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KCBS in Idaho ID
14 tracked contests over 10 years,
206 teams on the scoresheets — the 60th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 3
contests in 2026 · 86 teams competing
Teams competed 206
distinct teams on record
Typical field 31
teams · biggest 52
Avg winning score 703.30
Master · of 720 · best 709.18
Avg category score 168.13
across 1,246 meat entries
Perfect 180s 20 🔥
16.1 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 10
titles handed out here
State championships 7 🏅
on the calendar
Towns 5
8 venues · 11 recurring contests
Seasons on record 9
2016 – 2026
Published purses $82,500
across 6 contests that listed one
Cancelled 3
not counted as contests held
How Idaho stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Idaho'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.
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
168.38
+3.22
304
6
19.7
Pork Ribs
168.27
+4.65
338
1
3
Pork
169.07
+4.77
300
6
20
Brisket
166.78
+4.55
304
7
23
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Idaho)
Team Contests GCs Last
CROOKED PIGS 8 — Sep 4, 2026
SWINE STEWARD 6 — Aug 29, 2025
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 5 1 Sep 4, 2026
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 5 — Sep 4, 2026
SLINGIN MEATS 5 — Sep 4, 2026
Texas Smoke Whisperer 5 — Sep 4, 2026
Tuffy's BBQ 5 — Sep 4, 2026
SMELLAQUE 4 2 Sep 4, 2026
Smoke324 4 1 Sep 4, 2026
1 Bite BBQ 4 — Sep 4, 2026
Bearded Boar BBQ 4 — Sep 4, 2026
BIG BOYZ BBQ 4 — Sep 4, 2026
Highest scores in Idaho (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
709.1772 SMELLAQUE
Smoke-N-Wings Jun 26, 2026
708.5484 SMELLAQUE
Smoke-N-Wings Jun 27, 2025
707.9772 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ
Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Aug 29, 2025
706.8572 GETTIN' BASTED
Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Aug 29, 2025
706.2972 Big Johns BBQ Company
Smoke-N-Wings Jun 26, 2026
706.2516 Cynical BBQ
Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Sep 4, 2026
706.2284 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Sep 4, 2026
705.7260 Meat Candy Q
Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Sep 4, 2026
705.6800 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
Smoke-N-Wings Jun 26, 2026
704.0116 GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE
Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Sep 16, 2016
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Idaho)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Boise 5 5 26 May 3, 2025
Blackfoot 4 4 30 Jun 26, 2026
Meridian 3 2 42 Sep 4, 2026
Coeur d' Alene 1 1 19 Jul 13, 2018
Nampa 1 1 25 Sep 16, 2016
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 172 teams with a recorded finish in Idaho, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
On the map (every mapped contest in Idaho — tap a pin)
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