New Holland Summer Fest

2022-08-26 – 2022-08-27 · New Holland, PA · 📍 400 E. Jackson St. · State championship

Reps: LOUISE WEIDNER, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $8,700.00

Grand Champion: OPTIMUS SWINE (698.8000) · 49 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ

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Optimus Swine

698.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ

693.6688 · Master Series — Overall

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BLUE & GRAY BBQ

690.8232 · Master Series — Overall

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.

150.80 median 659.33 698.80 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

137.66 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

698.8000

Winning margin

5.1312

GC over RC

Field average

647.72

150.80698.80

median 659.33 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

WEEKEND SMOKERS (Brisket), GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ (Chicken), BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3372

150.80698.80

10th place overall

Field spread

548.0000

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,700.00

on the line

Most consistent

Optimus Swine

avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4400 pts — WEEKEND SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 38%

beats 62% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

66%

29 of 44 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1534

avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1891 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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 new contest record

698.8000 highest overall ever cooked here

698.8000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8112 WOLF'S REVENGE set in 2021.

old record 694.8112
set 2021 by WOLF'S REVENGE

An upset on the books

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

Optimus Swine 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.

champion 1719
top seed 1891

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

WEEKEND SMOKERS · Brisket
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ · Chicken
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM · Pork

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 11 tracked editions

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.

2016
2017

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: Nice Racks and ALL HOGGED UP tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ALL HOGGED UP and HEAVY HITTERS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Nice Racks and ALL HOGGED UP tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

Optimus Swine took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.

Chicken 15th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 12th
Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork

180.0000 best pork ever cooked here

BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 8 earlier editions.

old best 178.8572
across 8 past editions

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)

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-08-23	New Holland, PA	New Holland, PA	71	675.4056	Drilling & Grilling BBQ Team	PA MIDNITE SMOKERS
2014-08-22	New Holland, PA	New Holland, PA 17557	70	685.0856	DIZZY PIG	3 EYZ BBQ
2015-08-28	New Holland, PA	New Holland, PA 17557	70	682.8456	4:20 Q	FLYING PORKERS
2016-08-26	New Holland, PA	New Holland, PA	66	691.9312	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	BIG D'S BBQ
2017-08-25	New Holland, PA	400 Block E Jackson St	69	681.0860	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	BEERBEQUE
2018-08-24	New Holland, PA	400 Block E Jackson St	71	692.0000	3N1 Q	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ
2019-08-23	New Holland, PA	400 E Jackson St	65	685.0740	SMOKECRAFT	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
2021-08-27	New Holland, PA	400 E Jackson St	44	694.8112	WOLF'S REVENGE	DANTE'S INFERNO
2022-08-26 ← this one	New Holland, PA	400 E. Jackson St.	49	698.8000	OPTIMUS SWINE	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ
2023-08-25	New Holland, PA	400 E. Jackson St.	44	693.0512	Chunky BBQ	SMOKECRAFT - MD
2024-08-23	New Holland, PA	400 E. Jackson St.	38	699.9428	Wolf's Revenge BBQ	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	174.8572	173.1200
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4172	171.9772
Pork	180.0000	174.2744	173.1084
Brisket	180.0000	174.2744	171.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 698.8000 · median 659.3256

#	Team	Score
1	Optimus Swine	698.8000
2	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	693.6688
3	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	690.8232
4	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	690.1940
5	THE GRILLER B’S	690.1712
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	689.6228
7	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	688.5600
8	Nice Racks	687.8856
9	DIG'N N PIG'N	687.3372
10	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	687.3372
11	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	685.6572
12	DRILLING & GRILLING	682.1712
13	ALL HOGGED UP	681.6344
14	HARCO LOCO BBQ	679.9888
15	WEEKEND SMOKERS	678.7888
16	TOP GUN BARBECUE	675.3372
17	BROWN LIQUOR BBQ	673.0400
18	DEAD ON Q	670.2400
19	DANTE'S INFERNO	670.2284
20	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	665.0404
21	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	662.7204
22	Second Helping BBQ -PA	661.6460
23	4 BOXERS Q	661.0400
24	CARVER'S Q	660.4572
25	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	659.3256
26	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	659.3148
27	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	655.3144
28	Sasquatch BBQ	654.0912
29	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	653.6232
30	Mullen It Over BBQ	652.9824
31	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	652.4344
32	PALM TREE SMOKEHOUSE	652.4228
33	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	651.2804
34	COAL CRACKER BBQ	647.9892
35	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	647.2228
36	50 SHADES OF PORK	644.9828
37	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	644.9484
38	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	641.6228
39	Jack the Ribber	638.7196
40	All About the Wood	635.8976
41	Pappy's Q	634.1148
42	Fat Rocky BBQ	631.2228
43	BUTTHEAD BBQ	608.4000
44	Whats Smokin	606.6860
45	Brisket Butts and BBQ	604.3776
46	FIRE ANTS BBQ	603.2004
47	3 T's BBQ	599.1540
48	BLACK TIE BBQ	595.7260
49	STUMPY COALS	150.8000

