2023-10-13 – 2023-10-14 · Wadsworth, OH · 📍 840 Airport Drive · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $4,500.00
Grand Champion: SmokinGhost BBQ (703.4400) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BooyaQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: KEVLAR BBQ and PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO edged PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS by 0.0116.
SmokinGhost BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SmokinGhost BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 173.7028 | 170.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 171.4172 | 167.9884 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 172.5828 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
20 entries · top 703.4400 · median 679.5942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 2 | BooyaQ | |
| 3 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 4 | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE | |
| 5 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 6 | Freedom Meat Repeat | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 8 | Q-JITSU | |
| 9 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 10 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 11 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 12 | Salted Anchor | |
| 13 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 14 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 15 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 17 | Buckeye Flavor | |
| 18 | GO BIG OR GO BBQ | |
| 19 | Lumber Jack BBQ | |
| 20 | Avon Purple Cobra's |
20 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE | |
| 2 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 3 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 4 | Q-JITSU | |
| 5 | BooyaQ | |
| 6 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 8 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 9 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 10 | Avon Purple Cobra's | |
| 11 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 12 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 13 | Freedom Meat Repeat | |
| 14 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 16 | Salted Anchor | |
| 17 | Buckeye Flavor | |
| 18 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 19 | Lumber Jack BBQ | |
| 20 | GO BIG OR GO BBQ |
20 entries · top 176.5944 · median 167.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 2 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 3 | Freedom Meat Repeat | |
| 4 | Q-JITSU | |
| 5 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 6 | BooyaQ | |
| 7 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 8 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 9 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 10 | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE | |
| 11 | GO BIG OR GO BBQ | |
| 12 | Salted Anchor | |
| 13 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 14 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 15 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 17 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 18 | Avon Purple Cobra's | |
| 19 | Buckeye Flavor | |
| 20 | Lumber Jack BBQ |
20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 2 | Salted Anchor | |
| 3 | BooyaQ | |
| 4 | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE | |
| 5 | Freedom Meat Repeat | |
| 6 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 7 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 8 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 9 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 10 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 11 | Lumber Jack BBQ | |
| 12 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 13 | Buckeye Flavor | |
| 14 | Q-JITSU | |
| 15 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 16 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 17 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | GO BIG OR GO BBQ | |
| 19 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 20 | Avon Purple Cobra's |
20 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BooyaQ | |
| 2 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 3 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 4 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 5 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 6 | Salted Anchor | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 8 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 9 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 10 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 11 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 12 | Lumber Jack BBQ | |
| 13 | Freedom Meat Repeat | |
| 14 | Q-JITSU | |
| 15 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 16 | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE | |
| 17 | GO BIG OR GO BBQ | |
| 18 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | Buckeye Flavor | |
| 20 | Avon Purple Cobra's |