2025-06-27 – 2025-06-28 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,075.00
Grand Champion: Dog Bite Barbecue (694.2056) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 DRILLING & GRILLING
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
Dog Bite Barbecue came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 of 13 tracked editions
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: Mullen It Over BBQ and SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 5–6: HARCO LOCO BBQ and Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 6–7: Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ and DRILLING & GRILLING tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Dog Bite Barbecue took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 12th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023, 2024).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.1428 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 166.2284 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 167.9772 | 165.7032 |
26 entries · top 694.2056 · median 672.1542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 3 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 6 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 7 | II-IV Que | |
| 8 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 9 | HARCO LOCO BBQ | |
| 10 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 11 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 12 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 13 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 14 | War Pigs | |
| 15 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 17 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 18 | All About the Wood | |
| 19 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 20 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 21 | Them Bones | |
| 22 | Estancia | |
| 23 | Fire Ants BBQ | |
| 24 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 25 | 50 Shades of Pork | |
| 26 | Dirty Shirt |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 2 | II-IV Que | |
| 3 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 4 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 5 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 6 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 7 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 8 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 9 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 10 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 11 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 12 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 13 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 14 | War Pigs | |
| 15 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 17 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 18 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 19 | Estancia | |
| 20 | HARCO LOCO BBQ | |
| 21 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 22 | Them Bones | |
| 23 | All About the Wood | |
| 24 | Dirty Shirt | |
| 25 | 50 Shades of Pork | |
| 26 | Fire Ants BBQ |
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 2 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 3 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 5 | All About the Wood | |
| 6 | War Pigs | |
| 7 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 8 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 9 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 10 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 11 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 12 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 13 | Fire Ants BBQ | |
| 14 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 15 | II-IV Que | |
| 16 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | HARCO LOCO BBQ | |
| 18 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 19 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 20 | Them Bones | |
| 21 | Estancia | |
| 22 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 23 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 24 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 25 | 50 Shades of Pork | |
| 26 | Dirty Shirt |
26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 3 | II-IV Que | |
| 4 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 5 | HARCO LOCO BBQ | |
| 6 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 8 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 9 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 10 | All About the Wood | |
| 11 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 12 | War Pigs | |
| 13 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 15 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 16 | Them Bones | |
| 17 | Fire Ants BBQ | |
| 18 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 19 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 20 | Estancia | |
| 21 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 22 | Dirty Shirt | |
| 23 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 24 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 25 | 50 Shades of Pork | |
| 26 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team |
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARCO LOCO BBQ | |
| 2 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 3 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 4 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 5 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 6 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 7 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 8 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 9 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 10 | Meat Monarchy | |
| 11 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 12 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 13 | II-IV Que | |
| 14 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 15 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 16 | All About the Wood | |
| 17 | Fire Ants BBQ | |
| 18 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 19 | Them Bones | |
| 20 | War Pigs | |
| 21 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 22 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 23 | Estancia | |
| 24 | 50 Shades of Pork | |
| 25 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 26 | Dirty Shirt |
24 entries · top 349.6916 · median 331.6286
24 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3828
24 entries · top 174.2744 · median 162.5314