York County BBQ Festival 2018

Jun 29–30, 2018 · Delta, PA · 📍 Main St

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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

681.5884 · Master Series — Overall

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DRILLING & GRILLING

681.0400 · Master Series — Overall

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BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD

680.5144 · Master Series — Overall

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won Grand Champion at the York County BBQ Festival on June 29, 2018 in Delta, PA at Main St, scoring 681.5884 in a field of 33 teams. DRILLING & GRILLING took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.0400. Category winners: Chicken — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (178.2972); Pork Ribs — LO' -N- SLO' BBQ (175.4288); Pork — PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE (177.7028); Brisket — PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ (180.0000). This is the 1st of 13 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2019.

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.

488.46 median 661.02 681.59 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 175.43
Pork 177.70
Brisket 180 🔥

20 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

681.5884

Winning margin

0.5484

GC over RC

Field average

642.15

488.46681.59

median 661.02 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

4.0116 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.0744

488.46681.59

10th place overall

Field spread

193.1312

winner to last place

Most consistent

SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS

avg finish 7.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.9656 pts — PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 87%

beats 13% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,612

avg power rating going in · stronger than 84% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1945 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.5484 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 92% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
DRILLING & GRILLING

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 3rd
Brisket 16th

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 13 tracked editions

Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.

2025
2025
2026

A knife fight at the top

1.6568 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 1.6568 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

1st WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
2nd DRILLING & GRILLING
3rd BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD
4th ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ
5th OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ and BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE and PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 1–2 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie

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.

PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ · Brisket

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
Jun 29, 2018 ← this one	Delta, PA	Main St	33	681.5884	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	DRILLING & GRILLING
Jun 28, 2019	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	48	699.3944	Top Gun Barbecue	DRILLING & GRILLING
Jun 26, 2020	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	53	695.9656	Weekend Smokers	SMOKECRAFT - MD
Jun 18, 2021	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	41	695.3832	Bar-B-Que Mayham	TOP GUN BARBECUE
Jun 17, 2022	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	34	691.9772	3 Eyz BBQ	ALL FIRED UP BBQ
Jun 16, 2023	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	29	701.1204	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team
Jun 28, 2024	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	29	699.3484	Piggin' Whiskey	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Jun 29, 2024	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	19	711.9656	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	PIGGIN' WHISKEY
Jun 27, 2025	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	26	694.2056	Dog Bite Barbecue	DRILLING & GRILLING
Jun 28, 2025	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	10	695.9200	Dog Bite Barbecue	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Jun 12, 2026	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	25	698.8000	Dog Bite Barbecue	Sailor Nicks BBQ
Jun 12, 2026	Delta, PA	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 13, 2026	Delta, PA	5 Pendyrus St	13	698.2284	B's Que	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	172.5600	168.5372
Pork Ribs	175.4288	171.4172	166.2628
Pork	177.7028	171.9772	167.3828
Brisket	180	173.7028	169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 681.5884 · median 661.0172

#	Team	Score
1	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	681.5884
2	DRILLING & GRILLING	681.0400
3	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	680.5144
4	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	680.4916
5	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	679.9316
6	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	678.1944
7	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	678.1712
8	Rogue Hog BBQ	675.8972
9	Sauce This BBQ	675.3256
10	Many Moons BBQ	673.0744
11	QUEGASM	670.2512
12	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	669.0288
13	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	668.4916
14	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	666.7432
15	J & M BAR B Q	664.5372
16	SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	661.5312
17	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	661.0172
18	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	659.3368
19	CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	654.6972
20	SMOKIN FOOLZ	654.1600
21	50 SHADES OF PORK	640.5260
22	POPPA Q-BBQ	638.1144
23	DEAN'S ROCK'N REDNECKS	633.5772
24	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	623.2688
25	G. Henn BBQ	622.1948
26	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	621.5316
27	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	616.3656
28	The Bearded Grillbillies	601.5660
29	4 BOXERS Q	601.5540
30	PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN	583.8972
31	The Pit at Browns	574.7204
32	MEAT SHARKS	531.1888
33	Bushnik	488.4572

