Won without a category win
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
3 EYZ BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 12th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 6th
York County BBQ Festival 2022
Jun 17–18, 2022 · Delta, PA · 📍 5 Pendyrus St · State championship
Reps: Angela McKee, Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $5,500
3 EYZ BBQ won Grand Champion at the York County BBQ Festival on June 17, 2022 in Delta, PA at 5 Pendyrus St, scoring 691.9772 in a field of 34 teams. ALL FIRED UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2744. Category winners: Chicken — DRILLING & GRILLING (180.0000); Pork Ribs — REDNECK SMOKE CLUB (175.4172); Pork — ALL FIRED UP BBQ (174.2628); Brisket — NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ (178.8572). The Backyard Series standings were won by MRC_Barbecue with 344.5832. This is the 5th of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2021 edition was won by Bar-B-Que Mayham; the next was held in 2023.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
446.73
median 661.01
691.98 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 175.42
- Master Series — Pork 174.26
- Master Series — Brisket 178.86
- Backyard Series — Chicken 178.30
- Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 171.98
134.79
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Entries
34
6 judged meats
Top score
691.9772
Winning margin
5.7028
GC over RC
Field average
652.96
446.73691.98
median 661.01 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
1.7144 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
673.6688
446.73691.98
10th place overall
Field spread
245.2456
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,500
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 64%
beats 36% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
49%
32 of 65 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,549
avg power rating going in · stronger than 37% of contests
Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A dynasty in the making
3×
wins at this contest
3 of 13 tracked editions
Dog Bite Barbecue has won this contest 3 times across its 13 tracked editions.
- 2025
- 2025
- 2026
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE and HARCO LOCO BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 1–2: NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ and WEEKEND SMOKERS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: Zoni-Q and Brewski's BBQ Competition Team tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Master Series — Brisket 1–2 · tie
- Backyard Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Backyard Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Weekend Smokers (won 2020), Bar-B-Que Mayham (won 2021).
- Weekend Smokers · 2020
- Bar-B-Que Mayham · 2021
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- DRILLING & GRILLING · Chicken
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 174.8456 | 171.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 169.6916 | 167.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 174.2628 | 169.7028 | 167.9772 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 169.7144 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.2972 | 168.5256 | 165.7372 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 168.5372 | 164.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
34 entries · top 691.9772 · median 661.0058
Chicken
34 entries · top 180 · median 167.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
34 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.6858
Pork
34 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.8172
Brisket
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2400
Backyard Series
Overall
25 entries · top 344.5832 · median 326.2520
Chicken
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.4060
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 171.9772 · median 163.3712