18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff
2022-09-09 – 2022-09-10 · Hanover, VA · 📍 Hanover courthouse Ruritan Club · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, BILL JONES · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: BLUE AND GRAY BBQ (702.2516) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Optimus Swine
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and Optimus Swine tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and BIG DOG BBQ VA tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BIG DOG BBQ VA and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1604 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
BLUE & GRAY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 173.7028 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 702.2516 · median 675.3484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 2 | Optimus Swine | |
| 3 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 4 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 5 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 6 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 8 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 9 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 10 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 11 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 12 | Burn Barrel BBQ | |
| 13 | JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS | |
| 14 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 15 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 16 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 17 | KIRBBQ |
Chicken
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS | |
| 3 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 4 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 5 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 7 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 8 | Optimus Swine | |
| 9 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 10 | Burn Barrel BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 12 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 13 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 14 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 15 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 16 | KIRBBQ | |
| 17 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optimus Swine | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 4 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 5 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 6 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 7 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 9 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 10 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 11 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 12 | Burn Barrel BBQ | |
| 13 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 14 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 15 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 16 | KIRBBQ | |
| 17 | JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS |
Pork
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 2 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 3 | Burn Barrel BBQ | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Optimus Swine | |
| 6 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 7 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 8 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 9 | JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS | |
| 10 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 12 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 13 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 14 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 15 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 16 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 17 | KIRBBQ |
Brisket
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE & GRAY BBQ | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | Optimus Swine | |
| 4 | KIRBBQ | |
| 5 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 6 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 7 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 9 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 10 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 11 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 12 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 13 | JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS | |
| 14 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 15 | BROWN LIQUOR BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG DOG BBQ VA | |
| 17 | Burn Barrel BBQ |