Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
2022-07-22 – 2022-07-23 · Apex, NC · 📍 202 Saunders Street · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $10,800.00
Grand Champion: Mcadoo Heights BBQ (703.9660) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoke Central BBQ
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👑 A dynasty in the making
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 10.9032 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: CHUNKY BBQ and SMOKE N BREW tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SMOKE N BREW and Smoke Central BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and Dyin Breed BBQ tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Salem Street | 44 | 688.5596 | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 2019-06-14 | Apex, NC | Salem Street | 38 | 685.7028 | Smoke Monster BBQ | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| 2021-07-23 | Apex, NC | Apex, NC | 30 | 694.2516 | Top Gun Barbecue | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2022-07-22 ← this one | Apex, NC | 202 Saunders Street | 35 | 703.9660 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | Smoke Central BBQ |
| 2023-04-14 | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 32 | 702.2400 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2024-04-12 | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 25 | 700.5372 | Optimus Swine | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 172.5716 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 173.1316 | 170.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
35 entries · top 703.9660 · median 675.9088
Chicken
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
35 entries · top 176.5716 · median 168.5372
Pork
35 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2400
Brisket
35 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2400
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Eyed Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE N BREW | |
| 3 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 4 | Laytons backyard bbq | |
| 5 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 6 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 7 | JL Smokers | |
| 8 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 9 | Weeeeee Q | |
| 10 | THE ROOKIES |
Ancillary — Non-Dessert
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOWL HOGZ | |
| 2 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 3 | SMOKE N BREW | |
| 4 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 5 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | THE ROOKIES | |
| 7 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 8 | One Eyed Pig BBQ | |
| 9 | JL Smokers | |
| 10 | Laytons backyard bbq | |
| 11 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |