Marietta River City Bbq
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
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 | 2024-04-26 |
| Overall (Backyard) | 679.3600 | BBQ MIKE | 2026-04-24 |
| Chicken | 180.0000 🔥 | CHUNKY BBQ | 2024-04-26 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | THE BBQ BUS | 2023-04-28 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | CHUNKY BBQ | 2024-04-26 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 🔥 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | 2019-04-26 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | top 23% |
| BEER TIME BBQ | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 31% |
| PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 19% |
| 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% |
| SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 31% |
| T & S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 32% |
| Freedom Meat Repeat | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 46% |
| BO B Q BBQ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | top 25% |
| BooyaQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | top 19% |
| TIRE SMOKE BBQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | top 19% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 15 | 696.5716 | Beer Time BBQ | Freedom Meat Repeat | $3,300.00 |
| 2026-04-24 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 11 | 176.5600 | Puddleduck BBQ | — | $450.00 |
| 2025-04-25 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 10 | 702.8460 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | T & S BBQ | $4,700.00 |
| 2025-04-25 cancelled | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-04-26 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 13 | 705.6800 | Chunky BBQ | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | $5,200.00 |
| 2024-04-26 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 6 | 180.0000 | Chunky BBQ | — | $450.00 |
| 2023-04-28 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 42 | 701.6800 | High on the Hog | UNDER THE RADAR | $5,200.00 |
| 2023-04-28 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 18 | 178.8572 | The BBQ Bus | — | $375.00 |
| 2022-04-29 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 25 | 698.8000 | Peace, Love & Smokiness | SmokinGhost BBQ | $3,000.00 |
| 2021-04-23 🏅 | Washington County Fairgrounds | 29 | 695.9884 | Under the Radar | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | $5,200.00 |
| 2019-04-26 🏅 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 26 | 686.8228 | Slippery Pete's BBQ | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | — |
| 2018-06-08 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 11 | 695.9544 | CONTAGIOUS Q | 270 SMOKERS | — |
| 2017-06-09 | 922 Front St.( Washington County Fairgrounds) | 16 | 698.2400 | CONTAGIOUS Q | BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE | — |
| 2016-06-10 | Marietta, OH | 20 | 695.3716 | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | FOOMANCHOO BBQ | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Marietta, OH 43724 | 17 | 705.1432 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS | — |