Jun 28–29, 2025 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: Angela McKee, Robert McKee · Prize money: $3,075
Dog Bite Barbecue won Grand Champion at the York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) on June 28, 2025 in Delta, PA at 5 Pendyrus St, scoring 695.9200 in a field of 10 teams. WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8004. Category winners: Chicken — SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS (177.7144); Pork Ribs — SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS (178.8572); Pork — Piggy & Swine BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Dog Bite Barbecue (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Bay Brothers BBQ with 347.9772. This is the 10th of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Dog Bite Barbecue; the next was held in 2026.
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 84% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1196 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 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 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Dog Bite Barbecue won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
3 of 13 tracked editions
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
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.
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
Dog Bite Barbecue took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
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).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| 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 | 170.8228 | 152.4916 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 172.5484 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 170.8228 | 167.4060 |
10 entries · top 695.9200 · median 686.1944
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 176.5600
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4288
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2572
10 entries · top 180 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
20 entries · top 347.9772 · median 337.0744
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.1144