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We’re firing up the competition.

Get ready to witness some serious feats of flavor. Watch live as pitmasters
from all over the country compete for glory and prizes in the ultimate test of
BBQ mastery.

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2025 KCBS CONTEST WINNERS

KCBS Chicken Winners:

  • 1st – Wolf’s Revenge BBQ
  • 2nd – Goudas BBQ
  • 3rd – Uncle Pig’s BBQ Pit
  • 4th – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • 5th – Hoos Smokin

KCBS Ribs Winners:

  • 1st – Blue & Gray BBQ
  • 2nd – Blue Eyed BBQ
  • 3rd – Muttley Crew BBQ
  • 4th – Organized Chaos
  • 5th – Uncle Pig’s BBQ Pit

KCBS Pork Winners:

  • 1st – Muttley Crew BBQ
  • 2nd – Piggy & Swine
  • 3rd – Old Virginia Smoke
  • 4th – Goudas BBQ
  • 5th – Mispillion Meat Works

KCBS Briskett Winners:

  • 1st – Muttley Crew BBQ
  • 2nd – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • 3rd – Smokecraft
  • 4th – House of Que
  • 5th – Team Meat Coma

America’s Best BBQ Sauce Winners:

  • 1st – Mispillion Meat Works
  • 2nd – House of Que
  • 3rd – Uncle Pig’s BBQ Pit
  • 4th – Old Virginia Smoke
  • 5th – 3 Eyz BBQ

US Soy Combine Winners:

  • 1st – Blue & gray BBQ
  • 2nd – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • 3rd – UNcle Pig’s BBQ Pit
  • 4th – Goudas BBQ
  • 5th – Old Virginia Smoke

Overall Winners

  • Grand – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • Reserve – Blue & Gray BBQ
  • 3rd – Muttley Crew BBQ
  • 4th – Mispillion Meat Works
  • 5th – Old Virginia Smoke
Grand Champion
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2025 SANCTIONED CONTEST WINNERS

Roseda Best Beef Contest by the Steak Cookoff Association

Contestants will try and steak their claim to fame as the best in beef.


Winners:

  • 1st – Old Virginia Smoke
  • 2nd – Wolf’s Revenge BBQ
  • 3rd – Engine 2 BBQ
  • 4th – Team Meat Coma
  • 5th – 3 Eyz BBQ

Smokin’ with Smithfield

Do you carry a torch for St. Louis style pork ribs? Then this is the competition to watch.


Winners:

  • 1st – Smokecraft
  • 2nd – Hoos Smokin
  • 3rd – Old Virginia Smoke
  • 4th – Beerbelly’s BBQ
  • 5th – Uncle Pig’s BBQ Pit

National Pork BBQ Championship

You’ll feel the heat as contenders go hog wild in the ultimate pork battle.


Winners:

  • 1st – Muttley Crew BBQ
  • 2nd – Blue & Gray BBQ
  • 3rd – Old Virginia Smoke
  • 4th – Beerbelly’s BBQ
  • 5th – 3 Eyz BBQ

Impossible Foods BBQ Championship

Meatless marvels go for gold in a plant-powered showdown of innovation and mastery.


Winners:

  • 1st – Goudas BBQ
  • 2nd – Wolf’s Revenge BBQ
  • 3rd – Engine 2 BBQ
  • 4th – Thomas Family BBQ
  • 5th – 3 Eyz BBQ

USO Military Chef Cook off sponsored by the National Pork Board

It’s a salute to flavor as chefs representing each branch of the armed forces face off. Fan judged!


Winners:

  • 1st – Navy
  • 2nd – Marines

First Responder Contest


Winners:

  • 1st – Goudas BBQ

Bachan’s Chef’s Choice BBQ Contest

Our pitmasters get to choose what they want to cook in this creative event. Yes, chef!


Winners:

  • 1st – Beerbelly’s BBQ
  • 2nd – Wolf’s Revenge BBQ
  • 3rd – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • 4th – Down Range Smoke
  • 5th – Smokecraft

National Turkey Federation Turkey Smoke Contest

Gobble up the excitement as these masters try and smoke out the competition.


Winners:

  • 1st – Uncle Pig’s BBQ Pit
  • 2nd – 3 Eyz BBQ
  • 3rd – Piggy & Swine
  • 4th – Mispillion Meat Works
  • 5th – Grumpy Old Patriot BBQ

Brisket Wild Child Contest

Winners:

  • 1st – Old Virginia Smoke

BBQ Awards Ceremony

Sunday, June 22 from 6-7PM at the
Pepsi-Lay’s Go-Go Stage

Can I try the competition BBQ?

While you can watch the teams cooking for certified judges throughout the
weekend, DC Health Code doesn’t permit them to sell or sample to attendees.

But some of the best BBQ restaurants in the country will be selling at the event,
including some who are also competing!