8 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 9 | Parts R Smokin | |
| 10 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 11 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 12 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 13 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 14 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 15 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 16 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 17 | Munny's Stove | |
| 18 | Team Crawford | |
| 19 | Pork Starz BBQ | |
| 20 | Hefty Lefty BBQ | |
| 21 | Brew 'N' Bar-B-Que | |
| 22 | Wood Hook BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokey Beys BBQ | |
| 24 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 25 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 26 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 28 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 29 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 30 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 31 | Bourbon Bent BBQ | |
| 32 | Love 2 Q | |
| 33 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | |
| 34 | Topeka BBQ Shop | |
| 35 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 36 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 37 | M2 Smokin Q | |
| 38 | Scheels Smoke Team Six | |
| 39 | Scrappy's BBQ | |
| 40 | Double A BBQ | |
| 41 | Tornado BBQ | |
| 42 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 43 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 44 | Smokin D&B | |
| 45 | Meat Your Maker | |
| 46 | Me'nage A Hog | |
| 47 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 48 | Smoke Plume BBQ | |
| 49 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 50 | Otters Den | |
| 51 | Faith, Fire & Flavor | |
| 52 | Sitt N Smoke |
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | Brew 'N' Bar-B-Que | |
| 3 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokey Beys BBQ | |
| 5 | M2 Smokin Q | |
| 6 | Keep Calm and Sauce On | |
| 7 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 8 | Team Crawford | |
| 9 | Janky Leg | |
| 10 | Parts R Smokin | |
| 11 | Munny's Stove | |
| 12 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 13 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 14 | Love 2 Q | |
| 15 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 17 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 18 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 19 | Hefty Lefty BBQ | |
| 20 | Double A BBQ | |
| 21 | Scrappy's BBQ | |
| 22 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 23 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 24 | Topeka BBQ Shop | |
| 25 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 26 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 27 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 28 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 29 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | |
| 30 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 31 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 32 | Brews Before Q's | |
| 33 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 34 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 35 | Wood Hook BBQ | |
| 36 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 37 | Scheels Smoke Team Six | |
| 38 | Tornado BBQ | |
| 39 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | |
| 40 | Pork Starz BBQ | |
| 41 | Me'nage A Hog | |
| 42 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 43 | Bourbon Bent BBQ | |
| 44 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 45 | Meat Your Maker | |
| 46 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 47 | Smokin D&B | |
| 48 | Faith, Fire & Flavor | |
| 49 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 50 | Smoke Plume BBQ | |
| 51 | Sitt N Smoke | |
| 52 | Otters Den |
51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 2 | Hefty Lefty BBQ | |
| 3 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 4 | Janky Leg | |
| 5 | Smokey Beys BBQ | |
| 6 | Team Crawford | |
| 7 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 8 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 9 | Brew 'N' Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Parts R Smokin | |
| 11 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 13 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 14 | Topeka BBQ Shop | |
| 15 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 16 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | |
| 17 | Love 2 Q | |
| 18 | Wood Hook BBQ | |
| 19 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 20 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 21 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | |
| 22 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 23 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 24 | Double A BBQ | |
| 25 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 26 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 28 | Scheels Smoke Team Six | |
| 29 | Brews Before Q's | |
| 30 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 31 | M2 Smokin Q | |
| 32 | Munny's Stove | |
| 33 | Smokin D&B | |
| 34 | Bourbon Bent BBQ | |
| 35 | Tornado BBQ | |
| 36 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 37 | Scrappy's BBQ | |
| 38 | Pork Starz BBQ | |
| 39 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 40 | Smoke Plume BBQ | |
| 41 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 42 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 43 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 44 | Meat Your Maker | |
| 45 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 46 | Me'nage A Hog | |
| 47 | Sitt N Smoke | |
| 48 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 49 | Otters Den | |
| 50 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 51 | Faith, Fire & Flavor |
51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 3 | M2 Smokin Q | |
| 4 | Parts R Smokin | |
| 5 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 6 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 7 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 8 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 9 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 10 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 11 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | |
| 12 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokey Beys BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 15 | Bourbon Bent BBQ | |
| 16 | Munny's Stove | |
| 17 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 18 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 19 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 20 | Brew 'N' Bar-B-Que | |
| 21 | Brews Before Q's | |
| 22 | Janky Leg | |
| 23 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 24 | Keep Calm and Sauce On | |
| 25 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 26 | Hefty Lefty BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 28 | Wood Hook BBQ | |
| 29 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 30 | Pork Starz BBQ | |
| 31 | Scheels Smoke Team Six | |
| 32 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 33 | Team Crawford | |
| 34 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 35 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 36 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | |
| 37 | Topeka BBQ Shop | |
| 38 | Scrappy's BBQ | |
| 39 | Double A BBQ | |
| 40 | Tornado BBQ | |
| 41 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 42 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 43 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 44 | Love 2 Q | |
| 45 | Me'nage A Hog | |
| 46 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 47 | Smoke Plume BBQ | |
| 48 | Meat Your Maker | |
| 49 | Faith, Fire & Flavor | |
| 50 | Smokin D&B | |
| 51 | Sitt N Smoke |
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.
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.3200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 2 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 3 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 5 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 6 | Otters Den | |
| 7 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 8 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 9 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 10 | Keep Calm and Sauce On | |
| 11 | Who's Cookin'? |
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 2 | Lazy J Smoke Show | |
| 3 | Double A BBQ | |
| 4 | Finger Leikam Good | |
| 5 | Drumline BBQ | |
| 6 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 7 | Who's Cookin'? | |
| 8 | Love 2 Q | |
| 9 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 10 | KC Fine Swine | |
| 11 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 13 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | |
| 14 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke Dat Hog | |
| 16 | Sitt N Smoke | |
| 17 | KC Meat Sweats | |
| 18 | Me'nage A Hog |