Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
2023-04-14 – 2023-04-15 · Apex, NC · 📍 112 Saunders Street · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $10,800.00
Grand Champion: Mcadoo Heights BBQ (702.2400) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: JL Smokers and North Meets South BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: JL Smokers and BAYOU POKER SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Mcadoo Heights BBQ (won 2022).
🃏 An upset on the books
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Salem Street | 44 | 688.5596 | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 2019-06-14 | Apex, NC | Salem Street | 38 | 685.7028 | Smoke Monster BBQ | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| 2021-07-23 | Apex, NC | Apex, NC | 30 | 694.2516 | Top Gun Barbecue | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2022-07-22 | Apex, NC | 202 Saunders Street | 35 | 703.9660 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | Smoke Central BBQ |
| 2023-04-14 ← this one | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 32 | 702.2400 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| 2024-04-12 | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 25 | 700.5372 | Optimus Swine | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
32 entries · top 702.2400 · median 668.1600
Chicken
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1142
Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2572
Pork
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.4000
Brisket
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Other
Overall
11 entries · top 172.5828 · median 166.9028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Eyed Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE N BREW | |
| 3 | JL Smokers | |
| 4 | XU Catering | |
| 5 | Optimus Swine | |
| 6 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 7 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 8 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 9 | Feelin' Swine BBQ | |
| 10 | Laytons backyard bbq | |
| 11 | Black Iron Smokin' BBQ |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Other — Dessert
11 entries · top 172.5828 · median 166.9028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Eyed Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE N BREW | |
| 3 | JL Smokers | |
| 4 | XU Catering | |
| 5 | Optimus Swine | |
| 6 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 7 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 8 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 9 | Feelin' Swine BBQ | |
| 10 | Laytons backyard bbq | |
| 11 | Black Iron Smokin' BBQ |
Ancillary — Non-Dessert
10 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang Azz Wingz & Thingz | |
| 2 | Feelin' Swine BBQ | |
| 3 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 4 | Black Iron Smokin' BBQ | |
| 5 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | XU Catering | |
| 7 | JL Smokers | |
| 8 | Blue Ribbon BBQ NC | |
| 9 | FOWL HOGZ | |
| 10 | SMOKE N BREW |