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"The First State" BBQ Bash

2024-09-27 – 2024-09-28 · Milford, DE · 📍 20142 Beaver Dam Dr · State championship

Reps: BILL JONES, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $3,600.00

Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (707.4056) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

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707.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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705.7144 · Master Series — Overall
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702.2632 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Brisket 180.00 🔥
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 177.71
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 176.00
120.49 180.00

Entries

26
6 judged meats

Top score

707.4056

Winning margin

1.6912
GC over RC

Field average

665.84
507.92707.41
median 680.80 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

5 🔥
Shiggin aint easy (Brisket), Mispillion Meat Works (Chicken), TOP GUN BARBECUE (Chicken) + 2 more

Tightest race

Brisket
3.4284 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.1828
507.92707.41
10th place overall

Field spread

199.4852
winner to last place

Prize money

$3,600.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4284 pts — Rough Cut Q

How hot was the win?

Top 7%
beats 93% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1615
avg power rating going in · stronger than 85% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1837 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • Shiggin aint easy · Brisket
  • Mispillion Meat Works · Chicken
  • TOP GUN BARBECUE · Chicken

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Mispillion Meat Works and TOP GUN BARBECUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and BOGGS HOG BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and OFF THE RACK BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CHUNKY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 7th

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2024-09-27 ← this one Milford, DE 20142 Beaver Dam Dr 26 707.4056 Chunky BBQ UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2024-09-27 Milford, DE
2024-09-27 Milford, DE

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180.0000176.5600174.2628
Master Series — Pork Ribs180.0000175.4288171.4172
Master Series — Pork180.0000176.5600174.2744
Master Series — Brisket180.0000176.5716170.2628
Backyard Series — Chicken177.7144171.4172161.7028
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs176.0000166.8344162.8460

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 707.4056 · median 680.8000

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 707.4056
2 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 705.7144
3 BOGGS HOG BBQ 702.2632
4 Mispillion Meat Works 698.8000
5 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 695.3712
6 Shiggin aint easy 694.8000
7 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 690.7888
8 DRILLING & GRILLING 689.6344
9 TOP GUN BARBECUE 689.0628
10 Piggy & Swine BBQ 686.1828
11 MRC_Barbecue 684.4916
12 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 684.4684
13 OFF THE RACK BBQ 683.3140
14 ROLLIN' SMOKE 678.2860
15 Big D's BBQ 675.9204
16 3 EYZ BBQ 672.4344
17 BLUE EYED BBQ 671.2912
18 Sasquatch BBQ 670.7196
19 SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 665.0056
20 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 664.5260
21 Chicken Chokers 659.2688
22 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 651.2568
23 Sun of a Beach BBQ 619.2800
24 Delmarva Barbecue 612.4004
25 Meat Me Here 551.3032
26 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 507.9204

Chicken

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Mispillion Meat Works 180.0000 🔥
2 TOP GUN BARBECUE 180.0000 🔥
3 ROLLIN' SMOKE 178.2972
4 CHUNKY BBQ 176.5828
5 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 176.5600
6 BOGGS HOG BBQ 176.5600
7 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 175.4172
8 OFF THE RACK BBQ 175.4056
9 MRC_Barbecue 174.2860
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 174.2628
11 Piggy & Swine BBQ 173.1200
12 SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 172.5600
13 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 171.9656
14 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 171.9656
15 DRILLING & GRILLING 170.8228
16 Sasquatch BBQ 169.6684
17 Shiggin aint easy 167.3828
18 BLUE EYED BBQ 165.6684
19 Chicken Chokers 163.9544
20 3 EYZ BBQ 163.9544
21 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 163.9428
22 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 162.8116
23 Sun of a Beach BBQ 160.5372
24 Big D's BBQ 155.3944
25 Meat Me Here 146.2628
26 Delmarva Barbecue 145.6344

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 179.4400
3 Big D's BBQ 178.8572
4 Piggy & Swine BBQ 177.1544
5 BOGGS HOG BBQ 175.4288
6 MRC_Barbecue 174.2744
7 ROLLIN' SMOKE 173.7144
8 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 173.1200
9 OFF THE RACK BBQ 171.9656
10 Mispillion Meat Works 171.4172
11 Sasquatch BBQ 170.8456
12 Shiggin aint easy 170.2628
13 3 EYZ BBQ 169.6684
14 BLUE EYED BBQ 167.3944
15 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 167.3828
16 DRILLING & GRILLING 166.8344
17 TOP GUN BARBECUE 165.6800
18 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 165.1772
19 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 165.0972
20 Chicken Chokers 165.0972
21 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 161.6456
22 Delmarva Barbecue 158.8572
23 Sun of a Beach BBQ 157.0856
24 SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 153.6456
25 Meat Me Here 135.9888

