Biggest upset
The ratings said somebody else was winning this one. Nobody told the smoker.
4-in-100
pre-contest odds on the champion
🥇 Angry Cock BBQat Kora Kares for Kids
- Set 16 Aug 2025
- How over a 40-team rated field
- Standing held outright
- Qualifying fields of 10 rated teams or more
- Scope national — this one is measured across a whole career, wherever it was cooked, so it can't be cut by state
The top 25 (lowest is the record here)
| # | Holder | pre-contest odds on the champion | Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angry Cock BBQat Kora Kares for Kids over a 40-team rated field |
4-in-100 | 16 Aug 2025 |
| 2 | Rio Valley Meat BBQat *Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown over a 38-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 16 Feb 2018 |
| 3 | BILLY RAY BBQat *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) over a 40-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 26 May 2017 |
| 4 | Hickory Stick BBQat BBQ, Bikes and Blues over a 39-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 26 Apr 2019 |
| 5 | Backroads BBQat SMSU Smokefest over a 41-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 18 Aug 2017 |
| 6 | Cuatro D Barbequeat The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands over a 30-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 2 May 2025 |
| 7 | B&R SMOKEat *Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off over a 36-team rated field |
5-in-100 | 20 Oct 2017 |
| 8 | BrewsCueat Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" over a 29-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 16 Jun 2023 |
| 9 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TXat *Humble Rodeo and BBQ over a 145-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 2 Feb 2018 |
| 10 | Titans of BBQat Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle over a 31-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 26 Jun 2026 |
| 11 | CHUNKY BBQat New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES over a 28-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 31 Jul 2020 |
| 12 | PORKY'S PIT CREWat 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge over a 55-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 14 Jun 2019 |
| 13 | Grillbilly's BBQat Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff over a 26-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 16 Jul 2021 |
| 14 | SmokinGhost BBQat Smokin in the Bogs over a 45-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 30 Aug 2019 |
| 15 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OKat Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) over a 29-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 17 Jul 2020 |
| 16 | B' Mackin BBQat Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) over a 33-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 3 Nov 2018 |
| 17 | SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUEat *Best Dam Barbeque over a 30-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 25 May 2018 |
| 18 | Shiggin aint easyat Rockin BBQ over a 66-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 29 May 2020 |
| 19 | THE HOG MAFIAat Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ over a 102-team rated field |
6-in-100 | 13 Aug 2021 |
| 20 | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Qat Poosa Q over a 121-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 5 May 2022 |
| 21 | Drilling And Grilling BBQ Teamat Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) over a 62-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 29 Jul 2023 |
| 22 | Swine Life BBQat International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest over a 38-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 9 Sep 2022 |
| 23 | BREWS BEFORE Q'Sat Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild over a 11-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 3 Oct 2025 |
| 24 | Iowa Smokey D'sat Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off over a 36-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 17 Jul 2020 |
| 25 | THE TWISTED TAILat Q for a Cause over a 41-team rated field |
7-in-100 | 20 Apr 2018 |
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