Jun 13–14, 2025 · Huntsville, AL · 📍 Ditto Landing
Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $2,300
Mind if I Smoke? won Grand Champion at the Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 13, 2025 in Huntsville, AL at Ditto Landing, scoring 358.8572 in a field of 35 teams. GSP Barbecue took Reserve Grand Champion with 353.7144. Category winners: Chicken — PUDDLEDUCK BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Mind if I Smoke? (180.0000). This is the 7th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by NORALA BBQ TEAM; 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.
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 84 times in 100
Mind if I Smoke? came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Mind If I Smoke?'s first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
NORALA BBQ TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: Jury's Out and Mind if I Smoke? tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Armstrong Smoke & Co. edged Say My Name BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: Smith Brothers BBQ edged NORALA BBQ TEAM by 0.0116.
PUDDLEDUCK BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 6 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: NORALA BBQ TEAM (won 2023, 2024).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2018 | Huntsville, AL | 293 Ditto Landing RD | — | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 25 | 347.9772 | Thin Blue Swine |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 348 | The Real Squeal |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 23 | 350.2628 | Hickory Hangover |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 26 | 346.2632 | NORALA BBQ TEAM |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 353.1428 | NORALA BBQ TEAM |
| Jun 13, 2025 ← this one | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 358.8572 | Mind If I Smoke? |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 360 | Big Fluff BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176 | 171.9772 |
35 entries · top 358.8572 · median 338.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 2 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 3 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 6 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 7 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Jury's Out | |
| 10 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 13 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 14 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Fire Pig | |
| 17 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 18 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 19 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 20 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 21 | Smith Brothers BBQ | |
| 22 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 24 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 25 | LEE LA Q | |
| 26 | Southern Swine | |
| 27 | GRILLBILLY HOLLAND | |
| 28 | Three Chiefs BBQ | |
| 29 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 30 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 31 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 32 | Invarique | |
| 33 | J. Piggy's BBQ | |
| 34 | "Squeal Deal BBQ" | |
| 35 | Naw-Da-Bone |
35 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Jury's Out | |
| 3 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 6 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 7 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 8 | Smith Brothers BBQ | |
| 9 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 12 | Fire Pig | |
| 13 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | Southern Swine | |
| 15 | GRILLBILLY HOLLAND | |
| 16 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 17 | Modest Meats | |
| 18 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 19 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 22 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 23 | LEE LA Q | |
| 24 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 25 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 26 | Three Chiefs BBQ | |
| 27 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 28 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 29 | J. Piggy's BBQ | |
| 30 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 31 | Invarique | |
| 32 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 33 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 34 | "Squeal Deal BBQ" | |
| 35 | Naw-Da-Bone |
35 entries · top 180 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 2 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 3 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 4 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 5 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 6 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 9 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 11 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | MANOS AL FUEGO | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | Modest Meats | |
| 15 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 16 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 17 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 18 | Fire Pig | |
| 19 | Jury's Out | |
| 20 | LEE LA Q | |
| 21 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 23 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 24 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 25 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 26 | Three Chiefs BBQ | |
| 27 | Smith Brothers BBQ | |
| 28 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 29 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 30 | Southern Swine | |
| 31 | GRILLBILLY HOLLAND | |
| 32 | Invarique | |
| 33 | "Squeal Deal BBQ" | |
| 34 | J. Piggy's BBQ | |
| 35 | Naw-Da-Bone |