Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
Eureka, IL · 📍 1448 County Rd 800 N — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
6
6 with results
Typical draw
21
teams · biggest 26
Purse listed
$20K
across all editions
State championship
3 🏅
editions carried the title
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Triple H BBQ — 2 wins (2022, 2023)
- 🏆 Can Country Outlaw BBQ — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 LEE LA Q — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 Smokinghostbbq — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 Que U — 1 win (2022)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 706.8344 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Overall (Backyard) | 348.5372 | Rudes BBQ | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Chicken | 179.4400 | DB BBQ | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | DB BBQ | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | Jul 14, 2023 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUE U | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 18% |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 7% |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 10% |
| Rudes BBQ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 10% |
| Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| Ham Squad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| Rusty Pig BBQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | top 33% |
| Up From The Pits BBQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | top 37% |
| 309 BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 34% |
| Sermerstout BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | top 34% |
| WE WILL ROCK QUE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 44% |
| AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 43% |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | top 39% |
| Stone Cold Grillers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 26% |
| Loose Cannon BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | top 26% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 🏅 | 1448 County Rd 800 N | 26 | 706.8344 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | TRIPLE H BBQ | $7,000 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 1448 County Rd 800 N | 15 | 178.2972 | LEE LA Q | — | $1,000 |
| Jul 14, 2023 🏅 | 506 Reagan Dr | 25 | 690.7540 | Triple H BBQ | Heavy Smoke BBQ | $5,025 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 506 Reagan Dr | 15 | 180 | Smokinghostbbq | — | $1,000 |
| Jul 15, 2022 🏅 | 112 N Main St | 25 | 705.6916 | Que U | TRIPLE H BBQ | $5,025 |
| Jul 15, 2022 | 112 N Main St | 19 | 177.7028 | Triple H BBQ | — | $1,000 |