Lotasmoke team

Retired & Rubbin' It

Captain Gary Eickhorst · Gary Eickhorst, Joel Donigan, Martin Beerman, Paul Guignon · Formerly DGAS Wooden Boat Smokers

2Years at Lotasmoke
15thBest overall finish
1First-place finish
2Top-3 finishes
Lotasmoke 2026

2026 Scorecard

Each dot is one team’s score. The big gold dot is Retired & Rubbin' It, and the red dot is the winner.

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Didn’t turn in pork. A team needs all four meats to be ranked overall.
🍗 Chicken 7th of 22 166.8572
1st: Beauty & the Butt BBQ, 176.01162nd: Team Fireball, 174.88003rd: All 4 Aces, 173.14284th: Whistle Britches, 169.16565th: 2 Grills 1 Guy, 169.10846th: Smokin Sicilians, 167.42848th: Rubbed & Ready, 164.01169th: Smokey Bottom Boys, 164.000010th: Drunken Monkeys, 164.000011th: Z Block Nauti Smokers, 163.965612th: Where It All Began, 158.880013th: Always Rubbin' Sumpin, 158.845614th: Lotawood, 155.977215th: Just The Tips, 154.274416th: Tamm Good Eatin', 154.262817th: 80Licious, 153.108418th: Red Tip Lettuce Gang, 151.965619th: Firefighters of SJCFPD, 146.857220th: Meat Your Maker, 141.691621st: End of the Road BBQ, 140.011222nd: Go Pig or Go Home, 138.8456Retired & Rubbin' It: 166.8572 130 180 perfect

9.1544 behind 1st · 7.43 above the field average

🍖 Ribs 21st of 22 141.1544
1st: Smokin Sicilians, 174.84562nd: 2 Grills 1 Guy, 171.44003rd: Z Block Nauti Smokers, 169.14284th: Beauty & the Butt BBQ, 165.66845th: Lotawood, 163.46326th: Go Pig or Go Home, 163.45127th: Drunken Monkeys, 162.29728th: Smokey Bottom Boys, 162.28569th: 80Licious, 160.022810th: Team Fireball, 159.382811th: Just The Tips, 158.856812th: Whistle Britches, 158.845613th: Tamm Good Eatin', 158.274414th: Always Rubbin' Sumpin, 158.228415th: Rubbed & Ready, 157.714016th: End of the Road BBQ, 156.011617th: Meat Your Maker, 154.228418th: Firefighters of SJCFPD, 153.142819th: Red Tip Lettuce Gang, 153.120020th: Where It All Began, 151.394422nd: All 4 Aces, 138.2172Retired & Rubbin' It: 141.1544 130 180 perfect

33.6912 behind 1st · 17.54 below the field average

🐷 PorkNo entry
🥩 Brisket 22nd of 22 135.9772
1st: Smokey Bottom Boys, 177.14282nd: Just The Tips, 176.05723rd: Rubbed & Ready, 166.90284th: Meat Your Maker, 166.29725th: 2 Grills 1 Guy, 164.56006th: Lotawood, 164.56007th: All 4 Aces, 163.96568th: Smokin Sicilians, 162.33169th: End of the Road BBQ, 162.240010th: Tamm Good Eatin', 160.514011th: Firefighters of SJCFPD, 160.034012th: Whistle Britches, 158.914413th: Z Block Nauti Smokers, 157.702814th: Where It All Began, 154.251615th: Red Tip Lettuce Gang, 154.217216th: Team Fireball, 153.702817th: Beauty & the Butt BBQ, 150.788418th: 80Licious, 147.977219th: Always Rubbin' Sumpin, 147.394420th: Drunken Monkeys, 145.657221st: Go Pig or Go Home, 141.7144Retired & Rubbin' It: 135.9772 130 180 perfect

41.1656 behind 1st · 21.88 below the field average

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Since 2023

Lotasmoke History

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  • 🥇2023Chicken Champion (as DGAS Wooden Boat Smokers)
  • 🥈2023Best Party 2nd (as DGAS Wooden Boat Smokers)
Year🏆 Overall🍗 Chicken🍖 Ribs🐷 Pork🥩 Brisket🎉 Best Party
2026—7th166.857221st141.1544—22nd135.9772—
2025Didn’t compete in 2025
2024Didn’t compete in 2024
2023as DGAS Wooden Boat Smokers15th🥇1st16th17th17th🥈2nd

Scores are shown for 2026. Every place is shown for 2023, 2025 and 2026. For 2024, only the published top 10 is available, so a dash there means the team competed but finished outside the top 10. Best Party is ranked by votes.

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