2019-10-18 – 2019-10-19 · Lenoir, NC · 📍 1001 W Ave · State championship
Reps: DOUG REID, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Rocky Top (686.2288) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNDER THE RADAR
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.
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: BIG DOG BBQ VA and Brother In Law BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and BARREL FEVER BBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE edged PICKIN' PORKERS by 0.0116.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 171.9656 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.1084 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 168.0228 | 165.6912 |
| Brisket | 171.9772 | 170.8228 | 165.1084 |
22 entries · top 686.2288 · median 668.1542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 2 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 3 | BARREL FEVER BBQ | |
| 4 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 6 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 7 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 8 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 9 | Brother In Law BBQ | |
| 10 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 11 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 12 | BIG MONEY BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 14 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 15 | TOO SAUCED | |
| 16 | Bud Wiser BBQ | |
| 17 | Dr. Drum BBQ | |
| 18 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 19 | Smoke Wagon | |
| 20 | RUBBA BUTTA QUE | |
| 21 | Haulin Buttz | |
| 22 | Mountain Grillas |
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bud Wiser BBQ | |
| 2 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 3 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 4 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 5 | BARREL FEVER BBQ | |
| 6 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 7 | BIG MONEY BBQ | |
| 8 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 9 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 10 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 11 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 12 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 13 | TOO SAUCED | |
| 14 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 15 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 16 | Mountain Grillas | |
| 17 | Dr. Drum BBQ | |
| 18 | Brother In Law BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoke Wagon | |
| 20 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 21 | RUBBA BUTTA QUE | |
| 22 | Haulin Buttz |
22 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARREL FEVER BBQ | |
| 2 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 3 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 4 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 5 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 6 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 7 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 8 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 10 | Brother In Law BBQ | |
| 11 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 12 | BIG MONEY BBQ | |
| 13 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 14 | Dr. Drum BBQ | |
| 15 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 16 | TOO SAUCED | |
| 17 | RUBBA BUTTA QUE | |
| 18 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 19 | Smoke Wagon | |
| 20 | Bud Wiser BBQ | |
| 21 | Haulin Buttz | |
| 22 | Mountain Grillas |
22 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.0914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother In Law BBQ | |
| 2 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 4 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 5 | RUBBA BUTTA QUE | |
| 6 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 7 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 8 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 9 | TOO SAUCED | |
| 10 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 11 | Bud Wiser BBQ | |
| 12 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 13 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 14 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 15 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 16 | Dr. Drum BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG MONEY BBQ | |
| 18 | BARREL FEVER BBQ | |
| 19 | Haulin Buttz | |
| 20 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 21 | Smoke Wagon | |
| 22 | Mountain Grillas |
22 entries · top 171.9772 · median 164.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC | |
| 2 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 3 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 4 | BARREL FEVER BBQ | |
| 5 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 7 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 8 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 9 | TOO SAUCED | |
| 10 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 12 | BIG MONEY BBQ | |
| 13 | Brother In Law BBQ | |
| 14 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 15 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 16 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 17 | Smoke Wagon | |
| 18 | Dr. Drum BBQ | |
| 19 | Bud Wiser BBQ | |
| 20 | Haulin Buttz | |
| 21 | Mountain Grillas | |
| 22 | RUBBA BUTTA QUE |