Smoke on the Water
The health card: 7 editions on record from 2015 to 2026, in Topeka, KS. The public page for this contest →
Latest field
Field trend
Teams who come back
Not been back
Published purse
Teams who started here
Field, edition by edition
| Year | Date | Teams | Winner | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | 25 | Smokin' Outlaws | 10,000.00 |
| 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | 30 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | 6,250.00 |
| 2024 | Oct 11, 2024 | 31 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 6,250.00 |
| 2023 | Oct 13, 2023 | 39 | Slaps BBQ | 8,250.00 |
| 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | 28 | Cow Creek BBQ | 5,250.00 |
| 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | 25 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | 5,250.00 |
| 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | 33 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | — |
Who came back
Of the teams at one edition, how many were on the board at the next — and how many were brand new to your contest.
| Edition | Returned | Of | Return rate | New faces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 30 | 37% | 14 |
| 2025 | 16 | 31 | 52% | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 39 | 28% | 20 |
| 2023 | 19 | 28 | 68% | 20 |
| 2022 | 13 | 25 | 52% | 15 |
| 2021 | 6 | 33 | 18% | 19 |
The teams who stopped coming
Teams who have cooked this contest before, were not at the most recent edition, and have competed somewhere in the last eighteen months — so they are still active, they just are not here. Sorted by how many times they used to come, which is the order worth working down.
| Team | Times cooked here | Last time here | Last contest anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bocephus BBQ | 5 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-09 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 4 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| FAIRWAY SMOKERS | 4 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-05 |
| Cow Creek BBQ | 4 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-09-25 |
| 777 BBQ | 4 | 2023-10-13 | 2025-06-06 |
| TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | 3 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| Fergolicious BBQ | 3 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-15 |
| FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | 3 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| Barking Dog BBQ | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| Bourbon Bent BBQ | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| BrewsCue | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-15 |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| Smoke Til We're Broke | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| Lucky D's BBQ | 2 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| Shark Q | 2 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| One Love BBQ | 2 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-04-10 |
| BEER DART BBQ | 2 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-09-04 |
| MAD MUTT'S BBQ | 2 | 2022-10-14 | 2026-09-30 |
| Aww Shucks BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-11 |
| BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-16 |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| Squealin N Dealin BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| Take It Easy BBQ | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-09-30 |
| In Deep Sauce BBQ Team | 1 | 2025-10-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-10-23 |
| PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-10-09 |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
| Slightly Sauced | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-06-12 |
| SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-10-02 |
| Quality in Smoke | 1 | 2024-10-11 | 2026-09-11 |
| BBQ Pit Bros | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-10-16 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-10-17 |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-10-24 |
| LOVE 2 Q | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-09-30 |
| SLAPS BBQ | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-10-09 |
| Piggin' Whiskey | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2025-08-02 |
| SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ | 1 | 2023-10-13 | 2026-09-30 |
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Team home regions are inferred from team names and where they cook, and a team is “still active” if it has appeared on any results board in the last eighteen months. Everything here comes from the public listings and results at kcbs.us; contests that never published results are invisible to it, so read low numbers as “not on file” before reading them as “did not happen”.