Apr 14–15, 2023 · Apex, NC · 📍 112 Saunders Street · State championship
Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid · Prize money: $10,800
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest on April 14, 2023 in Apex, NC at 112 Saunders Street, scoring 702.2400 in a field of 32 teams. UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2284. Category winners: Chicken — MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Optimus Swine (178.8800); Pork — One Eyed Pig BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000). The Other standings were won by One Eyed Pig BBQ with 172.5828. This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Mcadoo Heights BBQ; the next was held in 2024.
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, 2018 to 2024 — 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.
Closer than 98% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Mcadoo Heights BBQ won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
2 of 6 tracked editions
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
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.
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 7th.
Optimus Swine turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Mcadoo Heights BBQ (won 2022).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2018 | Apex, NC | Salem Street | 44 | 688.5596 | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Apex, NC | Salem Street | 38 | 685.7028 | Smoke Monster BBQ | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Apex, NC | Apex, NC | 30 | 694.2516 | Top Gun Barbecue | SMOKE N BREW |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Apex, NC | 202 Saunders Street | 35 | 703.9660 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | Smoke Central BBQ |
| Apr 14, 2023 ← this one | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 32 | 702.2400 | Mcadoo Heights BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Apex, NC | 112 Saunders Street | 25 | 700.5372 | Optimus Swine | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 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 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
32 entries · top 702.2400 · median 668.1600
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1142
32 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2572
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.4000
31 entries · top 180 · median 166.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
11 entries · top 172.5828 · median 166.9028 · out of 180, not the usual 720
| # | 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 |
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.
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 |
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 |