Chicken

49 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	COAL CRACKER BBQ	177.1428
3	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	175.4172
4	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.8800
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.8572
6	Nice Racks	174.2628
7	ALL HOGGED UP	174.2628
8	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	174.2628
9	DANTE'S INFERNO	173.7028
10	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	173.1200
11	THE GRILLER B’S	173.1200
12	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	172.5828
13	DRILLING & GRILLING	172.5600
14	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	171.9656
15	Optimus Swine	171.4056
16	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.4056
17	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	170.8688
18	DIG'N N PIG'N	170.8344
19	HARCO LOCO BBQ	170.2744
20	All About the Wood	169.1200
21	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	168.5372
22	Sasquatch BBQ	168.5372
23	BROWN LIQUOR BBQ	167.9656
24	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	167.9656
25	TOP GUN BARBECUE	167.4172
26	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	167.3828
27	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	167.3828
28	DEAD ON Q	165.7372
29	Jack the Ribber	165.6912
30	WEEKEND SMOKERS	165.6800
31	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	165.0972
32	Fat Rocky BBQ	165.0856
33	50 SHADES OF PORK	164.5484
34	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	164.5372
35	Mullen It Over BBQ	164.5256
36	FIRE ANTS BBQ	162.8344
37	Pappy's Q	162.8000
38	Second Helping BBQ -PA	162.2400
39	BUTTHEAD BBQ	161.1316
40	CARVER'S Q	161.0856
41	4 BOXERS Q	160.5372
42	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	159.4288
43	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	157.6800
44	BLACK TIE BBQ	155.9544
45	Brisket Butts and BBQ	152.6060
46	3 T's BBQ	152.5256
47	PALM TREE SMOKEHOUSE	151.3484
48	Whats Smokin	150.8344
49	STUMPY COALS	150.8000

Pork Ribs

48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.6800

#	Team	Score
1	Optimus Swine	178.8572
2	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	177.1544
3	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	176.0116
4	DIG'N N PIG'N	176.0000
5	Nice Racks	175.4172
6	ALL HOGGED UP	175.4172
7	BROWN LIQUOR BBQ	174.8572
8	Second Helping BBQ -PA	173.7372
9	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	171.9772
10	THE GRILLER B’S	171.9772
11	TOP GUN BARBECUE	171.4172
12	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	171.4172
13	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	170.8228
14	DRILLING & GRILLING	170.8228
15	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	169.7256
16	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	169.6800
17	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	169.1428
18	Pappy's Q	169.1316
19	WEEKEND SMOKERS	168.5716
20	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	168.5600
21	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	168.5488
22	COAL CRACKER BBQ	168.0116
23	Mullen It Over BBQ	168.0000
24	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	167.9656
25	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	167.3944
26	PALM TREE SMOKEHOUSE	167.3828
27	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	166.2628
28	4 BOXERS Q	165.7028
29	DEAD ON Q	165.1200
30	HARCO LOCO BBQ	164.5600
31	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	164.5372
32	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	163.9544
33	Sasquatch BBQ	163.9428
34	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	160.5144
35	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	159.9544
36	CARVER'S Q	159.4172
37	Fat Rocky BBQ	159.3600
38	DANTE'S INFERNO	158.8228
39	Jack the Ribber	157.6800
40	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	155.3716
41	50 SHADES OF PORK	154.2172
42	Brisket Butts and BBQ	151.9200
43	All About the Wood	151.4172
44	BLACK TIE BBQ	148.4800
45	3 T's BBQ	147.9428
46	BUTTHEAD BBQ	146.2284
47	FIRE ANTS BBQ	143.3600
48	Whats Smokin	137.6572

Pork

48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	180.0000 🔥
2	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	177.7028
3	DIG'N N PIG'N	175.4172
4	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.2856
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.2744
6	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	174.2744
7	PALM TREE SMOKEHOUSE	174.2628
8	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	173.1316
9	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	173.1200
10	THE GRILLER B’S	173.1084
11	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	172.0228
12	Optimus Swine	171.9772
13	HARCO LOCO BBQ	170.8800
14	DRILLING & GRILLING	170.8228
15	DANTE'S INFERNO	170.2628
16	Nice Racks	169.6800
17	ALL HOGGED UP	168.5716
18	CARVER'S Q	167.3828
19	TOP GUN BARBECUE	166.8228
20	4 BOXERS Q	165.6800
21	DEAD ON Q	165.1200
22	WEEKEND SMOKERS	164.5372
23	BROWN LIQUOR BBQ	163.9428
24	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	162.8344
25	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	162.8000
26	Fat Rocky BBQ	162.2744
27	Second Helping BBQ -PA	162.2400
28	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	161.6684
29	All About the Wood	161.1088
30	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	161.0972
31	50 SHADES OF PORK	160.5488
32	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	160.5144
33	BUTTHEAD BBQ	159.3944
34	Jack the Ribber	159.3828
35	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	159.3828
36	Whats Smokin	159.3600
37	COAL CRACKER BBQ	158.8572
38	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	158.8344
39	Sasquatch BBQ	158.8112
40	Pappy's Q	158.2516
41	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	158.2172
42	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	158.2172
43	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	153.6800
44	BLACK TIE BBQ	151.3716
45	Brisket Butts and BBQ	150.1944
46	3 T's BBQ	149.6456
47	Mullen It Over BBQ	148.4796
48	FIRE ANTS BBQ	146.7772

