Aug 15–16, 2026 · Troy, IL · 📍 410 Wickliffe · State championship
Reps: Charlie Brinza, David Burstein · Prize money: $9,400
Janky Leg BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) on August 15, 2026 in Troy, IL at 410 Wickliffe, scoring 705.0972 in a field of 32 teams. Scuffletown Smokers took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8116. Category winners: Chicken — Can Country Outlaw BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Cotton BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Risky Brisket (180.0000); Brisket — JaBs (178.8572). The Backyard Series standings were won by Snake Holler BBQ with 343.9660. This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2026 edition was won by 1Bite Stand.
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, 2024 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.
Janky Leg BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4400 points.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Can Country Outlaw BBQ and Mudville BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: Rooters-N-Tooters TN and Meat Candy Q tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: Bleed Blue BBQ and OnlyCans Competition BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Take It Easy BBQ (won 2025), 1Bite Stand (won 2026).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
43 of 49 teams from 2026-08-14 came back
43 of the 49 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | Troy, IL | 410 Wickliffe | 27 | 707.4288 | Rusty Pig BBQ | TRIPLE H BBQ |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Troy, IL | 410 Wickliffe | 32 | 708.5600 | Take It Easy BBQ | Eleven Thirteen Q |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Troy, IL | 410 Wickliffe | 26 | 701.6456 | 1Bite Stand | Scuffletown Smokers |
| Aug 15, 2026 ← this one | Troy, IL | 410 Wickliffe | 32 | 705.0972 | Janky Leg BBQ | Scuffletown Smokers |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 173.1316 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 174.2744 | 170.8344 | 166.2400 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 170.8344 | 168.5488 |
32 entries · top 705.0972 · median 694.4972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 2 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 3 | Mudville BBQ | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 6 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 7 | JaBs | |
| 8 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 9 | Salty Heifer | |
| 10 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 13 | Meat Me in St Louis | |
| 14 | Three Stooges Barbecue | |
| 15 | Shiggin Aint Easy | |
| 16 | Risky Brisket | |
| 17 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 18 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 19 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 20 | Bleed Blue BBQ | |
| 21 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 22 | Fire Pig | |
| 23 | Awesome Racks Cookin Crew | |
| 24 | Ruthless Hogs BBQ | |
| 25 | Take it Easy BBQ | |
| 26 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 27 | A&R Barbeque | |
| 28 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 29 | DB BBQ | |
| 30 | Get Your Grill On | |
| 31 | Code 3 Spices | |
| 32 | Kickin Ash |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | Mudville BBQ | |
| 3 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | Bleed Blue BBQ | |
| 6 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Me in St Louis | |
| 8 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 9 | Awesome Racks Cookin Crew | |
| 10 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 11 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 12 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 13 | A&R Barbeque | |
| 14 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 15 | Salty Heifer | |
| 16 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 17 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 18 | JaBs | |
| 19 | Take it Easy BBQ | |
| 20 | Shiggin Aint Easy | |
| 21 | Ruthless Hogs BBQ | |
| 22 | Fire Pig | |
| 23 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 24 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 25 | BrewsCue | |
| 26 | Three Stooges Barbecue | |
| 27 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 28 | Code 3 Spices | |
| 29 | DB BBQ | |
| 30 | Risky Brisket | |
| 31 | Get Your Grill On | |
| 32 | Kickin Ash |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 2 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 3 | Salty Heifer | |
| 4 | Three Stooges Barbecue | |
| 5 | Risky Brisket | |
| 6 | Get Your Grill On | |
| 7 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 8 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 9 | Ruthless Hogs BBQ | |
| 10 | Meat Me in St Louis | |
| 11 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 13 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 14 | Mudville BBQ | |
| 15 | DB BBQ | |
| 16 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 17 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 18 | JaBs | |
| 19 | Bleed Blue BBQ | |
| 20 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 21 | Take it Easy BBQ | |
| 22 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 23 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 24 | A&R Barbeque | |
| 25 | Fire Pig | |
| 26 | Shiggin Aint Easy | |
| 27 | BrewsCue | |
| 28 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 29 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 30 | Awesome Racks Cookin Crew | |
| 31 | Code 3 Spices | |
| 32 | Kickin Ash |
32 entries · top 180 · median 173.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risky Brisket | |
| 2 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | Fire Pig | |
| 5 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 6 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 7 | Shiggin Aint Easy | |
| 8 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 9 | Take it Easy BBQ | |
| 10 | Meat Me in St Louis | |
| 11 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 12 | Three Stooges Barbecue | |
| 13 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 14 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 15 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | Awesome Racks Cookin Crew | |
| 17 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 18 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 19 | Ruthless Hogs BBQ | |
| 20 | JaBs | |
| 21 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 22 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 23 | Salty Heifer | |
| 24 | Mudville BBQ | |
| 25 | Code 3 Spices | |
| 26 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 27 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 28 | Bleed Blue BBQ | |
| 29 | A&R Barbeque | |
| 30 | Get Your Grill On | |
| 31 | DB BBQ | |
| 32 | Kickin Ash |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JaBs | |
| 2 | BrewsCue | |
| 3 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 4 | Mudville BBQ | |
| 5 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 6 | Shiggin Aint Easy | |
| 7 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 8 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 9 | Salty Heifer | |
| 10 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 11 | Three Stooges Barbecue | |
| 12 | Bleed Blue BBQ | |
| 13 | Risky Brisket | |
| 14 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 15 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 17 | Fire Pig | |
| 18 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 19 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 20 | DB BBQ | |
| 21 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 22 | Awesome Racks Cookin Crew | |
| 23 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 24 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 25 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 26 | A&R Barbeque | |
| 27 | Code 3 Spices | |
| 28 | Meat Me in St Louis | |
| 29 | Get Your Grill On | |
| 30 | Ruthless Hogs BBQ | |
| 31 | Kickin Ash | |
| 32 | Take it Easy BBQ |
19 entries · top 343.9660 · median 334.7888
19 entries · top 174.2744 · median 166.2400
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5488