2023-09-16 · Park Ridge, IL · 📍 505 Butler Place
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $600.00
Grand Champion: Makdaddy BBQ (346.8344) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Shmack Q
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, 2022 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.
Closer than 96% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
346.8344 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 341.7028 Stone Cold Grillers set in 2022.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Makdaddy BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Shmack Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Makdaddy BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
Makdaddy BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Makdaddy BBQ edged SmoQued On Main St by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: De La 'Que edged Shmack Q by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Two Blind Pigs edged Fu Man Q by 0.0116.
Miami Heat turned in 174.2856 in chicken — past the 169.1772 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | — | |
| Park Ridge, IL | 100 Courtland Ave | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ | — | |
| 2022-08-20 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers | — |
| 2023-09-16 ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Park Ridge, IL | Park Ridge, IL 60068 | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2026-08-15 | Park Ridge, IL | 505 Butler Place | 30 | 351.9884 | WICKEY-Q | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2856 | 171.4056 | 168.0344 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 170.8456 |
35 entries · top 346.8344 · median 321.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 4 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 5 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 7 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 8 | Porklandia | |
| 9 | Fu Man Q | |
| 10 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 11 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 12 | Bori-BQ | |
| 13 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 14 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 15 | Pork Dorks | |
| 16 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 17 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 18 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 19 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 20 | Miami Heat | |
| 21 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 22 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 23 | De La 'Que | |
| 24 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 25 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 26 | Big Smokers | |
| 27 | Pig Floyd | |
| 28 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 29 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 30 | Pickles Posse | |
| 31 | Smoke Show | |
| 32 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 33 | Broken Bones | |
| 34 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 35 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team |
35 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Heat | |
| 2 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 3 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 4 | De La 'Que | |
| 5 | Shmack Q | |
| 6 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 7 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 8 | Porklandia | |
| 9 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 10 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 11 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 12 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 14 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 15 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 17 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 18 | Pork Dorks | |
| 19 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 20 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team | |
| 21 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 22 | Fu Man Q | |
| 23 | Smoke Show | |
| 24 | Bori-BQ | |
| 25 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 26 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 27 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 28 | Big Smokers | |
| 29 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 30 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 31 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 32 | Pickles Posse | |
| 33 | Broken Bones | |
| 34 | Pig Floyd | |
| 35 | Two Blind Pigs |
35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 2 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 3 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 4 | Shmack Q | |
| 5 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 7 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 8 | Fu Man Q | |
| 9 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 11 | Bori-BQ | |
| 12 | Pig Floyd | |
| 13 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 14 | Porklandia | |
| 15 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 16 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 17 | Pork Dorks | |
| 18 | Big Smokers | |
| 19 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 20 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 21 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 22 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 23 | Pickles Posse | |
| 24 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 25 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 26 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 27 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 28 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 29 | Broken Bones | |
| 30 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 31 | Miami Heat | |
| 32 | De La 'Que | |
| 33 | Smoke Show | |
| 34 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team | |
| 35 | Uncle Mikes 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.
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1830 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 2 | Pickles Posse | |
| 3 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 4 | Bori-BQ | |
| 5 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 6 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 7 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 8 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 9 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 10 | De La 'Que | |
| 11 | Pig Floyd | |
| 12 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 13 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 14 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 15 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 16 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 17 | Big Bad Wolves 2 | |
| 18 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Pork Dorks | |
| 20 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 21 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 22 | Smoke Show | |
| 23 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 24 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 25 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 26 | Miami Heat | |
| 27 | Big Smokers | |
| 28 | Fu Man Q | |
| 29 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 30 | Butt Rubbers |
25 entries · top 172.0000 · median 158.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 3 | Porklandia | |
| 4 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 6 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 7 | Pig Floyd | |
| 8 | Big Smokers | |
| 9 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 10 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 11 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 12 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 13 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 14 | Bori-BQ | |
| 15 | Shmack Q | |
| 16 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 17 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Smoke Show | |
| 19 | De La 'Que | |
| 20 | Miami Heat | |
| 21 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 22 | Broken Bones | |
| 23 | Pork Dorks | |
| 24 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 25 | Yostin' & Smokin' |