Aug 2–3, 2025 · Port Jervis, NY · 📍 New Century Festivals · State championship
Reps: Bill Wright, Jeff Chambers, Kim Wright, Regina Bodnar · Prize money: $15,000
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) on August 2, 2025 in Port Jervis, NY at New Century Festivals, scoring 709.1200 in a field of 47 teams. CHUNKY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6916. Category winners: Chicken — Dirt Bag Barbeque (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000); Pork — LG bbq (180.0000); Brisket — Grandpa Val's BBQ (178.8800).
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.
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1646 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 6–7: BAD ROOSTER BBQ and Bushmaster BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Bushmaster BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7144 | 176 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.8572 | 173.7144 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
47 entries · top 709.1200 · median 684.4916
47 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
47 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
47 entries · top 180 · median 171.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
46 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.6972