2025-09-26 – 2025-09-27 · King, NC · 📍 446 South Main St · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID
Grand Champion: Maya Jane BBQ (694.2056) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MCADOO HEIGHTS 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.
Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: HalaQyah BBQ and Bowmans Butt & BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 1–2: MAYA JANE BBQ CO. and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: SWIG-N-PIG and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork | 175.4400 | 173.1200 | 170.2744 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 174.2744 | 166.2628 | 158.2628 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 167.9772 | 158.2288 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 178.2972 | 166.2400 | 150.8460 |
25 entries · top 694.2056 · median 678.1824
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 2 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 3 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | Optimus Swine | |
| 5 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 6 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 7 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 8 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 9 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 10 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 11 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 12 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 13 | SWIG-N-PIG | |
| 14 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 16 | Smoke N Brew Mafia | |
| 17 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 18 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | CBF Que | |
| 20 | Slinging Meat | |
| 21 | S & M BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Wallys Barbecue | |
| 23 | Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers | |
| 24 | Ziggy Que | |
| 25 | Morning Wood |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optimus Swine | |
| 2 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 3 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 4 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 5 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 6 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 7 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 8 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 10 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 11 | CBF Que | |
| 12 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 13 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 14 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 15 | Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers | |
| 16 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | SWIG-N-PIG | |
| 18 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 19 | Smoke N Brew Mafia | |
| 20 | Big Wallys Barbecue | |
| 21 | S & M BBQ | |
| 22 | Slinging Meat | |
| 23 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 24 | Ziggy Que | |
| 25 | Morning Wood |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 4 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 5 | SWIG-N-PIG | |
| 6 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 8 | Optimus Swine | |
| 9 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 10 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 13 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | Slinging Meat | |
| 15 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke N Brew Mafia | |
| 19 | S & M BBQ | |
| 20 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 21 | Big Wallys Barbecue | |
| 22 | CBF Que | |
| 23 | Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers | |
| 24 | Morning Wood | |
| 25 | Ziggy Que |
25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke N Brew Mafia | |
| 3 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 4 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 5 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 7 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 8 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 9 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 10 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 12 | CBF Que | |
| 13 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 14 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | SWIG-N-PIG | |
| 16 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 17 | Big Wallys Barbecue | |
| 18 | Optimus Swine | |
| 19 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | Slinging Meat | |
| 21 | S & M BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 23 | Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers | |
| 24 | Ziggy Que | |
| 25 | Morning Wood |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 2 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 4 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 5 | Optimus Swine | |
| 6 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 7 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | CBF Que | |
| 9 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 10 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 11 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 12 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 13 | Slinging Meat | |
| 14 | SWIG-N-PIG | |
| 15 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke N Brew Mafia | |
| 18 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 19 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 20 | Big Wallys Barbecue | |
| 21 | S & M BBQ | |
| 22 | Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers | |
| 24 | Ziggy Que | |
| 25 | Morning Wood |
11 entries · top 349.7032 · median 331.3600
11 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.1544
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
10 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meadow Creek BBQ | |
| 2 | NOBO's BBQ | |
| 3 | Marshall Mountain BBQ | |
| 4 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 5 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 6 | The Swine Doctor's BBQ | |
| 7 | Que N Cue | |
| 8 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 9 | Shade Tree Smokers | |
| 10 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ |