Rekindled Ironman 2026

Apr 3–4, 2026 · Seven Valleys, PA · 📍 35 Main Street · State championship

Reps: Regina Bodnar, Robert McKee · Prize money: $6,750

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CHUNKY BBQ

698.2516 · Master Series — Overall

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DRILLING & GRILLING

694.2056 · Master Series — Overall

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BOGGS HOG BBQ

684.4456 · Master Series — Overall

CHUNKY BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rekindled Ironman on April 3, 2026 in Seven Valleys, PA at 35 Main Street, scoring 698.2516 in a field of 14 teams. DRILLING & GRILLING took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2056. Category winners: Chicken — CHUNKY BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CHUNKY BBQ (177.1428); Pork — BEER TIME BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — DRILLING & GRILLING (177.7028). The Backyard Series standings were won by FIRE & SHINE BBQ with 347.3944. This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Boggs Hog BBQ.

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.

623.71 median 666.71 698.25 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
Master Series — Pork Ribs 177.14
Master Series — Pork 178.86
Master Series — Brisket 177.70
Backyard Series — Chicken 177.70
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 174.26

146.24 180

Entries

6 judged meats

Top score

698.2516

Winning margin

4.0460

GC over RC

Field average

667.12

623.71698.25

median 666.71 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

CHUNKY BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Chicken

4.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.2456

623.71698.25

10th place overall

Field spread

74.5372

winner to last place

Prize money

$6,750

on the line

Most consistent

CHUNKY BBQ

avg finish 2.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.5828 pts — DRILLING & GRILLING

How hot was the win?

Top 40%

beats 60% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

59%

19 of 32 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.8 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,569

avg power rating going in · stronger than 54% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CHUNKY BBQ

rated 1843 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: DRILLING & GRILLING and BEER TIME BBQ tied on 164.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 8–9: NEANDERTHAL Q and UP IN SMOKERS tied on 163.9428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: BEER TIME BBQ edged BOGGS HOG BBQ by 0.0116.

Master Series — Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Master Series — Brisket 8–9 · tie
Master Series — Chicken 7–8 · 0.0116
Backyard Series — Chicken 6–7 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

CHUNKY BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CHUNKY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 4th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 4th
Brisket 3rd

A contest record in pork

178.8572 best pork ever cooked here

BEER TIME BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 177.7028
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Boggs Hog BBQ (won 2025).

Boggs Hog BBQ · 2025

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

CHUNKY BBQ · Chicken

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)

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
Apr 4, 2025	Seven Valleys, PA	35 Main St.	23	709.6916	Boggs Hog BBQ	BEER TIME BBQ
Apr 3, 2026 ← this one	Seven Valleys, PA	35 Main Street	14	698.2516	Chunky BBQ	DRILLING & GRILLING

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	180	175.4056	169.1316
Master Series — Pork Ribs	177.1428	169.1200	164.5372
Master Series — Pork	178.8572	170.8344	164.5256
Master Series — Brisket	177.7028	169.1316	161.7028
Backyard Series — Chicken	177.7028	171.9656	158.2400
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs	174.2628	168.5600	151.9428

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

14 entries · top 698.2516 · median 666.7142

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	698.2516
2	DRILLING & GRILLING	694.2056
3	BOGGS HOG BBQ	684.4456
4	SMOKECRAFT - MD	681.5884
5	BEER TIME BBQ	680.4688
6	NEANDERTHAL Q	677.0632
7	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	668.9828
8	4 BOXERS Q	664.4456
9	UP IN SMOKERS	664.4116
10	Broomstick BBQ	663.2456
11	Bottom of the Barrel	652.4804
12	Whiskey Damage BBQ	650.0684
13	Lucy Lu BBQ	636.3776
14	Tower of Smoke BBQ	623.7144

Chicken

14 entries · top 180 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	180 🔥
2	4 BOXERS Q	177.7028
3	NEANDERTHAL Q	176.5944
4	Broomstick BBQ	176.5600
5	DRILLING & GRILLING	175.4056
6	UP IN SMOKERS	174.2628
7	BEER TIME BBQ	170.8344
8	BOGGS HOG BBQ	170.8228
9	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	169.6684
10	Bottom of the Barrel	169.1316
11	SMOKECRAFT - MD	166.2284
12	Whiskey Damage BBQ	161.6340
13	Lucy Lu BBQ	158.2400
14	Tower of Smoke BBQ	154.2172

Pork Ribs

14 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9600

#	Team	Score
1	CHUNKY BBQ	177.1428
2	BOGGS HOG BBQ	176.5716
3	NEANDERTHAL Q	174.2860
4	4 BOXERS Q	170.2744
5	Whiskey Damage BBQ	169.1200
6	Lucy Lu BBQ	167.3944
7	Broomstick BBQ	166.2400
8	Tower of Smoke BBQ	165.6800
9	DRILLING & GRILLING	164.5372
10	BEER TIME BBQ	164.5372
11	SMOKECRAFT - MD	163.9428
12	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	161.6572
13	UP IN SMOKERS	159.9544
14	Bottom of the Barrel	146.2400

Pork

14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9542

#	Team	Score
1	BEER TIME BBQ	178.8572
2	SMOKECRAFT - MD	178.2972
3	DRILLING & GRILLING	176.5600
4	CHUNKY BBQ	171.4288
5	Bottom of the Barrel	170.8344
6	Whiskey Damage BBQ	169.6800
7	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	168.5256
8	BOGGS HOG BBQ	167.3828
9	UP IN SMOKERS	166.2516
10	Broomstick BBQ	164.5256
11	NEANDERTHAL Q	162.2400
12	Tower of Smoke BBQ	154.7772
13	4 BOXERS Q	154.7656
14	Lucy Lu BBQ	150.2172

Brisket

14 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.0914

#	Team	Score
1	DRILLING & GRILLING	177.7028
2	SMOKECRAFT - MD	173.1200
3	CHUNKY BBQ	169.6800
4	BOGGS HOG BBQ	169.6684
5	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	169.1316
6	Bottom of the Barrel	166.2744
7	BEER TIME BBQ	166.2400
8	NEANDERTHAL Q	163.9428
9	UP IN SMOKERS	163.9428
10	4 BOXERS Q	161.7028
11	Lucy Lu BBQ	160.5260
12	Broomstick BBQ	155.9200
13	Whiskey Damage BBQ	149.6344
14	Tower of Smoke BBQ	149.0400

Backyard Series

Overall

10 entries · top 347.3944 · median 338.7944

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	347.3944
2	MRC_Barbecue	346.2400
3	Tame the Flame BBQ	342.7884
4	Rough Cut Q	341.6800
5	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	339.3716
6	Backwooder BBQ	338.2172
7	Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ	332.4800
8	At the Cross BBQ	325.6228
9	Wolf Valley BBQ	323.9084
10	Smokin Heart BBQ	322.7772

Chicken

10 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.2572

#	Team	Score
1	Backwooder BBQ	177.7028
2	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	174.2744
3	MRC_Barbecue	174.2628
4	Rough Cut Q	173.1200
5	Wolf Valley BBQ	171.9656
6	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	168.5488
7	Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ	168.5372
8	Tame the Flame BBQ	168.5256
9	Smokin Heart BBQ	162.8228
10	At the Cross BBQ	158.2400

Pork Ribs

10 entries · top 174.2628 · median 167.9714

#	Team	Score
1	Tame the Flame BBQ	174.2628
2	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	173.1200
3	MRC_Barbecue	171.9772
4	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	170.8228
5	Rough Cut Q	168.5600
6	At the Cross BBQ	167.3828
7	Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ	163.9428
8	Backwooder BBQ	160.5144
9	Smokin Heart BBQ	159.9544
10	Wolf Valley BBQ	151.9428

Rekindled Ironman 2026

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

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 →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs