IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2025-06-20 – 2025-06-21 · San Diego, CA · 📍 4545 Viewridge Ave. #100
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH
Grand Champion: Loco Smokers (694.2056) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Sweats
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👑 A dynasty in the making
Loco Smokers has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 37.1312 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
Loco Smokers won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 4–5: Meat Sweats and Smoke All Day tied on 161.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: We Barbecue For Those Who Can't edged G- Squad by 0.0112. Pork places 8–9: G- Squad edged The Last Minute Guy by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Meat Sweats (won 2024).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-19 | San Diego, CA | 4545 Viewridge Dr | 14 | 707.9656 | Smokin' Volts Barbeque | — |
| 2024-05-03 | San Diego, CA | 4545 ViewRidge Ave | 10 | 648.6056 | Meat Sweats | — |
| 2025-06-20 ← this one | San Diego, CA | 4545 Viewridge Ave. #100 | 15 | 694.2056 | Loco Smokers | — |
| 2026-07-17 | Santa Ana, CA | 1261 E Dyer Rd | 9 | 670.7428 | LOCO SMOKERS | Rubbed The Wrong Way |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 166.2400 | 163.9772 | 157.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 163.4060 | 157.0512 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 169.6800 | 162.8228 |
| Brisket | 169.7144 | 161.7028 | 154.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
15 entries · top 694.2056 · median 636.9484
Chicken
15 entries · top 166.2400 · median 162.2628
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
15 entries · top 169.7144 · median 157.0744
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Chili
10 entries · top 176.0116 · median 170.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Sweats | |
| 2 | We Barbecue For Those Who Can't | |
| 3 | The Last Minute Guy | |
| 4 | Renew 569 | |
| 5 | Banks the Butcher | |
| 6 | The United Sparkies ;) | |
| 7 | Smoke All Day | |
| 8 | 357 Tramps | |
| 9 | Jr's BBQ | |
| 10 | Loco Smokers |
Ancillary — Side Dish
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2856 · 🔥 perfect 180