2024-07-19 – 2024-07-20 · Bethlehem, PA · 📍 25 W. Third Street · State championship
Reps: LOUISE WEIDNER, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: HotMess BBQ (693.0396) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Menke Boys 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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Chicken places 2–3: Hocus Smokus BBQ edged HotMess BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Menke Boys BBQ edged Hog Wash by 0.0116.
Menke Boys BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
HotMess BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 167.4172 | 154.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 161.6688 | 153.6460 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 165.1088 | 149.0972 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 159.3716 | 137.6916 |
10 entries · top 693.0396 · median 648.3888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 4 | Brisket Butts and BBQ | |
| 5 | PAPPY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Hog Wash | |
| 7 | Hocus Smokus BBQ | |
| 8 | Calhoon BBQ | |
| 9 | The Taste Smokers | |
| 10 | Grumpy's BBQ |
10 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | Hocus Smokus BBQ | |
| 3 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 4 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 5 | Brisket Butts and BBQ | |
| 6 | PAPPY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Calhoon BBQ | |
| 8 | Hog Wash | |
| 9 | Grumpy's BBQ | |
| 10 | The Taste Smokers |
10 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.4002
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 2 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 3 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | Hog Wash | |
| 5 | The Taste Smokers | |
| 6 | Hocus Smokus BBQ | |
| 7 | Brisket Butts and BBQ | |
| 8 | Calhoon BBQ | |
| 9 | Grumpy's BBQ | |
| 10 | PAPPY PETE'S BBQ |
10 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 3 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | PAPPY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Brisket Butts and BBQ | |
| 6 | Hog Wash | |
| 7 | The Taste Smokers | |
| 8 | Hocus Smokus BBQ | |
| 9 | Calhoon BBQ | |
| 10 | Grumpy's BBQ |
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.2230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 3 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 4 | PAPPY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Brisket Butts and BBQ | |
| 6 | Hog Wash | |
| 7 | Calhoon BBQ | |
| 8 | Hocus Smokus BBQ | |
| 9 | The Taste Smokers | |
| 10 | Grumpy's BBQ |