Every sanctioned contest scored in July 2025 — 1 Jul to 31 Jul.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
TRIPLE H BBQ put up 711.9772 at Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) — the highest overall of the month.
Too Sauced BBQ took 2 Grand Championships in July 2025.
Piggy & Swine BBQ won their first Grand Championship at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1), in their 52nd contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 11% chance
Piggy & Swine BBQ won Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) over top-rated GETTIN' BASTED as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 61 perfect 180s were handed out in July 2025.
BBQ MIKE edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0000 at Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY).
Fire Pig gained 47 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Rowdy Pig finished 2nd at Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
BBQ MIKE put up 354.2972 on the Backyard board at Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
South Carolina Festival of Discovery drew 66 teams, and Smokin' Sweetmeats won it.
Bushwood BBQ cooked 7 contests in July 2025 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Buckeye BBQ Classic ran for the first time on record, drawing 40 teams, and BLUE CHIP BBQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
7 sanctioned contests were cooked on 11 Jul alone.
EUGENE WICKHAM repped 4 contests in July 2025 — somebody has to run the table.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRIPLE H BBQ Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) |
711.9772 |
| 2 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition |
710.8228 |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) |
708.5372 |
| 4 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS South Carolina Festival of Discovery |
708.0000 |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ Blaze of 47 |
707.9888 |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) |
707.4060 |
| 7 | Low Eye Que Shenandoah ShenDig |
707.3944 |
| 8 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ Sutherlin Throwdown |
707.3944 |
| 9 | TRIPLE H BBQ Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) |
707.3944 |
| 10 | Pits and Grills Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) |
706.8228 |
| 11 | Piggy & Swine BBQ Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) |
706.8112 |
| 12 | Big Boys BBQ Sutherlin Throwdown |
706.2512 |
| 13 | MUNNY'S STOVE Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) |
706.2400 |
| 14 | Smokin' Bliss BBQ Sutherlin Throwdown |
705.7144 |
| 15 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ Curley Que Classic |
705.1200 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×18 💯 | SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA South Carolina Festival of Discovery |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×16 💯 | Blue Smoke Q South Carolina Festival of Discovery |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×15 💯 | WOOD HOOK BBQ Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×12 💯 | SMOKE N' ASH BBQ South Carolina Festival of Discovery |
180.0000 |
…and 37 more in July 2025.
| Team | Rating | Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Pig #634 | 1,652 | +47 |
| T-Dawg BBQ #565 | 1,664 | +34 |
| HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ #819 | 1,626 | +34 |
| Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team #651 | 1,648 | +32 |
| SinBin BBQ #1131 | 1,591 | +29 |
| MUNNY'S STOVE #236 | 1,744 | +28 |
| Palm tree smokehouse #4703 | 1,468 | +26 |
| Pinky Out BBQ #325 | 1,718 | +24 |
| Too Sauced BBQ #230 | 1,745 | +24 |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ #319 | 1,719 | +23 |
| Kith n' Kin #255 | 1,738 | -23 |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ #201 | 1,755 | -24 |
| Smokey Bros BBQ | 1,483 | -25 |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ #527 | 1,670 | -28 |
| SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ #883 | 1,617 | -28 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushwood BBQ | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 6 | — | 8 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | — | 2 |
| T-Dawg BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| Big Reds Backyard BBQ | 5 | — | 4 |
| WHEN PIGS DIE | 5 | — | 5 |
| Too Sauced BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| E SQUARED BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Fire Pig | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| HESSHOGS | 4 | — | 2 |
| Meat Candy Q | 4 | — | 2 |
| WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | 4 | — | 3 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| EUGENE WICKHAM | 4 | 2 |
| SARAH WICKHAM | 4 | 2 |
| BILL JONES | 3 | 2 |
| DAVE ROGERS | 3 | 1 |
| IAN SCHMIDT | 3 | 3 |
| JULIE POE | 3 | 3 |
| LOUISE WEIDNER | 3 | 2 |
| PEG ROGERS | 3 | 1 |
| ROBERT MCKEE | 3 | 1 |
| ALAN ROTHROCK | 2 | 2 |
| ALEX JR BROWN | 2 | 2 |
| BRIAN MOORE | 2 | 2 |
| CRAIG MAIDENS | 2 | 1 |
| DOUG REID | 2 | 2 |
| HEATHER MAIDENS | 2 | 1 |
| JEANNE TITUS | 2 | 2 |
| JOHN SCHARFFBILLIG | 2 | 1 |
| LARRY VOTH | 2 | 1 |
| LAURIE TWETEN | 2 | 1 |
| LYNDA VOTH | 2 | 1 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 6 | 102 |
| Iowa | 4 | 71 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 75 |
| Virginia | 2 | 75 |
| Kansas | 2 | 37 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 27 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 72 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 63 |
| Illinois | 1 | 58 |
| Ohio | 1 | 40 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 36 |
| Oregon | 1 | 36 |
| Alberta | 1 | 34 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 31 |
| Utah | 1 | 26 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 26 |
| Michigan | 1 | 17 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 13 |
| Montana | 1 | 13 |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | 11 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH |
40 | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| Sutherlin Throwdown Sutherlin, OR |
35 | Bar-B-Cuda BBQ |
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) Osceola, MO |
32 | Triple H BBQ |
| 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA |
31 | Hot Daddy's BBQ |
| KTD Smokn' Gobbler Worthington, MN |
26 | Home Farm BBQ |
| Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT |
26 | Smokin' Volts BBQ |
| Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY |
26 | Parrothead Smokers |
| Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown Papillion, NE |
24 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS |
18 | Munny's Stove BBQ |
| Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off Dillon, MT |
13 | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| Curley Que Classic Honolulu, HI |
12 | Smokin' Volts BBQ |
| The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS |
11 | Good Googly Goo BBQ |
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