Sep 1–3, 2023 · Lake Placid, NY · 📍 5514 Cascade Road
Reps: Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $6,000
PADDY MCQ'S won Grand Champion at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival on September 1, 2023 in Lake Placid, NY at 5514 Cascade Road, scoring 690.8116 in a field of 18 teams. Dirt Bag Barbeque took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.7660. Category winners: Chicken — CycloneBBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (177.7144); Pork — LG bbq (177.1772); Brisket — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (176.5600). This is the 11th of 11 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition came before it.
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, 2013 to 2023 — 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.
PADDY MCQ'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 11 tracked editions
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: PADDY MCQ'S and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Mullen It Over BBQ edged CycloneBBQ by 0.0228. Brisket places 5–6: Risk it for the Brisket edged Dirt Bag Barbeque by 0.0456.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2015), PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES (won 2017), Chunky BBQ (won 2022).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2013 | Lake Placid, NY | Lake Placid, NY | 28 | 646.8570 | Q HAVEN BBQ | BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ |
| Jul 4, 2014 | Lake Placid, NY | Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 27 | 657.1200 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Lake Placid, NY | Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 31 | 661.6800 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | QUAU |
| Jul 2, 2016 | Lake Placid, NY | Lake Placid, NY | 28 | 658.2856 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Lake Placid, NY | 32 School St | 40 | 669.7028 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | BLACK HART BBQ |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Lake Placid, NY | 32 School St | 39 | 661.0972 | GOOD SMOKE BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Lake Placid, NY | 32 School St | 32 | 677.1540 | Hot Wachula's | GOOD SMOKE BBQ |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Lake Placid, NY | Shipman Youth Center | 15 | 699.4628 | Top Gun barbecue | THE PIG'S PAJAMAS |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Lake Placid, NY | 5514 Cascade Road | 22 | 679.4060 | Chunky BBQ | BOGGS HOG BBQ |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Lake Placid, NY | 5514 Cascade Road | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2023 ← this one | Lake Placid, NY | 5514 Cascade Road | 18 | 690.8116 | Paddy McQ's | Dirt Bag Barbeque |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 162.8344 |
| Pork | 177.1772 | 172 | 166.8572 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 168.5828 | 165.6684 |
18 entries · top 690.8116 · median 671.9484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 2 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 5 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | LG bbq | |
| 8 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 9 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 10 | Live Q or Die | |
| 11 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 12 | Risk it for the Brisket | |
| 13 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 14 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 16 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 17 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | Pork N' Bastards |
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 2 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 6 | Risk it for the Brisket | |
| 7 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 8 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 9 | Live Q or Die | |
| 10 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 11 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 12 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 13 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 14 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 15 | LG bbq | |
| 16 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 17 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | Pork N' Bastards |
18 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 3 | LG bbq | |
| 4 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 5 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 6 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 7 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 8 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 9 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 10 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 11 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 12 | Live Q or Die | |
| 13 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 14 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | Risk it for the Brisket | |
| 16 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 17 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 18 | Pork N' Bastards |
18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 167.4286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LG bbq | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 4 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 5 | Live Q or Die | |
| 6 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 7 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 8 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 9 | Risk it for the Brisket | |
| 10 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 12 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 13 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 15 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 16 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 17 | Pork N' Bastards | |
| 18 | Steve's Prime BBQ |
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 2 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 3 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 4 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 5 | Risk it for the Brisket | |
| 6 | Dirt Bag Barbeque | |
| 7 | BBQwithDREW | |
| 8 | Live Q or Die | |
| 9 | CycloneBBQ | |
| 10 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 11 | LG bbq | |
| 12 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 13 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 15 | Mullen It Over BBQ | |
| 16 | Steve's Prime BBQ | |
| 17 | Matt's Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | Pork N' Bastards |