BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2025-03-21 · Urbanna, VA · 📍 Bethpage Camp-Resort
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, LOUISE WEIDNER, REGINA BODNAR
Grand Champion: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (176.0344) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Entries
21
1 judged meat
Top score
176.0344
Winning margin
0.6056
1st over 2nd
Field average
165.74
median 169.12
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.3200 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
169.1316
10th place overall
Field spread
28.6744
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 70%
beats 30% of 2987 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Came back for more
19%
13 of 70 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 20 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 7–8: Rough Cut Q and War Pigs tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE edged SMOKIN SKULLIES by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2017, 2021, 2021), Old Virginia Smoke (won 2023).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-24 | 609 Browns Lane | 64 | 691.3484 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 2018-03-23 | 609 Browns Lane | 75 | 694.2972 | WHO CARES BBQ | PIGHEADED BBQ | |
| 2021-03-26 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 46 | 697.0972 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | Rogue Hog BBQ |
| 2021-03-27 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 40 | 699.3828 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2023-03-24 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 53 | 703.4288 | Off the Rack BBQ | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 2023-03-24 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 33 | 178.8572 | Old Virginia Smoke | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 33 | 180.0000 | Good Googly Goo BBQ | — |
| 2023-03-25 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 46 | 706.2284 | Redneck Scientific | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 2024-03-22 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 45 | 699.3944 | Smokecraft - MD | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-03-22 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 27 | 177.1544 | Glamping Grillers | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 26 | 176.0000 | Smokecraft - MD | — |
| 2024-03-23 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 42 | 708.5256 | Muttley Crew BBQ | Ham Squad |
| 2025-03-21 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 45 | 703.4288 | Gettin' Basted | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2025-03-21 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 24 | 175.4172 | Fire & Shine BBQ | — |
| 2025-03-21 ← this one | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 21 | 176.0344 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | — |
| 2025-03-22 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 43 | 708.5256 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | HotMess BBQ |
| 2026-03-27 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 40 | 702.2400 | B's Que | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| 2026-03-27 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 26 | 178.8572 | Rough Cut Q | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 27 | 177.1544 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2026-03-28 | Urbanna, VA | Bethpage Camp-Resort | 36 | 707.4060 | 3 Eyz BBQ | B'S QUE |
| 2027-03-19 | Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2027-03-20 | Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 176.0344 | 173.7144 | 169.1316 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 176.0344 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 2 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 3 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Goudas Barbecue | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 7 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 8 | War Pigs | |
| 9 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 10 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 11 | Brown Liquor BBQ | |
| 12 | House of Que | |
| 13 | Blue & Gray BBQ | |
| 14 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | |
| 15 | Garage Beers BBQ | |
| 16 | Castleton Q | |
| 17 | Clean Smoke BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Full Of Pit BBQ | |
| 19 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | Professor Smoke |