2020-07-31 – 2020-08-02 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (691.9772) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FIRE DOWN BELOW
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, 2020 to 2022 — 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.
CHUNKY BBQ holds the KCBS record for biggest rating gain at one contest — 23 rating points in a weekend, from 1473 · 28-team field, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 94 times in 100
CHUNKY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 6-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Chunky BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1657 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: A MAZIE Q and GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE PIG'S PAJAMAS and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: CHUNKY BBQ and FIRE DOWN BELOW tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHUNKY BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-31 ← this one | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 28 | 691.9772 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE DOWN BELOW |
| 2021-04-24 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 40 | 689.6688 | Grandpa Val's BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2022-04-23 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 41 | 695.4056 | The Pig's Pajamas | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 175.4056 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 172.5600 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 170.8456 | 167.3712 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 169.1084 |
28 entries · top 691.9772 · median 669.8856
28 entries · top 176.5828 · median 169.1372
28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.3944
28 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.9772
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.3770