7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
2024-08-24 – 2024-08-25 · DuPont, WA · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: J&C BBQ (703.4748) · 27 teams
Entries
27
4 categories
Top score
703.4748
Winning margin
1.8064
GC over RC
Field average
671.14
median 678.29
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Tightest race
Pork
2.2856 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
682.2288
what a walk cost here
Field spread
80.7544
winner to last place
Prize money
$15,000.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 21%
beats 79% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1516
avg power rating going in · stronger than 21% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
J&C BBQ took the Grand Championship home to OR.
🃏 An upset on the books
J&C BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Small Axe BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 2 | Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | |
| 3 | J&C BBQ | |
| 4 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 5 | HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ | |
| 6 | Slow Porkin' | |
| 7 | EZ-D's Smoke Shack | |
| 8 | Mr. Green's Q | |
| 9 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 10 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 11 | DND BBQ | |
| 12 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 13 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 14 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 15 | DND BBQ WA | |
| 16 | Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 18 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 19 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 20 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 21 | Smokin' O's | |
| 22 | SMOKE324 | |
| 23 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 24 | IDA-TEX BBQ | |
| 25 | S'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 26 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 27 | Whipps BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 2 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 3 | J&C BBQ | |
| 4 | DND BBQ WA | |
| 5 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 6 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 7 | Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ | |
| 8 | HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ | |
| 9 | Slow Porkin' | |
| 10 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 11 | SMOKE324 | |
| 12 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 14 | EZ-D's Smoke Shack | |
| 15 | DND BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 17 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 18 | Mr. Green's Q | |
| 19 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 20 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 21 | IDA-TEX BBQ | |
| 22 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' O's | |
| 24 | Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | |
| 25 | S'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 26 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering |
Master Series — Overall
27 entries · top 703.4748 · median 678.2860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J&C BBQ | |
| 2 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 3 | Slow Porkin' | |
| 4 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 5 | HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE324 | |
| 7 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 8 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 10 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 11 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | EZ-D's Smoke Shack | |
| 13 | Mr. Green's Q | |
| 14 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 15 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 17 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 18 | Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | |
| 19 | Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ | |
| 20 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 21 | Smokin' O's | |
| 22 | DND BBQ WA | |
| 23 | DND BBQ | |
| 24 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 25 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 26 | S'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 27 | IDA-TEX BBQ |
Master Series — Pork
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 2 | J&C BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 4 | Slow Porkin' | |
| 5 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 6 | SMOKE324 | |
| 7 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 8 | HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ | |
| 9 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 11 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 12 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 13 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 14 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 15 | DND BBQ WA | |
| 16 | Mr. Green's Q | |
| 17 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 18 | EZ-D's Smoke Shack | |
| 19 | Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | |
| 20 | S'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 21 | Smokin' O's | |
| 22 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 23 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 24 | Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ | |
| 25 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 26 | IDA-TEX BBQ | |
| 27 | DND BBQ |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE324 | |
| 2 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 4 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Slow Porkin' | |
| 6 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 7 | J&C BBQ | |
| 8 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ | |
| 11 | Mr. Green's Q | |
| 12 | Batter Up BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin' O's | |
| 14 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 15 | EZ-D's Smoke Shack | |
| 16 | Smokin' Pigs | |
| 17 | HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ | |
| 18 | ONW BBQ Co | |
| 19 | Blues Q BBQ and Catering | |
| 20 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 21 | Pomeroy Family BBQ | |
| 22 | Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | |
| 23 | DND BBQ | |
| 24 | IDA-TEX BBQ | |
| 25 | S'Mackdown Smoking Co | |
| 26 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 27 | DND BBQ WA |