Congratulations to Big Johns BBQ Team for taking home Grand Championship at the 2026 Best Dam Barbecue and to Uncle Jesse's BBQ for scoring this year's Reserve Grand Champion title!

Please see below for the overall challenge results, as well as the top 12 results for the individual competitions:

Overall Competition

1 1 Big Johns BBQ​ 700.4912
2 Uncle Jesse's BBQ 699.3484
3 Rack City BBQ 697.1200
4  Bad Boys 695.9776
5  Slingin Meats 695.9776
6  Stevos BBQ 695.9660
7  All About Smokin Q 695.3600
8  Smokin Volts 694.2172
9  Mar-B-Que's BBQ 693.1428
10 1 Bite BBQ 691.4060
11 Big Juicy BBQ 690.2400
12 Meat Candy Q 689.6456
13 Bull Market BBQ 689.0972
14 Pork Bombin' BBQ 689.0516
15 High Desert Holy Smokers 688.5144
16 Loot N' Booty BBQ 687.8856
17 5XL BBQ 687.4288
18 Simply Marvelous BBQ 684.5028
19 Vegas GrillBillies 683.9088
20 QLiveCrew BBQ 683.3484
21 Girls Can Grill 681.0516
22 Sin Bin BBQ 681.0396
23 Tuffys BBQ 680.4684
24 Wild Willy 670.1484
25 Wild West BBQ 663.8972
26 Smokin BAR 658.1032
27 Roy Family BBQ 654.1140
28 Lucky Ladies BBQ 646.7432
29 Bowling Bro's BBQ 635.7256
30 Smokilicious BBQ 626.6632
31 Jay's Stupid BBQ 624.3200
32 Churchill Down 590.5484
33 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 468.3772

 

Chicken Competition

1 Pork Bombin' BBQ​ 180.0000
2 Simply Marvelous BBQ 180.0000
3 Mar-B-Que's BBQ 179.4400
4 Big Juicy BBQ 178.8572
5 Smokin BAR 178.8572
6 Uncle Jesse's BBQ 177.7028
7 1 Bite BBQ 177.1772
8 Bull Market BBQ 176.5716
9 Big Johns BBQ 175.4056
10 QLiveCrew BBQ 175.4056
11 High Desert Holy Smokers 174.8572
12 Rack City BBQ 174.8456

Ribs Competition

1 Big Johns BBQ 178.8572
2 Girls Can Grill 177.7028
3 Wild West BBQ 177.7028
4 Stevos BBQ 177.1544
5 Meat Candy Q 177.1544
6 Slingin Meats 176.0116
7 Mar-B-Que's BBQ 176.0000
8 Big Juicy BBQ 176.0000
9 Sin Bin BBQ 174.2856
10 Wild Willy 174.2744
11 Vegas GrillBillies 173.7144
12 Rack City BBQ 173.1544

Pork Competition

1 1 Bite BBQ 177.7028
2 5XL BBQ 177.1772
3 Slingin Meats 177.1544
4 Uncle Jesse's BBQ 176.5600
5 Smokin Volts 175.4172
6 Stevos BBQ 175.4172
7 Big Juicy BBQ 175.4172
8 All About Smokin Q 175.4172
9 Tuffys BBQ 175.4056
10 Lucky Ladies BBQ 173.1660
11 Sin Bin BBQ 173.1428
12 Bad Boys 173.1316

Brisket Competition

1 All About Smokin Q 180.0000
2 Rack City BBQ 178.2972
3 Smokin Volts 177.7028
4 Bad Boys 177.1544
5 High Desert Holy Smokers 176.5600
6 Loot N' Booty BBQ 174.2628
7 Uncle Jesse's BBQ 174.2628
8 Bull Market BBQ 173.1200
9 Big Johns BBQ 173.1200
10 Mar-B-Que's BBQ 172.5600
11 Stevos BBQ 171.9772
12 Pork Bombin' BBQ 171.9772