Jun 20–21, 2025 · Maryville, TN · 📍 2003 E. Broadway Ave. · State championship
Reps: Connie Amidei, Jonathan Amidei · Prize money: $10,000
ALPINE SMOKE WORKS won Grand Champion at the Big BBQ Bash on June 20, 2025 in Maryville, TN at 2003 E. Broadway Ave., scoring 707.4056 in a field of 26 teams. DANG GOOD BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.9888. Category winners: Chicken — CHOOCHOO BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Shiggin aint easy (180.0000); Pork — HalaQyah BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — SMOKIN SKULLIES (180.0000). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Rooters-N-Tooters TN; 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
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 92 times in 100
ALPINE SMOKE WORKS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ALPINE SMOKE WORKS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Alpine Smoke Works's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Alpine Smoke Works has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: HalaQyah BBQ and BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC and DANG GOOD BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: DANG GOOD BBQ and BAD BRAD'S BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Rooters-N-Tooters TN (won 2024).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2016 | Maryville, TN | Maryville, TN | 31 | 701.7260 | UNDER THE RADAR | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Maryville, TN | 2003 E. Broadway Avenue | 29 | 700.5028 | Bad Rooster BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Maryville, TN | 2003 E. Broadway Avenue | 36 | 714.2628 | Swig-N-Pig | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Maryville, TN | 2003 E. Broadway Avenue | 33 | 705.0856 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | Glamping Grillers |
| Jun 20, 2025 ← this one | Maryville, TN | 2003 E. Broadway Ave. | 26 | 707.4056 | Alpine Smoke Works | DANG GOOD BBQ |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Townsend, TN | 7930 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy | 30 | 701.1088 | Alpine Smoke Works | Bad Rooster BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 170.2744 |
26 entries · top 707.4056 · median 681.9026
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2800
26 entries · top 180 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1142
26 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180