Oct 2–3, 2026 · La Belle, MO · 📍 407 State St · State championship
Reps: Brandon Bressner, Patrick Diller · Prize money: $50,000
There's No Place Like won Grand Champion at the La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown on October 2, 2026 in La Belle, MO at 407 State St, scoring 698.7884 in a field of 33 teams. Rudes BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0856. Category winners: Chicken — Rudes BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — DB BBQ (177.7144); Pork — Team Crawford (180.0000); Brisket — Eleven Thirteen Q (179.4400). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Janky Leg 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.
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 83 times in 100
There's No Place Like came in rated below the field's top team, Rudes BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
There's No Place Like won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
There's No Place Like finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 1–2: Rudes BBQ and Unfamous Dave's tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Unfamous Dave's and There's No Place Like tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: One Bite Stand and Awesome Racks Cookin tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Eleven Thirteen Q turned in 179.4400 in brisket — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | La Belle, MO | 407 State St | 39 | 710.8460 | Janky Leg BBQ | T-Rex BBQ |
| Oct 2, 2026 ← this one | La Belle, MO | 407 State St | 33 | 698.7884 | There's No Place Like Smoke | Rudes BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 171.9888 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4400 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
33 entries · top 698.7884 · median 680.4684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | There's No Place Like | |
| 2 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 3 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 4 | Parrotthead Smokers | |
| 5 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin @ Noonish | |
| 7 | One Bite Stand | |
| 8 | DB BBQ | |
| 9 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 10 | Awesome Racks Cookin | |
| 11 | Smokin Ghost BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin Suckers | |
| 13 | Shiggin Ain't Easy | |
| 14 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 15 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 16 | Home Farm | |
| 17 | Buckwild | |
| 18 | 3 Stooges | |
| 19 | Team Crawford | |
| 20 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 21 | Gothic Town Grillers | |
| 22 | Rockstar BBQ | |
| 23 | Never Easy | |
| 24 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 25 | GEO Smokers | |
| 26 | Unfamous Dave's | |
| 27 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 28 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 29 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 30 | Chillin N Grillin | |
| 31 | Boneheads | |
| 32 | Back Nine BBQ | |
| 33 | On the Brink |
33 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | Unfamous Dave's | |
| 3 | There's No Place Like | |
| 4 | One Bite Stand | |
| 5 | Awesome Racks Cookin | |
| 6 | Home Farm | |
| 7 | Smokin @ Noonish | |
| 8 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 9 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Suckers | |
| 11 | GEO Smokers | |
| 12 | DB BBQ | |
| 13 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 14 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 15 | 3 Stooges | |
| 16 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 17 | Buckwild | |
| 18 | Rockstar BBQ | |
| 19 | Parrotthead Smokers | |
| 20 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 21 | Smokin Ghost BBQ | |
| 22 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 23 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 24 | Never Easy | |
| 25 | Team Crawford | |
| 26 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 27 | Gothic Town Grillers | |
| 28 | On the Brink | |
| 29 | Shiggin Ain't Easy | |
| 30 | Chillin N Grillin | |
| 31 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 32 | Boneheads | |
| 33 | Back Nine BBQ |
32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | Never Easy | |
| 3 | Parrotthead Smokers | |
| 4 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 5 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 6 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokin @ Noonish | |
| 8 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 9 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 10 | Smokin Ghost BBQ | |
| 11 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 12 | Shiggin Ain't Easy | |
| 13 | 3 Stooges | |
| 14 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 15 | There's No Place Like | |
| 16 | Smokin Suckers | |
| 17 | Rockstar BBQ | |
| 18 | Buckwild | |
| 19 | Awesome Racks Cookin | |
| 20 | One Bite Stand | |
| 21 | Home Farm | |
| 22 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 23 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 24 | Gothic Town Grillers | |
| 25 | GEO Smokers | |
| 26 | Team Crawford | |
| 27 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 28 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 29 | Unfamous Dave's | |
| 30 | Chillin N Grillin | |
| 31 | Boneheads | |
| 32 | Back Nine BBQ |
33 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Crawford | |
| 2 | Buckwild | |
| 3 | One Bite Stand | |
| 4 | Chillin N Grillin | |
| 5 | GEO Smokers | |
| 6 | Shiggin Ain't Easy | |
| 7 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 8 | Home Farm | |
| 9 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Ghost BBQ | |
| 11 | Boneheads | |
| 12 | Rockstar BBQ | |
| 13 | Gothic Town Grillers | |
| 14 | Parrotthead Smokers | |
| 15 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 17 | Smokin @ Noonish | |
| 18 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 19 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 20 | There's No Place Like | |
| 21 | DB BBQ | |
| 22 | Back Nine BBQ | |
| 23 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 24 | 3 Stooges | |
| 25 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 26 | Unfamous Dave's | |
| 27 | Awesome Racks Cookin | |
| 28 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 29 | Smokin Suckers | |
| 30 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 31 | Never Easy | |
| 32 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 33 | On the Brink |
33 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 2 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 3 | Rowdy Pig | |
| 4 | Parrotthead Smokers | |
| 5 | There's No Place Like | |
| 6 | On the Brink | |
| 7 | Smokin Suckers | |
| 8 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 9 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 10 | Gothic Town Grillers | |
| 11 | Awesome Racks Cookin | |
| 12 | Never Easy | |
| 13 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 14 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Ghost BBQ | |
| 16 | Shiggin Ain't Easy | |
| 17 | DB BBQ | |
| 18 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 19 | Smokin @ Noonish | |
| 20 | 3 Stooges | |
| 21 | One Bite Stand | |
| 22 | Rockstar BBQ | |
| 23 | Team Crawford | |
| 24 | Chillin N Grillin | |
| 25 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 26 | Smoke Til Ya Broke | |
| 27 | Home Farm | |
| 28 | Buckwild | |
| 29 | Boneheads | |
| 30 | GEO Smokers | |
| 31 | Unfamous Dave's | |
| 32 | Rolling Smoke Q | |
| 33 | Back Nine BBQ |