2026-08-15 · Park Ridge, IL · 📍 505 Butler Place
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $540.00
Grand Champion: WICKEY-Q (351.9884) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Shmack Q
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, 2022 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 81% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0740 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
WICKEY-Q came in rated below the field's top team, South Pork, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was WICKEY-Q's first Grand Championship in the data.
WICKEY-Q finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 2–3: Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que and SMOKIN E'S BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: PORKLANDIA and Morning Wood BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Morning Wood BBQ edged Grillers Anonymous by 0.0116.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Makdaddy BBQ (won 2023), Blended Smoke BBQ (won 2025).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | — | |
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ | — | |
| 2022-08-20 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers | — |
| 2023-09-16 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Park Ridge, IL | Park Ridge, IL 60068 | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2026-08-15 ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 30 | 351.9884 | WICKEY-Q | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.3200 | 172.0000 | 168.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5944 | 168.5484 |
30 entries · top 351.9884 · median 321.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WICKEY-Q | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 4 | South Pork | |
| 5 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 6 | The Brisket Brother's | |
| 7 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 8 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 9 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 10 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 11 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 12 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 13 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 14 | The Folks Down The Street | |
| 15 | De La'Que | |
| 16 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 18 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 19 | Grill.Eat.Drink.Repeat | |
| 20 | Team Pork Place | |
| 21 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 22 | Damn Hangry | |
| 23 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 24 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 26 | MBQ Smoke Society | |
| 27 | BoriBQ | |
| 28 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 30 | Devon Intervention |
30 entries · top 178.3200 · median 160.8628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shmack Q | |
| 2 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 3 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 4 | WICKEY-Q | |
| 5 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 6 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 7 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 8 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 9 | The Brisket Brother's | |
| 10 | South Pork | |
| 11 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 12 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 13 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 14 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 15 | Grill.Eat.Drink.Repeat | |
| 16 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 18 | Team Pork Place | |
| 19 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 20 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 21 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 22 | De La'Que | |
| 23 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 24 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 25 | BoriBQ | |
| 26 | The Folks Down The Street | |
| 27 | Damn Hangry | |
| 28 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 29 | MBQ Smoke Society | |
| 30 | Devon Intervention |
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.6912
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WICKEY-Q | |
| 2 | South Pork | |
| 3 | The Brisket Brother's | |
| 4 | The Folks Down The Street | |
| 5 | Shmack Q | |
| 6 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 7 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 8 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 9 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Seminary Avenue Smokers | |
| 11 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 12 | Damn Hangry | |
| 13 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 14 | De La'Que | |
| 15 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 17 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 18 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 19 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 20 | MBQ Smoke Society | |
| 21 | Team Pork Place | |
| 22 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 23 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 24 | Grill.Eat.Drink.Repeat | |
| 25 | TREEMENDOUS! BBQ TEAM | |
| 26 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 27 | BoriBQ | |
| 28 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | Devon Intervention |
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.
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Folks Down The Street 2 | |
| 2 | BoriBQ | |
| 3 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ 2 | |
| 4 | WICKEY-Q | |
| 5 | Team Pork Place | |
| 6 | Lip Shmack'n Q | |
| 7 | Damn Hangry | |
| 8 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 9 | Grill.Eat.Drink.Repeat | |
| 10 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 11 | MAKDADDY BBQ | |
| 12 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Brass Monkey BBQ | |
| 14 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 15 | Grill.Eat.Drink.Repeat 2 | |
| 16 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 17 | Broken Bones BBQ | |
| 18 | Bear's Den BBQ | |
| 19 | South Pork | |
| 20 | De La'Que | |
| 21 | The Brisket Brother's | |
| 22 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 23 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 24 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 25 | MBQ Smoke Society | |
| 26 | The Folks Down the Street 3 | |
| 27 | Devon Intervention | |
| 28 | De La'Que 2 | |
| 29 | The Folks Down The Street |
15 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBQ Smoke Society | |
| 2 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 3 | MIAMI HEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | WICKEY-Q | |
| 5 | BoriBQ | |
| 6 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 7 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 8 | Team Pork Place | |
| 9 | PORKLANDIA | |
| 10 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 11 | South Pork | |
| 12 | 2 Blind Pigs | |
| 13 | Morning Wood BBQ | |
| 14 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | Devon Intervention |