May 13–14, 2022 · Cambridge, MN · 📍 301 MN-95 · State championship
Reps: Bunny Tuttle, Dave Rogers, Peg Rogers, Rich Tuttle · Prize money: $11,500
Son of a Boar BBQ won Grand Champion at the Minnesota in May (Masters) on May 13, 2022 in Cambridge, MN at 301 MN-95, scoring 690.2056 in a field of 59 teams. CITY SLICKERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.1944. Category winners: Chicken — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Son of a Boar BBQ (175.4400); Pork — HOT DADDY'S BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (178.8572). This is the 3rd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2021 edition was won by Hogline; the next was held in 2022.
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, 2019 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.
Closer than 99% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100
Son of a Boar BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Son of a Boar BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.
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.
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
Son of a Boar BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 34th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hogline (won 2021).
Bigger than 91% of the 5,468 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2019 | 3101 HWY 95 NE | 57 | 698.8000 | Totally Sauced | HOGLINE | |
| May 7, 2021 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 60 | 697.1544 | Hogline | SIN CIRCLE BBQ |
| May 13, 2022 ← this one | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 59 | 690.2056 | Son of a Boar BBQ | CITY SLICKERS BBQ |
| May 13, 2022 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 22 | 175.4056 | PORKET ABOUT IT | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Cambridge, MN | 301 MN-95 | 38 | 348.0228 | WEEZ'S GROVIN' BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 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 |
59 entries · top 690.2056 · median 669.0400
59 entries · top 176 · median 166.8344
59 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.2972
59 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9772
59 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7372
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.
45 entries · top 176 · 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 |