2022-10-22 – 2022-10-23 · Jackson, NJ · 📍 Butterfly Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, LOUISE WEIDNER
Grand Champion: Blue & Gray BBQ (694.8004) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OFF THE RACK BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2022 — this edition picked out.
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 80 times in 100
BLUE & GRAY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: OFF THE RACK BBQ and BOGGS HOG BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: PADDY MCQ'S and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: BLUE & GRAY BBQ and Grandpa Val's BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BLUE & GRAY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
BLUE & GRAY BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Chunky BBQ (won 2020).
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2020-10-17.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-12 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 30 | 698.2628 | Big Raz BBQ | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2020-10-17 | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 40 | 687.3716 | Chunky BBQ | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
| 2022-10-22 ← this one | Jackson, NJ | Butterfly Camping Resort | 27 | 694.8004 | Blue & Gray BBQ | OFF THE RACK BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7144 | 168.5372 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Master Series — Pork | 174.2856 | 171.9772 | 168.5256 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.5828 | 170.8344 | 167.3828 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 170.8228 | 165.0972 |
27 entries · top 694.8004 · median 662.7200
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.6800
27 entries · top 174.2856 · median 165.7144
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2400
22 entries · top 348.5716 · median 331.6228
21 entries · top 176.5828 · median 166.8572
21 entries · top 174.2972 · median 165.0972