Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
2023-05-06 – 2023-05-07 · Lincoln, DE · 📍 Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches · State championship
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $2,800.00
Grand Champion: Smokecraft (692.5144) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ham Squad
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKECRAFT - MD took the Grand Championship home to MD.
🧹 A double category winner
SMOKECRAFT - MD won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: 3 Eyz BBQ and THE GRILLER B’S tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ and SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 8–9: BLUE EYED BBQ and BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Mispillion Meat Works (won 2023), Blue Eyed BBQ (won 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKECRAFT - MD came in rated below the field's top team, Ham Squad, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-05 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 20 | 697.0972 | Mispillion Meat Works | TOP GUN BARBECUE |
| 2023-05-05 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 9 | 178.8572 | Blue Eyed BBQ | — |
| 2023-05-06 ← this one | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 19 | 692.5144 | Smokecraft | Ham Squad |
| 2023-05-06 | Lincoln, DE | Jellystone Park at Delaware Beaches | 9 | 177.7144 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 171.9888 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 172.0000 | 167.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 169.6916 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.1544 | 170.8228 | 167.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 175.4288 | 169.6800 | 159.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 163.4060 | 153.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 692.5144 · median 679.3256
Chicken
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9888 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 174.8572 · median 167.9772
Pork
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6916
Brisket
19 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9772
Backyard Series
Overall
12 entries · top 351.9772 · median 327.9372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 2 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 3 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 4 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 5 | All About the Wood | |
| 6 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 7 | Do-Do-Que | |
| 8 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | Hog Heaven | |
| 11 | SMOAKWOOD | |
| 12 | HotItems |
Chicken
12 entries · top 175.4288 · median 167.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 2 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 3 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 6 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 7 | Do-Do-Que | |
| 8 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 9 | All About the Wood | |
| 10 | SMOAKWOOD | |
| 11 | Hog Heaven | |
| 12 | HotItems |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.4116
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 2 | Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 3 | All About the Wood | |
| 4 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | Piggy & Swine BBQ | |
| 6 | Hog Heaven | |
| 7 | Do-Do-Que | |
| 8 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 9 | Pit Master Matt | |
| 10 | SMOAKWOOD | |
| 11 | HotItems | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM |