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Big Knob BBQ & Cash Fest

2026-05-22 – 2026-05-23 · Rochester, PA · 📍 336 Grange Rd · State championship

Reps: REGINA BODNAR, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $3,600.00

Grand Champion: HotMess BBQ (700.5372) · 14 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKECRAFT - MD

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HotMess BBQ
700.5372 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKECRAFT - MD
698.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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Fat For A Reason BBQ
693.6228 · 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 177.71
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork 175.42
  • Master Series — Brisket 176.00
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 175.44
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 169.69
147.34 180.00

Entries

14
6 judged meats

Top score

700.5372

Winning margin

1.7488
GC over RC

Field average

673.85
627.30700.54
median 679.33 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SMOKECRAFT - MD (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork
1.7028 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.8512
627.30700.54
10th place overall

Field spread

73.2340
winner to last place

Prize money

$3,600.00
on the line

Most consistent

HotMess BBQ
avg finish 3.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

9
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.7256 pts — SMOKECRAFT - MD

How hot was the win?

Top 30%
beats 70% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1541
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKECRAFT - MD
rated 1717 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 8 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: Foundry BBQ and 4 BOXERS Q tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: Dog Bite Barbecue and 4 BOXERS Q tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: CIRCLE L BBQ and Fat For A Reason BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

HotMess BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 5th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 3rd

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.

  • SMOKECRAFT - MD · 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)

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 — Chicken177.7144171.9656167.9772
Master Series — Pork Ribs180.0000172.5600169.6800
Master Series — Pork175.4172173.7144167.4056
Master Series — Brisket176.0000171.9656162.2284
Backyard Series — Chicken175.4400166.8112—
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs169.6916161.6800—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

14 entries · top 700.5372 · median 679.3256

#TeamScore
1 HotMess BBQ 700.5372
2 SMOKECRAFT - MD 698.7884
3 Fat For A Reason BBQ 693.6228
4 Jalapeno Joe's Competition BBQ 686.2172
5 Dog Bite Barbecue 683.9200
6 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 682.7768
7 JAYRHEA BBQ 681.6000
8 4 BOXERS Q 677.0512
9 MORT'S MEAT MAFIA 675.8744
10 Foundry BBQ 663.8512
11 CIRCLE L BBQ 663.8168
12 Bigfoot Mountain BBQ 662.1260
13 DAVEY JONES LOCKER BBQ 636.3660
14 Prickly Dick BBQ 627.3032

Chicken

14 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6742

#TeamScore
1 HotMess BBQ 177.7144
2 Fat For A Reason BBQ 176.5600
3 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.2628
4 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 173.1428
5 Foundry BBQ 171.9656
6 4 BOXERS Q 171.9656
7 JAYRHEA BBQ 169.6800
8 CIRCLE L BBQ 169.6684
9 Dog Bite Barbecue 168.5372
10 MORT'S MEAT MAFIA 167.9772
11 Jalapeno Joe's Competition BBQ 166.8344
12 DAVEY JONES LOCKER BBQ 165.1200
13 Bigfoot Mountain BBQ 162.8116
14 Prickly Dick BBQ 157.0972

Pork Ribs

14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKECRAFT - MD 180.0000 🔥
2 MORT'S MEAT MAFIA 174.2744
3 HotMess BBQ 174.2628
4 DAVEY JONES LOCKER BBQ 173.1316
5 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 172.5600
6 Dog Bite Barbecue 171.9772
7 4 BOXERS Q 171.9772
8 JAYRHEA BBQ 170.8228
9 CIRCLE L BBQ 169.6800
10 Fat For A Reason BBQ 169.6800
11 Jalapeno Joe's Competition BBQ 169.6800
12 Prickly Dick BBQ 167.4288
13 Foundry BBQ 165.6916
14 Bigfoot Mountain BBQ 162.8116

Pork

14 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.9656

#TeamScore
1 Fat For A Reason BBQ 175.4172
2 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 174.8456
3 Jalapeno Joe's Competition BBQ 174.2972
4 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.2628
5 HotMess BBQ 173.7144
6 4 BOXERS Q 171.4400
7 Bigfoot Mountain BBQ 170.8228
8 CIRCLE L BBQ 169.1084
9 JAYRHEA BBQ 168.5256
10 Dog Bite Barbecue 167.4056
11 MORT'S MEAT MAFIA 165.0972
12 Foundry BBQ 161.6572
13 DAVEY JONES LOCKER BBQ 150.7772
14 Prickly Dick BBQ 149.0856

Brisket

14 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.1028

#TeamScore
1 Dog Bite Barbecue 176.0000
2 Jalapeno Joe's Competition BBQ 175.4056
3 HotMess BBQ 174.8456
4 JAYRHEA BBQ 172.5716
5 Fat For A Reason BBQ 171.9656
6 SMOKECRAFT - MD 170.2628
7 MORT'S MEAT MAFIA 168.5256
8 Bigfoot Mountain BBQ 165.6800
9 Foundry BBQ 164.5368
10 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 162.2284
11 4 BOXERS Q 161.6684
12 CIRCLE L BBQ 155.3600
13 Prickly Dick BBQ 153.6916
14 DAVEY JONES LOCKER BBQ 147.3372

Backyard Series

Overall

6 entries · top 338.2628 · median 331.6800

#TeamScore
1 BBQ MIKE 338.2628
2 Mad Hatter BBQ 337.0860
3 PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS 333.6456
4 J & T BBQ 329.7144
5 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 328.4912
6 Booze Brothers Q 326.2744

Chicken

6 entries · top 175.4400 · median 167.1028

#TeamScore
1 J & T BBQ 175.4400
2 BBQ MIKE 171.4056
3 Mad Hatter BBQ 167.3944
4 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 166.8112
5 PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS 166.8112
6 Booze Brothers Q 163.4172

Pork Ribs

6 entries · top 169.6916 · median 164.8458

#TeamScore
1 Mad Hatter BBQ 169.6916
2 BBQ MIKE 166.8572
3 PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS 166.8344
4 Booze Brothers Q 162.8572
5 Jack Wagon Smoking BBQ 161.6800
6 J & T BBQ 154.2744

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