Sep 19–20, 2026 · Pierron, IL · 📍 208 Edward Street · State championship
Reps: Charlie Brinza, Jeanne Titus · Prize money: $8,300
Local Yokels BBQ won Grand Champion at the Trekking for CDH on September 19, 2026 in Pierron, IL at 208 Edward Street, scoring 711.4288 in a field of 27 teams. We Will Rock Que took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.3828. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ Maestros (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Take It Easy BBQ (178.2972); Pork — Local Yokels BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Local Yokels BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by All Smoked Up BBQ with 342.2516. This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by My3Sons BBQ; the next was held in 2026.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: Local Yokels BBQ and Meat Me In St. Louis tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: Rooters-N-Tooters TN and Comin in Hot STL tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Cotton BBQ and Man Meat BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Local Yokels BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Local Yokels BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2025), My3Sons BBQ (won 2025).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2024 | Pierron, IL | 208 Edwards Street | 35 | 707.3944 | Shake 'n Bake BBQ | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Pierron, IL | 208 Edward Street | 27 | 714.2628 | Janky Leg BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Pierron, IL | 208 Edward Street | 19 | 177.7028 | My3Sons BBQ | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 ← this one | Pierron, IL | 208 Edward Street | 27 | 711.4288 | Local Yokels BBQ | We Will Rock Que |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Pierron, IL | 208 Edward Street | 15 | 178.8572 | 1 Bite Stand | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 172.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1084 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.2972 | 166.8228 | 162.8000 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4056 | 167.3944 | 161.6572 |
27 entries · top 711.4288 · median 686.1828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 2 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 3 | Meat Me In St. Louis | |
| 4 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 5 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 6 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 7 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 8 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 9 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 10 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 12 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 13 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 14 | Three Stooges Barbeque | |
| 15 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 16 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 17 | Smoke This BBQ - MO | |
| 18 | Comin in Hot STL | |
| 19 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 20 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 21 | Q Moon | |
| 22 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 23 | C&M BBQ | |
| 24 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 25 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 26 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 27 | 618 BBQ Co |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 2 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 3 | Meat Me In St. Louis | |
| 4 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 5 | Comin in Hot STL | |
| 6 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 7 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 8 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 9 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 10 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 13 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 14 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 15 | Q Moon | |
| 16 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 17 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 18 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 19 | Three Stooges Barbeque | |
| 20 | Smoke This BBQ - MO | |
| 21 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 22 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 23 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 24 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 25 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 26 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 27 | 618 BBQ Co |
27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 2 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 3 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 4 | Meat Me In St. Louis | |
| 5 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 6 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 7 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 8 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 9 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 10 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 11 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 12 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 13 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 14 | Comin in Hot STL | |
| 15 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 16 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 17 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 19 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 20 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 21 | Three Stooges Barbeque | |
| 22 | Smoke This BBQ - MO | |
| 23 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 24 | 618 BBQ Co | |
| 25 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 26 | Q Moon | |
| 27 | C&M BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 2 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 3 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 4 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 5 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 6 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 7 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 8 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 9 | Meat Me In St. Louis | |
| 10 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | Comin in Hot STL | |
| 12 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 13 | 618 BBQ Co | |
| 14 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 15 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 16 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 17 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 18 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 19 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 20 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 21 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoke This BBQ - MO | |
| 23 | Three Stooges Barbeque | |
| 24 | Q Moon | |
| 25 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 26 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 27 | C&M BBQ |
27 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 2 | We Will Rock Que | |
| 3 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 4 | Three Stooges Barbeque | |
| 5 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 6 | Smoke This BBQ - MO | |
| 7 | Triple H BBQ | |
| 8 | Q Moon | |
| 9 | 1Bite Stand | |
| 10 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 13 | Meat Me In St. Louis | |
| 14 | Scuffletown Smokers | |
| 15 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | |
| 16 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 17 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 18 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 19 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 20 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 21 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 22 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 23 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 24 | Comin in Hot STL | |
| 25 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 26 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 27 | 618 BBQ Co |
15 entries · top 342.2516 · median 327.9316
15 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.0972
15 entries · top 175.4056 · median 162.8228