Oct 7–8, 2022 · Hermiston, OR · 📍 1705 E. Airport Rd · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $15,000
Knuckle Draggers BBQ won Grand Champion at the Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More on October 7, 2022 in Hermiston, OR at 1705 E. Airport Rd, scoring 692.5600 in a field of 19 teams. SLOW PORKIN took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.9656. Category winners: Chicken — HOGGERQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Big D's BBQ (176.5828); Pork — LAKE HOUSE BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — Bearded Boar BBQ (180.0000).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
Knuckle Draggers BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LAKE HOUSE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Knuckle Draggers BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Knuckle Draggers BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: Bearded Boar BBQ and Knuckle Draggers BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Small Axe BBQ and Alderfire BBQ tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Wiederteet BBQ and Alderfire BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 172.6172 | 169.1544 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 169.1084 |
| Brisket | 180 | 170.8228 | 162.8228 |
19 entries · top 692.5600 · median 668.5028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 2 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 3 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 4 | Vitamin Q | |
| 5 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 6 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 7 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 8 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Wiederteet BBQ | |
| 10 | HOGGERQ | |
| 11 | Washington State Pork Daddy's | |
| 12 | PNR BBQ | |
| 13 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 14 | Slowpokes | |
| 15 | 503BACKYARDBBQ | |
| 16 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 17 | Pit71 | |
| 18 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 19 | D&K BBQ |
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOGGERQ | |
| 2 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 3 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 4 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 5 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 6 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 7 | Vitamin Q | |
| 8 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 10 | PNR BBQ | |
| 11 | Wiederteet BBQ | |
| 12 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 13 | Pit71 | |
| 14 | Slowpokes | |
| 15 | Washington State Pork Daddy's | |
| 16 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 17 | 503BACKYARDBBQ | |
| 18 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 19 | D&K BBQ |
19 entries · top 176.5828 · median 169.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 2 | Vitamin Q | |
| 3 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 5 | Slowpokes | |
| 6 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 7 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 8 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 9 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 10 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 11 | PNR BBQ | |
| 12 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 13 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 14 | 503BACKYARDBBQ | |
| 15 | Washington State Pork Daddy's | |
| 16 | HOGGERQ | |
| 17 | Wiederteet BBQ | |
| 18 | Pit71 | |
| 19 | D&K BBQ |
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 3 | 503BACKYARDBBQ | |
| 4 | SLO.MO.QUE | |
| 5 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 6 | Washington State Pork Daddy's | |
| 7 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 8 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 9 | Wiederteet BBQ | |
| 10 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 11 | Vitamin Q | |
| 12 | PNR BBQ | |
| 13 | HOGGERQ | |
| 14 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 15 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 16 | Slowpokes | |
| 17 | Pit71 | |
| 18 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 19 | D&K BBQ |
19 entries · top 180 · median 162.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 2 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 3 | Knuckle Draggers BBQ | |
| 4 | Wiederteet BBQ | |
| 5 | Alderfire BBQ | |
| 6 | Washington State Pork Daddy's | |
| 7 | Vitamin Q | |
| 8 | Newt's BBQ | |
| 9 | 503BACKYARDBBQ | |
| 10 | HOGGERQ | |
| 11 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Slowpokes | |
| 13 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 14 | D&K BBQ | |
| 15 | Pit71 | |
| 16 | PNR BBQ | |
| 17 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 18 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 19 | SLO.MO.QUE |