· Park Ridge, IL · 📍 100 Courtland Ave
Reps: CANDY WEAVER, TINA WELLER · Prize money: $600.00
Grand Champion: Sarsany BBQ (341.2000) · 38 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Troublemakers 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.
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.
Chicken places 8–9: Superlins BBQ edged Tricky Pig by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Sarsany BBQ edged Troublemakers BBQ by 0.0340.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SimpleManBBQ (won ), Stone Cold Grillers (won 2022).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | — | |
| ← this one | 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 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 30 | 351.9884 | WICKEY-Q | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.6056 | 165.1312 | 161.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 168.0572 | 160.0456 |
38 entries · top 341.2000 · median 299.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarsany BBQ | |
| 2 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 3 | Tricky Pig | |
| 4 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 5 | Pig Floyd | |
| 6 | Pick-a-nator | |
| 7 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 8 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Smokers | |
| 10 | Ozark Heat BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 12 | Porklandia | |
| 13 | De La 'Que | |
| 14 | Backyard Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 15 | Broken Bones | |
| 16 | RW&B | |
| 17 | Uncle Mikes | |
| 18 | BRASS MONKEY BBQ | |
| 19 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 20 | Pork Dorks | |
| 21 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 22 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 23 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 24 | Jay's BBQ | |
| 25 | Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 26 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 27 | Smokin Barrels | |
| 28 | Football Meatheads Cuatro | |
| 29 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 30 | Pork City Rockers | |
| 31 | Smoke'em If You Got'em | |
| 32 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 33 | Game of Bones | |
| 34 | Courtlandia, Pork Ridge, IL | |
| 35 | Rub Me Tender | |
| 36 | Messi Ribs | |
| 37 | Osmo Grillo Smoking | |
| 38 | Grilla BoarFare |
37 entries · top 172.6056 · median 153.6456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarsany BBQ | |
| 2 | Uncle Mikes | |
| 3 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 4 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 5 | De La 'Que | |
| 6 | Porklandia | |
| 7 | Broken Bones | |
| 8 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 9 | Tricky Pig | |
| 10 | Pig Floyd | |
| 11 | Pick-a-nator | |
| 12 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 13 | Pork Dorks | |
| 14 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 15 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 16 | Ozark Heat BBQ | |
| 17 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Smokers | |
| 19 | Backyard Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 20 | Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 21 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 22 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 23 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 24 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 25 | BRASS MONKEY BBQ | |
| 26 | Pork City Rockers | |
| 27 | RW&B | |
| 28 | Courtlandia, Pork Ridge, IL | |
| 29 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 30 | Smoke'em If You Got'em | |
| 31 | Football Meatheads Cuatro | |
| 32 | Jay's BBQ | |
| 33 | Game of Bones | |
| 34 | Smokin Barrels | |
| 35 | Grilla BoarFare | |
| 36 | Rub Me Tender | |
| 37 | Messi Ribs |
37 entries · top 171.9772 · median 153.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 2 | Tricky Pig | |
| 3 | Sarsany BBQ | |
| 4 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 5 | Pig Floyd | |
| 6 | Big Smokers | |
| 7 | Pick-a-nator | |
| 8 | Ozark Heat BBQ | |
| 9 | Backyard Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 10 | RW&B | |
| 11 | Superlins BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 13 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 14 | Jay's BBQ | |
| 15 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 16 | Smokin Barrels | |
| 17 | BRASS MONKEY BBQ | |
| 18 | Rub Me Tender | |
| 19 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 20 | Porklandia | |
| 21 | Osmo Grillo Smoking | |
| 22 | De La 'Que | |
| 23 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 24 | Messi Ribs | |
| 25 | Football Meatheads Cuatro | |
| 26 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 27 | Broken Bones | |
| 28 | Game of Bones | |
| 29 | Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 30 | Pork Dorks | |
| 31 | Pork City Rockers | |
| 32 | Smoke'em If You Got'em | |
| 33 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 34 | Uncle Mikes | |
| 35 | Courtlandia, Pork Ridge, IL | |
| 36 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 37 | Two Blind Pigs |
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.
31 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 2 | Backyard Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 3 | Bacon and Hockey Podcast | |
| 4 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 5 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 6 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 7 | Pig Floyd | |
| 8 | Game of Bones %232 | |
| 9 | Smokin Barrels | |
| 10 | Troublemakers BBQ %232 | |
| 11 | De La 'Que | |
| 12 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 13 | Shae Hog BBQ | |
| 14 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 15 | Messi Ribs | |
| 16 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 17 | Uncle Mikes | |
| 18 | Porklandia | |
| 19 | Broken Bones | |
| 20 | BRASS MONKEY BBQ | |
| 21 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 22 | Bacon and Hockey Podcast %232 | |
| 23 | RW&B | |
| 24 | De La 'Que %232 | |
| 25 | Pick-a-nator | |
| 26 | Game of Bones | |
| 27 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 28 | Pork Dorks | |
| 29 | SimpleMan BBQ | |
| 30 | Que's Your Daddy? | |
| 31 | Big Smokers |
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 158.8228