Rudes BBQ

10/07/2026

Love making the list! It’s a nice way to end the season with a perfect score in chicken!! Love it

Tischler's Market
Heath Riles BBQ
Weekend Bum BBQ
SoFa King Awesome Products
Duffy Signs

10/04/2026

What a weekend in LaBelle, Missouri! 🔥🏆

We’re home, unpacked, and wrapping up another great weekend of BBQ at the Show Me Barbecue Showdown!

Andre Nixon and the entire crew ran an awesome comp! After all the rain left the park completely saturated, they did a heck of a job overcoming the conditions and keeping everything rolling. We had a great time and are already looking forward to next year!

🔥 Our results:
🥇 1st Chicken — 180!
🐷 5th Ribs
😬 25th Pork — YIKES!
🥩 8th Brisket

That was good enough to bring home Reserve Grand Champion! 🏆

Huge congratulations There's No Place Like Smoke on the Grand Championship! Well deserved!

The Good Charcoal kept the drums running hot and fast all weekend long! 🔥🔥🔥

As always, a HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors. We truly couldn’t do this without you guys and your continued support!
Tischler's Market
Weekend Bum BBQ
Heath Riles BBQ
SoFa King Awesome Products
Duffy Signs















Another great weekend of BBQ in the books. 🏆🔥

10/03/2026

09/30/2026

This is what we use!! They make awesome products. I actually built mine from one of the kits. I was like a kid on Christmas morning when Mark Hunsaker came to my trailer at the American Royal last year to check out the builds. We talked for about half an hour. It’s pretty cool to be able to pick up the phone and talk to the owner of the company if you have questions!!

Hunsaker Smokers are competition-grade BBQ drum smokers designed and built in the USA to help you master every cook. We build quality vortex drum smokers, stainless steel replacement grates, ugly drum smoker parts, and WSM & Kettle accessories.

09/25/2026

The goal was to go to 17th Street Barbecue Praise the Lard and win an apple… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! 🍎🏆

Day one is in the books, and we took 1st place in Fish! 🥇🐟 We’re bringing home an awesome trophy and couldn’t be happier with how the weekend started!

We’ll fire everything back up bright and early Saturday morning for the KCBS competition. Hoping to keep this momentum rolling! 🔥💨

Wish us luck, and as always, thank you to everyone who supports us! 🙌

Tischler's Market
SoFa King Awesome Products
Duffy Signs
Heath Riles BBQ
Weekend Bum BBQ

09/24/2026

🔥 We are all set up and ready to ROCK ’N’ ROLL here at 17th Street Barbecue Praise the Lard Competition in Murphysboro, Illinois! 🔥

This is a bucket-list competition that I’ve wanted to do for a few years, and I’m excited that we’re finally here!

🍗🐟 Tonight: Wings & Fish
🏆 Saturday: The Masters Competition — all four meats:
🍗 Chicken
🍖 Ribs
🐷 Pork
🥩 Brisket

We’re ready to fire up the smokers, have some fun, and give it everything we’ve got! 💪🔥

Wish us luck! 🍀

And a HUGE thank-you to all of our sponsors for your continued support. We truly appreciate every one of you and couldn’t do this without you!

Tischler's Market
Heath Riles BBQ
Weekend Bum BBQ
SoFa King Awesome Products
Duffy Signs

09/23/2026

We made this list last week in Paxton. The ribs were on point!!

09/22/2026

Rudes BBQ will be there!!

Coming this week! 🔥

🍎 Don’t miss a record-breaking number of teams at the 2026 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off, September 24–26, as over 100 pitmasters and steak cooks come together for a weekend of serious barbecue competition.

Now in its 39th year, Praise the Lard is one of the oldest and most respected BBQ contests in the country, and it’s tri-sanctioned by KCBS, MBN, and SCA! This year we’re proud to be a qualifier for the $1,000,000 BBQ World Cup and Expo to be held in Las Vegas in April.