Smokin' for Garrett

2023-10-06 – 2023-10-07 · Mt. Carmel, IL · 📍 315 Market Street · State championship

Reps: KENT SCHUETZ, RACHEL SCHUETZ · Prize money: $7,500.00

Grand Champion: Local Yokels (711.9656) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SmokinGhost BBQ

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LOCAL YOKELS BBQ

711.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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SmokinGhost BBQ

702.2400 · Master Series — Overall

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JaBs BBQ

699.3944 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

7 judged meats

Top score

711.9656

Winning margin

9.7256

GC over RC

Field average

667.29

median 677.01

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (Pork), LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

689.0628

10th place overall

Field spread

118.3996

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

Shmack Q

avg finish 1.33 across 3 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 11.4628 pts — Shmack Q

How hot was the win?

Top 3%

beats 97% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

49%

of the 37 teams with a home region came from outside IL

Came back for more

27%

12 of 45 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.49 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1567

avg power rating going in · stronger than 71% of contests

Top-rated in the field

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

rated 1885 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 9.7256 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.

🧹 A double category winner

LOCAL YOKELS BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: JANKY LEG BBQ and MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: HEFTY LEFTY BBQ and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

LOCAL YOKELS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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)

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
2016-05-20		133 E Degonia RD	35	698.2976	ONE2BBQ	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ
2021-10-22	Boonville, IN	2144 New Harmony RD	27	692.5028	Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe	HOT COLE'S BBQ
2022-09-16	Mt. Carmel, IL	434 Market Street	27	698.8116	Triple H BBQ	Pooh Bear BBQ
2023-10-06 ← this one	Mt. Carmel, IL	315 Market Street	26	711.9656	Local Yokels	SmokinGhost BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	178.2972	174.2744	173.1084
Master Series — Pork Ribs	180.0000	174.2628	170.8228
Master Series — Pork	180.0000	177.7028	173.1200
Master Series — Brisket	178.8572	176.5600	170.8228
Backyard Series — Chicken	173.1084	166.8228	161.6800
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs	174.8572	168.5484	148.5144
Backyard Series — Pork	179.4400	165.1200	155.3484

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 711.9656 · median 677.0114

#	Team	Score
1	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	711.9656
2	SmokinGhost BBQ	702.2400
3	JaBs BBQ	699.3944
4	RUSTY PIG BBQ	697.6804
5	JANKY LEG BBQ	694.7772
6	UP FROM THE PITS BBQ	693.6112
7	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	693.5996
8	HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	690.1828
9	BONPAS BOTTOMS BBQ	690.1712
10	WEQ4U	689.0628
11	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	689.0516
12	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	680.9940
13	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	679.8744
14	Carol Lou's Smokehouse	674.1484
15	MEAN MOE'S BBQ	671.8284
16	Hickory Pit Stop	671.3028
17	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	670.1256
18	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	667.2340
19	Bottom Barrel BBQ	651.2228
20	Pear Head BBQ	640.9484
21	Secondhand Smoke	635.7484
22	RTQUE	627.2688
23	A&B BBQ	613.5200
24	W.Oink.C	611.2228
25	Mac Daddy's BBQ	608.8796
26	The River BBQ Team	593.5660

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1086

#	Team	Score
1	JaBs BBQ	178.2972
2	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	177.7028
3	SmokinGhost BBQ	177.1428
4	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	175.4056
5	RUSTY PIG BBQ	174.2744
6	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	173.1200
7	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.1200
8	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	173.1200
9	HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	173.1084
10	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	173.1084
11	Carol Lou's Smokehouse	171.9656
12	MEAN MOE'S BBQ	170.8344
13	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	169.6800
14	Bottom Barrel BBQ	168.5372
15	BONPAS BOTTOMS BBQ	168.5256
16	WEQ4U	168.5256
17	UP FROM THE PITS BBQ	168.5140
18	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	166.2400
19	RTQUE	161.1200
20	Pear Head BBQ	161.0856
21	Hickory Pit Stop	160.5372
22	The River BBQ Team	158.8344
23	Secondhand Smoke	158.2172
24	Mac Daddy's BBQ	155.9656
25	A&B BBQ	142.8000
26	W.Oink.C	139.9428

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SmokinGhost BBQ	178.8572
3	WEQ4U	178.2972
4	JANKY LEG BBQ	175.4172
5	UP FROM THE PITS BBQ	174.2628
6	Hickory Pit Stop	174.2628
7	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	171.9888
8	JaBs BBQ	171.9772
9	BONPAS BOTTOMS BBQ	170.8228
10	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	170.8228
11	HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	169.6800
12	RUSTY PIG BBQ	169.1316
13	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	168.5256
14	MEAN MOE'S BBQ	168.5256
15	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	167.3828
16	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	166.2400
17	Secondhand Smoke	165.0856
18	Carol Lou's Smokehouse	164.5372
19	Bottom Barrel BBQ	161.6572
20	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	160.5376
21	Mac Daddy's BBQ	157.6684
22	Pear Head BBQ	156.5144
23	W.Oink.C	152.5028
24	RTQUE	151.3944
25	A&B BBQ	149.0972
26	The River BBQ Team	145.6456

