2023-06-16 – 2023-06-17 · Buckhannon, WV · 📍 17 Friendly Way · State championship
Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $13,000.00
Grand Champion: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (702.2284) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUNKY 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, 2015 to 2026 — 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 67 times in 100
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 11 tracked editions
UNDER THE RADAR has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: POOR BOYS BBQ and PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: UNDER THE RADAR and WHO CARES BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 7 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR (won 2021, 2022).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV 26201 | 41 | 703.4172 | 3 EYZ BBQ | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-06-17 | Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV 26201 | 42 | 699.9544 | CHECKERED PIG | SMOKIN FOOLZ |
| 2017-06-16 | Weston, WV | Downtown Buckhannon | 57 | 706.2972 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2018-06-15 | Weston, WV | Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | 59 | 690.8000 | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2019-06-07 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort State Park | 31 | 691.3944 | ROCKY TOP BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2021-06-18 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort | 28 | 705.1428 | UNDER THE RADAR | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2022-06-17 | Roanoke, WV | Stonewall Resort | 20 | 704.5600 | UNDER THE RADAR | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2023-06-16 ← this one | Buckhannon, WV | 17 Friendly Way | 28 | 702.2284 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | CHUNKY BBQ |
| 2024-06-14 | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 30 | 698.8228 | CHUNKY BBQ | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2025-06-13 | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 30 | 698.2516 | Chunky BBQ | BEER TIME BBQ |
| 2026-06-19 | Buckhannon, WV | Jawbone Park | 29 | 699.3484 | Poor Boys BBQ | Smoked & Furious |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 173.1316 | 172.5484 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 172.5716 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 171.4860 | 164.0000 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 159.9888 |
28 entries · top 702.2284 · median 676.4340
28 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.9886
28 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.8400
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6856 · 🔥 perfect 180
14 entries · top 348.5600 · median 331.6342
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2630 · 🔥 perfect 180
14 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5200
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.
21 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5256