2013-08-23 – 2013-08-24 · New Holland, PA · 📍 New Holland, PA
Grand Champion: Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team (675.4056) · 71 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PA MIDNITE SMOKERS
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, 4:20 Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team's first Grand Championship in the data.
Wider than 100% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 159.9656 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
2 of 11 tracked editions
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: 5-O BBQ and Stumpy Coals tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: PIGHEADED BBQ edged LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY by 0.0112. Pork places 9–10: BETTER THAN BACON edged WHITE DOG BBQ by 0.0116.
Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 21st.
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
71 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 ← this one | New Holland, PA | New Holland, PA | 71 | 675.4056 | Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team | PA MIDNITE SMOKERS |
| 2014-08-22 | New Holland, PA | New Holland, PA 17557 | 70 | 685.0856 | DIZZY PIG | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2015-08-28 | New Holland, PA | New Holland, PA 17557 | 70 | 682.8456 | 4:20 Q | FLYING PORKERS |
| 2016-08-26 | New Holland, PA | New Holland, PA | 66 | 691.9312 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | BIG D'S BBQ |
| 2017-08-25 | New Holland, PA | 400 Block E Jackson St | 69 | 681.0860 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | BEERBEQUE |
| 2018-08-24 | New Holland, PA | 400 Block E Jackson St | 71 | 692.0000 | 3N1 Q | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ |
| 2019-08-23 | New Holland, PA | 400 E Jackson St | 65 | 685.0740 | SMOKECRAFT | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2021-08-27 | New Holland, PA | 400 E Jackson St | 44 | 694.8112 | WOLF'S REVENGE | DANTE'S INFERNO |
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland, PA | 400 E. Jackson St. | 49 | 698.8000 | OPTIMUS SWINE | GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ |
| 2023-08-25 | New Holland, PA | 400 E. Jackson St. | 44 | 693.0512 | Chunky BBQ | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland, PA | 400 E. Jackson St. | 38 | 699.9428 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 170.2628 | 166.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0000 | 169.7716 | 166.2856 |
| Pork | 170.8228 | 168.5600 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 169.7256 | 165.1200 |
81 entries · top 675.4056 · median 621.0628
70 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.8458
70 entries · top 172.0000 · median 157.1200
70 entries · top 170.8228 · median 156.8228
70 entries · top 177.1772 · median 154.2572
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.
5 entries · top 174.8916 · median 165.6912
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 2 | Flippin' BBQ | |
| 3 | The Hunter Hill Honeys | |
| 4 | Fireman BBQ | |
| 5 | Sara Feil |
5 entries · top 167.4056 · median 157.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunter Hill Honeys | |
| 2 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 3 | Fireman BBQ | |
| 4 | Sara Feil | |
| 5 | Flippin' BBQ |
4 entries · top 178.8800 · median 172.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Feil | |
| 2 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 3 | The Hunter Hill Honeys | |
| 4 | Flippin' BBQ |
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.3200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 2 | BURNT SIDE DOWN | |
| 3 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 4 | LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY | |
| 5 | LAYMAN FAMILY BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG CHIPPERS BBQ | |
| 7 | 5-O BBQ | |
| 8 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | |
| 9 | BLACK TIE BBQ | |
| 10 | FREE RANGE BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGHEADED BBQ | |
| 12 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 13 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 15 | PIGS ON THE WING | |
| 16 | ENGINEERED SMOKE | |
| 17 | Campfire Cookers | |
| 18 | Smoken Dudes BBQ | |
| 19 | Stumpy Coals | |
| 20 | WINDY ACRES BBQ | |
| 21 | DELAWARE BLUE HOGS | |
| 22 | 3Eyz BBQ Indeed | |
| 23 | PEQUEA PULLERS | |
| 24 | BABA AND THE PIG MAN | |
| 25 | BBQ CHUCKWAGON | |
| 26 | HOLY SMOKERS | |
| 27 | SHADY CREW | |
| 28 | Big Daddy's Hippie-Q | |
| 29 | Smokin Our Butts Off | |
| 30 | Jonny D's Backyard BBQ | |
| 31 | SLOWER LOWER BBQ |
36 entries · top 179.4400 · median 159.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stumpy Coals | |
| 2 | BOVINE & SWINE | |
| 3 | WILBUR'S REVENGE | |
| 4 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 5 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | |
| 6 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 7 | Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Moshpit BBQ | |
| 9 | 3Eyz BBQ Indeed | |
| 10 | FREE RANGE BBQ | |
| 11 | LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY | |
| 12 | BABA AND THE PIG MAN | |
| 13 | PEQUEA PULLERS | |
| 14 | FIRE ANTS BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ CHUCKWAGON | |
| 16 | 5-O BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN GNOME BBQ | |
| 18 | HIDDEN FIRE | |
| 19 | SHADY CREW | |
| 20 | BUTTHEAD BBQ | |
| 21 | PIGHEADED BBQ | |
| 22 | WINDY ACRES BBQ | |
| 23 | BIG CHIPPERS BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin Our Butts Off | |
| 25 | PA MIDNITE SMOKERS | |
| 26 | LAYMAN FAMILY BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoken Dudes BBQ | |
| 28 | THE LANCASTER SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 29 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 30 | PIGS ON THE WING | |
| 31 | HOLY SMOKERS | |
| 32 | MoMo's BBq & Grill | |
| 33 | Jonny D's Backyard BBQ | |
| 34 | BURNT SIDE DOWN | |
| 35 | Eddies Portable Pig Out | |
| 36 | ENGINEERED SMOKE |
6 entries · top 177.1772 · median 164.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abby Que | |
| 2 | VERSUS BBQ | |
| 3 | Sammi Slammin Q | |
| 4 | Spicy Q | |
| 5 | J and A BBQ | |
| 6 | Jake's BBQ |
5 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammi Slammin Q | |
| 2 | Jake's BBQ | |
| 3 | Abby Que | |
| 4 | Spicy Q | |
| 5 | J and A BBQ |
6 entries · top 172.5600 · median 166.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammi Slammin Q | |
| 2 | VERSUS BBQ | |
| 3 | Abby Que | |
| 4 | Spicy Q | |
| 5 | Jake's BBQ | |
| 6 | J and A BBQ |
9 entries · top 167.4516 · median 158.8916