Minnesota in May (Masters)
2022-05-13 – 2022-05-14 · Cambridge, MN · 📍 301 MN-95 · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, DAVE ROGERS, PEG ROGERS, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $11,500.00
Grand Champion: Son of a Boar BBQ (690.2056) · 59 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CITY SLICKERS BBQ
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Son of a Boar BBQ took the Grand Championship home to WI.
🧹 A double category winner
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 5–6: BURNT TREES BBQ and Son of a Boar BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: SPITFIRE and QUE'S YER DADDY tied on 172.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: Bohica BBQ edged SPITFIRE by 0.0112.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hogline (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Son of a Boar BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-10 | 3101 HWY 95 NE | 57 | 698.8000 | Totally Sauced | HOGLINE | |
| 2021-05-07 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 60 | 697.1544 | Hogline | SIN CIRCLE BBQ |
| 2022-05-13 ← this one | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 59 | 690.2056 | Son of a Boar BBQ | CITY SLICKERS BBQ |
| 2022-05-13 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 22 | 175.4056 | PORKET ABOUT IT | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 38 | 348.0228 | WEEZ'S GROVIN' BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 173.1200 | 171.4516 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
59 entries · top 690.2056 · median 669.0400
Chicken
59 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.8344
Pork Ribs
59 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.2972
Pork
59 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9772
Brisket
59 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7372
Ancillary categories
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.
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
45 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squeeze My Slabs | |
| 2 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 4 | SPITFIRE | |
| 5 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 6 | Sugar Shack | |
| 7 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 8 | Porket About It | |
| 9 | Battle drum smokers | |
| 10 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 11 | THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | |
| 12 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 13 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 14 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin J's BBQ | |
| 16 | Bailey's Acres | |
| 17 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 18 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 19 | FLYING ACES BBQ | |
| 20 | Motley Q | |
| 21 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 22 | Stoken n poken | |
| 23 | Nobody | |
| 24 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 25 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 26 | SMOKIN BIG | |
| 27 | The Yardpigs | |
| 28 | Old School BBQ | |
| 29 | Rub Doctor | |
| 30 | Sheyenne BBQ | |
| 31 | Brothers Barbecue | |
| 32 | Smoke Addiction BBQ Team | |
| 33 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 34 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 35 | Prestige Worldwide | |
| 36 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 37 | Steel Smoke BBQ | |
| 38 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 39 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 40 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 41 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 42 | PO PO PORK | |
| 43 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 44 | Brad n Bryan's Que | |
| 45 | UGLY BABY BBQ |