Everyone who has cooked ribs at Rib King NYC™ since 2016, by year and then A to Z with where to find them. If you cooked and you are not here, or a link is wrong, tell us.
By year | All pitmasters (alphabetical)
By year
2026
- Champion and Friends of Firefighters People’s Choice: Brothers Barbecue, Gavin, Jamie and Chris Farella (@brothersbarbecue)
- Runner-up: Smoke Sweats, Anthony Scerri (@smoke_sweats), with Bad for Business
- Clean Bone Award: Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue, Cenobio Canalizo (@morgansbrooklynbbq)
- Rib Queen Newcomer Award: Babysmoker BBQ, Petra Bartosiewicz (@babysmoker.nyc)
- Swicy Award: Mike’s Hot Honey, Kevin Morgan (@mikeshothoneybr)
Other pitmasters: As announced before the event.
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (@dinosaur_bbq)
- Fire & Smoke BBQ (@fireandsmokebbqny)
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- Taste of Surabaya (@tasteofsurabaya)
- The Dancing Pig (@thedancingpigbbq)
- The Meat Truck (@themeattruck)
- Virgil’s Real BBQ (@virgilsrealbbq)
2025
- Champion: Empire BBQ, Vincent Mangual (@empire_bbq)
- Runner-up: Smoke Sweats, Anthony Scerri (@smoke_sweats), with Achilles Heat
- Friends of Firefighters People’s Choice and Make Mama Proud: Brothers Barbecue (@brothersbarbecue)
- Oink of Excellence: Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue (@morgansbrooklynbbq)
- Tongue Thai-ed: KAM RAI THAI (@kamraithai)
- Good for Business: Bad for Business (@badforbusinesspopups)
- Welcome to the Show: Just Ribs
Other pitmasters:
- Archie Moore’s
- The Meat Truck (@themeattruck)
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (@dinosaur_bbq)
- Fire & Smoke BBQ (@fireandsmokebbqny)
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- Mike’s Hot Honey (@mikeshothoneybr)
- Sands Jerk Hut (@official_sandsjerkhut)
- Taste of Surabaya (@tasteofsurabaya)
2024
- Champion: Empire BBQ, Vincent Mangual (@empire_bbq), the Porkstrami Rib
- Runner-up and Longest Line: Smoke Sweats, Anthony Scerri (@smoke_sweats)
- Friends of Firefighters People’s Choice: Sands Jerk Hut, Darlene Lawrence (@official_sandsjerkhut)
- Prehistorically Delicious: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (@dinosaur_bbq)
- Size Doesn’t Matter: The Dancing Pig (@thedancingpigbbq)
- KISS, Keep It Simple Smokey: Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue (@morgansbrooklynbbq)
- Vampire Killer: Archie Moore’s
Other pitmasters:
- Fire & Smoke BBQ (@fireandsmokebbqny)
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- Iron & Oak Catering
- KAM RAI THAI (@kamraithai)
- Taste of Surabaya (@tasteofsurabaya)
2023
- Champion: Bear’s Smokehouse, Jose Perez (@bearssmokehouse)
- Runner-up: Smoke Sweats, Anthony Scerri (@smoke_sweats)
- Slow and Low: Fire & Smoke BBQ (@fireandsmokebbqny)
- The Thicc Award: Blue Smoke, Bret Lunsford (@bluesmokenyc)
- Packs-A-Punch: Sands Jerk Hut, Darlene Lawrence (@official_sandsjerkhut)
Other pitmasters:
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (@dinosaur_bbq)
- Empire BBQ (@empire_bbq)
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- KAM RAI THAI (@kamraithai)
- Ray Sheehan
- Taste of Surabaya (@tasteofsurabaya)
2022
- Champion: SmoKing of Meats, Joe Musngi (@smokingofmeats)
- Second place: Bark Barbecue (@bark_barbecue)
- Third place: Blue Smoke, Bret Lunsford (@bluesmokenyc)
- Most Innovative: Zabb PuTawn (@zabbputawn)
- Brought the Sauce: Sands Jerk Hut, Darlene Lawrence (@official_sandsjerkhut)
- Smokey Robinson Award: Big Guns BBQ, Sean Keever (@boomboombbq)
Other pitmasters:
- Chef Jesse Jones
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- Holy City Hogs (@holycityhog)
- Jase’s BBQ (@jasebbq)
- Queens Custom Barbecue (@queenscustombarbecue)
- Smoke Sweats (@smoke_sweats)
2021
- Champion: Juicy Lucy BBQ, Richie Holmes (@juicylucybbq)
- Second place: Hindsight BBQ (@hindsightbbq)
- Best Rib Dinner: Jase’s BBQ, with Bark Barbecue (@jasebbq)
Other pitmasters: Brothers Barbecue cooked as Brothers Smokehouse that year.
- Big Papa Smoke’m (@bigpapasmokem)
- Brothers Barbecue (@brothersbarbecue)
- Chef Jesse Jones
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters)
- Holy City Hogs (@holycityhog)
- Holy Ground (@holygroundnyc)
- Kimchi Smoke (@kimchismoke)
- Mable’s Smokehouse (@mables_smokehouse)
- Queens Custom Barbecue (@queenscustombarbecue)
- Smoke Sweats (@smoke_sweats)
- Smokin’ Joe’s (@_smokinjoes_)
2019
- Champion: Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse, Izzy Eidelman (@izzysbbq)
- Runner-up, Bad to the Bone: Kimchi Smoke, Robert Austin Cho (@kimchismoke)
- People’s Choice: Gentle Giant Brewing Company (@gentlegiantbrewing)
- Best Traditional: Mable’s Smokehouse (@mables_smokehouse)
- Most Creative: Pig Beach NYC
- Best Presentation: Rub It Til It Smokes (@ritisbbq)
Other pitmasters:
- Cash Only BBQ
- Hill Country Barbecue Market (@hillcountrybbq)
- Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue (@morgansbrooklynbbq)
- Queens Bully
- Wandering Que (@gotcholent)
2016
- Champion: Matt Fisher, then of Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue
The rest of the 2016 field was not recorded. If you cooked, tell us.
All pitmasters (alphabetical)
- Archie Moore’s: Connecticut; 2024 Vampire Killer award; 2025 with The Meat Truck
- Babysmoker BBQ (@babysmoker.nyc): Petra Bartosiewicz; 2026 Rib Queen Newcomer
- Bad for Business (@badforbusinesspopups): Francis Maling; 2025 Good for Business award
- Bark Barbecue (@bark_barbecue): Queens; 2021 Best Rib Dinner, 2022 second place
- Bear’s Smokehouse (@bearssmokehouse): Connecticut; 2023 champion with Jose Perez cooking
- Big Guns BBQ (@boomboombbq): Sean Keever; 2022 Smokey Robinson award
- Big Papa Smoke’m (@bigpapasmokem): Mario Chape; 2021 whole hog
- Blue Smoke (@bluesmokenyc): Manhattan, Bret Lunsford; 2022 third, 2023 Thicc award
- Brothers Barbecue (@brothersbarbecue): Gavin, Jamie and Chris Farella; 2026 champion and People’s Choice, 2025 People’s Choice, 2021
- Cash Only BBQ: Corey Cash; 2019
- Chef Jesse Jones: 2021, 2022
- The Dancing Pig (@thedancingpigbbq): Matt Vranic; 2024 Size Doesn’t Matter, 2026
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (@dinosaur_bbq): 2023, 2024 Prehistorically Delicious, 2025, 2026
- Empire BBQ (@empire_bbq): Staten Island, Vincent Mangual; 2023, champion 2024 and 2025
- Fire & Smoke BBQ (@fireandsmokebbqny): Samuel Alleyne; 2023 Slow and Low, 2024 to 2026
- Friends of Firefighters (@friendsoffirefighters): Community partner; Vincent DeGennaro at the grill since 2021
- Gentle Giant Brewing Company (@gentlegiantbrewing): Rockland County; 2019 People’s Choice
- Hill Country Barbecue Market (@hillcountrybbq): Manhattan, Ash Fulk; 2019
- Hindsight BBQ (@hindsightbbq): Waterbury, CT; 2021 second place
- Holy City Hogs (@holycityhog): Tank Jackson, Charleston; 2021, 2022
- Holy Ground (@holygroundnyc): 2021
- Iron & Oak Catering: 2024
- Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse (@izzysbbq): Crown Heights, Izzy Eidelman; 2019 champion
- Jase’s BBQ (@jasebbq): 2021 Best Rib Dinner, 2022
- Juicy Lucy BBQ (@juicylucybbq): Staten Island, Richie Holmes; 2021 champion
- Just Ribs: 2025 Welcome to the Show award
- KAM RAI THAI (@kamraithai): Astoria, Oak Marprasert; 2023 to 2025 Tongue Thai-ed
- Kimchi Smoke (@kimchismoke): Westwood, NJ, Robert Austin Cho; 2019 runner-up, 2021
- Mable’s Smokehouse (@mables_smokehouse): Williamsburg; 2019 Best Traditional, 2021
- The Meat Truck (@themeattruck): Jose Perez, the 2023 champion with Bear’s Smokehouse; 2025, 2026
- Mike’s Hot Honey (@mikeshothoneybr): Kevin Morgan; 2025, 2026 Swicy award
- Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue (@morgansbrooklynbbq): Prospect Heights, Cenobio Canalizo; 2019, 2024 KISS, 2025 Oink of Excellence, 2026 Clean Bone
- Pig Beach NYC: Matt Abdoo; 2019 Most Creative
- Queens Bully: 2019
- Queens Custom Barbecue (@queenscustombarbecue): Matt Fisher; 2021, 2022
- Ray Sheehan: 2020 Sauce King NYC grand champion; 2023
- Rub It Til It Smokes (@ritisbbq): New Jersey; 2019 Best Presentation
- Sands Jerk Hut (@official_sandsjerkhut): Brooklyn, Darlene Lawrence; 2022 Brought the Sauce, 2023 Packs-A-Punch, 2024 People’s Choice, 2025
- Smoke Sweats (@smoke_sweats): Brooklyn, Anthony Scerri; runner-up 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, 2021, 2022
- Smokin’ Joe’s (@_smokinjoes_): New Jersey; 2021
- SmoKing of Meats (@smokingofmeats): New Jersey, Joe Musngi; 2022 champion
- Taste of Surabaya (@tasteofsurabaya): Queens, Fefe Anggono; 2023 to 2026
- Virgil’s Real BBQ (@virgilsrealbbq): Manhattan; 2026
- Wandering Que (@gotcholent): Ari White; 2019
- Zabb PuTawn (@zabbputawn): Manhattan; 2022 Most Innovative