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KCBS in Arkansas AR
125 tracked contests over 13.1 years,
1,258 teams on the scoresheets — the 19th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
Contests 125
97 scored · 2 upcoming
This season 1
contest in 2026 · 37 teams competing
Teams competed 1,258
distinct teams on record
Typical field 32
teams · biggest 92
Avg winning score 700.19
Master · of 720 · best 717.70
Avg category score 165.38
across 12,218 meat entries
Perfect 180s 155 🔥
12.7 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 95
titles handed out here
State championships 37 🏅
on the calendar
Towns 31
65 venues · 81 recurring contests
Seasons on record 13
2013 – 2026
Published purses $423,350
across 29 contests that listed one
Cancelled 11
not counted as contests held
How Arkansas stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Arkansas's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
Contests held
125
#19 of 94
▲ median 37
Teams competing
1,258
#15 of 88
▲ median 249.5
Contests this season
1
#64 of 75
▼ median 2.5
Field depth
32 teams
#29 of 61
▲ median 31 teams
Winning score
700.19
#2 of 52
▲ median 694.24
Judging severity (lowest average category score = toughest room)
165.38
#40 of 45
▲ median 163.95
Perfect-180 rate
12.7 /1k
#2 of 45
▲ median 5.7 /1k
Growth (last three completed seasons against the three before)
29%
#11 of 30
▲ median 9.5%
State championships
37
#18 of 51
▲ median 5
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
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Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
Contests per season (up to 2026)
When they cook (month of year)
Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)
What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)
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How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
166.77
+1.61
3,036
55
18.1
Pork Ribs
165.01
+1.39
3,112
20
6.4
Pork
165.79
+1.49
3,061
46
15
Brisket
163.94
+1.72
3,009
34
11.3
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Arkansas)
Team Contests GCs Last
FIRE DANCER BBQ 67 6 Mar 13, 2026
RAZORRACKS 58 3 Mar 13, 2026
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 48 3 Oct 6, 2023
BBQR'S DELIGHT 41 1 Jun 11, 2021
Kermit's Ex 38 1 Mar 13, 2026
BLIND HOG BBQ 30 1 Sep 26, 2025
Smokin Through The Night 28 — Sep 26, 2025
GETTIN' BASTED 25 8 Mar 13, 2026
501 BBQ 24 3 Jun 7, 2019
Survivor-Que 23 1 Jun 27, 2025
PORK AVENUE 23 — Sep 26, 2025
Cowboy Q 22 2 Jun 6, 2025
Highest scores in Arkansas (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
717.7028 Bad Dog BBQ
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Sep 26, 2025
711.9772 Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 6, 2025
711.9772 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Sep 30, 2016
711.4172 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
Bikes Blues & BBQ Sep 20, 2013
709.7144 Kermit's Ex
Go Hog Wild BBQ Oct 6, 2023
709.6800 Kermit's Ex
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 6, 2025
709.6684 Can Country Outlaw BBQ
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 6, 2025
709.1316 GETTIN' BASTED
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 11, 2021
709.1200 JANKY LEG BBQ
Smokin' for Down Syndrome Mar 31, 2023
708.5600 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ
Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival Sep 23, 2022
Contests that come back (recurring)
Contest Editions Biggest Last held
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 9 51 Jun 10, 2022
Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship 6 27 Oct 4, 2019
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 5 43 Sep 25, 2026
University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest (Day 2) 4 37 Mar 13, 2027
Old Town Smokeout 4 27 Jun 26, 2026
BBQ & Blues on the Levee 4 30 Oct 11, 2019
Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash 4 25 Sep 28, 2018
Certified BBQ Judging Class 4 — Oct 4, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship 4 50 Sep 30, 2016
Go Hog Wild BBQ 3 26 Oct 4, 2024
Smokin on the White (POSTPONED) 3 17 Sep 9, 2022
Smoke On the Border 3 33 Apr 2, 2022
Where it happens (towns in Arkansas)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Jonesboro 14 11 37 Sep 26, 2025
Wynne 12 12 40 Jun 6, 2025
Fayetteville 10 9 39 Mar 13, 2027
Bentonville 10 5 50 Oct 6, 2017
Sheridan 9 9 26 Oct 6, 2023
Helena 7 7 24 Oct 7, 2022
Fort Smith 7 6 34 Jul 13, 2018
Hot Springs 6 4 29 May 27, 2022
Bryant 5 4 23 Sep 29, 2017
Pine Bluff 4 4 40 Sep 20, 2024
Batesville 4 4 16 Sep 9, 2022
West Memphis 3 0 — —
Reps who work Arkansas
Rep Contests Last
Karen Jane Williams 14 Oct 10, 2025
Ralph Williams 14 Oct 10, 2025
Maria Lohman 12 Sep 25, 2026
Wayne Lohman 12 Sep 25, 2026
Eugene Wickham 7 Mar 13, 2027
Sarah Wickham 7 Mar 13, 2027
Bunny Tuttle 4 Sep 29, 2023
Donna Young 4 Oct 14, 2022
Ed Young 4 Oct 14, 2022
Debbie Spray 3 Sep 20, 2024
State championships 🏅
Contest Teams Grand champion
University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest (Day 2) Mar 13, 2027
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University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest (Day 1) Mar 12, 2027
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University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest Mar 13, 2026
37
MUNNY'S STOVE
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Sep 26, 2025
26
Bad Dog BBQ
Old Town Smokeout Jun 27, 2025
27
Blind Hog BBQ
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 6, 2025
30
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ
University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest Mar 14, 2025
28
HOLLOW Q
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Sep 27, 2024
27
Glamping Grillers
Smoke on the Water Sep 20, 2024
42
Kith n Kin
Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Jun 7, 2024
33
Piggin' Whiskey
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 1,195 teams with a recorded finish in Arkansas, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
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