Brisket

48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4116 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	WEEKEND SMOKERS	180.0000 🔥
2	Optimus Swine	176.5600
3	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	175.4172
4	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	174.8572
5	HARCO LOCO BBQ	174.2744
6	DEAD ON Q	174.2628
7	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	173.1544
8	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	173.1200
9	CARVER'S Q	172.5716
10	Mullen It Over BBQ	171.9772
11	THE GRILLER B’S	171.9656
12	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.4056
13	TOP GUN BARBECUE	169.6800
14	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6684
15	4 BOXERS Q	169.1200
16	Nice Racks	168.5256
17	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	167.9772
18	DRILLING & GRILLING	167.9656
19	DANTE'S INFERNO	167.4400
20	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	167.3828
21	BROWN LIQUOR BBQ	166.2744
22	50 SHADES OF PORK	165.6684
23	DIG'N N PIG'N	165.0856
24	Second Helping BBQ -PA	163.4288
25	GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	163.3944
26	ALL HOGGED UP	163.3828
27	Sasquatch BBQ	162.8000
28	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	161.6572
29	BUBBA'S BARBECUE	161.1428
30	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	161.1088
31	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	161.1088
32	PALM TREE SMOKEHOUSE	159.4288
33	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	158.8460
34	Whats Smokin	158.8344
35	Jack the Ribber	155.9656
36	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	154.8340
37	All About the Wood	154.2516
38	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	150.8000
39	BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	150.7772
40	FIRE ANTS BBQ	150.2288
41	Brisket Butts and BBQ	149.6572
42	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	149.6344
43	3 T's BBQ	149.0400
44	Fat Rocky BBQ	144.5028
45	COAL CRACKER BBQ	143.9776
46	Pappy's Q	143.9316
47	BUTTHEAD BBQ	141.6456
48	BLACK TIE BBQ	139.9200

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 — Chef'S Choice

22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.5772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	THE GRILLER B’S	180.0000 🔥
2	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	180.0000 🔥
3	50 SHADES OF PORK	180.0000 🔥
4	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	180.0000 🔥
5	DRILLING & GRILLING	180.0000 🔥
6	Fat Rocky BBQ	180.0000 🔥
7	DIG'N N PIG'N	180.0000 🔥
8	HARCO LOCO BBQ	178.8572
9	FIRE ANTS BBQ	178.8572
10	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	178.8572
11	BLACK TIE BBQ	178.8572
12	Second Helping BBQ -PA	178.2972
13	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	175.4400
14	WEEKEND SMOKERS	174.3200
15	All About the Wood	174.2744
16	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	174.2628
17	ALL HOGGED UP	174.2628
18	DEAD ON Q	173.7144
19	Brisket Butts and BBQ	171.4400
20	Pappy's Q	166.2628
21	COAL CRACKER BBQ	165.0972
22	3 T's BBQ	164.6172

Ancillary — Sausage

22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5372

#	Team	Score
1	STUMPY COALS	177.7028
2	TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	177.1428
3	JIM'S PEQUEA PULLERS	174.8572
4	DRILLING & GRILLING	174.2628
5	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	174.2628
6	Second Helping BBQ -PA	174.2628
7	ALL HOGGED UP	173.1772
8	COAL CRACKER BBQ	171.9772
9	Optimus Swine	170.8572
10	50 SHADES OF PORK	170.8228
11	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6800
12	MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	167.3944
13	Mullen It Over BBQ	166.8228
14	All About the Wood	166.2628
15	Fat Rocky BBQ	166.2400
16	DEAD ON Q	165.7028
17	THE GRILLER B’S	164.5828
18	Brisket Butts and BBQ	163.9772
19	3 T's BBQ	163.3940
20	BUTTHEAD BBQ	157.6916
21	BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ	157.6456
22	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	152.5256

Ancillary — Whole Hog

4 entries · top 165.1084 · median 162.5430

#	Team	Score
1	ALL HOGGED UP	165.1084
2	SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN	163.9772
3	HEAVY HITTERS BBQ	161.1088
4	Pappy's Q	160.5600

New Holland Summer Fest

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A day of perfect scores

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Chef'S Choice

Ancillary — Sausage

Ancillary — Whole Hog