2022-05-14 – 2022-05-15 · Warsaw, IN · 📍 1400 East Smith Street · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS
Grand Champion: Up From the Pits BBQ (697.1084) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 iBQ'n
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, 2022 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 84% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1196 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
697.1084 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.2400 Tire Smoke BBQ set in 2022.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
Up From The Pits BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, iBQ'n, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Up From the Pits BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 30th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0112 points.
Chicken places 4–5: Bleacher Bums BBQ and iBQ'n tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: iBQ'n and Risky Brisket tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: MAC ATTACK BBQ and TIRE SMOKE BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
UP FROM THE PITS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
BAD WOLF BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Tire Smoke BBQ (won 2022).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-13 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith Street | 36 | 694.2400 | Tire Smoke BBQ | JACKS PIT SHACK |
| 2022-05-13 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith Street | 30 | 177.7144 | Bleacher Bums | — |
| 2022-05-14 ← this one | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith Street | 25 | 697.1084 | Up From the Pits BBQ | iBQ'n |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 173.1200 | 171.4056 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 173.7256 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 170.2628 |
25 entries · top 697.1084 · median 675.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 2 | iBQ'n | |
| 3 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 4 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 6 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 7 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 8 | Risky Brisket | |
| 9 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 10 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | JACKS PIT SHACK | |
| 12 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 13 | BAD WOLF BBQ | |
| 14 | BIG GUYS Q | |
| 15 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 16 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 17 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 18 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 19 | JAYBIRD'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 21 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 22 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 23 | DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 24 | PPF BBQ | |
| 25 | Michaels |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG GUYS Q | |
| 2 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 4 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 5 | iBQ'n | |
| 6 | Risky Brisket | |
| 7 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 8 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 9 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 11 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 12 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 13 | DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 14 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 15 | JACKS PIT SHACK | |
| 16 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 17 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 19 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 20 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 21 | PPF BBQ | |
| 22 | JAYBIRD'S BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 24 | BAD WOLF BBQ | |
| 25 | Michaels |
25 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 2 | Risky Brisket | |
| 3 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 4 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 5 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 6 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 7 | iBQ'n | |
| 8 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 10 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 12 | BAD WOLF BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG GUYS Q | |
| 14 | JAYBIRD'S BBQ | |
| 15 | PPF BBQ | |
| 16 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 17 | JACKS PIT SHACK | |
| 18 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 19 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 20 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 21 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 22 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 23 | DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 24 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 25 | Michaels |
25 entries · top 176.0000 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACKS PIT SHACK | |
| 2 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 3 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 5 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 6 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | iBQ'n | |
| 8 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 9 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 12 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 14 | Risky Brisket | |
| 15 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 16 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 17 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 18 | BAD WOLF BBQ | |
| 19 | JAYBIRD'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 21 | BIG GUYS Q | |
| 22 | DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 23 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 24 | Michaels | |
| 25 | PPF BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAD WOLF BBQ | |
| 2 | TIRE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | Blowing Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | iBQ'n | |
| 5 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 6 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 8 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 9 | KEVLAR BBQ | |
| 10 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 11 | JACKS PIT SHACK | |
| 12 | JAYBIRD'S BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS | |
| 14 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA | |
| 15 | BIG GUYS Q | |
| 16 | DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 17 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 18 | Risky Brisket | |
| 19 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 20 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | |
| 21 | PPF BBQ | |
| 22 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 23 | Smokin' Bones Barbecue | |
| 24 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 25 | Michaels |