Aug 15, 2026 · Canton, MN · 📍 106 North Main Street
Reps: Laurie Tweten · Prize money: $3,250
Big Mike's Smokehouse won Grand Champion at the Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) on August 15, 2026 in Canton, MN at 106 North Main Street, scoring 353.1544 in a field of 18 teams. Sassy Smoke BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 353.1200. Category winners: Chicken — Sassy Smoke BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Bramble BBQ (178.8572). This is the 6th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Big Ten Bones.
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 92% of the 610 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Big Mike's Smokehouse came in rated below the field's top team, DAWGS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Big Mike's Smokehouse's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
3 of 6 tracked editions
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood has won this contest 3 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Fender Bender BBQ and Sensuous BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Big Mike's Smokehouse edged Big Bear BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: Two Sexy Pitmasters edged Berg's BBQ by 0.0116.
Bramble BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Big Ten Bones (won 2025).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2021 | Canton, MN | 106 North Main St | 18 | 354.8572 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Canton, MN | 106 North Main St | 15 | 344.5828 | Lucky Shoes BBQ |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Canton, MN | 106 North Main St | 16 | 347.4400 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Canton, MN | 106 North Main St | 18 | 346.2284 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Canton, MN | 106 North Main St | 17 | 347.9772 | Big Ten Bones |
| Aug 15, 2026 ← this one | Canton, MN | 106 North Main Street | 18 | 353.1544 | Big Mike's Smokehouse |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.2744 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176 | 171.9656 |
18 entries · top 353.1544 · median 341.6570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 2 | Sassy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 4 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 5 | Porket About It | |
| 6 | T-Daddy's BBQ | |
| 7 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 9 | Fender Bender BBQ | |
| 10 | Dawgs BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 12 | Low & Slow Bros' | |
| 13 | 901 Q | |
| 14 | Two Sexy Pitmasters | |
| 15 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 16 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 17 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 18 | Root River Bottom Smokers |
18 entries · top 180 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sassy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 4 | Porket About It | |
| 5 | T-Daddy's BBQ | |
| 6 | Two Sexy Pitmasters | |
| 7 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 8 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 9 | Dawgs BBQ | |
| 10 | Fender Bender BBQ | |
| 11 | 901 Q | |
| 12 | Low & Slow Bros' | |
| 13 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 14 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 16 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 17 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 18 | Root River Bottom Smokers |
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 2 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 3 | Briskey Business BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Mike's Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 6 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 7 | Sassy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | T-Daddy's BBQ | |
| 9 | Fender Bender BBQ | |
| 10 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 11 | Porket About It | |
| 12 | Root River Bottom Smokers | |
| 13 | Dawgs BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 15 | Low & Slow Bros' | |
| 16 | 901 Q | |
| 17 | Two Sexy Pitmasters | |
| 18 | Marty Party BBQ |