Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
Ponca City, OK · 📍 Lake Ponca — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
9
9 with results
Typical draw
20
teams · biggest 39
Purse listed
$72K
across all editions
State championship
5 🏅
editions carried the title
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 RAZORRACKS — 2 wins (2022, 2023)
- 🏆 BULL IN THE RING — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 WOOD HOOK BBQ — 1 win (2024)
- 🏆 COOKSHACK — 1 win (2024)
- 🏆 SMOKED & FURIOUS — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 SuperSwine BBQ — 1 win (2022)
- 🏆 Piggin Whiskey — 1 win (2021)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 712.5484 | BULL IN THE RING | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Overall (Backyard) | 349.7028 | Money$hot BBQ | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | DOUBLE BARRELL BBQ | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | BULL IN THE RING | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Pork | 180 🔥 | DOUBLE BARRELL BBQ | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | BUTCHER BBQ | Sep 19, 2025 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAZORRACKS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | top 9% |
| Piggin' Whiskey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 24% |
| BULL IN THE RING | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 40% |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 24% |
| Money$hot BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | top 29% |
| Smoked & Furious | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 23% |
| HOLLOW Q | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 41% |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | top 39% |
| BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 34% |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 36% |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | top 31% |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | top 21% |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 28% |
| DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 21% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2025 🏅 | Lake Ponca | 25 | 712.5484 | BULL IN THE RING | Smoked & Furious | $13,750 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Lake Ponca | 7 | 178.8572 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | — | $600 |
| Sep 20, 2024 🏅 | Lake Ponca | 26 | 698.8000 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | $13,750 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Lake Ponca | 4 | 175.4056 | COOKSHACK | — | $600 |
| Sep 15, 2023 🏅 | Lake Ponca | 26 | 701.0740 | RAZORRACKS | CLARK CREW BBQ | $13,750 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Lake Ponca | 11 | 176.5716 | SMOKED & FURIOUS | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 🏅 | Ponca Lake | 39 | 709.6800 | Razorracks | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | $13,750 |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Ponca Lake | 13 | 176.5600 | SuperSwine BBQ | — | $600 |
| Sep 10, 2021 🏅 | Ponca Lake | 25 | 703.9428 | Piggin Whiskey | BUFFALO'S BBQ | $15,250 |