2024-06-14 – 2024-06-15 · Buckhannon, WV · 📍 Jawbone Park · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, BILL JONES · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: CHUNKY BBQ (698.8228) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 3 EYZ BBQ
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, 2015 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.
CHUNKY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 11 tracked editions
UNDER THE RADAR has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Bowmans Butt & BBQ and 3 EYZ BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: SmokinGhost BBQ and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and ALE YEAH BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 3 EYZ BBQ (won 2015), WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV 26201 | 41 | 703.4172 | 3 EYZ BBQ | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-06-17 | Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV 26201 | 42 | 699.9544 | CHECKERED PIG | SMOKIN FOOLZ |
| 2017-06-16 | Weston, WV | Downtown Buckhannon | 57 | 706.2972 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2018-06-15 | Weston, WV | Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | 59 | 690.8000 | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2019-06-07 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort State Park | 31 | 691.3944 | ROCKY TOP BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2021-06-18 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort | 28 | 705.1428 | UNDER THE RADAR | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2022-06-17 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort | 20 | 704.5600 | UNDER THE RADAR | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2023-06-16 | Buckhannon, WV | 17 Friendly Way | 28 | 702.2284 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | CHUNKY BBQ |
| 2024-06-14 ← this one | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 30 | 698.8228 | CHUNKY BBQ | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2025-06-13 | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 30 | 698.2516 | Chunky BBQ | BEER TIME BBQ |
| 2026-06-19 | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 29 | 699.3484 | Poor Boys BBQ | Smoked & Furious |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 175.4172 | 173.7028 | 172.0344 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 173.7028 | 172.0000 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 173.7144 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 171.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 161.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.7260 | 169.1200 | 162.2628 |
30 entries · top 698.8228 · median 674.2114
30 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.6914
30 entries · top 176.5828 · median 166.8458
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
11 entries · top 346.2976 · median 336.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 3 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 4 | BROCK'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 6 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 7 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 8 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | Little E's Que | |
| 11 | BIRD DAWG BBQ |
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 3 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 4 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 5 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 6 | BROCK'S BBQ | |
| 7 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 8 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | Little E's Que | |
| 11 | BIRD DAWG BBQ |
11 entries · top 173.7260 · median 168.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | BROCK'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 5 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 6 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 9 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 10 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 11 | Little E's Que |
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.
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.6628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 2 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 3 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 4 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 5 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 6 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | JL Smokers | |
| 8 | Little E's Que | |
| 9 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 10 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 11 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 12 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 13 | DOUBLE E SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Bigfoot Mountain BBQ | |
| 15 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 16 | Menke Boys BBQ |
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 2 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 3 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 4 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 5 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 6 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 7 | Little E's Que | |
| 8 | BIRD DAWG BBQ | |
| 9 | Bigfoot Mountain BBQ | |
| 10 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 11 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 12 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 13 | DOUBLE E SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Professor Smoke |
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.8228