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BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

2024-05-25 – 2024-05-26 · North Bend, OR · 📍 3201 Tremont Ave · State championship

Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $14,500.00

Grand Champion: Crooked Pigs (696.5600) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Small Axe BBQ

🥇
696.5600 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
696.0116 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
691.9884 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

27
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

696.5600

Winning margin

0.5484
GC over RC

Field average

660.91
median 681.10

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
CROOKED PIGS (Brisket), RJs Smokehouse (Brisket)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

684.5140
10th place overall

Field spread

254.3428
winner to last place

Prize money

$14,500.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 0.5944 pts — PRISON BREAK BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 65%
beats 35% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

19%
of the 27 teams with a home region came from outside OR

Came back for more

63%
15 of 24 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1510
avg power rating going in · stronger than 15% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1636 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

ROOFTOP BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

🧹 A double category winner

CROOKED PIGS won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: Small Axe BBQ and ONW BBQ Co tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Old Dirty Basters and ONW BBQ Co tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: LAKE HOUSE BBQ and SON OF SMOKE tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LAKE HOUSE BBQ (won 2013), SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (won 2017), SON OF SMOKE (won 2018), Smokin' Axe BBQ (won 2023).

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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-05-25 North Bend, OR 31 694.8570 LAKE HOUSE BBQ MOE CASON BBQ
2014-05-24 North Bend, OR 97459 31 693.0740 BIG BITE BBQ DUELIN' J'S
2015-05-22 North Bend, OR 97459 38 698.3200 ROOFTOP BBQ WINE COUNTRY Q
2016-05-28 North Bend, OR 43 695.4288 ROOFTOP BBQ PIGGY D'S BBQ
2017-05-27 3201 Tremont Ave 37 692.4684 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company
2018-05-26 3201 Tremont Ave 35 691.9312 SON OF SMOKE SMOKE324
2019-05-25 North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 34 694.8572 Warpig BBQ PIGGY D'S BBQ
2022-05-28 North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 27 697.1200 Mudville BBQ RJs Smokehouse
2023-05-27 North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 25 697.1544 Smokin' Axe BBQ HOGGERQ
2024-05-25 ← this one North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 27 696.5600 Crooked Pigs Small Axe BBQ
2025-05-24 North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 26 703.3828 Crooked Pigs Vitamin Q
2026-05-23 North Bend, OR 3201 Tremont Ave 33 702.8228 Bone Rubbin BBQ OM BBQ COMPANY

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544174.2972171.9656
Pork Ribs178.2972174.2744168.0116
Pork179.4400176.5828173.7600
Brisket180.0000174.8456170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 696.5600 · median 681.0968

#TeamScore
1 CROOKED PIGS 696.5600
2 Small Axe BBQ 696.0116
3 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 691.9884
4 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 691.9656
5 Old Dirty Basters 691.4516
6 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 690.2512
7 SON OF SMOKE 687.9544
8 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 686.7884
9 J&C BBQ 686.2512
10 RUSTY'S BBQ 684.5140
11 PNR BBQ 683.4400
12 Vitamin Q 683.3256
13 EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK 682.3200
14 RJs Smokehouse 681.0968
15 PRISON BREAK BBQ 679.3716
16 Mr. Green's Q 671.2908
17 ONW BBQ Co 660.4344
18 Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ 659.3716
19 Fat Boyz Sports 658.1260
20 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 651.3600
21 Duelin' J's BBQ 642.2516
22 BBQ Bros 634.1488
23 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 631.7944
24 Pomeroy Family BBQ 629.6688
25 T&D's Smoking Meats 627.2800
26 Fat Dad's Barbeque 623.2688
27 Northwest Smokehouse 442.2172

Chicken

27 entries · top 177.1544 · median 171.4400

#TeamScore
1 Old Dirty Basters 177.1544
2 Fat Boyz Sports 177.1428
3 Small Axe BBQ 176.5600
4 ONW BBQ Co 176.5600
5 PNR BBQ 174.2972
6 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 173.7256
7 PRISON BREAK BBQ 173.7144
8 J&C BBQ 173.7028
9 SON OF SMOKE 173.1200
10 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 171.9656
11 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 171.9656
12 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 171.4400
13 EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK 171.4400
14 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 171.4400
15 Vitamin Q 171.4056
16 CROOKED PIGS 170.8572
17 RJs Smokehouse 170.8228
18 Pomeroy Family BBQ 170.2628
19 Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ 169.1200
20 RUSTY'S BBQ 168.0000
21 BBQ Bros 162.8000
22 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 162.2856
23 Duelin' J's BBQ 160.5372
24 T&D's Smoking Meats 158.2284
25 Northwest Smokehouse 157.7256
26 Fat Dad's Barbeque 151.9888
27 Mr. Green's Q 151.8968

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 PRISON BREAK BBQ 178.2972
2 Mr. Green's Q 177.7028
3 Small Axe BBQ 175.4516
4 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 175.4400
5 Vitamin Q 174.2744
6 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 173.7028
7 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 173.1428
8 Old Dirty Basters 170.2744
9 ONW BBQ Co 170.2744
10 Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ 168.0116
11 PNR BBQ 167.4288
12 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 166.2972
13 CROOKED PIGS 166.2628
14 RUSTY'S BBQ 166.2628
15 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 165.7372
16 SON OF SMOKE 165.1200
17 RJs Smokehouse 163.9884
18 J&C BBQ 163.4172
19 Fat Dad's Barbeque 162.2400
20 T&D's Smoking Meats 161.1200
21 Fat Boyz Sports 160.5144
22 EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK 160.0116
23 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 154.7888
24 Pomeroy Family BBQ 153.1316
25 Duelin' J's BBQ 152.0344
26 BBQ Bros 151.9428
27 Northwest Smokehouse 20.0000

Pork

27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7256

#TeamScore
1 CROOKED PIGS 179.4400
2 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 178.8572
3 SON OF SMOKE 178.8572
4 EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK 177.1428
5 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 176.5828
6 Vitamin Q 176.0000
7 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 175.4056
8 RUSTY'S BBQ 175.4056
9 J&C BBQ 174.2856
10 PNR BBQ 173.7600
11 Mr. Green's Q 173.7372
12 Old Dirty Basters 172.5828
13 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 171.9656
14 Small Axe BBQ 169.7256
15 PRISON BREAK BBQ 169.1544
16 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 167.9772
17 RJs Smokehouse 166.2856
18 Pomeroy Family BBQ 164.5712
19 Duelin' J's BBQ 164.5484
20 Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ 163.4056
21 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 161.6800
22 ONW BBQ Co 158.7884
23 BBQ Bros 154.2744
24 Fat Boyz Sports 150.7888
25 Fat Dad's Barbeque 147.9428
26 T&D's Smoking Meats 141.0744
27 Northwest Smokehouse 135.3828

Brisket

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9540 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CROOKED PIGS 180.0000 🔥
2 RJs Smokehouse 180.0000 🔥
3 RUSTY'S BBQ 174.8456
4 J&C BBQ 174.8456
5 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 174.8456
6 Small Axe BBQ 174.2744
7 EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK 173.7256
8 Old Dirty Basters 171.4400
9 SON OF SMOKE 170.8572
10 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 170.2628
11 SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 169.6800
12 Fat Boyz Sports 169.6800
13 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 168.0000
14 PNR BBQ 167.9540
15 Mr. Green's Q 167.9540
16 T&D's Smoking Meats 166.8572
17 Duelin' J's BBQ 165.1316
18 BBQ Bros 165.1316
19 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 161.6572
20 Vitamin Q 161.6456
21 Fat Dad's Barbeque 161.0972
22 Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ 158.8344
23 PRISON BREAK BBQ 158.2056
24 ONW BBQ Co 154.8116
25 Pomeroy Family BBQ 141.7032
26 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 135.3028
27 Northwest Smokehouse 129.1088

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Ancillary — Mac&Cheese

12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7086 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 RUSTY'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 175.4400
3 SMOKIN HOOCH BBQ 173.7256
4 T&D's Smoking Meats 173.1200
5 Fat Boyz Sports 172.0000
6 Vitamin Q 171.4400
7 CROOKED PIGS 167.9772
8 Mr. Green's Q 167.4284
9 Duelin' J's BBQ 159.4400
10 ONW BBQ Co 158.2172
11 J&C BBQ 151.3600
12 GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE 146.1596

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