Marietta River City BBQ (OPEN FORMAT)
Marietta, OH · 📍 Washington County Fairgrounds — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
15
14 with results
Typical draw
19
teams · biggest 42
Purse listed
$28K
across all editions
State championship
7 🏅
editions carried the title
In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)
Where this contest stands in the all-time KCBS record book, counting every edition of it together.
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Chunky BBQ — 2 wins (2024, 2024)
- 🏆 Slippery Pete's BBQ — 2 wins (2015, 2019)
- 🏆 CONTAGIOUS Q — 2 wins (2017, 2018)
- 🏆 Beer Time BBQ — 1 win (2026)
- 🏆 Puddleduck BBQ — 1 win (2026)
- 🏆 Sailor Nicks BBQ — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 High on the Hog — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 The BBQ Bus — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 Peace, Love & Smokiness — 1 win (2022)
- 🏆 Under the Radar — 1 win (2021)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 705.6800 | CHUNKY BBQ | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Overall (Backyard) | 346.9032 | Full Throttle BBQ | Apr 23, 2021 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | CHUNKY BBQ | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | THE BBQ BUS | Apr 28, 2023 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | CHUNKY BBQ | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | Smitty's Real Pit BBQ | Jun 12, 2015 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | top 15% |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | top 8% |
| HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | top 32% |
| BEER TIME BBQ | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 31% |
| PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 19% |
| SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 18% |
| Sailor Nicks BBQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 38% |
| Under the Radar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 4% |
| BBQ MIKE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 7% |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 8% |
| Full Throttle BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
| Smitty's Real Pit BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | top 32% |
| CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 42% |
| ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | top 34% |
| SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | top 58% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 15 | 696.5716 | Beer Time BBQ | Freedom Meat Repeat | $3,300 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 11 | 176.5600 | Puddleduck BBQ | — | $450 |
| Apr 25, 2025 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 10 | 702.8460 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | T & S BBQ | $4,700 |
| Apr 25, 2025 cancelled | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 13 | 705.6800 | Chunky BBQ | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | $5,200 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 6 | 180 | Chunky BBQ | — | $450 |
| Apr 28, 2023 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 42 | 701.6800 | High on the Hog | UNDER THE RADAR | $5,200 |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 18 | 178.8572 | The BBQ Bus | — | $375 |
| Apr 29, 2022 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 25 | 698.8000 | Peace, Love & Smokiness | SmokinGhost BBQ | $3,000 |
| Apr 23, 2021 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 29 | 695.9884 | Under the Radar | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | $5,200 |
| Apr 26, 2019 🏅 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 26 | 686.8228 | Slippery Pete's BBQ | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | — |
| Jun 8, 2018 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 11 | 695.9544 | CONTAGIOUS Q | 270 SMOKERS | — |
| Jun 9, 2017 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 16 | 698.2400 | CONTAGIOUS Q | BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE | — |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Marietta, OH | 20 | 695.3716 | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | FOOMANCHOO BBQ | — |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Marietta, OH 43724 | 17 | 705.1432 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS | — |