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Bear-B-Q

2026-05-01 – 2026-05-02 · New Bern, NC · 📍 New Bern, NC 28562 · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $12,000.00

Grand Champion: Mcadoo Heights BBQ (708.5488) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS

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MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ
708.5488 · Master Series — Overall
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ALPINE SMOKE WORKS
702.8460 · Master Series — Overall
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HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY
702.2516 · Master Series — Overall

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Master Series — Chicken 178.86
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Master Series — Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Brisket 178.86
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 174.26
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 173.11
150.80 180.00

Entries

26
6 judged meats

Top score

708.5488

Winning margin

5.7028
GC over RC

Field average

677.76
625.54708.55
median 679.61 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7196
625.54708.55
10th place overall

Field spread

83.0056
winner to last place

Prize money

$12,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

10
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.7140 pts — Dogpatch Q

How hot was the win?

Top 5%
beats 95% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1600
avg power rating going in · stronger than 77% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
rated 1796 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 11 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY and MAYA JANE BBQ CO. tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: Glamping Grillers and A & K BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 6th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 4th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 6th

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.

  • MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ · Pork

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8572175.4172171.9772
Master Series — Pork Ribs178.2972174.2744173.1084
Master Series — Pork180.0000176.5600171.9772
Master Series — Brisket178.8572176.5600171.4172
Backyard Series — Chicken174.2628——
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs173.1084——

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 708.5488 · median 679.6114

#TeamScore
1 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 708.5488
2 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 702.8460
3 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 702.2516
4 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 698.2400
5 SMOKIN SKULLIES 697.6572
6 JL Smokers 694.7884
7 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 694.7656
8 Fred Vegas Smokers 690.7540
9 Glamping Grillers 689.6344
10 HalaQyah BBQ 686.7196
11 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 685.6116
12 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 684.4684
13 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 682.7660
14 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 676.4568
15 A & K BBQ 673.5772
16 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 673.5540
17 Secondhand Smokers 669.6344
18 Hardwood BBQ 665.6464
19 POKE N SMOKE 665.5772
20 K & E's Little Smokers 664.4112
21 Heritage BBQ 663.2572
22 Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers 659.8976
23 TNT Explosive BBQ 659.8400
24 Piggin' Out BBQ 655.8744
25 RW Smoked BBQ 649.5204
26 Beer 30 625.5432

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8284

#TeamScore
1 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 178.8572
2 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 178.8572
3 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 177.7028
4 Fred Vegas Smokers 176.5600
5 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 175.4172
6 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 175.4172
7 Glamping Grillers 175.4056
8 SMOKIN SKULLIES 174.2628
9 Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers 172.5716
10 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 171.9772
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 171.9772
12 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 171.9656
13 JL Smokers 170.8456
14 HalaQyah BBQ 170.8112
15 POKE N SMOKE 169.6800
16 A & K BBQ 168.5256
17 TNT Explosive BBQ 167.3944
18 RW Smoked BBQ 167.3944
19 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 167.3828
20 Hardwood BBQ 166.8344
21 Heritage BBQ 166.8228
22 Piggin' Out BBQ 165.0972
23 K & E's Little Smokers 163.9656
24 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 163.9428
25 Secondhand Smokers 161.6916
26 Beer 30 158.8344

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.1142

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN SKULLIES 178.2972
2 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 176.5716
3 JL Smokers 176.5600
4 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 175.4288
5 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 174.2744
6 Glamping Grillers 173.7144
7 A & K BBQ 173.7144
8 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 173.1316
9 Fred Vegas Smokers 173.1200
10 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.1084
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 171.9772
12 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 171.4172
13 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 171.4056
14 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 170.8228
15 Hardwood BBQ 169.6916
16 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 168.5256
17 HalaQyah BBQ 167.3828
18 Piggin' Out BBQ 163.3828
19 K & E's Little Smokers 163.3828
20 Secondhand Smokers 162.8228
21 Heritage BBQ 161.6572
22 RW Smoked BBQ 160.5260
23 Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers 159.9544
24 POKE N SMOKE 158.8116
25 TNT Explosive BBQ 158.2056
26 Beer 30 150.8000

Pork

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Secondhand Smokers 179.4400
3 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 177.1428
4 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 176.5828
5 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 176.5600
6 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 175.4056
7 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.1084
8 POKE N SMOKE 172.5600
9 K & E's Little Smokers 171.9772
10 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 171.9772
11 Fred Vegas Smokers 171.9656
12 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 171.4172
13 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 170.8456
14 HalaQyah BBQ 170.8228
15 Heritage BBQ 170.8228
16 Glamping Grillers 169.6916
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 169.6800
18 RW Smoked BBQ 169.6800
19 SMOKIN SKULLIES 168.5372
20 JL Smokers 168.5256
21 A & K BBQ 165.0856
22 TNT Explosive BBQ 162.8228
23 Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers 162.8000
24 Piggin' Out BBQ 160.5600
25 Hardwood BBQ 159.4288
26 Beer 30 155.3944

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.4000

#TeamScore
1 JL Smokers 178.8572
2 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 178.2972
3 HalaQyah BBQ 177.7028
4 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 177.1544
5 SMOKIN SKULLIES 176.5600
6 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 174.2628
7 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 173.1316
8 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.1200
9 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 171.9656
10 TNT Explosive BBQ 171.4172
11 Glamping Grillers 170.8228
12 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 170.2628
13 Hardwood BBQ 169.6916
14 Fred Vegas Smokers 169.1084
15 Piggin' Out BBQ 166.8344
16 A & K BBQ 166.2516
17 Secondhand Smokers 165.6800
18 K & E's Little Smokers 165.0856
19 Baby Billy's BBQ Bonkers 164.5716
20 POKE N SMOKE 164.5256
21 Heritage BBQ 163.9544
22 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 163.9428
23 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 162.2516
24 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 162.2400
25 Beer 30 160.5144
26 RW Smoked BBQ 151.9200

Backyard Series

Overall

4 entries · top 341.6572 · median 332.4970

#TeamScore
1 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 341.6572
2 Dogpatch Q 339.3368
3 Smoke Session BBQ 325.6572
4 Hardwood BBQ 1 318.1600

Chicken

4 entries · top 174.2628 · median 170.2456

#TeamScore
1 Smoke Session BBQ 174.2628
2 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 174.2628
3 Dogpatch Q 166.2284
4 Hardwood BBQ 1 158.2172

Pork Ribs

4 entries · top 173.1084 · median 163.6686

#TeamScore
1 Dogpatch Q 173.1084
2 Clean Smoke BBQ Team 167.3944
3 Hardwood BBQ 1 159.9428
4 Smoke Session BBQ 151.3944

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