Big BBQ Bash
2025-06-20 – 2025-06-21 · Maryville, TN · State championship
Reps: CONNIE AMIDEI, JONATHAN AMIDEI · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Alpine Smoke Works (707.4056) · 26 teams
Entries
26
4 categories
Top score
707.4056
Winning margin
3.4168
GC over RC
Field average
673.62
median 681.90
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Brisket
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
686.1944
what a walk cost here
Field spread
102.4456
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 9%
beats 91% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1562
avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
ALPINE SMOKE WORKS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | 31 | 701.7260 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 2022-06-24 | Maryville, TN | 29 | 700.5028 | Bad Rooster BBQ |
| 2023-06-23 | Maryville, TN | 36 | 714.2628 | Swig-N-Pig |
| 2024-06-21 | Maryville, TN | 33 | 705.0856 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN |
| 2025-06-20 ← this one | Maryville, TN | 26 | 707.4056 | Alpine Smoke Works |
| 2026-09-25 | Townsend, TN | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Chicken
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2800
Master Series — Overall
26 entries · top 707.4056 · median 681.9026
Master Series — Pork
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1142
Master Series — Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180