2023-07-21 – 2023-07-22 · Preston, MN · 📍 413 East Fillmore St.
Reps: LAURIE TWETEN · Prize money: $2,000.00
Grand Champion: Sensuous BBQ (352.5600) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Ten Bones
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.
352.5600 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 346.8228 Wrecking Crew BBQ set in 2022.
Wider than 85% of the 713 championships in the data
The champion won by 8.5600 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 6–7: DAWGS BBQ edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Porket About It edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0460.
Southside Smoke turned in 178.2972 in pork ribs — past the 175.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-22 | Preston, MN | 413 East Fillmore St. | 13 | 346.8228 | Wrecking Crew BBQ | — |
| 2023-07-21 ← this one | Preston, MN | 413 East Fillmore St. | 15 | 352.5600 | Sensuous BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 169.7028 | 162.8116 |
15 entries · top 352.5600 · median 334.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 3 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 4 | Porket About It | |
| 5 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 6 | Southside Smoke | |
| 7 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 8 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 9 | FURLONG SMOKE & SEAFOOD | |
| 10 | Rub Doctor | |
| 11 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 12 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 13 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 14 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 15 | Half-wit BBQ |
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porket About It | |
| 2 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 3 | Rub Doctor | |
| 4 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 5 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 6 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 8 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 10 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 11 | FURLONG SMOKE & SEAFOOD | |
| 12 | Southside Smoke | |
| 13 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 14 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 15 | Half-wit BBQ |
15 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southside Smoke | |
| 2 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 4 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 6 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 7 | FURLONG SMOKE & SEAFOOD | |
| 8 | Porket About It | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 11 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 12 | Rub Doctor | |
| 13 | Half-wit BBQ | |
| 14 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 15 | Unknown Smokers |