Sep 18–19, 2026 · Ogden, UT · 📍 770 West Riverdale Rd · State championship
Reps: Brian Moore, Steven Flewallen · Prize money: $6,200
Tuffy's BBQ won Grand Champion at the NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship on September 18, 2026 in Ogden, UT at 770 West Riverdale Rd, scoring 716.5716 in a field of 12 teams. Colorado BullDawg BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 714.2860. Category winners: Chicken — Colorado BullDawg BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Tuffy's BBQ (178.8572); Pork — 1 Bite BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Tuffy's BBQ (180.0000).
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.
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ holds the KCBS record for highest score that did not win — 714.2860 Master Series, out of 720, finished 2nd, behind Tuffy's BBQ, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
Tuffy's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: Colorado BullDawg BBQ and Big Juicy BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Big Juicy BBQ and SinBin BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: SinBin BBQ and Brinkerhoff BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Tuffy's BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Tuffy's BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4288 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
12 entries · top 716.5716 · median 704.8288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 3 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 5 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 6 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 7 | 5XL BBQ | |
| 8 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 9 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokenbrack | |
| 11 | El Chacon BBQ | |
| 12 | Crash Pit BBQ |
12 entries · top 180 · median 177.1430 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 3 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 4 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 5 | 5XL BBQ | |
| 6 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 7 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 8 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 9 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokenbrack | |
| 11 | El Chacon BBQ | |
| 12 | Crash Pit BBQ |
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 174.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 3 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 5 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 6 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 7 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 8 | El Chacon BBQ | |
| 9 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 10 | 5XL BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokenbrack | |
| 12 | Crash Pit BBQ |
12 entries · top 180 · median 178.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 2 | 5XL BBQ | |
| 3 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokenbrack | |
| 5 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 6 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 8 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 9 | Crash Pit BBQ | |
| 10 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 11 | El Chacon BBQ | |
| 12 | Wild West BBQ |
12 entries · top 180 · median 175.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 2 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 3 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 4 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 5 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 7 | 5XL BBQ | |
| 8 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokenbrack | |
| 10 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 11 | El Chacon BBQ | |
| 12 | Crash Pit BBQ |