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I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) 2022

Sep 2–4, 2022 · Lake Placid, NY · 📍 5514 Cascade Road

Reps: Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $9,000

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CHUNKY BBQ
679.4060 · Master Series — Overall
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BOGGS HOG BBQ
679.3828 · Master Series — Overall
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TOP GUN BARBECUE
678.8000 · Master Series — Overall

CHUNKY BBQ won Grand Champion at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) on September 2, 2022 in Lake Placid, NY at 5514 Cascade Road, scoring 679.4060 in a field of 22 teams. BOGGS HOG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.3828. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BOGGS HOG BBQ (173.7260); Pork — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (177.7144); Brisket — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (173.1428). This is the 9th of 11 editions of this contest on record; the 2021 edition was won by Top Gun barbecue; the next was held in 2022.

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.

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 173.73
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 173.14
134.22 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2023 — this edition picked out.

2013-07-04 — 646.8570 (Q HAVEN BBQ) 2014-07-04 — 657.1200 (MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ) 2015-07-03 — 661.6800 (SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA) 2016-07-02 — 658.2856 (MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ) 2017-07-07 — 669.7028 (PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES) 2018-07-06 — 661.0972 (GOOD SMOKE BBQ) 2019-07-05 — 677.1540 (Hot Wachula's) 2021-09-03 — 699.4628 (Top Gun barbecue) 2022-09-02 — 679.4060 (Chunky BBQ) 2023-09-01 — 690.8116 (Paddy McQ's) 679.41 2013 2023

Entries

22
4 judged meats

Top score

679.4060

Winning margin

0.0232
GC over RC

Field average

644.06
599.36679.41
median 639.92 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (Chicken)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

661.0744
599.36679.41
10th place overall

Field spread

80.0456
winner to last place

Prize money

$9,000
on the line

Most consistent

CHUNKY BBQ
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4400 pts — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

How hot was the win?

Top 90%
beats 10% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

80%
12 of 15 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,607
avg power rating going in · stronger than 82% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit
rated 1842 pre-contest

Storylines (11 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 razor-thin finish

0.0232 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 97% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.

  • Chunky BBQ
  • BOGGS HOG BBQ

An upset on the books

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

CHUNKY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1731
  • top seed 1842

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CHUNKY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 7th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 5th

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 11 tracked editions

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2016

A knife fight at the top

2.8456 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8456 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

  • 1st CHUNKY BBQ
  • 2nd BOGGS HOG BBQ
  • 3rd TOP GUN BARBECUE
  • 4th UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
  • 5th El Jefe Smoke

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: BOGGS HOG BBQ edged CycloneBBQ by 0.0112. Pork places 5–6: CHUNKY BBQ edged BOGGS HOG BBQ by 0.0116.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · 0.0112
  • Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
  • Brisket 1–2 · 0.0344

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 8 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.2972
  • across 8 past editions

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.

  • UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT · Chicken

They keep coming back

80% of last edition’s field returned

12 of 15 teams from 2021-09-03 came back

12 of the 15 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jul 4, 2013 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 28 646.8570 Q HAVEN BBQ BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ
Jul 4, 2014 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 12946 27 657.1200 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
Jul 3, 2015 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 12946 31 661.6800 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA QUAU
Jul 2, 2016 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 28 658.2856 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 7, 2017 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 40 669.7028 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES BLACK HART BBQ
Jul 6, 2018 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 39 661.0972 GOOD SMOKE BBQ SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
Jul 5, 2019 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 32 677.1540 Hot Wachula's GOOD SMOKE BBQ
Sep 3, 2021 Lake Placid, NY Shipman Youth Center 15 699.4628 Top Gun barbecue THE PIG'S PAJAMAS
Sep 2, 2022 ← this one Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road 22 679.4060 Chunky BBQ BOGGS HOG BBQ
Sep 2, 2022 Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road — — — —
Sep 1, 2023 Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road 18 690.8116 Paddy McQ's Dirt Bag Barbeque

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180169.1428164.5372
Pork Ribs173.7260169.1428159.4516
Pork177.7144169.7144163.9884
Brisket173.1428170.2972160.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

22 entries · top 679.4060 · median 639.9202

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 679.4060
2 BOGGS HOG BBQ 679.3828
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 678.8000
4 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 677.6688
5 El Jefe Smoke 676.5604
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 674.2284
7 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 673.6684
8 PADDY MCQ'S 673.6228
9 CycloneBBQ 662.1828
10 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 661.0744
11 Live Q or Die 641.1092
12 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES 638.7312
13 V Licious BBQ 636.3768
14 Steve's Prime BBQ 634.2056
15 Salt City Smokehouse 616.4804
16 Smokin' Stevie Ray's 616.4688
17 SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS 614.6284
18 Mullen It Over BBQ 612.4460
19 Risk It For Brisket 612.4456
20 LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 609.5656
21 Buck, Jakes, & T-Bones BBQ 600.9944
22 BOAR-N-Q 599.3604

Chicken

22 entries · top 180 · median 163.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 180 🔥
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 176.5600
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 175.4400
4 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 172.5716
5 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.1428
6 PADDY MCQ'S 169.1428
7 CHUNKY BBQ 167.4172
8 El Jefe Smoke 166.2744
9 Mullen It Over BBQ 165.7028
10 Steve's Prime BBQ 164.5372
11 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES 163.9772
12 BOGGS HOG BBQ 163.4056
13 V Licious BBQ 163.3944
14 CycloneBBQ 163.3712
15 Live Q or Die 162.8344
16 Buck, Jakes, & T-Bones BBQ 161.6800
17 BOAR-N-Q 161.1772
18 Risk It For Brisket 160
19 Salt City Smokehouse 159.9660
20 SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS 154.8116
21 Smokin' Stevie Ray's 151.4172
22 LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 141.6456

Pork Ribs

22 entries · top 173.7260 · median 158.5428

#TeamScore
1 BOGGS HOG BBQ 173.7260
2 CHUNKY BBQ 171.9772
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 170.8572
4 TOP GUN BARBECUE 170.2628
5 CycloneBBQ 169.1428
6 BOAR-N-Q 168
7 El Jefe Smoke 165.7144
8 PADDY MCQ'S 164.5372
9 LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 163.4056
10 Live Q or Die 159.4516
11 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 159.3828
12 Steve's Prime BBQ 157.7028
13 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 157.6916
14 SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS 156.5600
15 V Licious BBQ 155.9312
16 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 154.8344
17 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES 154.8228
18 Buck, Jakes, & T-Bones BBQ 154.2516
19 Mullen It Over BBQ 153.6804
20 Salt City Smokehouse 153.1544
21 Smokin' Stevie Ray's 144.5144
22 Risk It For Brisket 143.4172

Pork

22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 159.1200

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 177.7144
2 El Jefe Smoke 175.4400
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 174.2628
4 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 172.5600
5 CHUNKY BBQ 169.7144
6 BOGGS HOG BBQ 169.7028
7 CycloneBBQ 169.6916
8 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES 167.9656
9 PADDY MCQ'S 166.8344
10 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 163.9884
11 Live Q or Die 159.3944
12 Steve's Prime BBQ 158.8456
13 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 158.8228
14 V Licious BBQ 156.5140
15 SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS 154.7884
16 Smokin' Stevie Ray's 154.2516
17 Risk It For Brisket 154.2172
18 Buck, Jakes, & T-Bones BBQ 150.8456
19 LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 150.8344
20 Salt City Smokehouse 147.9428
21 Mullen It Over BBQ 137.6800
22 BOAR-N-Q 134.8000

Brisket

22 entries · top 173.1428 · median 159.7030

#TeamScore
1 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.1428
2 PADDY MCQ'S 173.1084
3 BOGGS HOG BBQ 172.5484
4 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 171.9884
5 CHUNKY BBQ 170.2972
6 El Jefe Smoke 169.1316
7 Smokin' Stevie Ray's 166.2856
8 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 165.1200
9 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 162.2628
10 V Licious BBQ 160.5372
11 CycloneBBQ 159.9772
12 Live Q or Die 159.4288
13 TOP GUN BARBECUE 158.8344
14 Salt City Smokehouse 155.4172
15 Mullen It Over BBQ 155.3828
16 Risk It For Brisket 154.8112
17 LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE 153.6800
18 Steve's Prime BBQ 153.1200
19 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES 151.9656
20 SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS 148.4684
21 BOAR-N-Q 135.3832
22 Buck, Jakes, & T-Bones BBQ 134.2172

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