Chicken

33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	178.2972
2	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	177.1544
3	DRILLING & GRILLING	176.5600
4	Rogue Hog BBQ	175.4172
5	J & M BAR B Q	172.5600
6	Many Moons BBQ	171.4172
7	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	169.6800
8	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6800
9	Sauce This BBQ	169.1200
10	SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	168.5372
11	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	167.9656
12	POPPA Q-BBQ	166.8228
13	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	166.2516
14	QUEGASM	165.1200
15	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	165.1200
16	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	165.1200
17	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	164.5256
18	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	162.8116
19	SMOKIN FOOLZ	162.2628
20	50 SHADES OF PORK	161.7028
21	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	161.7028
22	CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	161.1088
23	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	159.3828
24	DEAN'S ROCK'N REDNECKS	157.6800
25	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	155.3828
26	The Bearded Grillbillies	151.3600
27	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	149.6688
28	4 BOXERS Q	148.5256
29	MEAT SHARKS	146.2056
30	The Pit at Browns	141.6916
31	PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN	141.6800
32	G. Henn BBQ	138.2516
33	Bushnik	20

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 175.4288 · median 162.2400

#	Team	Score
1	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	175.4288
2	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	174.8572
3	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	174.2860
4	QUEGASM	172
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	171.4172
6	J & M BAR B Q	170.2972
7	SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	170.2744
8	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	170.2744
9	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	168.5600
10	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	166.2628
11	DRILLING & GRILLING	165.1316
12	G. Henn BBQ	164.5600
13	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	164.5256
14	Bushnik	163.4172
15	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	162.8344
16	Sauce This BBQ	162.2400
17	Rogue Hog BBQ	162.2400
18	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	161.6916
19	SMOKIN FOOLZ	161.0972
20	DEAN'S ROCK'N REDNECKS	161.0972
21	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	160.5372
22	Many Moons BBQ	159.9544
23	50 SHADES OF PORK	158.8572
24	The Bearded Grillbillies	156.5716
25	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	153.6688
26	POPPA Q-BBQ	153.6572
27	CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	153.0972
28	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	152.5028
29	PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN	149.6916
30	4 BOXERS Q	149.0972
31	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	149.0516
32	The Pit at Browns	128.5716
33	MEAT SHARKS	121.1088

Pork

33 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.4172

#	Team	Score
1	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	177.7028
2	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	177.7028
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	175.4056
4	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	173.7028
5	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	171.9772
6	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	171.4056
7	Sauce This BBQ	171.4056
8	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	170.8228
9	Many Moons BBQ	168
10	SMOKIN FOOLZ	167.3828
11	POPPA Q-BBQ	166.8456
12	Rogue Hog BBQ	165.1200
13	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	165.0972
14	DRILLING & GRILLING	165.0856
15	CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	165.0856
16	QUEGASM	164.5600
17	J & M BAR B Q	163.4172
18	50 SHADES OF PORK	160.5944
19	Bushnik	160.5600
20	G. Henn BBQ	159.3716
21	The Pit at Browns	159.3600
22	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	158.8116
23	SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	158.7884
24	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	157.6912
25	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	157.0972
26	DEAN'S ROCK'N REDNECKS	155.9772
27	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	155.3716
28	4 BOXERS Q	153.1084
29	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	152.5028
30	The Bearded Grillbillies	151.9772
31	PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN	147.3828
32	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	146.2400
33	MEAT SHARKS	138.8344

Brisket

33 entries · top 180 · median 163.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	180 🔥
2	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	176.0344
3	CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	175.4056
4	DRILLING & GRILLING	174.2628
5	Many Moons BBQ	173.7028
6	Rogue Hog BBQ	173.1200
7	Sauce This BBQ	172.5600
8	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	171.4056
9	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	170.2744
10	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	169.6800
11	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.1200
12	QUEGASM	168.5712
13	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	167.4056
14	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	167.3828
15	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	165.6800
16	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	165.0856
17	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	163.9772
18	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	163.9428
19	SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	163.9312
20	SMOKIN FOOLZ	163.4172
21	G. Henn BBQ	160.0116
22	50 SHADES OF PORK	159.3716
23	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	158.8228
24	DEAN'S ROCK'N REDNECKS	158.8228
25	J & M BAR B Q	158.2628
26	4 BOXERS Q	150.8228
27	POPPA Q-BBQ	150.7888
28	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	145.6912
29	PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN	145.1428
30	The Pit at Browns	145.0972
31	Bushnik	144.4800
32	The Bearded Grillbillies	141.6572
33	MEAT SHARKS	125.0400

York County BBQ Festival 2018

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

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