Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
2024-04-19 – 2024-04-20 · Murfreesboro, TN · 📍 3048 West Thompson Lane
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $6,200.00
Grand Champion: Big James Kitchen (529.1428) · 37 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Big B Barbecue Company
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Electro-Que-Ted and Big Orange Smokers tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Rollin Smoke BBQ and The Big B Barbecue Company tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: RTQue and Brothers Q BBQ Supply tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Pig Destroyer (won 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Big James Kitchen came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murfreesboro, TN | Oaklands Mansion | 36 | 526.2972 | Veteran Pork Pullers | — | |
| 2023-05-12 | Murfreesboro, TN | 901 North Maney Avenue | 32 | 522.2400 | Pig Destroyer | — |
| 2024-04-19 ← this one | Murfreesboro, TN | 3048 West Thompson Lane | 37 | 529.1428 | Big James Kitchen | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7144 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.1544 | 171.4400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
37 entries · top 529.1428 · median 505.0628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 2 | The Big B Barbecue Company | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-Ted | |
| 5 | Lee LA Q | |
| 6 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 7 | The Red Goose | |
| 8 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 9 | Slangin' Racks | |
| 10 | KBBS (KY Bourbon Barrel Smokers) | |
| 11 | Purdom's BBQ | |
| 12 | BIGG WIGGS BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Orange Smokers | |
| 14 | High On The Hawg | |
| 15 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 16 | Buckeye Barbecue | |
| 17 | RTQue | |
| 18 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | The Blazers | |
| 20 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 21 | Small Batch BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin' Daddies BBQ | |
| 23 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 24 | Budget BBQ | |
| 25 | Carters's BBQ | |
| 26 | Brothers Q BBQ Supply | |
| 27 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 28 | Swine Crew | |
| 29 | Cliffs Smokin BBQ | |
| 30 | Roger Rays BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoking Buds BBQ | |
| 32 | Manos al Fuego BBQ Team | |
| 33 | Serious Hog | |
| 34 | SimpleMan BBQ | |
| 35 | Smokin Pimp | |
| 36 | Mj's Ribs | |
| 37 | Chef Foodenstein BBQ |
Chicken
37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-Ted | |
| 3 | Big Orange Smokers | |
| 4 | Lee LA Q | |
| 5 | High On The Hawg | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | The Big B Barbecue Company | |
| 8 | Small Batch BBQ | |
| 9 | RTQue | |
| 10 | Brothers Q BBQ Supply | |
| 11 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 12 | KBBS (KY Bourbon Barrel Smokers) | |
| 13 | Budget BBQ | |
| 14 | BIGG WIGGS BBQ | |
| 15 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 16 | Purdom's BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoking Buds BBQ | |
| 18 | Swine Crew | |
| 19 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 20 | Serious Hog | |
| 21 | Smokin' Daddies BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 23 | The Blazers | |
| 24 | Buckeye Barbecue | |
| 25 | Manos al Fuego BBQ Team | |
| 26 | Carters's BBQ | |
| 27 | Slangin' Racks | |
| 28 | The Red Goose | |
| 29 | Cliffs Smokin BBQ | |
| 30 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 31 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 32 | Mj's Ribs | |
| 33 | Smokin Pimp | |
| 34 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 35 | SimpleMan BBQ | |
| 36 | Roger Rays BBQ | |
| 37 | Chef Foodenstein BBQ |
Pork Ribs
37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5604
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 2 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | Budget BBQ | |
| 5 | Slangin' Racks | |
| 6 | Swine Crew | |
| 7 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 8 | Roger Rays BBQ | |
| 9 | The Red Goose | |
| 10 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | KBBS (KY Bourbon Barrel Smokers) | |
| 12 | Buckeye Barbecue | |
| 13 | Small Batch BBQ | |
| 14 | The Big B Barbecue Company | |
| 15 | The Blazers | |
| 16 | Electro-Que-Ted | |
| 17 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 18 | Brothers Q BBQ Supply | |
| 19 | High On The Hawg | |
| 20 | Purdom's BBQ | |
| 21 | Big Orange Smokers | |
| 22 | RTQue | |
| 23 | Lee LA Q | |
| 24 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 25 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 26 | Manos al Fuego BBQ Team | |
| 27 | Cliffs Smokin BBQ | |
| 28 | Smoking Buds BBQ | |
| 29 | BIGG WIGGS BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokin' Daddies BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 32 | Carters's BBQ | |
| 33 | SimpleMan BBQ | |
| 34 | Serious Hog | |
| 35 | Chef Foodenstein BBQ | |
| 36 | Smokin Pimp | |
| 37 | Mj's Ribs |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Competitor Series — Anything Butt
37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Bandits BBQ | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | The Big B Barbecue Company | |
| 4 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 5 | Lee LA Q | |
| 6 | The Red Goose | |
| 7 | sHOGun BBQ | |
| 8 | BIGG WIGGS BBQ | |
| 9 | Slangin' Racks | |
| 10 | Purdom's BBQ | |
| 11 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 12 | Carters's BBQ | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-Ted | |
| 14 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | KBBS (KY Bourbon Barrel Smokers) | |
| 16 | Smokin' Daddies BBQ | |
| 17 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 18 | Buckeye Barbecue | |
| 19 | Cliffs Smokin BBQ | |
| 20 | SimpleMan BBQ | |
| 21 | Roger Rays BBQ | |
| 22 | The Blazers | |
| 23 | High On The Hawg | |
| 24 | Big Orange Smokers | |
| 25 | RTQue | |
| 26 | Serious Hog | |
| 27 | Smokin Pimp | |
| 28 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 29 | Small Batch BBQ | |
| 30 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 31 | Manos al Fuego BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Brothers Q BBQ Supply | |
| 33 | Budget BBQ | |
| 34 | Smoking Buds BBQ | |
| 35 | Swine Crew | |
| 36 | Mj's Ribs | |
| 37 | Chef Foodenstein BBQ |