York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)
2025-06-28 – 2025-06-29 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,075.00
Grand Champion: Dog Bite Barbecue (695.9200) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1196 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Dog Bite Barbecue took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🧹 A double category winner
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and CycloneBBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 1–2: SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023, 2024), Dog Bite Barbecue (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
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 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-29 | Main St | 33 | 681.5884 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 2019-06-28 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 48 | 699.3944 | Top Gun Barbecue | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2020-06-26 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 53 | 695.9656 | Weekend Smokers | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2021-06-18 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 41 | 695.3832 | Bar-B-Que Mayham | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2022-06-17 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 34 | 691.9772 | 3 Eyz BBQ | ALL FIRED UP BBQ |
| 2023-06-16 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 29 | 701.1204 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team |
| 2024-06-28 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 29 | 699.3484 | Piggin' Whiskey | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2024-06-29 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 19 | 711.9656 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| 2025-06-27 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 26 | 694.2056 | Dog Bite Barbecue | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2025-06-28 ← this one | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 10 | 695.9200 | Dog Bite Barbecue | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2026-06-12 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 25 | 698.8000 | Dog Bite Barbecue | Sailor Nicks BBQ |
| 2026-06-12 | Delta, PA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-13 | Delta, PA | 5 Pendyrus St | 13 | 698.2284 | B's Que | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 161.6800 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.4288 | 162.8000 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 170.8344 | 155.9432 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 170.8228 | 152.4916 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 172.5484 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 170.8228 | 167.4060 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
10 entries · top 695.9200 · median 686.1944
Chicken
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 176.5600
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4288
Pork
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2572
Brisket
10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
20 entries · top 347.9772 · median 337.0744
Chicken
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.1144