2014-08-22 – 2014-08-23 · New Holland, PA · 📍 New Holland, PA 17557
Grand Champion: DIZZY PIG (685.0856) · 70 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 3 EYZ 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.
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.
685.0856 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 675.4056 Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team set in 2013.
DIZZY PIG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 96% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 15.4628 points — a wider margin than 96% 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.
Chicken places 6–7: FIRE & SPICE and Drilling and Grilling tied on 170.8684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: HAWG NATION BBQ and LAYMAN FAMILY BBQ tied on 168.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Jack's Down Home BBQ and LO' -N- SLO' BBQ tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BIG D'S BBQ turned in 177.7028 in pork — past the 170.8228 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
70 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | New Holland, PA | New Holland, PA | 71 | 675.4056 | Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team | PA MIDNITE SMOKERS |
| 2014-08-22 ← this one | 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 | 180.0000 | 171.4056 | 169.1312 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.4056 | 168.0116 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 166.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.6172 | 172.5600 | 164.5600 |
69 entries · top 685.0856 · median 626.6852
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.7996 · 🔥 perfect 180
69 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.7144
69 entries · top 177.7028 · median 155.3484
68 entries · top 176.6172 · median 154.8056
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.
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNT SIDE DOWN | |
| 2 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | |
| 3 | SHADY CREW | |
| 4 | BIG D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 6 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 7 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 8 | PIGHEADED BBQ | |
| 9 | EGGSTRA POINT BBQ | |
| 10 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoken Dudes | |
| 12 | Heavy Hitter BBQ | |
| 13 | SLOWER LOWER BBQ | |
| 14 | FIRECRAFT | |
| 15 | 5-0 BBQ | |
| 16 | ENGINEERED SMOKE | |
| 17 | SMOKE SHACKERS | |
| 18 | PEQUEA PULLERS | |
| 19 | Big Daddie's Hippie Q | |
| 20 | WINDY ACRES BBQ | |
| 21 | BABA AND THE PIG MAN | |
| 22 | WEEKEND SMOKERS | |
| 23 | 3 EYZ BBQ | |
| 24 | LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY | |
| 25 | HEARTIE ARTIES | |
| 26 | LAYMAN FAMILY BBQ | |
| 27 | QUEGASM | |
| 28 | BARN FIRE SMOKERS | |
| 29 | Smokin Our Butts Off | |
| 30 | FREE RANGE BBQ | |
| 31 | BOB & LENA |
6 entries · top 175.4288 · median 169.4400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammi Hahn | |
| 2 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 3 | Matthew Kirchgafsep | |
| 4 | Katie Hume | |
| 5 | ABBY-QUE | |
| 6 | Sara Feil |
5 entries · top 179.4400 · median 176.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Feil | |
| 2 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 3 | Katie Hume | |
| 4 | Sammi Hahn | |
| 5 | ABBY-QUE |
6 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Feil | |
| 2 | Katie Hume | |
| 3 | Sammi Hahn | |
| 4 | ABBY-QUE | |
| 5 | Matthew Kirchgafsep | |
| 6 | Smokin' Chicks |
6 entries · top 518.2860 · median 511.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Feil | |
| 2 | Sammi Hahn | |
| 3 | Smokin' Chicks | |
| 4 | Katie Hume | |
| 5 | ABBY-QUE | |
| 6 | Matthew Kirchgafsep |
37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LITTLE LUKE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 3 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 4 | I LIKE SMOKE-N-LIGHTNING | |
| 5 | FIRECRAFT | |
| 6 | LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY | |
| 7 | PEQUEA PULLERS | |
| 8 | Drilling and Grilling | |
| 9 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 10 | FREE RANGE BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGHEADED BBQ | |
| 12 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 13 | WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? | |
| 14 | Smokin Our Butts Off | |
| 15 | HIDDEN FIRE | |
| 16 | WINDY ACRES BBQ | |
| 17 | BOVINE & SWINE | |
| 18 | ENGINEERED SMOKE | |
| 19 | Heavy Hitter BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN GNOME BBQ | |
| 21 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | |
| 22 | LAYMAN FAMILY BBQ | |
| 23 | SHADY CREW | |
| 24 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG D'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Big Daddie's Hippie Q | |
| 27 | 3 EYZ BBQ | |
| 28 | HEARTIE ARTIES | |
| 29 | 5-0 BBQ | |
| 30 | Moshpit BBQ | |
| 31 | WEEKEND SMOKERS | |
| 32 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 33 | BURNT SIDE DOWN | |
| 34 | VERUS BARBEQUE | |
| 35 | BABA AND THE PIG MAN | |
| 36 | Smoken Dudes | |
| 37 | STUMPY COALS BBQ |
8 entries · top 170.2744 · median 161.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Hitter BBQ | |
| 2 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 3 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | |
| 4 | Jack's Down Home BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin Our Butts Off | |
| 6 | LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY | |
| 7 | Hog Feathers | |
| 8 | BOB & LENA |