Every sanctioned contest scored in May 2025 — 1 May to 31 May.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ put up 714.2628 at Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp — the highest overall of the month.
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY took 4 Grand Championships in May 2025.
BooyaQ won their first Grand Championship at 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ, in their 58th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 5% chance
Cuatro D Barbeque won The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands over top-rated GETTIN' BASTED as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 92 perfect 180s were handed out in May 2025.
MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS edged SmokinGhost BBQ by 0.0000 at 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025).
FIRE & SHINE BBQ gained 48 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Cuatro D Barbeque finished 1st at The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
NORALA BBQ TEAM put up 358.8572 on the Backyard board at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) drew 106 teams, and Meat Me In St. Louis won it.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA cooked 13 contests in May 2025 — nobody hauled the rig further.
7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) ran for the first time on record, drawing 106 teams, and Meat Me In St. Louis won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
10 sanctioned contests were cooked on 16 May alone.
CHARLIE BRINZA repped 7 contests in May 2025 — somebody has to run the table.
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×44 💯 | BrewsCue The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×10 💯 | NORALA BBQ TEAM O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×23 💯 | Deviant Smoke O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×15 💯 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands |
180.0000 |
…and 68 more in May 2025.
| Team | Rating | May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ #186 | 1,762 | +48 |
| SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS #1007 | 1,604 | +39 |
| House of Que #908 | 1,615 | +36 |
| Bad Bears BBQ #577 | 1,661 | +35 |
| HalaQyah BBQ #887 | 1,617 | +32 |
| All About the Wood #720 | 1,638 | +31 |
| RACK CITY BBQ #1331 | 1,575 | +30 |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY #104 | 1,805 | +29 |
| Pinky Out BBQ #325 | 1,718 | +29 |
| Woodquarter Smokerheads #1042 | 1,600 | +28 |
| Red and Black BBQ Shack #5860 | 1,439 | -28 |
| Grate Expectations #1303 | 1,578 | -28 |
| Let It Smoke Barbecue #2662 | 1,514 | -29 |
| NECTAR OF THE HOGS #306 | 1,720 | -29 |
| Mullen It Over BBQ #6350 | 1,385 | -33 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Professor Smoke | 12 | — | 21 |
| House of Que | 11 | — | 2 |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 11 | — | 2 |
| HUMPHREY'S BBQ | 10 | — | 6 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 9 | — | 2 |
| BrewsCue | 9 | — | 3 |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Deviant Smoke | 8 | — | 2 |
| Kith n' Kin | 8 | — | 2 |
| LEE LA Q | 8 | — | 2 |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 8 | — | 2 |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 8 | — | 3 |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | 8 | — | 3 |
| Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | 8 | — | 5 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| CHARLIE BRINZA | 7 | 3 |
| BILL WRIGHT | 6 | 2 |
| DAVE ROGERS | 6 | 2 |
| JEANNE TITUS | 6 | 3 |
| KIM WRIGHT | 6 | 2 |
| PEG ROGERS | 6 | 2 |
| HAYMO GUTWENIGER | 5 | — |
| IAN SCHMIDT | 4 | 2 |
| JEFF CHAMBERS | 4 | 1 |
| JULIE POE | 4 | 2 |
| KATHLEEN MCINTOSH | 4 | 2 |
| KELLY MCINTOSH | 4 | 2 |
| REGINA BODNAR | 4 | 1 |
| ROBERT MCKEE | 4 | 2 |
| ALAN ROTHROCK | 3 | 2 |
| CAROL BIGLER | 3 | 2 |
| CAROLYN WELLS | 3 | 1 |
| DAVID BURSTEIN | 3 | 1 |
| DOUG REID | 3 | 2 |
| EUGENE WICKHAM | 3 | 1 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 8 | 210 |
| California | 4 | 75 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 52 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 29 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 130 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 67 |
| Oregon | 3 | 49 |
| Georgia | 2 | 108 |
| Alberta | 2 | 68 |
| Indiana | 2 | 43 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 40 |
| Michigan | 2 | 31 |
| Alabama | 2 | 30 |
| NO | 2 | 16 |
| Iowa | 1 | 33 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 31 |
| Nevada | 1 | 29 |
| Kansas | 1 | 27 |
| Missouri | 1 | 27 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 27 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN |
106 | Meat Me In St. Louis |
| 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN |
55 | Scuffletown Smokers |
| 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN |
43 | Take It Easy BBQ |
| 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, IN |
34 | BooyaQ |
| King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA |
33 | Wag's Backwoods BBQ |
| The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM |
30 | Cuatro D Barbeque |
| The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) Sweet Home, OR |
30 | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN |
29 | Risky Brisket |
| Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest Brookhaven, MS |
27 | Kermit's Ex |
| 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO |
27 | Janky Leg BBQ |
| Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI |
26 | iBQ'n |
| Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON |
26 | Cyclone BBQ |
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