Jul 14–15, 2023 · Wise, VA · 📍 110 E. Main Street · State championship
Reps: Alex Jr Brown, Bill Jones · Prize money: $10,000
MUDVILLE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Chillin & Grillin in the Glades on July 14, 2023 in Wise, VA at 110 E. Main Street, scoring 698.2056 in a field of 36 teams. Optimus Swine took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.1940. Category winners: Chicken — FRED VEGAS SMOKERS (177.7028); Pork Ribs — MUDVILLE BBQ (178.8572); Pork — BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC (178.8572); Brisket — ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (177.7144). This is the 8th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by UNCLE PIG'S BARBECUE PIT; 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, 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.
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 80 times in 100
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 11 tracked editions
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9884 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1658 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: Ham Squad and OFF THE RACK BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY and Still Workin' On It tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Still Workin' On It and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MUDVILLE BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 17th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2018), REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2021).
This contest usually draws about 26 teams
36 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 26.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
36 entries · top 698.2056 · median 679.0226
36 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8286
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2686
36 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8228