Pork

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 180.0000 🔥
2 CHUNKY BBQ 177.7028
3 Shiggin aint easy 177.1544
4 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 176.5600
5 OFF THE RACK BBQ 176.5600
6 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 175.4172
7 Mispillion Meat Works 175.4056
8 DRILLING & GRILLING 175.4056
9 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 174.2856
10 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 174.2744
11 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 173.7144
12 SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 173.1200
13 Big D's BBQ 173.1200
14 BOGGS HOG BBQ 171.9772
15 BLUE EYED BBQ 171.4056
16 Sasquatch BBQ 170.8344
17 3 EYZ BBQ 170.8344
18 Piggy & Swine BBQ 170.8228
19 ROLLIN' SMOKE 166.8344
20 TOP GUN BARBECUE 165.6800
21 MRC_Barbecue 165.6684
22 Chicken Chokers 161.6800
23 Sun of a Beach BBQ 161.1200
24 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 159.9428
25 Delmarva Barbecue 158.2516
26 Meat Me Here 120.4916

Brisket

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Shiggin aint easy 180.0000 🔥
2 BOGGS HOG BBQ 178.2972
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 177.7028
4 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 176.5828
5 DRILLING & GRILLING 176.5716
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.7256
7 CHUNKY BBQ 173.1200
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 172.5716
9 Mispillion Meat Works 171.9772
10 MRC_Barbecue 170.2628
11 SWEET BELLY'S BBQ 169.6916
12 Big D's BBQ 168.5488
13 Chicken Chokers 168.5372
14 3 EYZ BBQ 167.9772
15 BLUE EYED BBQ 166.8228
16 SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 165.6800
17 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 165.0972
18 Piggy & Swine BBQ 165.0856
19 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 161.6916
20 ROLLIN' SMOKE 159.4400
21 OFF THE RACK BBQ 159.3828
22 Sasquatch BBQ 159.3712
23 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 157.7028
24 Delmarva Barbecue 149.6572
25 Meat Me Here 148.5600
26 Sun of a Beach BBQ 140.5372

Backyard Series

Overall

16 entries · top 350.2628 · median 334.2516

#TeamScore
1 Rough Cut Q 350.2628
2 Weber's Backyard BBQ 341.6572
3 Leaning Jowler BBQ 339.4176
4 Capt. Blue BBQ 337.6688
5 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 335.9544
6 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 335.9544
7 Backwooder BBQ 335.3716
8 Oink N' Doink BBQ 334.2744
9 Mad Hatter BBQ 334.2288
10 Castleton Q 325.6916
11 All About the Wood 325.6344
12 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 318.1712
13 Squeals like the First Time 313.7032
14 Big Hoo's BBQ 307.8972
15 Hot Thang BBQ 294.1484
16 Bad, Bad Leroy's BBQ 291.8856

Chicken

16 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 Weber's Backyard BBQ 177.7144
2 Leaning Jowler BBQ 176.5716
3 Rough Cut Q 174.2628
4 Mad Hatter BBQ 171.4172
5 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 171.4172
6 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 169.7144
7 Capt. Blue BBQ 168.5372
8 Oink N' Doink BBQ 167.4400
9 Backwooder BBQ 162.8000
10 Castleton Q 161.7028
11 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 161.6684
12 Squeals like the First Time 161.1316
13 All About the Wood 155.9544
14 Hot Thang BBQ 154.2628
15 Big Hoo's BBQ 146.2172
16 Bad, Bad Leroy's BBQ 143.3828

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.9658

#TeamScore
1 Rough Cut Q 176.0000
2 Backwooder BBQ 172.5716
3 All About the Wood 169.6800
4 Capt. Blue BBQ 169.1316
5 Oink N' Doink BBQ 166.8344
6 Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ 166.2400
7 Oldman's Backyard B B QUE 164.5372
8 Castleton Q 163.9888
9 Weber's Backyard BBQ 163.9428
10 Leaning Jowler BBQ 162.8460
11 Mad Hatter BBQ 162.8116
12 Big Hoo's BBQ 161.6800
13 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 156.5028
14 Squeals like the First Time 152.5716
15 Bad, Bad Leroy's BBQ 148.5028
16 Hot Thang BBQ 139.8856

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