2021-04-24 – 2021-04-25 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Grandpa Val's BBQ (689.6688) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100
Grandpa Val's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Grandpa Val's BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Grandpa Val's BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Chicken places 5–6: PADDY MCQ'S and Grandpa Val's BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: PADDY MCQ'S and Top Gun Barbecue tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PADDY MCQ'S turned in 177.7028 in pork — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Chunky BBQ (won 2020).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
20 of 28 teams from 2020-07-31 came back
20 of the 28 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-31 | Blairstown, NJ | Triple Brook Camping Resort | 28 | 691.9772 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE DOWN BELOW |
| 2021-04-24 ← this one | 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 | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 170.2744 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.1084 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
40 entries · top 689.6688 · median 663.6172
40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.2628
40 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2514
40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9714
40 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.7942 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 2 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | DEAD ON Q | |
| 4 | Park Street BBQ | |
| 5 | PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB |