Mission Farms King of the Farm

2024-02-23 – 2024-02-24 · Iron Station, NC · State championship

Reps: BRYAN STEWART, NOEL KAY · Prize money: $6,520.00

Grand Champion: Casual Smokers (710.2628) · 26 teams

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Casual Smokers SC

710.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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OFF THE RACK BBQ

697.6688 · Master Series — Overall

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BAD ROOSTER BBQ

691.3140 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

710.2628

Winning margin

12.5940

GC over RC

Field average

677.96

median 680.18

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.3028

what a walk cost here

Field spread

65.3256

winner to last place

Prize money

$6,520.00

on the line

Most consistent

Casual Smokers SC

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 3.4284 pts — Casual Smokers SC

How hot was the win?

Top 4%

beats 96% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1601

avg power rating going in · stronger than 92% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SmokinGhost BBQ

rated 1742 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

Casual Smokers took the Grand Championship home to KS.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1601 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.

🃏 An upset on the books

Casual Smokers SC came in rated below the field's top team, SmokinGhost BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2024-02-23 ← this one	Iron Station, NC	26	710.2628	Casual Smokers
2025-02-28	Iron Station, NC	26	695.9084	Fred Vegas Smokers
2026-02-27	Iron Station, NC	33	701.6688	Rooters-N-Tooters TN

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.2456

#	Team	Score
1	OFF THE RACK BBQ	176.0000
2	BALD HAWG BBQ	175.4056
3	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	174.2628
4	JL Smokers	174.2628
5	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	173.1316
6	PIG ON FIRE	173.1200
7	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	173.1084
8	Casual Smokers SC	172.5600
9	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	171.9772
10	Shiggin aint easy	171.9656
11	Willingham's	171.4172
12	Swine 'N' Roses BBQ	170.8112
13	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	170.8112
14	Jackass BBQ	169.6800
15	SMOKIN SKULLIES	169.6800
16	OFF THE CHAIN	169.1316
17	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5372
18	One Eyed Pig BBQ	168.5256
19	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	168.5256
20	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	167.3828
21	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	167.3828
22	Brown Liquor BBQ	166.2400
23	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	166.2400
24	DANG GOOD BBQ	164.5256
25	BUD WISER'S BBQ	159.3716
26	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	153.6572

Master Series — Chicken

26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN SKULLIES	177.7028
2	Casual Smokers SC	177.7028
3	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	176.5716
4	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	176.5600
5	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	175.4056
6	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	175.4056
7	One Eyed Pig BBQ	174.2628
8	OFF THE RACK BBQ	171.9772
9	SmokinGhost BBQ	171.9656
10	Willingham's	171.9656
11	Jackass BBQ	171.4056
12	BUD WISER'S BBQ	170.8228
13	JL Smokers	170.8228
14	Swine 'N' Roses BBQ	170.8228
15	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	170.8112
16	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	170.8112
17	Brown Liquor BBQ	169.6800
18	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	169.6684
19	Shiggin aint easy	168.5372
20	OFF THE CHAIN	168.5372
21	PIG ON FIRE	167.3828
22	BALD HAWG BBQ	166.2284
23	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	165.0972
24	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	163.3944
25	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	157.0744
26	DANG GOOD BBQ	155.9316

Master Series — Overall

26 entries · top 710.2628 · median 680.1772

#	Team	Score
1	Casual Smokers SC	710.2628
2	OFF THE RACK BBQ	697.6688
3	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	691.3140
4	SMOKIN SKULLIES	687.8856
5	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	687.8856
6	PIG ON FIRE	687.3256
7	SmokinGhost BBQ	685.6116
8	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	684.4572
9	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	683.8740
10	One Eyed Pig BBQ	683.3028
11	BALD HAWG BBQ	682.1712
12	JL Smokers	681.5884
13	Swine 'N' Roses BBQ	680.4340
14	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	679.9204
15	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	679.2912
16	Willingham's	678.1600
17	Brown Liquor BBQ	677.5656
18	Shiggin aint easy	676.4228
19	Jackass BBQ	674.1368
20	OFF THE CHAIN	673.0288
21	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	670.1488
22	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	666.1144
23	BUD WISER'S BBQ	660.4116
24	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	652.3540
25	DANG GOOD BBQ	650.6860
26	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	644.9372

Master Series — Pork

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Casual Smokers SC	180.0000 🔥
3	OFF THE RACK BBQ	175.4288
4	SMOKIN SKULLIES	173.1200
5	SmokinGhost BBQ	173.1200
6	Swine 'N' Roses BBQ	172.5600
7	JL Smokers	171.9772
8	PIG ON FIRE	171.9656
9	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	170.8344
10	Brown Liquor BBQ	170.8228
11	Shiggin aint easy	169.6800
12	OFF THE CHAIN	169.6800
13	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	167.9656
14	One Eyed Pig BBQ	167.3944
15	DANG GOOD BBQ	167.3944
16	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	167.3828
17	BALD HAWG BBQ	166.8228
18	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	166.2400
19	Willingham's	166.2400
20	Jackass BBQ	165.0856
21	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	164.5256
22	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	163.9428
23	BUD WISER'S BBQ	163.3828
24	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	162.8000
25	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	155.3600
26	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	154.7884

Master Series — Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Casual Smokers SC	180.0000 🔥
2	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	176.5716
3	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	175.4288
4	PIG ON FIRE	174.8572
5	OFF THE RACK BBQ	174.2628
6	BALD HAWG BBQ	173.7144
7	One Eyed Pig BBQ	173.1200
8	SmokinGhost BBQ	171.9888
9	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	171.9888
10	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	171.9772
11	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	171.9772
12	Brown Liquor BBQ	170.8228
13	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	170.2628
14	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	169.6800
15	Willingham's	168.5372
16	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	168.5256
17	Jackass BBQ	167.9656
18	SMOKIN SKULLIES	167.3828
19	BUD WISER'S BBQ	166.8344
20	Swine 'N' Roses BBQ	166.2400
21	Shiggin aint easy	166.2400
22	OFF THE CHAIN	165.6800
23	JL Smokers	164.5256
24	DANG GOOD BBQ	162.8344
25	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	162.2516
26	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	160.5144