I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL)
2022-09-02 – 2022-09-04 · Lake Placid, NY · 📍 5514 Cascade Road
Reps: LOUISE WEIDNER, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $9,000.00
Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (679.4060) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOGGS HOG BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
CHUNKY BBQ took the Grand Championship home to NJ.
🧹 A double category winner
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2015), PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES (won 2017), Top Gun barbecue (won 2021).
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-04 | Lake Placid, NY | 28 | 646.8570 | Q HAVEN BBQ | BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 2014-07-04 | Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 27 | 657.1200 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2015-07-03 | Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 31 | 661.6800 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | QUAU | |
| 2016-07-02 | Lake Placid, NY | 28 | 658.2856 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 2017-07-07 | 32 School St | 40 | 669.7028 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | BLACK HART BBQ | |
| 2018-07-06 | 32 School St | 39 | 661.0972 | GOOD SMOKE BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2019-07-05 | Lake Placid, NY | 32 School St | 32 | 677.1540 | Hot Wachula's | GOOD SMOKE BBQ |
| 2021-09-03 | Lake Placid, NY | Shipman Youth Center | 15 | 699.4628 | Top Gun barbecue | THE PIG'S PAJAMAS |
| 2022-09-02 ← this one | Lake Placid, NY | 5514 Cascade Road | 22 | 679.4060 | Chunky BBQ | BOGGS HOG BBQ |
| 2022-09-02 | Lake Placid, NY | 5514 Cascade Road | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-01 | 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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 169.1428 | 164.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7260 | 169.1428 | 159.4516 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 169.7144 | 163.9884 |
| Brisket | 173.1428 | 170.2972 | 160.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 679.4060 · median 639.9202
Chicken
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 173.7260 · median 158.5428
Pork
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 159.1200
Brisket
22 entries · top 173.1428 · median 159.7030