May 28–29, 2022 · North Bend, OR · 📍 3201 Tremont Ave · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $13,000
MUDVILLE BBQ won Grand Champion at the BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay on May 28, 2022 in North Bend, OR at 3201 Tremont Ave, scoring 697.1200 in a field of 27 teams. RJs Smokehouse took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0168. Category winners: Chicken — RJs Smokehouse (176.5600); Pork Ribs — BBQ Bros (176.5944); Pork — Small Axe BBQ (176.5828); Brisket — MUDVILLE BBQ (179.4400). This is the 8th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Warpig BBQ; the next was held in 2023.
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 2026 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SON OF SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 12 tracked editions
ROOFTOP BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 12 tracked editions.
Pork places 8–9: RJs Smokehouse and HOGGERQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: Bearded Boar BBQ and BOOTIES BBQ tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. edged PRISON BREAK BBQ by 0.0116.
MUDVILLE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 12th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG BITE BBQ (won 2014), SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (won 2017), SON OF SMOKE (won 2018).
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-05-25.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2013 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 31 | 694.8570 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | MOE CASON BBQ |
| May 24, 2014 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 31 | 693.0740 | BIG BITE BBQ | DUELIN' J'S |
| May 22, 2015 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR 97459 | 38 | 698.3200 | ROOFTOP BBQ | WINE COUNTRY Q |
| May 28, 2016 | North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 43 | 695.4288 | ROOFTOP BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| May 27, 2017 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 37 | 692.4684 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company |
| May 26, 2018 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 35 | 691.9312 | SON OF SMOKE | SMOKE324 |
| May 25, 2019 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 34 | 694.8572 | Warpig BBQ | PIGGY D'S BBQ |
| May 28, 2022 ← this one | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 697.1200 | Mudville BBQ | RJs Smokehouse |
| May 27, 2023 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 25 | 697.1544 | Smokin' Axe BBQ | HOGGERQ |
| May 25, 2024 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 27 | 696.5600 | Crooked Pigs | Small Axe BBQ |
| May 24, 2025 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 26 | 703.3828 | Crooked Pigs | Vitamin Q |
| May 23, 2026 | North Bend, OR | 3201 Tremont Ave | 33 | 702.8228 | Bone Rubbin BBQ | OM BBQ COMPANY |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 172 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 173.1656 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 173.7028 | 168.5944 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 172.0228 | 166.2400 |
27 entries · top 697.1200 · median 661.6232
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2856
27 entries · top 176.5944 · median 168
27 entries · top 176.5828 · median 166.8228
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9656
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.
14 entries · top 172.0228 · median 166.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONW BBQ Company | |
| 2 | Smokeshow BBQ | |
| 3 | HOGGERQ | |
| 4 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 5 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 6 | Jeremiah Johnson Mountain Man BBQ | |
| 7 | Greenhorn Smokehouse | |
| 8 | J&C BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 11 | Big Bite BBQ | |
| 12 | Gladiator BBQ | |
| 13 | Northwest Smokehouse | |
| 14 | Elkhorn BBQ |