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Grills Gone Wild 2024

Feb 9–10, 2024 · Davenport, FL · 📍 207 N. Blvd. West · State championship

Reps: Carolyn Wells, Jeanne Titus · Prize money: $14,775

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Poppa Pig
701.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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SmokinGhost BBQ
700.5372 · Master Series — Overall
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Ham Squad
700.5256 · Master Series — Overall

Poppa Pig won Grand Champion at the Grills Gone Wild on February 9, 2024 in Davenport, FL at 207 N. Blvd. West, scoring 701.0856 in a field of 28 teams. SmokinGhost BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5372. Category winners: Chicken — Ham Squad (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Cold Beer BBQ (180.0000); Pork — PIGGIN' WHISKEY (180.0000); Brisket — Poppa Pig (176.5600). The Backyard Series standings were won by Curly Bird BBQ with 353.7144. This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 178.86
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Brisket 176.56
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 174.86
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Ancillary — Pork 177.14
  • Ancillary — Brisket 172.56
125.50 180

Entries

28
8 judged meats

Top score

701.0856

Winning margin

0.5484
GC over RC

Field average

676.09
455.33701.09
median 687.07 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
PIGGIN' WHISKEY (Pork), Cold Beer BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

691.9316
455.33701.09
10th place overall

Field spread

245.7600
winner to last place

Prize money

$14,775
on the line

Most consistent

Curly Bird BBQ
avg finish 1.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

9
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 14.2972 pts — Curly Bird BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 29%
beats 71% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.23 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,588
avg power rating going in · stronger than 70% of contests

Top-rated in the field

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
rated 1816 pre-contest

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

0.5484 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 92% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

  • Poppa Pig?
  • SmokinGhost BBQ

A hat-trick of category wins

3 category wins in a day

Curly Bird BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Brisket — a hat-trick.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Brisket 1st

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 19 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: Pappy & Roleys and TILLMAN'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: TILLMAN'S BBQ and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: Slapulator BBQ and FRED VEGAS SMOKERS tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 8–9 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Poppa Pig took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.

  • Chicken 9th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 9th
  • Brisket 1st

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • PIGGIN' WHISKEY · Pork
  • Cold Beer BBQ · Pork Ribs

In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)

What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Feb 9, 2024 ← this one Davenport, FL 207 N. Blvd. West 28 701.0856 Poppa Pig? SmokinGhost BBQ
Feb 7, 2025 Davenport, FL 207 N. Blvd. West 25 704.5372 Fred Vegas Smokers SmokinGhost BBQ
Feb 6, 2026 Davenport, FL — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8572176.5600174.2628
Master Series — Pork Ribs180176175.4056
Master Series — Pork180175.4172173.1200
Master Series — Brisket176.5600173.1316171.9656
Backyard Series — Chicken174.8572150.2516—
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs178.8572157.1200—
Ancillary — Pork177.1428162.2400—
Ancillary — Brisket172.5600145.7488—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

28 entries · top 701.0856 · median 687.0744

#TeamScore
1 Poppa Pig 701.0856
2 SmokinGhost BBQ 700.5372
3 Ham Squad 700.5256
4 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 700.5028
5 Pappy & Roleys 695.9888
6 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 695.9432
7 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 693.6224
8 Slapulator BBQ 692.4684
9 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 692.4684
10 SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ 691.9316
11 TILLMAN'S BBQ 690.1940
12 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 689.6228
13 Glamping Grillers 689.0400
14 Cold Beer BBQ 687.9544
15 Nice Racks 686.1944
16 Cooters N Smoke 685.6116
17 Mad Dog BBQ 683.3140
18 K & E's Little Smokers 680.4456
19 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 680.4456
20 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 677.5884
21 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 677.5540
22 Double Barrel smokers 677.0284
23 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 674.1256
24 Pop's Smoke on the Hill 672.4572
25 WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ 665.5772
26 Belly Bustin Bistro 650.1028
27 Smokin-N-Pokin 642.7544
28 Henry's Kitchen 455.3256

Chicken

27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656

#TeamScore
1 Ham Squad 178.8572
2 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 177.7144
3 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 176.5716
4 Pappy & Roleys 176.5600
5 TILLMAN'S BBQ 176.5600
6 SmokinGhost BBQ 176.5600
7 Slapulator BBQ 175.4056
8 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 175.4056
9 Poppa Pig 175.4056
10 Nice Racks 174.2628
11 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 174.2628
12 Cold Beer BBQ 173.7144
13 Glamping Grillers 173.1316
14 Mad Dog BBQ 171.9656
15 SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ 171.4172
16 K & E's Little Smokers 170.8228
17 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 170.8228
18 Cooters N Smoke 169.6800
19 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.6800
20 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 169.6684
21 Pop's Smoke on the Hill 168.5372
22 Double Barrel smokers 167.3828
23 Smokin-N-Pokin 165.1200
24 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 165.0972
25 Belly Bustin Bistro 163.9428
26 WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ 163.4172
27 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 159.3600

