Big Knob BBQ Fest
2025-05-23 – 2025-05-24 · Rochester, PA · State championship
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,600.00
Grand Champion: HotMess BBQ (705.1200) · 12 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HotMess BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🃏 An upset on the books
HotMess BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series — Overall
11 entries · top 354.8800 · median 325.7144
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.8916
Master Series — Brisket
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 3 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 4 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 6 | Jalape'o Joe's BBQ | |
| 7 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 9 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 10 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 11 | Bare B Que | |
| 12 | Down Range Smoke |
Master Series — Chicken
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 3 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 4 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | Jalape'o Joe's BBQ | |
| 7 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 8 | Bare B Que | |
| 9 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 10 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 11 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 12 | Down Range Smoke |
Master Series — Overall
12 entries · top 705.1200 · median 664.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 3 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 5 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 6 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | Jalape'o Joe's BBQ | |
| 8 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 9 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 10 | Bare B Que | |
| 11 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 12 | Down Range Smoke |
Master Series — Pork
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 2 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 3 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 5 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 6 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | Jalape'o Joe's BBQ | |
| 8 | Down Range Smoke | |
| 9 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 10 | Bare B Que | |
| 11 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 12 | Foundry BBQ |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 176.5828 · median 167.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEER TIME BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 3 | Vegan Tears BBQ | |
| 4 | SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | |
| 5 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 6 | 4 BOXERS Q | |
| 7 | Bare B Que | |
| 8 | CIRCLE L BBQ | |
| 9 | Foundry BBQ | |
| 10 | SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | Jalape'o Joe's BBQ | |
| 12 | Down Range Smoke |