Barbeque Championship Series

09/08/2026

Well, the dust has settled on Arizona’s Longest Running BBQ Comp, the 15th and Final Springerville Rib Throwdown.

Thank you to all our great Sponsors, BBQ Teams, Judges, Volunteers, Staff & Public who worked so hard for months on end to make this event happen. We Truly Appreciate all of you.

Sad to see this event end, but WOW, what a great way to go out and What Incredible Friendships & Memories we have made along the way. THANK YOU from all of us, to all of you.

Congrats to all of our BBQ Winners. Here are this year’s Results:

Friday’s Events:

Best of the Best Past Champions Rib Invitational:

1 Roughstock BBQ Roughstock BBQ
2 All About Smokin Q
3 Get A Clue BBQ
4 Smoke-em-good bbq
5 Schwab's Barbecue
6 Swimmin' In Smoke Swimmin' In Smoke
7 BrnillyQ
8 Lip Smacn BBQ Lip S-Macn BBQ
9 DJ's Smokin' BBQ
10 Anthony Spices
11 SHO DAWG BBQ Sho Dawg Bbq Competition Team
12 Fire & Desire

Desserts:

1st – Smoke on the Water – Smoked Bourbon Peach Crisp
2nd – Guido Q – Buttermilk Butterscotch Pudding
3rd – Beefy Boyz – Lemon Pie Dessert
4th – Schwab’s BBQ – Manuka Honey Biscotti Cheesecake
5th – Sportsman’s Smokehouse – Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie
6th- Ranchhouse Grill- Elvis Presley Tart
7th- All About Smokin Q- Strawberry Banana Cheesecake
8th- AZ Buckeye- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cheesecake
9th- RXR- Chirro Crack
10th- Pork Bombin’ – Apple Cheesecake

Appetizers

1st – Aviators BBQ – Pig Shot
2nd – Ranch House – Carolina Slider
3rd – BrnillyQ – Tri Tip Slider
4th – Pork Bombin – Green Chili Potato Skins
5th – Smoke on the Water – Mac & Cheese Ball
6th- AZ Buckeye- Salame Smoked Cream Cheese
7th- BrnillyQ -Southwest Egg Roll
8th- Schwab’s BBQ – Pork Belly
9th- Bully N Bones – Sliders
10th- All About Smokin Q – Pig in a Blanket

Best Booth

1st Place – Beefy Boyz
2nd Place – Lip S’Mac’N BBQ
3rd Place – Smoke On The Water BBQ Co.

Party Team – BrnillyQ
Honorable Mention – Lip Smac’N BBQ - Nightclub

Saturday

Wing Category

1 Sportsman’s SmokeHouse
2 Lip Smacn BBQ
3 All About Smokin Q
4 Roughhouse Barbecue
5 Beefy Boyz BBQ
6 PORK BOMBIN BBQ
7 Bourne to BBQ
8 BULLYZ N BONZ BBQ
9 Arizona Smoke and Steel
10 AZ Buckeye BBQ
11 Smoke-em-good bbq
12 Carne Kings
13 Roughstock BBQ
14 Family Traditions smokin BBQ
15 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
16 Ranch House Grill & Brewery
17 Cano’s Smokin’ Que
18 Guido-Q
19 Smokin Southern Cactus
20 DJ's Smokin' BBQ
21 RU-DO BBQ
22 BrnillyQ
23 Aviators BQQ
24 Get A Clue BBQ
25 Smoke On The Water BBQ Co.
26 Big Rooster Q
27 BenchPress BBQ
28 Hibbs and crew pirate BBQ
29 RXR BBQ

Rib Category

1 Cano’s Smokin’ Que Angelica Cano
2 SHO DAWG BBQ Sho Dawg Bbq Competition Team
3 Beefy Boyz BBQ Beefy Boyz BBQ
4 True Blue BBQ True Blue BBQ
5 The Cowboy Way BBQ The Cowboy Way BBQ
6 Guido-Q
7 DJ's Smokin' BBQ
8 Smoke On The Water BBQ Co.
9 PORK BOMBIN BBQ Pork Bombin Bbq
10 BULLYZ N BONZ BBQ Bullyz N BONZ Barbecue
11 Get A Clue BBQ
12 Roughhouse Barbecue Roughhouse Barbecue
13 Sweaty Yeti BBQ Sweaty Yeti BBQ
14 Smoke-em-good bbq
15 Fire & Desire
16 Ranch House Grill & Brewery
17 Lip Smacn BBQ - Lip S-Macn BBQ
18 BrnillyQ
19 Arizona Smoke and Steel Arizona Smoke and Steel BBQ Company
20 Sportsman’s SmokeHouse
21 RXR BBQ
22 Big Rooster Q
23 Wild West BBQ
24 Roughstock BBQ Roughstock BBQ
25 Schwab's Barbecue
26 145 Grill Mike Nuttall
27 All About Smokin Q
28 Team Sportsmen
29 Aviators BQQ
30 Anthony Spices
31 Carne Kings
32 Bourne to BBQ
33 Team J88 BBQ
34 AZ Buckeye BBQ
35 Smokin Southern Cactus
36 Swimmin' In Smoke
37 RU-DO BBQ
38 Hibbs and crew pirate BBQ Hibbs and Crew Pirate Bar-B-Q
39 Family Traditions smokin BBQ
40 BenchPress BBQ Bench Press BBQ

Tequila

Best Drink – RXR BBQ – DeRailer Tequila Drink
Best Dessert – BrnillyQ – Key Lime Bars
Best Anything Butt – Beefy Boyz – Pot Pie
Best Overall – Guido Q – Pickled Margarita

Kids Q

1st Place – Izzy – BrnillyQ – Pesto Steak
2nd Place – Jeffrey – Aviators BBQ – Elk Meatballs
3rd Place – Gemma – BrnillyQ – Tri Tip
4th Place – Jason – AZ Buckeye BBQ - Pork Tenderloin Sliders
5th Place – Miya - BULLYZ N BONZ BBQ – Chicken Wing
6th Place – Mykell – BULLYZ N BONZ BBQ - Spare Ribs
7th Place – Chris & Francisco - Ranch House Grill & Brewery
8th Place – Tenley – BrnillyQ – Mahi Mahi Fish Taco
9th Place – Lyla – BrnillyQ – Steak Kabobs
10th Place - Noah – BrnillyQ – Lemon Pepper Dry Rub Chicken
Wing
11th Place – Emily – Aviators BBQ – Carne Asada Street Tacos
12th Place – Killian – Big Rooster BBQ – Rib Tips
13th Place – Gezina - BULLYZ N BONZ BBQ – Chili Burger
14th Place – Allie – Aviators BBQ – Grilled Apple Drizzled with Peanut Butter & Agave

People’s Choice

1st – Tie – Pork Bombin BBQ
1st – Tie – RXR BBQ See less

08/12/2026

WOW, so close to our goal of 50 Teams. Still time to get your team registered for this great event. Arizona's Longest Running BBQ Comp. Our 15th and FINAL Year.

Between the Invitational, the Main Comp and all the Ancillaries, we have over $8500 In Prize money. WOW, how awesome is that.

Where else can you go on a Holiday Weekend for the cost of this entry with a chance to win your share of the Prize money plus hand out samples and get $1 back per sample.

Come in on Thursday before Labor Day Weekend and stay until Tuesday after it and avoid all the Traffic.

Plus it's like 40 Degrees or more cooler up there. By this time of year, we are ready to cool down.

Grab the family, the BBQ Buddies and your Smoker and come join us.

Visit www.BarbequeChampionshipSeries.org to register or https://www.facebook.com/share/1Dgk1etstu/ for more info.

03/23/2026

Whew, what a HOT Weekend and event. The 2026 Annual Guys Who Grill Charity event was once again a great success.

We had 9 Awesome BBQ Teams & Caterers out at this event competing for Bragging rights as well as helping to raise a lot of money for Camp Imagination.

Thanks to all the Awesome BBQers who came out and braved the heat to help make this event a success.

Thanks to all the Judges who also came out and helped.

Thanks to all the public who came out and donated to help make this event a success. Looks like everyone had a really great time.

And Thanks to Janet, Andy and the entire team out there for all the hard work and long hours that make this event happen.

Here are the results of the comp.

Overall:

1 Az Buckeye BBQ
2 Pork Bombin
3 RU-DO BBQ
4 Family Traditions BBQ
5 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
6 Bench Press BBQ
7 Celaya Salsa
8 Wild Beaver BBQ
9 Diamond D's BBQ

Chicken:

1 Family Traditions BBQ
2 Az Buckeye BBQ
3 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
4 Bench Press BBQ
5 RU-DO BBQ
6 Pork Bombin
7 Diamond D's BBQ
8 Celaya Salsa

Ribs:

1 Az Buckeye BBQ
2 Pork Bombin
3 RU-DO BBQ
4 Bench Press BBQ
5 Wild Beaver BBQ
6 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
7 Family Traditions BBQ

Pork:

1 Pork Bombin
2 RU-DO BBQ
3 Az Buckeye BBQ
4 Family Traditions BBQ
5 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
6 Bench Press BBQ
7 Celaya Salsa

Beef:

1 Az Buckeye BBQ
2 Pork Bombin
3 Wild Beaver BBQ
4 Family Traditions BBQ
5 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
6 Celaya Salsa
7 RU-DO BBQ
8 Bench Press BBQ

Anything Other:

1 Family Traditions BBQ- Banana Cream
2 Wild Beaver BBQ- Cream Puffs
3 RU-DO BBQ- Meat in a chip
4 Az Buckeye BBQ- Beans N We**ie
5 Pork Bombin- Link
6 Family Trad- Chili
7 Celaya Salsa- Chips N Salsa

People's Choice:

1 Wild Beaver BBQ
2 Family Traditions BBQ
3 Pork Bombin' BBQ
4 AZBarbeque Catering
5 AZ Buckeye BBQ
6 Bench Press BBQ
7 Ru-Do BBQ
8 Celaya Salsa
9 Diamond D's BBQ
10 Sweaty Yeti BBQ

03/19/2026

Here is our next event. This Saturday out in Wickenburg. Grab the crew and come on out and enjoy this fun event.

Get ready to feast and find out the camp production at Guys Who Grill on March 21! $20 gets you all the BBQ you can handle. Kids 5-10 are $10 and under 4 are free. It's gonna be saucy!

02/23/2026

Well the 13th Annual Freedom RV BBQ Throwdown is in the books and it was another great & successful event.

Thanks to all the Amazing Folks at Freedom RV Inc. for being such a great supporter of BBQ here in AZ.

Thanks to all of our Amazing Judges and BBQ Teams who came out and helped make this event so good.

Here are the Results.

Congrats to Pork Bombin Bbq on their first ever Grand Champion win. Too Cool. Love to see it.

Overall:

1 Pork Bombin BBQ
2 Roughstock BBQ
3 Schwab's Barbecue
4 Bad Boyz BBQ
5 The Tin Rooster
6 Smoke-Em-Good BBQ
7 Lip S-Macn BBQ
8 AZ Buckeye BBQ
9 The Southwestern Griller
10 All About Smokin Q
11 Carne Kings
12 Family Traditions BBQ
13 Guido-Q
14 George’s Family BBQ
15 Que Loco BBQ
16 RU-DO BBQ
17 Pistol Hill BBQ
18 Sho Dawg BBQ
19 Herman's Barbecue
20 Texas Rex BBQ
21 Rams Republic BBQ
22 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
23 Smokin Southern Cactus
24 Hibbs and crew Pirate BBQ
25 Meatslayers
26 Beefy Boyz BBQ
27 Fire By Charcoal
28 Big Rooster Q
29 Special Eats

