Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
2019-03-08 – 2019-03-09 · Atlantic City, NJ · 📍 801 Boardwalk
Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: Weekendsmokers (676.4684) · 66 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALL FIRED UP BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
WEEKEND SMOKERS took the Grand Championship home to PA.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and THE BBQ GURU tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Q HAVEN BBQ and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: APORKALYPSE NOW edged 3 EYZ BBQ by 0.0112.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.8456 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 171.4400 | 168.5484 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 172.0000 | 169.6684 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
66 entries · top 676.4684 · median 646.9708
Chicken
64 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.2686
Pork Ribs
66 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
66 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.9428 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
66 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8572
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Bacon
8 entries · top 173.1200 · median 167.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 2 | Peels Island BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 4 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 5 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 7 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 8 | The Reed Boys BBQ |
Ancillary — Beans
8 entries · top 169.7028 · median 153.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 3 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 4 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 5 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Papa Jai's' | |
| 8 | QUE BIZ |
Ancillary — Burger
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHICKEN CHOKERS | |
| 2 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 3 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 6 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 7 | QUE BIZ | |
| 8 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 9 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 10 | Fire In The Hole |
Ancillary — Chili
6 entries · top 162.2628 · median 155.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 4 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 6 | Fire In The Hole |
Ancillary — Dessert
14 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.2630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEAD ON Q | |
| 2 | ALL FIRED UP BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 4 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 10 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 12 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 13 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 14 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE |
Ancillary — Sandwich
4 entries · top 170.8228 · median 164.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 2 | Bison County | |
| 3 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole |
Ancillary — Sauce
21 entries · top 173.1428 · median 161.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 2 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 3 | QUE BIZ | |
| 4 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 5 | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
| 6 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 7 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 8 | Lilhambones | |
| 9 | Zombie Barbecue | |
| 10 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 11 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 14 | Big Papa Jai's' | |
| 15 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 16 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 17 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 19 | SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | |
| 20 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 21 | Fire In The Hole |
Ancillary — Seafood
4 entries · top 168.5256 · median 162.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEAD ON Q | |
| 2 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 3 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole |
Ancillary — Slaw
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 2 | QUE BIZ | |
| 3 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 5 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION |
Ancillary — Wings
14 entries · top 170.3200 · median 164.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 3 | IREE Q | |
| 4 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 5 | SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 7 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 8 | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
| 9 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 10 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 13 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 14 | Pits and Giggles |