Oct 8–9, 2022 · Tahlequah, OK · 📍 2100 Airport Parkway
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $5,050
HESSHOGS won Grand Champion at the Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 on October 8, 2022 in Tahlequah, OK at 2100 Airport Parkway, scoring 533.1428 in a field of 32 teams. Fluffy Butt BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 527.3712. Category winners: Chicken — Hicks from the Sticks BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — HESSHOGS (177.7372); Pork — COOKIN' WITH WOOD (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.
Chicken places 2–3: MONEY SHOT BBQ and Swine-O-Licious BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Swine-O-Licious BBQ and HESSHOGS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT and O' Town Que tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HESSHOGS took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.2744 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 171.9772 |
32 entries · top 533.1428 · median 501.0572 · out of 540, not the usual 360
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
32 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5370
32 entries · top 180 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180