Jun 29–30, 2024 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: Bill Jones, Robert McKee · Prize money: $5,550
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Grand Champion at the York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) on June 29, 2024 in Delta, PA at 5 Pendyrus St, scoring 711.9656 in a field of 19 teams. PIGGIN' WHISKEY took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3484. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000); Pork Ribs — PIGGIN' WHISKEY (178.8572); Pork — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (177.7144); Brisket — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Leaning Jowler BBQ with 346.2516. This is the 8th of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Piggin' Whiskey; the next was held in 2025.
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.
711.9656 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.1204 Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit set in 2023.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 93% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.6172 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
3 of 13 tracked editions
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: Piggy & Swine BBQ and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and B'S QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023), Piggin' Whiskey (won 2024).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 176 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 169.6916 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 170.8456 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 171.4172 | 168.5372 |
19 entries · top 711.9656 · median 684.4684
19 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6916
19 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8344
19 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
22 entries · top 346.2516 · median 335.6456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 4 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | Stroked Out Cooking Team | |
| 6 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 7 | All About the Wood | |
| 8 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 9 | Bill's Back Yard | |
| 10 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 11 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE | |
| 13 | COAL CRACKER BBQ | |
| 14 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 15 | Castleton Q | |
| 16 | Zoni-Q | |
| 17 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 18 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 19 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 20 | Estancia | |
| 21 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 22 | MRC_Barbecue |
22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 2 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 3 | Castleton Q | |
| 4 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 5 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 6 | All About the Wood | |
| 7 | Bill's Back Yard | |
| 8 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 9 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 10 | Stroked Out Cooking Team | |
| 11 | Zoni-Q | |
| 12 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE | |
| 13 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 14 | Estancia | |
| 15 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 16 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 17 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 18 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 19 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 20 | COAL CRACKER BBQ | |
| 21 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 22 | Backwooder BBQ |
21 entries · top 176.5716 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 4 | Stroked Out Cooking Team | |
| 5 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 6 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 7 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 8 | Bay Brothers BBQ | |
| 9 | All About the Wood | |
| 10 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 11 | COAL CRACKER BBQ | |
| 12 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 13 | Bill's Back Yard | |
| 14 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 15 | Oldman's Backyard B B QUE | |
| 16 | Zoni-Q | |
| 17 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 18 | Oink N' Doink BBQ | |
| 19 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 20 | Castleton Q | |
| 21 | Estancia |