2024-02-23 – 2024-02-24 · Iron Station, NC · 📍 2702 Devine Rd · State championship
Reps: BRYAN STEWART, NOEL KAY · Prize money: $6,520.00
Grand Champion: Casual Smokers (710.2628) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OFF THE RACK BBQ
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, 2024 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
Casual Smokers SC came in rated below the field's top team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.5940 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1631 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN SKULLIES and Casual Smokers SC tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: BAD ROOSTER BBQ and BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SmokinGhost BBQ and Willingham's tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Casual Smokers SC took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-23 ← this one | Iron Station, NC | 2702 Devine Rd | 26 | 710.2628 | Casual Smokers | OFF THE RACK BBQ |
| 2025-02-28 | Iron Station, NC | 2702 Devine Rd | 26 | 695.9084 | Fred Vegas Smokers | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 2026-02-27 | Iron Station, NC | 2702 Devine Rd | 33 | 701.6688 | Rooters-N-Tooters TN | Bourbon & Blues BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 173.1316 | 171.9656 |
26 entries · top 710.2628 · median 680.1772
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.2456