A day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SLOW PORKIN · Brisket
- Rusty's BBQ · Chicken
- Small Axe BBQ · Chicken
5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Aug 20–21, 2022 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clocktower Park · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $15,000
Rusty's BBQ won Grand Champion at the 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff on August 20, 2022 in DuPont, WA at Clocktower Park, scoring 703.4288 in a field of 29 teams. Small Axe BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6684. Category winners: Chicken — Rusty's BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Bang & Breach BBQ (178.3200); Pork — Rusty's BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SLOW PORKIN (180.0000).
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.
627.86
median 679.38
703.43 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 178.32
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 180 🔥
134.66
180
Entries
29
4 judged meats
Top score
703.4288
Winning margin
1.7604
GC over RC
Field average
675.15
627.86703.43
median 679.38 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
0.6172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
689.0396
627.86703.43
10th place overall
Field spread
75.5660
winner to last place
Prize money
$15,000
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 19%
beats 81% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,511
avg power rating going in · stronger than 8% 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 knife fight at the top
4.0344
points across the top five
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0344 points.
- 1st Rusty's BBQ
- 2nd Small Axe BBQ
- 3rd J&C BBQ
- 4th RJs Smokehouse
- 5th SLO.MO.QUE
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: Rusty's BBQ and Small Axe BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: RJs Smokehouse and J&C BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST and Pit 71 tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Rusty's BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
Rusty's BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 14th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 14th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 10th
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 170.8684 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.3200 | 177.7028 | 174.2972 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4056 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.7256 | 171.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 703.4288 · median 679.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusty's BBQ | |
| 2 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 3 | J&C BBQ | |
| 4 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 5 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 6 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 7 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 8 | HOGGERQ | |
| 9 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 10 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 11 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 12 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 13 | Bang & Breach BBQ | |
| 14 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 16 | ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ | |
| 17 | Blues Q's BBQ and Catering | |
| 18 | Pit 71 | |
| 19 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 20 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 21 | 503Backyard BBQ | |
| 22 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 23 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 24 | DND BBQ | |
| 25 | R & B BBQ | |
| 26 | BBQ BROS. | |
| 27 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 28 | PNR BBQ | |
| 29 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ |
Chicken
29 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusty's BBQ | |
| 2 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 3 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 4 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 5 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 6 | J&C BBQ | |
| 7 | Blues Q's BBQ and Catering | |
| 8 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 9 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 10 | ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ | |
| 11 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 12 | HOGGERQ | |
| 13 | Pit 71 | |
| 14 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 15 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 17 | DND BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 19 | PNR BBQ | |
| 20 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 21 | Bang & Breach BBQ | |
| 22 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 23 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 24 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 25 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 26 | BBQ BROS. | |
| 27 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 28 | R & B BBQ | |
| 29 | 503Backyard BBQ |
Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 178.3200 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang & Breach BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 3 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 5 | Pit 71 | |
| 6 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 7 | J&C BBQ | |
| 8 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 9 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 10 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 11 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 12 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 13 | HOGGERQ | |
| 14 | Rusty's BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 16 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 17 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 18 | ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ | |
| 19 | R & B BBQ | |
| 20 | Blues Q's BBQ and Catering | |
| 21 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 22 | 503Backyard BBQ | |
| 23 | DND BBQ | |
| 24 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 25 | PNR BBQ | |
| 26 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 27 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 28 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 29 | BBQ BROS. |
Pork
29 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusty's BBQ | |
| 2 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 3 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | J&C BBQ | |
| 5 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGGERQ | |
| 8 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 9 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 10 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 11 | 503Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 13 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 14 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 15 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 16 | Bang & Breach BBQ | |
| 17 | Blues Q's BBQ and Catering | |
| 18 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 19 | ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ | |
| 20 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 21 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 22 | PNR BBQ | |
| 23 | DND BBQ | |
| 24 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ BROS. | |
| 26 | R & B BBQ | |
| 27 | Pit 71 | |
| 28 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 29 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ |
Brisket
29 entries · top 180 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 2 | Daddy & Me BBQ | |
| 3 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 4 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 6 | HOGGERQ | |
| 7 | J&C BBQ | |
| 8 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 9 | ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ | |
| 10 | Rusty's BBQ | |
| 11 | R & B BBQ | |
| 12 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 14 | THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S | |
| 15 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 16 | Bang & Breach BBQ | |
| 17 | 503Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ BROS. | |
| 19 | Pit 71 | |
| 20 | Blues Q's BBQ and Catering | |
| 21 | DND BBQ | |
| 22 | BBQ Aloha | |
| 23 | Shigging BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin Swine BBQ | |
| 25 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 26 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 27 | HEAVEN SCENT BBQ | |
| 28 | Whipps BBQ | |
| 29 | PNR BBQ |