Jun 26–27, 2020 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: Angela McKee, Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $7,150
WEEKEND SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the York County BBQ Festival on June 26, 2020 in Delta, PA at 5 Pendyrus St, scoring 695.9656 in a field of 53 teams. SMOKECRAFT - MD took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3600. Category winners: Chicken — GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (178.2972); Pork — SMOKECRAFT - MD (176.5600); Brisket — BOGGS HOG BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by D’Qued Barbeque with 344.0116. This is the 3rd of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Top Gun Barbecue; the next was held in 2021.
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, 2018 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.
Closer than 87% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
WEEKEND SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WEEKEND SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 of 13 tracked editions
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.3660 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and APORKALYPSE NOW tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 1–2: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and WEEKEND SMOKERS tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA turned in 178.2972 in pork ribs — past the 175.4400 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), Top Gun Barbecue (won 2019).
This contest usually draws about 41 teams
53 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 41.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.6172 | 174.8572 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 170.8572 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 172.5484 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.0116 | 168 | 164 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 168 | 162.8456 |
53 entries · top 695.9656 · median 663.8972
53 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2516
53 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2628
53 entries · top 180 · median 163.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
21 entries · top 344.0116 · median 323.9316
21 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.4400
21 entries · top 174.8572 · median 160.5372