Chicken

1 George’s Family BBQ
2 Bad Boyz BBQ
3 Lip S-Macn BBQ
4 Schwab's Barbecue
5 Hibbs and crew Pirate BBQ
6 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
7 Family Traditions BBQ
8 Guido-Q
9 The Southwestern Griller
10 Pork Bombin BBQ
11 Pistol Hill BBQ
12 Roughstock BBQ
13 Smokin Southern Cactus
14 All About Smokin Q
15 Smoke-Em-Good BBQ
16 The Tin Rooster
17 Rams Republic BBQ
18 Que Loco BBQ
19 Sho Dawg BBQ
20 Texas Rex BBQ
21 Carne Kings
22 AZ Buckeye BBQ
23 Big Rooster Q
24 Beefy Boyz BBQ
25 RU-DO BBQ
26 Meatslayers
27 Herman's Barbecue
28 Special Eats
29 Fire By Charcoal

Ribs

1 Smoke-Em-Good BBQ
2 Pork Bombin BBQ
3 Carne Kings
4 AZ Buckeye BBQ
5 Roughstock BBQ
6 The Southwestern Griller
7 RU-DO BBQ
8 Meatslayers
9 Que Loco BBQ
10 The Tin Rooster
11 Schwab's Barbecue
12 Smokin Southern Cactus
13 Bad Boyz BBQ
14 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
15 Family Traditions BBQ
16 Pistol Hill BBQ
17 Lip S-Macn BBQ
18 George’s Family BBQ
19 Fire By Charcoal
20 Sho Dawg BBQ
21 All About Smokin Q
22 Big Rooster Q
23 Herman's Barbecue
24 Guido-Q
25 Texas Rex BBQ
26 Beefy Boyz BBQ
27 Special Eats
28 Rams Republic BBQ
29 Hibbs and crew Pirate BBQ

Pork

1 The Tin Rooster
2 Bad Boyz BBQ
3 Pork Bombin BBQ
4 Family Traditions BBQ
5 Sho Dawg BBQ
6 Schwab's Barbecue
7 All About Smokin Q
8 Texas Rex BBQ
9 Roughstock BBQ
10 Herman's Barbecue
11 Fire By Charcoal
12 AZ Buckeye BBQ
13 Smoke-Em-Good BBQ
14 Lip S-Macn BBQ
15 Beefy Boyz BBQ
16 RU-DO BBQ
17 Pistol Hill BBQ
18 Carne Kings
19 Meatslayers
20 Big Rooster Q
21 Smokin Southern Cactus
22 George’s Family BBQ
23 Rams Republic BBQ
24 Que Loco BBQ
25 Guido-Q
26 The Southwestern Griller
27 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
28 Special Eats
29 Hibbs and crew Pirate BBQ

Brisket

1 Roughstock BBQ
2 Schwab's Barbecue
3 Guido-Q
4 The Tin Rooster
5 Herman's Barbecue
6 AZ Buckeye BBQ
7 Pork Bombin BBQ
8 RU-DO BBQ
9 All About Smokin Q
10 Lip S-Macn BBQ
11 Rams Republic BBQ
12 Smoke-Em-Good BBQ
13 The Southwestern Griller
14 Que Loco BBQ
15 Hibbs and crew Pirate BBQ
16 Carne Kings
17 Bad Boyz BBQ
18 Beefy Boyz BBQ
19 Pistol Hill BBQ
20 Texas Rex BBQ
21 Special Eats
22 Sho Dawg BBQ
23 George’s Family BBQ
24 Family Traditions BBQ
25 Meatslayers
26 Fire By Charcoal
27 Big Rooster Q
28 Sweaty Yeti BBQ
29 Smokin Southern Cactus

Best Booth

1st - Hibbs and Crew Pirate BBQ
2nd - All About Smokin Q
3rd - Beefy Boyz BBQ
4th - Pistol Hill BBQ
5th - Texas Rex BBQ