2022-04-29 – 2022-05-01 · Liberty, IN · 📍 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Thunder Hog BBQ (707.9888) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
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, 2013 to 2025 — 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.
707.9888 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 706.2400 The BBQ Bus set in 2021.
Wider than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.0460 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.
THUNDER HOG BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
2 of 13 tracked editions
Thunder Hog BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 13 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. and BPW BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: MAMA'S BOY BBQ and SMOKE-N-PEPPERS tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
THUNDER HOG BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 2nd.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Thunder Hog BBQ (won 2019).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Topeka, KS | Topeka, KS | 43 | 687.4516 | CHICKHOOVENSWINE BBQ | BLACK EYE BBQ |
| 2015-10-09 | Topeka, KS | Topeka, KS 66605 | 33 | 696.5600 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | BOXER Q BBQ |
| 2017-05-06 | Liberty, IN | 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD | 26 | 695.9084 | VICTORY SMOKERS | GREY STREET BBQ |
| 2018-05-05 | Liberty, IN | 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD | 28 | 693.6684 | GREY STREET BBQ | BANKIN BABY BBQ |
| 2019-05-04 | Liberty, IN | 381 W Old Dunlapsville | 26 | 696.5140 | Thunder Hog BBQ | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ |
| 2021-05-01 | Liberty, IN | 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd | 27 | 706.2400 | The BBQ Bus | GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2021-10-15 | Topeka, KS | 3435 SE East Edge Rd | 25 | 699.3600 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | SMOKE RINGERS |
| 2022-04-29 ← this one | Liberty, IN | 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd | 25 | 707.9888 | Thunder Hog BBQ | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2022-10-14 | Topeka, KS | 3435 SE East Edge Rd | 28 | 701.6688 | Cow Creek BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | Topeka, KS | 3435 SE East Edge Rd | 39 | 707.4176 | Slaps BBQ | WOOD HOOK BBQ |
| 2024-09-20 | Pine Bluff, AR | 1 Regional Park Dr | 42 | 698.2628 | Kith n Kin | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2024-10-11 | Topeka, KS | 3435 SE East Edge Rd | 31 | 700.5372 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | Bocephus BBQ |
| 2025-10-10 | Topeka, KS | 3435 SE East Edge Rd | 30 | 703.3828 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
| 2026-10-09 | Topeka, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 169.6800 | 167.3828 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.8456 | 166.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 171.4172 | 165.7028 |
25 entries · top 707.9888 · median 649.0056
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8456
25 entries · top 176.0116 · median 164.5372
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.6800
25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 158.2628
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.
2 entries · top 161.0740 · median 154.1940
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HORSE SHOE BARBEQUE | |
| 2 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ |
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 173.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Maestros | |
| 2 | THUNDER HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 5 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 6 | BPW BBQ | |
| 7 | WEQ4U | |
| 8 | Lakeshore Eagle Solutions | |
| 9 | Hogwarts BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke Wagon BBQ | |
| 11 | HORSE SHOE BARBEQUE |
14 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.4114