2025-05-23 – 2025-05-24 · Rochester, PA · 📍 336 Grange Rd · State championship
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,600.00
Grand Champion: HotMess BBQ (705.1200) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
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 74 times in 100
HotMess BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Pork places 2–3: HotMess BBQ and SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 3–4: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Milkhouse BBQ edged PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS by 0.0116.
HotMess BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
HotMess BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 171.4056 | 162.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 169.6800 | 160.4912 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 171.9656 | 161.6572 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 179.4400 | 171.9656 | 161.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 166.8228 | 155.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 164.5372 | 146.2400 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
11 entries · top 354.8800 · median 325.7144
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.8916