Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

2022-10-07 – 2022-10-08 · Harrisburg, PA · 📍 2300 North Cameron St · State championship

Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER · Prize money: $7,250.00

Grand Champion: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (689.0168) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUNKY BBQ

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

689.0168 · Master Series — Overall

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CHUNKY BBQ

682.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

682.7656 · 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.

579.29 median 654.43 689.02 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.00
Pork Ribs 173.12
Pork 174.26
Brisket 180.00 🔥

129.14 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

689.0168

Winning margin

6.2168

GC over RC

Field average

653.58

579.29689.02

median 654.43 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

REDNECK SMOKE CLUB (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

662.1712

579.29689.02

10th place overall

Field spread

109.7260

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,250.00

on the line

Most consistent

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.5944 pts — REDNECK SMOKE CLUB

How hot was the win?

Top 74%

beats 26% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

41%

11 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.8 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1566

avg power rating going in · stronger than 51% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit

rated 1853 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 2–3: CHUNKY BBQ and ALL FIRED UP BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ and BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ and Smokin Daddies GNC tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.

Chicken 6th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 4th
Brisket 3rd

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.

REDNECK SMOKE CLUB · Brisket

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
2016-10-07	Harrisburg, PA	2300 N Cameron St.	47	680.4912	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	WILBUR'S REVENGE
2018-10-05	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron St	42	677.0628	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	APORKALYPSE NOW
2019-10-04	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron St	36	689.1312	Aporkalypse Now	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
2021-10-08	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron St	27	682.7656	Drilling and Grilling	BUBBA'S BARBECUE
2022-10-07 ← this one	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron St	26	689.0168	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	CHUNKY BBQ
2023-10-06	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron St	28	689.0972	Chunky BBQ	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ
2024-10-04	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron Street	25	699.9312	Wolf's Revenge BBQ	SMOKECRAFT - MD
2025-10-03	Harrisburg, PA	2300 North Cameron Street	30	693.0856	Susquehanna Smokers	HotMess BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.0000	170.8344	168.5372
Pork Ribs	173.1200	170.2744	167.3828
Pork	174.2628	169.7028	168.5256
Brisket	180.0000	169.6800	165.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 689.0168 · median 654.4340

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	689.0168
2	CHUNKY BBQ	682.8000
3	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	682.7656
4	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	681.6340
5	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	679.8512
6	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	675.3372
7	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	674.7200
8	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	673.6000
9	DRILLING & GRILLING	673.5540
10	SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	662.1712
11	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	661.5888
12	OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE	659.8168
13	POPPA Q-BBQ	654.6968
14	Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	654.1712
15	4 BOXERS Q	646.7768
16	Bam Bam's BBQ	644.4460
17	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	643.8168
18	NEANDERTHAL Q	642.1256
19	Second Helping BBQ -PA	641.5772
20	Dead On Q	640.9712
21	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	640.9488
22	Smokin Daddies GNC	639.8284
23	BEER TIME BBQ	631.8972
24	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	627.8284
25	Pork Island BBQ	607.7488
26	Smokin Heart BBQ	579.2908

Chicken

26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.6914

#	Team	Score
1	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	176.0000
2	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	174.8572
3	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	171.9656
4	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	171.4172
5	CHUNKY BBQ	170.8344
6	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	170.8228
7	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	170.2744
8	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	169.6912
9	Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	169.1200
10	DRILLING & GRILLING	168.5372
11	Bam Bam's BBQ	167.9772
12	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	167.4288
13	SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	165.7028
14	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	165.6800
15	OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE	165.1200
16	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	165.0856
17	Second Helping BBQ -PA	163.4172
18	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	159.9428
19	POPPA Q-BBQ	159.9312
20	BEER TIME BBQ	157.7256
21	4 BOXERS Q	157.7144
22	NEANDERTHAL Q	154.2400
23	Pork Island BBQ	152.5600
24	Dead On Q	150.7656
25	Smokin Daddies GNC	143.9312
26	Smokin Heart BBQ	129.1428

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 173.1200 · median 164.5200

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	173.1200
2	SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	172.5600
3	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	171.9772
4	Smokin Daddies GNC	171.4172
5	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	170.2744
6	Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	170.2628
7	CHUNKY BBQ	168.5600
8	OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE	168.5256
9	Dead On Q	167.9772
10	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	167.3828
11	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	166.2400
12	POPPA Q-BBQ	165.1200
13	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	165.0972
14	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	163.9428
15	NEANDERTHAL Q	162.2400
16	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	161.1088
17	DRILLING & GRILLING	161.0856
18	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	160.5028
19	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	159.9428
20	BEER TIME BBQ	158.8344
21	Bam Bam's BBQ	157.6916
22	4 BOXERS Q	154.8228
23	Pork Island BBQ	153.6228
24	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	152.5488
25	Second Helping BBQ -PA	151.9428
26	Smokin Heart BBQ	146.8228

Pork

26 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.2514

#	Team	Score
1	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.2628
2	CHUNKY BBQ	173.7028
3	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	173.7028
4	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	173.1084
5	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.7028
6	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	169.6800
7	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	169.6800
8	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	168.5372
9	Smokin Daddies GNC	168.5372
10	DRILLING & GRILLING	168.5256
11	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	167.9656
12	Second Helping BBQ -PA	166.2744
13	Bam Bam's BBQ	166.2628
14	SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	166.2400
15	4 BOXERS Q	165.1084
16	Dead On Q	164.5372
17	BEER TIME BBQ	164.5372
18	POPPA Q-BBQ	163.9772
19	OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE	161.6572
20	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	159.9428
21	NEANDERTHAL Q	159.4056
22	Pork Island BBQ	158.2516
23	Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	157.1312
24	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	157.0972
25	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	154.8112
26	Smokin Heart BBQ	151.3940

Brisket

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.6628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	180.0000 🔥
2	DRILLING & GRILLING	175.4056
3	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.9656
4	CHUNKY BBQ	169.7028
5	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.6800
6	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	169.6800
7	4 BOXERS Q	169.1312
8	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	167.9656
9	NEANDERTHAL Q	166.2400
10	POPPA Q-BBQ	165.6684
11	OUR BARK IS BETTER THAN YOUR BITE	164.5140
12	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	163.9428
13	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	162.8000
14	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	160.5256
15	Second Helping BBQ -PA	159.9428
16	SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	157.6912
17	Dead On Q	157.6912
18	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	157.6800
19	SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	157.6684
20	Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	157.6572
21	Smokin Daddies GNC	155.9428
22	CRAZY HORSE BBQ	155.3828
23	Bam Bam's BBQ	152.5144
24	Smokin Heart BBQ	151.9312
25	BEER TIME BBQ	150.8000
26	Pork Island BBQ	143.3144

Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

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 (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A perfect score on the table

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