2025-09-06 – 2025-09-07 · Saxonburg, PA · 📍 240 Home Avenue
Reps: LOUISE WEIDNER, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,050.00
Grand Champion: Hot Mess BBQ (710.2744) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Sailor Nicks 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
HotMess BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CHUNKY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.1772 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 1–2: BEER TIME BBQ and HotMess BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Sailor Nicks BBQ and Brisket Bones n Brews tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: BEER TIME BBQ and Dog Bite Barbecue tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BEER TIME BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
HotMess BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 4th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 ← this one | Saxonburg, PA | 240 Home Avenue | 14 | 710.2744 | Hot Mess BBQ | Sailor Nicks BBQ |
| 2026-08-28 | Saxonburg, PA | 155 Pittsburgh Street | 16 | 697.0628 | Team Cookie | B'S QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 158.2056 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 166.2400 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 166.2628 |
14 entries · top 710.2744 · median 683.3142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 3 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 6 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 7 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 8 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 9 | PB&J's BBQ | |
| 10 | Anderson BBQ Co | |
| 11 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 12 | PRO BUTT RUBBERS BBQ | |
| 13 | Queen Bees BBQ | |
| 14 | High Street Smoke |
14 entries · top 176.5600 · median 172.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 2 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 3 | PB&J's BBQ | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 6 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 7 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 8 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 9 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 10 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 11 | PRO BUTT RUBBERS BBQ | |
| 12 | Anderson BBQ Co | |
| 13 | Queen Bees BBQ | |
| 14 | High Street Smoke |
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.3886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 3 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 4 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 5 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 6 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 7 | PB&J's BBQ | |
| 8 | PRO BUTT RUBBERS BBQ | |
| 9 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 10 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 11 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 12 | High Street Smoke | |
| 13 | Queen Bees BBQ | |
| 14 | Anderson BBQ Co |
14 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 4 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 5 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 6 | Anderson BBQ Co | |
| 7 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 8 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 9 | PB&J's BBQ | |
| 10 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 11 | PRO BUTT RUBBERS BBQ | |
| 12 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 13 | Queen Bees BBQ | |
| 14 | High Street Smoke |
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 2 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 3 | Brisket Bones n Brews | |
| 4 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 5 | Sailor Nicks BBQ | |
| 6 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 7 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 8 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 9 | PB&J's BBQ | |
| 10 | Anderson BBQ Co | |
| 11 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 12 | PRO BUTT RUBBERS BBQ | |
| 13 | High Street Smoke | |
| 14 | Queen Bees BBQ |