2023-08-25 – 2023-08-26 · Warsaw, IN · 📍 1400 East Smith Street · State championship
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Q-Jitsu (706.2860) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FIREHOUSE SMOKE
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.
Q-JITSU won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Q-Jitsu's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 33rd tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 2–3: BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA and B&R SMOKE tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: iBQ'n and SMOKIN HOOSIERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: DB BBQ and Smokin' Bones Barbecue tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FIREHOUSE SMOKE won Chicken, Pork — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-25 ← this one | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith Street | 23 | 706.2860 | Q-Jitsu | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2023-08-25 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith Street | 21 | 177.7372 | MC Barbeque | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 173.7028 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.7144 | 169.6800 |
23 entries · top 706.2860 · median 683.3144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-JITSU | |
| 2 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 3 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 4 | iBQ'n | |
| 5 | DB BBQ | |
| 6 | OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 8 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 9 | B&R SMOKE | |
| 10 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 11 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 12 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 13 | C&M BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 15 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 16 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 19 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 20 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 21 | MC Barbeque | |
| 22 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | VanHoozen BBQ |
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 2 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 3 | B&R SMOKE | |
| 4 | Q-JITSU | |
| 5 | iBQ'n | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 7 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 8 | DB BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 10 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 11 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 12 | OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 13 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 14 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 15 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 17 | C&M BBQ | |
| 18 | MC Barbeque | |
| 19 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 20 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 22 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | VanHoozen BBQ |
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 4 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 5 | Q-JITSU | |
| 6 | iBQ'n | |
| 7 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 8 | DB BBQ | |
| 9 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 10 | B&R SMOKE | |
| 11 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 13 | C&M BBQ | |
| 14 | OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 15 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 16 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 17 | VanHoozen BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 19 | MC Barbeque | |
| 20 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 22 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 23 | Bleacher Bums BBQ |
23 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | C&M BBQ | |
| 4 | OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Q-JITSU | |
| 6 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 7 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 8 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | B&R SMOKE | |
| 10 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 11 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 12 | iBQ'n | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 14 | DB BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 16 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 17 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 18 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 19 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 20 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 21 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 22 | MC Barbeque | |
| 23 | VanHoozen BBQ |
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | Q-JITSU | |
| 3 | OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 4 | iBQ'n | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 6 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 7 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 8 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BAD HABIT BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 11 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 12 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 13 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 15 | C&M BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 17 | B&R SMOKE | |
| 18 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 19 | MC Barbeque | |
| 20 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 21 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 22 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | VanHoozen BBQ |
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
4 entries · top 176.5600 · median 175.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | VanHoozen BBQ | |
| 3 | DAT'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SI2 BBQ |