12th Annual Bull Moose BBQ
2024-04-12 – 2024-04-13 · Somerville, TN · 📍 950 Moose Lodge Rd · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Kith n' Kin (705.6684) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH ON THE HAWG
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
Kith n' Kin won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 1–2: HIGH ON THE HAWG and MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: SWEET SMOKE BBQ and UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and Poppa Pig tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Kith n' Kin came in rated below the field's top team, Poppa Pig, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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)
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.6172 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.7144 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
14 entries · top 705.6684 · median 692.7712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 4 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 5 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 6 | Poppa Pig | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 9 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 11 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 12 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 13 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 14 | K & K KOOKERS |
Chicken
14 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 4 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 5 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 6 | Poppa Pig | |
| 7 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 8 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 11 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 12 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 13 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | K & K KOOKERS |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 4 | Poppa Pig | |
| 5 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 6 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 7 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 8 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 11 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 13 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ |
Pork
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 2 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 4 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 6 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 7 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 8 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 9 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 10 | Poppa Pig | |
| 11 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 13 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 14 | 2nd Hand Smoke |
Brisket
14 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 2 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 3 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 4 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 5 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 6 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig | |
| 9 | The BBQ Asylum | |
| 10 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 12 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 13 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 14 | K & K KOOKERS |