Won without a category win
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 8th
- Brisket 6th
2025-08-02 – 2025-08-03 · Port Jervis, NY · 📍 New Century Festivals · State championship
Reps: BILL WRIGHT, JEFF CHAMBERS, KIM WRIGHT, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Gettin' Basted (709.1200) · 47 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUNKY BBQ
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 | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.0000 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 173.7144 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
47 entries · top 709.1200 · median 684.4916
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
46 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.6972