WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship
2025-06-06 – 2025-06-07 · Welch, WV · State championship
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Hickory Barbeque Company (707.4404) · 11 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY took the Grand Championship home to NC.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1606 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY came in rated below the field's top team, CHUNKY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Pork
8 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | T & S BBQ | |
| 3 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 4 | Salt and Sizzle BBQ | |
| 5 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | Ole No3 | |
| 7 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 8 | Que N Cue |
Backyard Series — Chicken
8 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | Salt and Sizzle BBQ | |
| 4 | T & S BBQ | |
| 5 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 6 | Que N Cue | |
| 7 | Ole No3 | |
| 8 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ |
Backyard Series — Overall
8 entries · top 356.5600 · median 339.3772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | T & S BBQ | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | Salt and Sizzle BBQ | |
| 5 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 6 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | Que N Cue | |
| 8 | Ole No3 |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | T & S BBQ | |
| 3 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 5 | Salt and Sizzle BBQ | |
| 6 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 7 | Que N Cue | |
| 8 | Ole No3 |
Master Series — Brisket
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 4 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 5 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 6 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 8 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 9 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 10 | SunTan Swine BBQ | |
| 11 | TNT BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
11 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 2 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 4 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 5 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 6 | TNT BBQ | |
| 7 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 8 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 9 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 10 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 11 | SunTan Swine BBQ |
Master Series — Overall
11 entries · top 707.4404 · median 679.9204
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 5 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 6 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 7 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 8 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 9 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 10 | TNT BBQ | |
| 11 | SunTan Swine BBQ |
Master Series — Pork
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 3 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 4 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 6 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 7 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 8 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 9 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 10 | TNT BBQ | |
| 11 | SunTan Swine BBQ |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2860 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 3 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 4 | HalaQyah BBQ | |
| 5 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 6 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 8 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 9 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 10 | TNT BBQ | |
| 11 | SunTan Swine BBQ |