Every sanctioned contest scored in March 2025 — 1 Mar to 31 Mar.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
Glamping Grillers put up 715.4288 at Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) — the highest overall of the month.
When Pigs Fly Family BBQ took 2 Grand Championships in March 2025.
HOLLOW Q won their first Grand Championship at University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest, in their 69th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 8% chance
HOLLOW Q won University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest over top-rated GETTIN' BASTED as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 67 perfect 180s were handed out in March 2025.
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ edged SMOKIN SKULLIES by 0.0004 at Smokin' in the Pines.
E SQUARED BBQ gained 42 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Average Joe BBQ Team finished 1st at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS put up 358.8572 on the Backyard board at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship drew 100 teams, and Triple H BBQ won it.
GETTIN' BASTED cooked 6 contests in March 2025 — nobody hauled the rig further.
7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship ran for the first time on record, drawing 70 teams, and Slaps BBQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
9 sanctioned contests were cooked on 21 Mar alone.
CHARLIE BRINZA repped 6 contests in March 2025 — somebody has to run the table.
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×23 💯 | Electro-Que-ted Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×12 💯 | The BBQ Ranch Vienna Pet Fair BBQ |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×19 💯 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×13 💯 | TRIPLE H BBQ Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
180.0000 |
…and 43 more in March 2025.
| Team | Rating | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| E SQUARED BBQ #862 | 1,620 | +42 |
| Big Boys BBQ #944 | 1,611 | +33 |
| The Swine Doctor's BBQ #461 | 1,686 | +32 |
| When Pigs Fly Family BBQ #1210 | 1,585 | +32 |
| K-10 BBQ #1771 | 1,548 | +31 |
| Say My Name BBQ #666 | 1,646 | +30 |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ #443 | 1,689 | +28 |
| Wapatui Smokers #967 | 1,608 | +27 |
| Rough Cut Q #251 | 1,740 | +26 |
| Big James Kitchen #590 | 1,659 | +26 |
| SmokinGhost BBQ #252 | 1,739 | -28 |
| HOOS SMOKIN #1343 | 1,575 | -28 |
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ #192 | 1,760 | -35 |
| WE WILL ROCK QUE #413 | 1,694 | -36 |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE #345 | 1,712 | -37 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| GETTIN' BASTED | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 6 | — | 2 |
| Rudes BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | — | 3 |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 5 | — | 3 |
| The Swine Doctor's BBQ | 5 | — | 3 |
| QUE U | 5 | — | 4 |
| Wapatui Smokers | 5 | — | 5 |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 5 | — | 7 |
| Take It Easy BBQ | 5 | — | 7 |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | 5 | — | 15 |
| WE WILL ROCK QUE | 5 | — | 16 |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| CHARLIE BRINZA | 6 | 3 |
| JEANNE TITUS | 6 | 3 |
| ALEX JR BROWN | 4 | 1 |
| LOUISE WEIDNER | 4 | 1 |
| REGINA BODNAR | 3 | 1 |
| ANDREAS SCHNOELL | 2 | — |
| BUNNY TUTTLE | 2 | 2 |
| CAROL BIGLER | 2 | 1 |
| CAROLYN WELLS | 2 | 1 |
| CONNIE AMIDEI | 2 | 1 |
| DAVID BURSTEIN | 2 | 1 |
| DAVID DYCHE | 2 | 1 |
| EVA SCHNOELL | 2 | — |
| IAN SCHMIDT | 2 | 1 |
| JO DYCHE | 2 | 1 |
| JONATHAN AMIDEI | 2 | 1 |
| JULIE POE | 2 | 1 |
| MIKE GARRETSON | 2 | 1 |
| RACHEL HARPER | 2 | 1 |
| RANDY G BIGLER | 2 | 1 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 5 | 70 |
| Virginia | 4 | 75 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 150 |
| Georgia | 2 | 101 |
| Alabama | 2 | 68 |
| Florida | 2 | 57 |
| Kansas | 1 | 70 |
| Texas | 1 | 48 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 28 |
| Arizona | 1 | 26 |
| California | 1 | 26 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 22 |
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) |
358.8572 |
| 2 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship |
357.7144 |
| 3 | K-10 BBQ BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) |
357.7028 |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
356.5600 |
| 5 | LEE LA Q Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) |
355.4172 |
| 6 | Big James Kitchen Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
354.2744 |
| 7 | HESSHOGS Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) |
354.2744 |
| 8 | Too Sauced BBQ American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest |
353.7028 |
| 9 | SMOKE RING AND BARK Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
353.1200 |
| 10 | RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA Sip & Swine BBQ Festival |
353.1200 |
| 11 | Rough Cut Q BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) |
352.5484 |
| 12 | Bentley Que Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship |
351.9888 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS |
70 | Slaps BBQ |
| BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125 |
30 | Average Joe BBQ Team |
| University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest Fayetteville, AR |
28 | HOLLOW Q |
| Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) St. Robert, MO |
27 | Glamping Grillers |
| Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) Waycross, GA |
26 | Poppa Pig |
| Q's & Brews Lake Havasu, AZ |
26 | Meat Candy Q |
| Smokin' in the Pines Carthage, NC |
22 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ |
| Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose, 10104 |
17 | Club Carbon |
| Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Vienna, 1030 |
4 | The BBQ Ranch |
| Vienna Pet Fair BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030 |
4 | The BBQ Ranch |
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