Pork Ribs

28 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Cold Beer BBQ 180 🔥
2 Cooters N Smoke 178.8572
3 SmokinGhost BBQ 178.2972
4 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 177.7028
5 Ham Squad 176
6 Nice Racks 175.4288
7 Poppa Pig 175.4172
8 Pappy & Roleys 175.4172
9 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 175.4172
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 175.4056
11 Mad Dog BBQ 174.8572
12 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 174.2744
13 SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ 173.1316
14 Pop's Smoke on the Hill 173.1200
15 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 173.1200
16 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 171.9772
17 Double Barrel smokers 171.4172
18 TILLMAN'S BBQ 170.8456
19 WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ 170.8228
20 Glamping Grillers 170.8228
21 K & E's Little Smokers 170.8228
22 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 168.5372
23 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 168.5372
24 Slapulator BBQ 168.5256
25 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 166.8228
26 Belly Bustin Bistro 166.2400
27 Smokin-N-Pokin 160.5828
28 Henry's Kitchen 149.1200

Pork

28 entries · top 180 · median 171.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 180 🔥
2 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 177.7028
3 Slapulator BBQ 176.5716
4 Glamping Grillers 176.5600
5 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 175.4172
6 Ham Squad 175.4056
7 K & E's Little Smokers 174.2628
8 SmokinGhost BBQ 173.7144
9 Poppa Pig 173.7028
10 SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ 173.1200
11 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 173.1200
12 Pappy & Roleys 172.5716
13 Cold Beer BBQ 172.5600
14 Nice Racks 171.9772
15 TILLMAN'S BBQ 171.9656
16 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 170.8228
17 Double Barrel smokers 169.7028
18 WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ 169.6800
19 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.6684
20 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 169.1084
21 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 167.3944
22 Belly Bustin Bistro 167.3944
23 Mad Dog BBQ 166.8228
24 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 165.0856
25 Cooters N Smoke 163.9428
26 Pop's Smoke on the Hill 163.3828
27 Smokin-N-Pokin 162.2744
28 Henry's Kitchen 157.0856

Brisket

28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.9656

#TeamScore
1 Poppa Pig 176.5600
2 SMOKE N' ASH BBQ 176.5600
3 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 175.4056
4 SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ 174.2628
5 Cooters N Smoke 173.1316
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 172
7 KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ 171.9656
8 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 171.9656
9 SmokinGhost BBQ 171.9656
10 Slapulator BBQ 171.9656
11 Pappy & Roleys 171.4400
12 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 171.4056
13 TILLMAN'S BBQ 170.8228
14 Ham Squad 170.2628
15 Mad Dog BBQ 169.6684
16 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.6684
17 Glamping Grillers 168.5256
18 Double Barrel smokers 168.5256
19 Pop's Smoke on the Hill 167.4172
20 Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 167.3828
21 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 166.8228
22 K & E's Little Smokers 164.5372
23 Nice Racks 164.5256
24 Cold Beer BBQ 161.6800
25 WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ 161.6572
26 Smokin-N-Pokin 154.7772
27 Belly Bustin Bistro 152.5256
28 Henry's Kitchen 149.1200

Backyard Series

Overall

7 entries · top 353.7144 · median 316.5488

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 353.7144
2 Drunkin Bros 331.3828
3 Cool Guys BBQ 322.1944
4 Amped Up 316.5488
5 Magoo's Eatery 307.3716
6 Smokin Hot Strips 292.4916
7 Pig In or Pig Out 275.7256

Chicken

7 entries · top 174.8572 · median 157.7144

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 174.8572
2 Drunkin Bros 166.8228
3 Cool Guys BBQ 158.2056
4 Amped Up 157.7144
5 Magoo's Eatery 150.2516
6 Pig In or Pig Out 150.2284
7 Smokin Hot Strips 149.6800

Pork Ribs

7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.8344

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 178.8572
2 Drunkin Bros 164.5600
3 Cool Guys BBQ 163.9888
4 Amped Up 158.8344
5 Magoo's Eatery 157.1200
6 Smokin Hot Strips 142.8116
7 Pig In or Pig Out 125.4972

Ancillary

Pork

7 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1544

#TeamScore
1 Amped Up 177.1428
2 Drunkin Bros 170.8228
3 Curly Bird BBQ 167.9772
4 Magoo's Eatery 165.1544
5 Cool Guys BBQ 162.2400
6 Pig In or Pig Out 153.1428
7 Smokin Hot Strips 150.8456

Brisket

7 entries · top 172.5600 · median 147.9428

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 172.5600
2 Cool Guys BBQ 165.7028
3 Magoo's Eatery 160.5372
4 Drunkin Bros 147.9428
5 Amped Up 145.7488
6 Pig In or Pig Out 137.6800
7 Smokin Hot Strips 134.1828

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