Oct 2–3, 2026 · Harrisburg, PA · 📍 2300 North Cameron Street · State championship
Reps: Jeff Chambers, Regina Bodnar · Prize money: $7,250
Dirty Shirt BBQ won Grand Champion at the Keystone Classic Cookoff on October 2, 2026 in Harrisburg, PA at 2300 North Cameron Street, scoring 698.2516 in a field of 25 teams. Chunky BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3716. Category winners: Chicken — Fire & Shine BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — Dirty Shirt BBQ (179.4400); Pork — A BBQ Team (178.8572); Brisket — Drilling & Grilling (177.7028).
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 90 times in 100
Dirty Shirt BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CHUNKY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Dirty Shirt BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: Chunky BBQ and Susquehanna Smokers tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: 4 Boxers Q and PJ's Magic Smoke tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Chunky BBQ and Drilling & Grilling tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Dirty Shirt BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 171.4172 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 170.8228 | 167.3828 |
25 entries · top 698.2516 · median 662.6740
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 2 | Chunky BBQ | |
| 3 | Drilling & Grilling | |
| 4 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 5 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 6 | A BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 8 | Susquehanna Smokers | |
| 9 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 10 | PJ's Magic Smoke | |
| 11 | Truckers Choice BBQ | |
| 12 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 13 | Checkered Flag 500 BBQ | |
| 14 | Gold-N- Blue Barbecue | |
| 15 | GigaBite BBQ | |
| 16 | Hungry Holler | |
| 17 | Fire & Shine BBQ | |
| 18 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 19 | 4 Boxers Q | |
| 20 | Poppa-Q-BBQ | |
| 21 | Many Moons BBQ | |
| 22 | Spur of the Moment Que | |
| 23 | Neanderthal Q | |
| 24 | FAFO BBQ | |
| 25 | Lucy Lu BBQ |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire & Shine BBQ | |
| 2 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 3 | A BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Truckers Choice BBQ | |
| 5 | Gold-N- Blue Barbecue | |
| 6 | Spur of the Moment Que | |
| 7 | PJ's Magic Smoke | |
| 8 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 9 | Chunky BBQ | |
| 10 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 11 | Drilling & Grilling | |
| 12 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 13 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 14 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 15 | Susquehanna Smokers | |
| 16 | 4 Boxers Q | |
| 17 | GigaBite BBQ | |
| 18 | Hungry Holler | |
| 19 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 20 | Poppa-Q-BBQ | |
| 21 | Checkered Flag 500 BBQ | |
| 22 | Many Moons BBQ | |
| 23 | FAFO BBQ | |
| 24 | Neanderthal Q | |
| 25 | Lucy Lu BBQ |
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 2 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 3 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 4 | Checkered Flag 500 BBQ | |
| 5 | Chunky BBQ | |
| 6 | Susquehanna Smokers | |
| 7 | Truckers Choice BBQ | |
| 8 | Many Moons BBQ | |
| 9 | 4 Boxers Q | |
| 10 | PJ's Magic Smoke | |
| 11 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 12 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 13 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 14 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 15 | Drilling & Grilling | |
| 16 | Hungry Holler | |
| 17 | A BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Fire & Shine BBQ | |
| 19 | Poppa-Q-BBQ | |
| 20 | Neanderthal Q | |
| 21 | Gold-N- Blue Barbecue | |
| 22 | GigaBite BBQ | |
| 23 | FAFO BBQ | |
| 24 | Lucy Lu BBQ | |
| 25 | Spur of the Moment Que |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Chunky BBQ | |
| 3 | Drilling & Grilling | |
| 4 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 5 | Lucy Lu BBQ | |
| 6 | Susquehanna Smokers | |
| 7 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 8 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 9 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 10 | Poppa-Q-BBQ | |
| 11 | Checkered Flag 500 BBQ | |
| 12 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 13 | PJ's Magic Smoke | |
| 14 | 4 Boxers Q | |
| 15 | Spur of the Moment Que | |
| 16 | FAFO BBQ | |
| 17 | GigaBite BBQ | |
| 18 | Truckers Choice BBQ | |
| 19 | Hungry Holler | |
| 20 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 21 | Neanderthal Q | |
| 22 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 23 | Many Moons BBQ | |
| 24 | Gold-N- Blue Barbecue | |
| 25 | Fire & Shine BBQ |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drilling & Grilling | |
| 2 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 3 | Chunky BBQ | |
| 4 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 5 | Susquehanna Smokers | |
| 6 | Gold-N- Blue Barbecue | |
| 7 | GigaBite BBQ | |
| 8 | MRC_Barbecue | |
| 9 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 10 | PJ's Magic Smoke | |
| 11 | HotMess BBQ | |
| 12 | Spur of the Moment Que | |
| 13 | Hungry Holler | |
| 14 | A BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Checkered Flag 500 BBQ | |
| 16 | Backwooder BBQ | |
| 17 | Many Moons BBQ | |
| 18 | Truckers Choice BBQ | |
| 19 | Fire & Shine BBQ | |
| 20 | Neanderthal Q | |
| 21 | Poppa-Q-BBQ | |
| 22 | FAFO BBQ | |
| 23 | Red & Black BBQ Shack | |
| 24 | 4 Boxers Q | |
| 25 | Lucy Lu BBQ |