2022-06-25 – 2022-06-26 · Skowhegan, ME · 📍 Constitution Ave · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: 16 Mesh BBQ (696.0000) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FOUR SMOKING GUYS
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 86% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
16 Mesh BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, INSANE SWINE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was 16 Mesh BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
16 Mesh BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 5–6: Hogs Harbour and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: INSANE SWINE BBQ and Matt's Backyard BBQ tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: FOUR SMOKING GUYS and ACK-QUE tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
16 Mesh BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 172.0344 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9772 | 168.5484 |
25 entries · top 696.0000 · median 670.1596
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Mesh BBQ | |
| 2 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 5 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 6 | ACK-QUE | |
| 7 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 8 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 9 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 10 | Shanty Bag | |
| 11 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 14 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 15 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 16 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 17 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 18 | Cousins Que | |
| 19 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 20 | Randy's Full Service Auto Repair | |
| 21 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 22 | smokin good times ME | |
| 23 | Keep It Simple | |
| 24 | Tender Beast Bar-B-Que | |
| 25 | Hight's Rib Cage |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanty Bag | |
| 2 | 16 Mesh BBQ | |
| 3 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 5 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 6 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 7 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 8 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 9 | ACK-QUE | |
| 10 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 11 | smokin good times ME | |
| 12 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 13 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 14 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 15 | Cousins Que | |
| 16 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 17 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 18 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 20 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 21 | Hight's Rib Cage | |
| 22 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 23 | Randy's Full Service Auto Repair | |
| 24 | Tender Beast Bar-B-Que | |
| 25 | Keep It Simple |
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Mesh BBQ | |
| 2 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 5 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 7 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 8 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 9 | ACK-QUE | |
| 10 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 12 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 13 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 14 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 15 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 16 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 17 | Shanty Bag | |
| 18 | Randy's Full Service Auto Repair | |
| 19 | smokin good times ME | |
| 20 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 21 | Keep It Simple | |
| 22 | Tender Beast Bar-B-Que | |
| 23 | Cousins Que | |
| 24 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 25 | Hight's Rib Cage |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 3 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 4 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 5 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 6 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 7 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 8 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | ACK-QUE | |
| 10 | Shanty Bag | |
| 11 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | 16 Mesh BBQ | |
| 13 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 14 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 15 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs | |
| 16 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 17 | Randy's Full Service Auto Repair | |
| 18 | Keep It Simple | |
| 19 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 20 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 21 | Cousins Que | |
| 22 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 23 | Tender Beast Bar-B-Que | |
| 24 | Hight's Rib Cage | |
| 25 | smokin good times ME |
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 2 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 3 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 4 | FOUR SMOKING GUYS | |
| 5 | ACK-QUE | |
| 6 | Inclusive BBQ Events | |
| 7 | Cousins Que | |
| 8 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 9 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 10 | 16 Mesh BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 12 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 13 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 14 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 16 | Shanty Bag | |
| 17 | BBQ Bandits | |
| 18 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 19 | smokin good times ME | |
| 20 | Randy's Full Service Auto Repair | |
| 21 | Keep It Simple | |
| 22 | Tender Beast Bar-B-Que | |
| 23 | Hight's Rib Cage | |
| 24 | Hogs Harbour | |
| 25 | Aroostook County Killer Hogs |
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.
9 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson | |
| 2 | Triniti | |
| 3 | Emma's BBQ | |
| 4 | West Wind Farm | |
| 5 | Deamion | |
| 6 | Patrick | |
| 7 | Namoi | |
| 8 | Izabell | |
| 9 | Noah |