Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
2022-02-05 – 2022-02-06 · Puyallup, WA · 📍 110 9th Ave SW · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Warpig Smokehouse (697.1084) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CROOKED PIGS
Entries
22
4 judged meats
Top score
697.1084
Winning margin
7.4400
GC over RC
Field average
635.96
median 664.31
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5944 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
666.7428
10th place overall
Field spread
563.9540
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,000.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 63%
beats 37% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
59%
of the 22 teams with a home region came from outside WA
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 12% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Warpig Smokehouse took the Grand Championship home to OR.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Slow_Mo_Que and Gladiator BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. and Daddy and Me BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Gladiator BBQ and HOGGERQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 172.0000 | 169.7256 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 169.7372 | 167.9656 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 170.2628 | 164.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 697.1084 · median 664.3142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. | |
| 2 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 3 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 4 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 5 | HOGGERQ | |
| 6 | Dances With Smoke | |
| 7 | Daddy and Me BBQ | |
| 8 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Aces Wild | |
| 10 | FAHRENHEIT 250 | |
| 11 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 12 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 13 | Slow_Mo_Que | |
| 14 | Portly Pig BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 16 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 17 | Big Swede's BBQ of Washington | |
| 18 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 19 | s'Mackdown Smoking Company | |
| 20 | Locked Up BBQ | |
| 21 | Moose and Gator | |
| 22 | Baldy's BBQ |
Chicken
21 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOGGERQ | |
| 2 | FAHRENHEIT 250 | |
| 3 | Slow_Mo_Que | |
| 4 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 5 | WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. | |
| 6 | Daddy and Me BBQ | |
| 7 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 8 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 9 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Dances With Smoke | |
| 11 | Big Swede's BBQ of Washington | |
| 12 | Aces Wild | |
| 13 | Portly Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 15 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 16 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 17 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 18 | Moose and Gator | |
| 19 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 20 | s'Mackdown Smoking Company | |
| 21 | Locked Up BBQ |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 2 | WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. | |
| 3 | Aces Wild | |
| 4 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 5 | Dances With Smoke | |
| 6 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGGERQ | |
| 8 | Portly Pig BBQ | |
| 9 | FAHRENHEIT 250 | |
| 10 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 11 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 12 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 13 | Slow_Mo_Que | |
| 14 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 15 | Daddy and Me BBQ | |
| 16 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 17 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 18 | s'Mackdown Smoking Company | |
| 19 | Locked Up BBQ | |
| 20 | Big Swede's BBQ of Washington | |
| 21 | Moose and Gator |
Pork
21 entries · top 176.5828 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. | |
| 2 | Dances With Smoke | |
| 3 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 4 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 5 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 6 | Aces Wild | |
| 7 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 8 | Slow_Mo_Que | |
| 9 | Portly Pig BBQ | |
| 10 | Daddy and Me BBQ | |
| 11 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Big Swede's BBQ of Washington | |
| 13 | FAHRENHEIT 250 | |
| 14 | HOGGERQ | |
| 15 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 16 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 17 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 19 | s'Mackdown Smoking Company | |
| 20 | Locked Up BBQ | |
| 21 | Moose and Gator |
Brisket
22 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.9942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 2 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 3 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 4 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 5 | WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. | |
| 6 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 7 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 8 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 9 | Daddy and Me BBQ | |
| 10 | HOGGERQ | |
| 11 | Big Swede's BBQ of Washington | |
| 12 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 13 | Dances With Smoke | |
| 14 | Aces Wild | |
| 15 | Portly Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | FAHRENHEIT 250 | |
| 17 | Slow_Mo_Que | |
| 18 | Moose and Gator | |
| 19 | s'Mackdown Smoking Company | |
| 20 | Locked Up BBQ | |
| 21 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 22 | Baldy's BBQ |