Every sanctioned contest scored in September 2025 — 1 Sep to 30 Sep.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
B' Mackin BBQ put up 718.8572 at 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest — the highest overall of the month.
Fire Pig took 3 Grand Championships in September 2025.
Ambition Que won their first Grand Championship at Buds Blues and BBQ, in their 104th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 8% chance
JaBs won Smoke on the Ohio over top-rated ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 84 perfect 180s were handed out in September 2025.
UMB Bank edged BURNT FINGER BBQ by 0.0000 at Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES).
205 Smoke gained 43 rating points across 3 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Ashes to Embers BBQ finished 1st at 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Big James Kitchen put up 357.7144 on the Backyard board at Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff drew 92 teams, and Rio Valley Meat BBQ won it.
Deviant Smoke cooked 10 contests in September 2025 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Grizzly BBQ Brawl ran for the first time on record, drawing 42 teams, and Beer Time BBQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
12 sanctioned contests were cooked on 12 Sep alone.
CAROL BIGLER repped 8 contests in September 2025 — somebody has to run the table.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' Mackin BBQ 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest |
718.8572 |
| 2 | Bad Dog BBQ Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival |
717.7028 |
| 3 | Poppa Pig 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest |
714.2628 |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ Trekking for CDH |
714.2628 |
| 5 | Burnin and Lootin 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest |
713.1316 |
| 6 | BULL IN THE RING Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off |
712.5484 |
| 7 | STICKS & STONES BBQ Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) |
710.2856 |
| 8 | HotMess BBQ Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout |
710.2744 |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out |
709.6912 |
| 10 | JaBs Smoke on the Ohio |
709.1428 |
| 11 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival |
707.9888 |
| 12 | Thin Blue Smoke MS Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival |
707.3944 |
| 13 | Smoked & Furious Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off |
706.8344 |
| 14 | LOVE 2 Q Shawnee Great Grillers |
706.8228 |
| 15 | PADDY MCQ'S Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) |
706.2860 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×29 💯 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Uniquely Union Festival |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×14 💯 | B' Mackin BBQ 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×22 💯 | B' Mackin BBQ 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×19 💯 | BEER TIME BBQ Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout |
180.0000 |
…and 60 more in September 2025.
| Team | Rating | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 205 Smoke #1197 | 1,586 | +43 |
| Fire Pig #634 | 1,652 | +39 |
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ #186 | 1,762 | +36 |
| Say My Name BBQ #666 | 1,646 | +34 |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ #144 | 1,780 | +32 |
| Sky High BBQ #2333 | 1,525 | +31 |
| Good Grefe! #2793 | 1,511 | +29 |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ #443 | 1,689 | +28 |
| BULL IN THE RING #472 | 1,684 | +28 |
| Brisket Butts #631 | 1,653 | +27 |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN #234 | 1,745 | -20 |
| Red and Black BBQ Shack #5860 | 1,439 | -21 |
| HELL ON SQUEALS #648 | 1,649 | -21 |
| iBQ'n #161 | 1,773 | -26 |
| Hawt Hawgs BBQ | 1,482 | -28 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deviant Smoke | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 10 | — | 5 |
| Pork Life | 10 | — | 5 |
| Wee Daddy's BBQ | 9 | — | 8 |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 8 | — | 3 |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 7 | — | 2 |
| Electro-Que-ted | 7 | — | 2 |
| LEE LA Q | 7 | — | 2 |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 7 | — | 2 |
| Let It Smoke Barbecue | 7 | — | 6 |
| American Barbecue Company | 7 | — | 7 |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 7 | — | 7 |
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| CAROL BIGLER | 8 | 1 |
| RANDY G BIGLER | 8 | 1 |
| DAVE DRUETZLER | 6 | 4 |
| BECKY DRUETZLER | 5 | 3 |
| LOUISE WEIDNER | 5 | 2 |
| ABIGAIL NICHOLS | 4 | 1 |
| BILL JONES | 4 | 1 |
| BILL WRIGHT | 4 | 1 |
| CHARLIE BRINZA | 4 | 2 |
| JAKE NICHOLS | 4 | 1 |
| JEANNE TITUS | 4 | 2 |
| KIM WRIGHT | 4 | 1 |
| BRENDA BLACK | 3 | 1 |
| DAVID DYCHE | 3 | 1 |
| EUGENE WICKHAM | 3 | 3 |
| JO DYCHE | 3 | 1 |
| KEN BLACK | 3 | 1 |
| LARRY VOTH | 3 | 2 |
| LYNDA VOTH | 3 | 2 |
| SARAH WICKHAM | 3 | 3 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 10 | 77 |
| Illinois | 5 | 156 |
| Missouri | 5 | 94 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 64 |
| Delaware | 4 | 42 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 23 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 45 |
| Alberta | 3 | 44 |
| Vermont | 3 | 25 |
| California | 2 | 60 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 59 |
| Michigan | 2 | 31 |
| Texas | 1 | 120 |
| Kansas | 1 | 67 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 51 |
| Ohio | 1 | 42 |
| Iowa | 1 | 34 |
| Indiana | 1 | 27 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 26 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 25 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH |
42 | Beer Time BBQ |
| Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) Lee's Summit, MO |
41 | UMB Bank |
| 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest Riverside, CA |
35 | B' Mackin BBQ |
| 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO |
30 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
| Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL |
29 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ |
| Bands and BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY |
29 | BrewsCue |
| Uniquely Union Festival Union, SC |
25 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN |
| Fire in the Foothills King, NC |
25 | Maya Jane BBQ |
| First State BBQ Bash Milford, DE |
25 | Drilling & Grilling |
| Grillstock Moore, OK |
23 | Razorracks |
| Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB |
23 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ |
| Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL |
19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM |
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