2019-05-25 – 2019-05-26 · North Bend, OR · 📍 3201 Tremont Ave · State championship
Reps: JULIE POE · Prize money: $13,500.00
Grand Champion: Warpig BBQ (694.8572) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGGY D'S BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
WarPig BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SON OF SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Warpig BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
2 of 12 tracked editions
ROOFTOP BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
Chicken places 7–8: BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ and SMOKE324 tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: KC MACS BBQ and CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company and Maddogs BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Warpig BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG BITE BBQ (won 2014), SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (won 2017), SON OF SMOKE (won 2018).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-25 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 31 | 694.8570 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | MOE CASON BBQ |
| 2014-05-24 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 31 | 693.0740 | BIG BITE BBQ | DUELIN' J'S |
| 2015-05-22 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 38 | 698.3200 | ROOFTOP BBQ | WINE COUNTRY Q |
| 2016-05-28 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 43 | 695.4288 | ROOFTOP BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| 2017-05-27 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 37 | 692.4684 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company |
| 2018-05-26 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 35 | 691.9312 | SON OF SMOKE | SMOKE324 |
| 2019-05-25 ← this one | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 34 | 694.8572 | Warpig BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| 2022-05-28 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 697.1200 | Mudville BBQ | RJs Smokehouse |
| 2023-05-27 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 25 | 697.1544 | Smokin' Axe BBQ | HOGGERQ |
| 2024-05-25 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 696.5600 | Crooked Pigs | Small Axe BBQ |
| 2025-05-24 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 26 | 703.3828 | Crooked Pigs | Vitamin Q |
| 2026-05-23 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 33 | 702.8228 | Bone Rubbin BBQ | OM BBQ COMPANY |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 172.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.7028 | 167.3712 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 176.6172 | 174.8456 | 171.4056 |
34 entries · top 694.8572 · median 655.1028
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9714
34 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.1486
34 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5428
34 entries · top 176.6172 · median 164.5372
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.
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180