STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

November 17 - 18, 2023 Kinston

Results:

  1. Mark Copeland
  2. Chris Fineran
  3. Matt Jones

Judges: Brownie Futtrell, Charlie Martin, Chris Hight, Carla Parker

Cooks qualified to register for the State Championship

Chris Fineran – State Championship 2/11/2023
Andy Harrison – State Championship 2/11/2023
Wesley Bowers – State Championship 2/11/2023
Dana Peterson – Rivertown Smoke Show 10/8/2022
Mark Copeland – Rivertown Smoke Show 10/8/2022
Kevin Wooten – Rivertown Smoke Show 10/8/2022
Billy Narron – Charlotte Baker Memorial Tournament and Pig Cook Off 10/15/2022
John Kearney – Charlotte Baker Memorial Tournament and Pig Cook Off 10/15/2022
David Grandy – Smoke on the Water 10/22/2022
Wesley Bowers – Smoke on the Water 10/22/2022
Tricia Harrison – Smoke on the Water 10/22/2022
Travis Strafford –  Squealin’ on the Square BBQ Cook Off 10/29/2022
Philip Davies – Squealin’ on the Square BBQ Cook Off 10/29/2022
Aaron Jackson – Squealin’ on the Square BBQ Cook Off 10/29/2022
Daniel Jones – Smokin’ Bacon at Knightdale Station 10/29/2022
Jason Baker – Pickles, Pigs & Swigs 10/29/2022
Lynwood Harper – Pickles, Pigs & Swigs 10/29/2022
James Wilder – Pickles, Pigs & Swigs 10/29/2022
Kevin Peterson – Pigs in the Park Veteran’s Day Cook-off (Benson) 11/5/2022
Neil Barnhill – Pigs in the Park Veteran’s Day Cook-off (Benson) 11/5/2022
Tim Carroll – Elizabethtown Pork & Beats Festival 11/5/2022
Brooke South – Mac Daddy’s VFW Contest 11/5/2022
Pat Cates – Mac Daddy’s VFW Contest 11/5/2022
Shayna Bowers – Smoke on the Southside 11/12/2022
David Murray – Onslow County Coastal Pig Out BBQ Festival 11/19/2022
Tony Henderson – Dancin’ with Hogs 2022 11/19/2022
Mark Woolard – Dancin’ with Hogs 2022 11/19/2022
Timmy Turner – Bill Gray Memorial Whole Hog Cook-Off 12/10/2022
Matt Jones – Riley’s 1st Annual BBQ Festival 1/14/2023
Randall White – PCA BBQ 2/18/2023
John Kantenwein – Blue Brew and Que 3/25/2023
Roy Parker – Newport Pig Cookin’ 4/23/2023
Kenneth Clark – American Legion Post 6 whole Hog Cook-Off 4/1/2023
Lee Johnson – Post 116 American Legion Post 6 whole Hog Cook-Off 4/1/2023
Scott Holder – Suds & Swine in Laurinburg 4/15/2023
Brad Butler – Triangle BBQ 4/22/2023
Dru McDaniel – BBQ on the Bluff 4/29/2023
Rayman Vallas – Pig on the Perquimans 4/29/2023
John Moody – BBQ Fest on the Neuse 5/6/2023
Justin Thompson – Pig in the Park 5/13/2023
Julie Merritt Parker – Rivertown Smokeshow II 5/20/2023
Mike Hall – Vikings BBQ Brawl 5/20/2023
JR Garner – Vikings BBQ Brawl 5/20/2023
Paul Gainey – Smokin on the Point 5/27/2023
Hayden Murphy – Wilson Tobs Beer & BBQ 6/3/2023
Richie Fulgham – Wilson Tobs Beer & BBQ 6/3/2023
Jeremy Kennedy – Springhill Outfitters Pig Fest 6/10/23
Glenn Davis – Blueberry Festival 6/16/23
Mat Griner – Pantego Fire BBQ 7/1/23
Brian Robinson – Labor Day Chilling and Grilling 9/2/23
Gary Matthews – Benson Masonic Lodge Pig Jig 9/9/23
Ashlee Woolard – Belhaven Trout Tournament 9/30/23
Chris Turner – Charlotte Baker Memorial Pig Cookoff 9/30/23
Joe Johnson – American Legion Whole Hog Cookoff 10/21/23
Bradley Stroup – American Legion Whole Hog Cookoff 10/21/23
Scott Johnson – American Legion Whole Hog Cookoff 10/21/23
Mike Carter – Vander Pig Cookoff 10/21/23
Sam Smith – Squealin on the Square 10/28/23
Robbie Taylor – Squealin on the Square 10/28/23
William Holder – Benson Veterans Day Cookoff 11/4/23

 

In addition to the above cooks, anyone who qualified last year or any former state champion is eligible, as long as he or she competes in at least one other competition from October of last year and October of this year.

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Contacts

Jen Kendrick
jen@ncpork.org