A new contest record
703.3828
highest overall ever cooked here
703.3828 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.3200 ROOFTOP BBQ set in 2015.
- old record 698.3200
- set 2015 by ROOFTOP BBQ
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 2025
May 24–25, 2025 · North Bend, OR · 📍 3201 Tremont Ave · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $14,500
CROOKED PIGS won Grand Champion at the BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay on May 24, 2025 in North Bend, OR at 3201 Tremont Ave, scoring 703.3828 in a field of 26 teams. Vitamin Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.4800. Category winners: Chicken — BONE RUBBIN BBQ (177.7144); Pork Ribs — CROOKED PIGS (180.0000); Pork — CROOKED PIGS (180.0000); Brisket — Pit 71 BBQ (176.5600). This is the 11th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Crooked Pigs; the next was held in 2026.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
632.40
median 676.77
703.38 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.71
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 176.56
150.25
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
26
4 judged meats
Top score
703.3828
Winning margin
10.9028
GC over RC
Field average
672.84
632.40703.38
median 676.77 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
4.0116 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
680.5596
632.40703.38
10th place overall
Field spread
70.9832
winner to last place
Prize money
$14,500
on the line
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 20%
beats 80% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
67%
18 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,545
avg power rating going in · stronger than 33% of contests
Storylines (9 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Back-to-back
2 in a row
editions of this contest
Crooked Pigs won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
- 2024
- 2025
A statement win
10.9028
points clear of the field
Wider than 90% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.9028 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 12 tracked editions
ROOFTOP BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
- 2015
- 2016
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 6–7: EZ-Dz's Smoke Shack and T&D's Smoking Meats tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: That's All Smoke and Vitamin Q tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: Pit 71 BBQ and CROOKED PIGS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
- Brisket 1–2 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
CROOKED PIGS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
CROOKED PIGS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 17th.
- Chicken 17th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 2nd
Back to defend
5
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LAKE HOUSE BBQ (won 2013), SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (won 2017), SON OF SMOKE (won 2018), Smokin' Axe BBQ (won 2023), Crooked Pigs (won 2024).
- LAKE HOUSE BBQ · 2013
- SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST · 2017
- SON OF SMOKE · 2018
- Smokin' Axe BBQ · 2023
- Crooked Pigs · 2024
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- CROOKED PIGS · Pork
- CROOKED PIGS · Pork Ribs
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
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2013 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 31 | 694.8570 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | MOE CASON BBQ |
| May 24, 2014 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 31 | 693.0740 | BIG BITE BBQ | DUELIN' J'S |
| May 22, 2015 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 38 | 698.3200 | ROOFTOP BBQ | WINE COUNTRY Q |
| May 28, 2016 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 43 | 695.4288 | ROOFTOP BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| May 27, 2017 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 37 | 692.4684 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company |
| May 26, 2018 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 35 | 691.9312 | SON OF SMOKE | SMOKE324 |
| May 25, 2019 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 34 | 694.8572 | Warpig BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| May 28, 2022 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 697.1200 | Mudville BBQ | RJs Smokehouse |
| May 27, 2023 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 25 | 697.1544 | Smokin' Axe BBQ | HOGGERQ |
| May 25, 2024 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 696.5600 | Crooked Pigs | Small Axe BBQ |
| May 24, 2025 ← this one | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 26 | 703.3828 | Crooked Pigs | Vitamin Q |
| May 23, 2026 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 33 | 702.8228 | Bone Rubbin BBQ | OM BBQ COMPANY |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 173.1544 | 169.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2972 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.1200 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 170.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 703.3828 · median 676.7654
Chicken
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9828
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 180 · median 170.2686 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
26 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6742