Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
Waller, TX · 📍 Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
3
3 with results
Typical draw
86
teams · biggest 99
Purse listed
$135K
across all editions
State championship
3 🏅
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)
- 🏆 Rio Valley Meat BBQ — 1 win (2025)
- 🏆 Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ — 1 win (2024)
- 🏆 Race Crew Drum Smokers — 1 win (2023)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 698.8344 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | Team Chupacabra | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | KG Cookers | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | The Pitfather BBQ | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | Flying G BBQ | Sep 12, 2025 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race Crew Drum Smokers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 1% |
| Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 1% |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 1% |
| Always Forward BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 12% |
| The Pitfather BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 8% |
| KG Cookers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | top 4% |
| Flying G BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 5% |
| Team Chupacabra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 7% |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | top 19% |
| Meatshots BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | top 17% |
| Bout Time BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | top 49% |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | top 21% |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | top 12% |
| LC BBQ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | top 16% |
| The Chopping Block | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | top 12% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 🏅 | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 92 | 698.8344 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | The Pitfather BBQ | $50,000 |
| Sep 13, 2024 🏅 | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 67 | 694.3772 | Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ | Flying G BBQ | $50,000 |
| Sep 8, 2023 🏅 | Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park | 99 | 693.1660 | Race Crew Drum Smokers | Team Chupacabra | $35,000 |