Longest wait for a first title
Proof it is worth going back. Every team here cooked for years before the call finally came.
122
contests before the first GC
🥇 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANYat WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship
- Set 6 Jun 2025
- How the title finally came in 2025
- Standing held outright
- Scope national, and available by state on the record book
The top 25
| # | Holder | contests before the first GC | Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANYat WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship the title finally came in 2025 |
122 | 6 Jun 2025 |
| 2 | Ambition Queat Buds Blues and BBQ the title finally came in 2025 |
104 | 5 Sep 2025 |
| 3 | WHEN PIGS DIEat BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! the title finally came in 2018 |
92 | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 4 | Wabash BBQat Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest the title finally came in 2024 |
88 | 26 Apr 2024 |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Qat Smokin on The Harbor the title finally came in 2021 |
83 | 20 Aug 2021 |
| 6 | Extra Mile BBQat *2017 Smokin' in the Forest the title finally came in 2017 |
82 | 14 Apr 2017 |
| 7 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQat Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) the title finally came in 2025 |
82 | 11 Oct 2025 |
| 8 | WeQ4Uat PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) the title finally came in 2017 |
78 | 1 Sep 2017 |
| 9 | BLIND HOG BBQat Old Town Smokeout the title finally came in 2025 |
77 | 27 Jun 2025 |
| 10 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUISat Atlanta BBQ Store Classic the title finally came in 2022 |
76 | 18 Nov 2022 |
| 11 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQat SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) the title finally came in 2017 |
74 | 6 Jul 2017 |
| 12 | TEAM CRAWFORDat Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ the title finally came in 2023 |
72 | 30 Jun 2023 |
| 13 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERSat *Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic the title finally came in 2017 |
71 | 6 Oct 2017 |
| 14 | FINGER LEIKAM GOODat Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) the title finally came in 2024 |
71 | 27 Jul 2024 |
| 15 | Risky Brisketat Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 2 the title finally came in 2021 |
70 | 17 Jul 2021 |
| 16 | WE WILL ROCK QUEat Smoke on the Falls the title finally came in 2023 |
70 | 7 Apr 2023 |
| 17 | BAR-B-QUE MAYHAMat York County BBQ Festival the title finally came in 2021 |
69 | 18 Jun 2021 |
| 18 | SWIG-N-PIGat Big BBQ Bash the title finally came in 2023 |
69 | 23 Jun 2023 |
| 19 | HOLLOW Qat University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest the title finally came in 2025 |
69 | 14 Mar 2025 |
| 20 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQat Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 the title finally came in 2020 |
67 | 24 Oct 2020 |
| 21 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERSat Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 the title finally came in 2021 |
66 | 15 May 2021 |
| 22 | Kermit's Exat Go Hog Wild BBQ the title finally came in 2023 |
65 | 6 Oct 2023 |
| 23 | SUPER SWINEat Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 the title finally came in 2023 |
65 | 7 Oct 2023 |
| 24 | BEER TIME BBQat Grizzly BBQ Brawl the title finally came in 2025 |
65 | 5 Sep 2025 |
| 25 | PARTS 'R' SMOKINat Laurie Hillbilly BBQ the title finally came in 2021 |
63 | 6 Aug 2021 |
Rebuilt nightly from every KCBS result we can find. A record here is only as complete as the data behind it — if a contest is missing from the archive, so is anything that happened at it.
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