Aug 24–25, 2019 · Hiram, ME · 📍 291 S Hiram RD · State championship
Reps: Don Lovely, Leslie Lovely · Prize money: $6,500
INSANE SWINE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition on August 24, 2019 in Hiram, ME at 291 S Hiram RD, scoring 687.3828 in a field of 36 teams. BIG RAZ BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.1312. Category winners: Chicken — A MAZIE Q (178.8800); Pork Ribs — A MAZIE Q (175.4400); Pork — Rogue Hog BBQ (176.6172); Brisket — Pikes Pits BBQ (177.7028).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
INSANE SWINE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 9–10: ACK-QUE and PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: UP-2 BBQ edged SMOKIN ACES by 0.0112. Chicken places 3–4: Rogue Hog BBQ edged SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA by 0.0116.
A MAZIE Q won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 169.1084 | 166.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 171.4400 | 168 |
| Pork | 176.6172 | 172.5828 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1428 | 170.2628 |
36 entries · top 687.3828 · median 651.1542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 2 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 3 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 4 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 6 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | |
| 7 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 8 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 9 | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 10 | Q SHANTY | |
| 11 | Old Man Jeff | |
| 12 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 13 | ACK-QUE | |
| 14 | NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 16 | The Basic BBQ Team | |
| 17 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 18 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 19 | Pig Data BBQ | |
| 20 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 22 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 23 | Bone Daddy's | |
| 24 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 25 | A SIMPLE PIG | |
| 26 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 27 | GRAND SMOKE RAILROAD BBQ | |
| 28 | Holy Hog Father of Maine | |
| 29 | Lil Evil BBQ | |
| 30 | Ossipee Mountain Smokers | |
| 31 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 32 | Team GottaQ | |
| 33 | Nuggets Nibblets | |
| 34 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 35 | ButterQue | |
| 36 | Cclabbq |
36 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 2 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | |
| 3 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 6 | Pig Data BBQ | |
| 7 | Holy Hog Father of Maine | |
| 8 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 9 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 10 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 11 | Old Man Jeff | |
| 12 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 13 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 14 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 15 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 16 | A SIMPLE PIG | |
| 17 | NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 19 | ACK-QUE | |
| 20 | Q SHANTY | |
| 21 | The Basic BBQ Team | |
| 22 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 23 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 24 | Lil Evil BBQ | |
| 25 | GRAND SMOKE RAILROAD BBQ | |
| 26 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 27 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 28 | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 29 | Nuggets Nibblets | |
| 30 | Team GottaQ | |
| 31 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 32 | Bone Daddy's | |
| 33 | Cclabbq | |
| 34 | Ossipee Mountain Smokers | |
| 35 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 36 | ButterQue |
36 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 2 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 3 | NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 5 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 7 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 8 | Old Man Jeff | |
| 9 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 10 | Bone Daddy's | |
| 11 | Pig Data BBQ | |
| 12 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 13 | GRAND SMOKE RAILROAD BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 15 | Q SHANTY | |
| 16 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 17 | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 18 | The Basic BBQ Team | |
| 19 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 20 | A SIMPLE PIG | |
| 21 | Nuggets Nibblets | |
| 22 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 23 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 24 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | |
| 25 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 26 | Cclabbq | |
| 27 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 28 | Lil Evil BBQ | |
| 29 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 30 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 31 | ACK-QUE | |
| 32 | Ossipee Mountain Smokers | |
| 33 | Team GottaQ | |
| 34 | Holy Hog Father of Maine | |
| 35 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 36 | ButterQue |
36 entries · top 176.6172 · median 163.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 2 | ACK-QUE | |
| 3 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 4 | Q SHANTY | |
| 5 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 6 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 7 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 8 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 10 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 11 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | |
| 12 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 13 | Old Man Jeff | |
| 14 | The Basic BBQ Team | |
| 15 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 16 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 17 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | Bone Daddy's | |
| 19 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 20 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 21 | Pig Data BBQ | |
| 22 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 24 | Holy Hog Father of Maine | |
| 25 | Lil Evil BBQ | |
| 26 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 27 | A SIMPLE PIG | |
| 28 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 29 | NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 30 | Ossipee Mountain Smokers | |
| 31 | Team GottaQ | |
| 32 | GRAND SMOKE RAILROAD BBQ | |
| 33 | ButterQue | |
| 34 | SUWHEE Q | |
| 35 | Nuggets Nibblets | |
| 36 | Cclabbq |
36 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.3884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN ACES | |
| 3 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 4 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | |
| 5 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 6 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 7 | Ossipee Mountain Smokers | |
| 8 | NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | ACK-QUE | |
| 10 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 11 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 12 | The Basic BBQ Team | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 14 | Q SHANTY | |
| 15 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 16 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 17 | ButterQue | |
| 18 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 19 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 20 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 21 | Bone Daddy's | |
| 22 | Old Man Jeff | |
| 23 | Team GottaQ | |
| 24 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 25 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 26 | GRAND SMOKE RAILROAD BBQ | |
| 27 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 28 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 29 | Pig Data BBQ | |
| 30 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 31 | Nuggets Nibblets | |
| 32 | A SIMPLE PIG | |
| 33 | Lil Evil BBQ | |
| 34 | Holy Hog Father of Maine | |
| 35 | Cclabbq | |
| 36 | SUWHEE Q |
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.
16 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double J's BBQ | |
| 2 | Kora Kid BBQ -S | |
| 3 | Ccla Jr. | |
| 4 | Butter Beans | |
| 5 | Burger Queen | |
| 6 | Tie Dye Que | |
| 7 | Fish Lips | |
| 8 | True Blue -S | |
| 9 | The Burger Amigos -S | |
| 10 | Gone Grilling -S | |
| 11 | Gotta Q - Olivia Lee -S | |
| 12 | McQ Junior | |
| 13 | Whooshe Q | |
| 14 | Ring of Fire -S | |
| 15 | Silver City BBQ Boys | |
| 16 | The Riblets |