2024-10-25 – 2024-10-26 · Roseland, VA · 📍 30 Three Ridges Ln · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $2,600.00
Grand Champion: HotMess BBQ (695.9084) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Shiggin aint easy
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.
Closer than 81% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
HotMess BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5944 points.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1652 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: HotMess BBQ and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and Optimus Swine tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and Bowmans Butt & BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HotMess BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
HotMess BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.
HotMess BBQ turned in 176.5600 in pork — past the 176.0116 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-27 | Galax, VA | 2330 Edmonds Rd | 19 | 699.3944 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | One Eyed Pig BBQ |
| 2024-10-25 ← this one | Roseland, VA | 30 Three Ridges Ln | 13 | 695.9084 | HotMess BBQ | Shiggin aint easy |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172.5600 | 167.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.5600 | 170.2512 | 164.5256 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 168.5372 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 169.7028 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 174.2744 | 169.6684 |
13 entries · top 695.9084 · median 686.7312
13 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9772
13 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
13 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3828
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
11 entries · top 354.2856 · median 345.7144
11 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1200
11 entries · top 177.1544 · median 173.1316
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.
8 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menke Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 3 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 5 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 6 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 7 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 8 | OFF THE RACK BBQ |
17 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.2628