2023-06-10 – 2023-06-11 · Franklin, IN · 📍 250 Fairground St. · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: We Will Rock Que (695.9544) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SmokinGhost 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 82 times in 100
WE WILL ROCK QUE came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 94% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1642 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN edged The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 6–7: First Class BBQ edged Wink's BBQ by 0.0116. Brisket places 8–9: SMOKE-N-PEPPERS edged BBQ Maestros by 0.0116.
WE WILL ROCK QUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 24th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5944 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 173.1200 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
28 entries · top 695.9544 · median 680.4742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 2 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 7 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 8 | iBQ'n | |
| 9 | Butts-N-Racks BBQ | |
| 10 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 11 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 12 | Blue Island | |
| 13 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Si 2 BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 16 | JMB BBQ | |
| 17 | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 19 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 20 | WEQ4U | |
| 21 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 22 | First Class BBQ | |
| 23 | Wink's BBQ | |
| 24 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 25 | PPF BBQ | |
| 26 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 27 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 28 | Brisket Bones n Brews |
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iBQ'n | |
| 2 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 3 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 4 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 5 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | Si 2 BBQ | |
| 7 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 8 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 9 | JMB BBQ | |
| 10 | Blue Island | |
| 11 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 12 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 13 | WEQ4U | |
| 14 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 15 | First Class BBQ | |
| 16 | Butts-N-Racks BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 18 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 19 | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 20 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 21 | PPF BBQ | |
| 22 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 23 | Wink's BBQ | |
| 24 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 25 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 26 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 27 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 28 | Brisket Bones n Brews |
28 entries · top 175.4400 · median 169.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 3 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 6 | First Class BBQ | |
| 7 | Wink's BBQ | |
| 8 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 9 | Butts-N-Racks BBQ | |
| 10 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 12 | JMB BBQ | |
| 13 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 14 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 15 | PPF BBQ | |
| 16 | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 17 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 18 | iBQ'n | |
| 19 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 20 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 21 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 22 | Blue Island | |
| 23 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 24 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 25 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 26 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 27 | WEQ4U | |
| 28 | Si 2 BBQ |
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | Blue Island | |
| 4 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 5 | Si 2 BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 7 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 8 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 9 | Butts-N-Racks BBQ | |
| 10 | Wink's BBQ | |
| 11 | WEQ4U | |
| 12 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 13 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 14 | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 15 | PPF BBQ | |
| 16 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 17 | JMB BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 19 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 21 | First Class BBQ | |
| 22 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 23 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 24 | iBQ'n | |
| 25 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 26 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 27 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 28 | Brisket Bones n Brews |
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 3 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 5 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 6 | iBQ'n | |
| 7 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 9 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 10 | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 11 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 12 | WEQ4U | |
| 13 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 14 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 15 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 16 | Butts-N-Racks BBQ | |
| 17 | Si 2 BBQ | |
| 18 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 19 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 20 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 21 | Blue Island | |
| 22 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 23 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 24 | JMB BBQ | |
| 25 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 26 | First Class BBQ | |
| 27 | PPF BBQ | |
| 28 | Wink's BBQ |