Pork

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	178.8572
3	BONPAS BOTTOMS BBQ	178.8572
4	RUSTY PIG BBQ	177.7144
5	MEAN MOE'S BBQ	177.7028
6	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	177.7028
7	WEQ4U	175.4172
8	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	174.2628
9	JaBs BBQ	173.7144
10	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.1200
11	Carol Lou's Smokehouse	172.5600
12	UP FROM THE PITS BBQ	171.9772
13	Hickory Pit Stop	170.8228
14	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	170.8228
15	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	170.8228
16	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5372
17	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	167.3828
18	RTQUE	163.9544
19	Secondhand Smoke	163.9428
20	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	162.7884
21	Pear Head BBQ	162.2628
22	W.Oink.C	161.0856
23	Bottom Barrel BBQ	159.9428
24	A&B BBQ	158.2400
25	Mac Daddy's BBQ	153.0628
26	The River BBQ Team	149.6916

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5314

#	Team	Score
1	UP FROM THE PITS BBQ	178.8572
2	SmokinGhost BBQ	177.7028
3	RUSTY PIG BBQ	176.5600
4	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	176.5600
5	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	176.5600
6	JaBs BBQ	175.4056
7	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.1200
8	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	173.1084
9	BONPAS BOTTOMS BBQ	171.9656
10	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	170.8228
11	HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	168.5372
12	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	168.5140
13	WEQ4U	166.8228
14	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	166.2400
15	Hickory Pit Stop	165.6800
16	Carol Lou's Smokehouse	165.0856
17	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	163.3828
18	A&B BBQ	163.3828
19	Pear Head BBQ	161.0856
20	Bottom Barrel BBQ	161.0856
21	W.Oink.C	157.6916
22	MEAN MOE'S BBQ	154.7656
23	RTQUE	150.8000
24	Secondhand Smoke	148.5028
25	Mac Daddy's BBQ	142.1828
26	The River BBQ Team	139.3944

Backyard Series

Overall

11 entries · top 526.2744 · median 497.6116

#	Team	Score
1	Shmack Q	526.2744
2	Wink's BBQ	507.3256
3	RUBY CREEK BBQ	501.0168
4	Truck n' Sauced	500.4912
5	SmoQued On Main St	497.6572
6	Tojos Smoke Me Tender	497.6116
7	Side Track BBQ	482.8116
8	Smoking Hot Ash	481.6224
9	Rub Em Right	474.7084
10	Legendary Smokers	471.8628
11	Killing Time Smoking Swine	446.0228

Chicken

11 entries · top 173.1084 · median 166.2516

#	Team	Score
1	RUBY CREEK BBQ	173.1084
2	Shmack Q	171.9772
3	Wink's BBQ	170.8228
4	Truck n' Sauced	166.8228
5	SmoQued On Main St	166.8228
6	Tojos Smoke Me Tender	166.2516
7	Side Track BBQ	164.0000
8	Legendary Smokers	162.2628
9	Smoking Hot Ash	162.2512
10	Killing Time Smoking Swine	161.6800
11	Rub Em Right	153.6112

Pork Ribs

11 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.2744

#	Team	Score
1	Shmack Q	174.8572
2	RUBY CREEK BBQ	172.5600
3	Side Track BBQ	172.0000
4	Wink's BBQ	169.6800
5	Truck n' Sauced	168.5484
6	SmoQued On Main St	166.2744
7	Tojos Smoke Me Tender	163.3828
8	Rub Em Right	156.5372
9	Smoking Hot Ash	152.4912
10	Legendary Smokers	148.5144
11	Killing Time Smoking Swine	119.7600

Pork

11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5828

#	Team	Score
1	Shmack Q	179.4400
2	Tojos Smoke Me Tender	167.9772
3	Smoking Hot Ash	166.8800
4	Wink's BBQ	166.8228
5	Truck n' Sauced	165.1200
6	Killing Time Smoking Swine	164.5828
7	SmoQued On Main St	164.5600
8	Rub Em Right	164.5600
9	Legendary Smokers	161.0856
10	RUBY CREEK BBQ	155.3484
11	Side Track BBQ	146.8116

Smokin' for Garrett

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

💪 A statement win

🧹 A double category winner

📸 Photo finishes

🃏 An upset on the books

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 →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork