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Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1

2024-05-03 – 2024-05-04 · Kannapolis, NC · 📍 401 Laureate Way · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $20,200.00

Grand Champion: Bowman's Butt & BBQ (708.5372) · 45 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUNKY BBQ

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Bowmans Butt & BBQ
708.5372 · Master Series — Overall
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CHUNKY BBQ
703.9428 · Master Series — Overall
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BAD ROOSTER BBQ
698.7884 · Master Series — Overall

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 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Master Series — Pork 178.86
  • Master Series — Brisket 180.00 🔥
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 178.86
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 178.86
139.90 180.00

Entries

45
6 judged meats

Top score

708.5372

Winning margin

4.5944
GC over RC

Field average

676.67
608.91708.54
median 681.02 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
Bowmans Butt & BBQ (Brisket), CHUNKY BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
1.7028 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.7656
608.91708.54
10th place overall

Field spread

99.6228
winner to last place

Prize money

$20,200.00
on the line

Most consistent

Bowmans Butt & BBQ
avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.5600 pts — Jury's Out

How hot was the win?

Top 6%
beats 94% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

59%
29 of 49 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1611
avg power rating going in · stronger than 84% of contests

Top-rated in the field

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
rated 1891 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

An upset on the books

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Bowmans Butt & BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1698
  • top seed 1891

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 24 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: BAD ROOSTER BBQ and REDNECK SCIENTIFIC tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: Piggy & Swine BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: Ham Squad and MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

CHUNKY BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Bowmans Butt & BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 11th.

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 11th
  • Brisket 1st

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Redneck Scientific (won 2023).

  • Redneck Scientific · 2023

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.

  • Bowmans Butt & BBQ · Brisket
  • CHUNKY BBQ · Chicken

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
2023-05-05 Kannapolis, NC 401 Laureate Way 35 712.5600 Redneck Scientific Fergolicious BBQ
2024-05-03 ← this one Kannapolis, NC 401 Laureate Way 45 708.5372 Bowman's Butt & BBQ CHUNKY BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180.0000176.5600175.4056
Master Series — Pork Ribs177.7144176.0116174.2628
Master Series — Pork178.8572177.1544175.4172
Master Series — Brisket180.0000175.4172174.2628
Backyard Series — Chicken178.8572174.8456170.2512
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs178.8572173.1200168.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

45 entries · top 708.5372 · median 681.0172

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 708.5372
2 CHUNKY BBQ 703.9428
3 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 698.7884
4 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 698.2400
5 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 698.1940
6 Ham Squad 697.6572
7 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 694.1940
8 OFF THE RACK BBQ 693.0512
9 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 691.9316
10 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 690.7656
11 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 689.6228
12 JL Smokers 689.0744
13 SMOKE N BREW 688.4916
14 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 686.7428
15 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 686.7312
16 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 685.5884
17 Poppa Pig 683.3488
18 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 683.3484
19 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 683.3256
20 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 682.8004
21 SMOKECRAFT - MD 682.7196
22 Going Yard BBQ 681.6344
23 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 681.0172
24 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 680.4340
25 SMOKIN SKULLIES 679.8860
26 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 678.2516
27 One Eyed Pig BBQ 678.1484
28 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 677.5996
29 LADY OF Q 675.8860
30 Optimus Swine 675.2800
31 CBF Que 675.2684
32 smokey anderson bbq 674.1600
33 Piggy & Swine BBQ 673.5768
34 K & E's Little Smokers 672.4460
35 BUD WISER'S BBQ 672.4228
36 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 671.8628
37 BrewsCue 671.8512
38 BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 671.3028
39 HalaQyah BBQ 657.5772
40 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 657.5312
41 Trailer Pork Bros. 630.5944
42 On Point BBQ 630.1372
43 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 628.9596
44 Doran Brothers BBQ 628.3656
45 Pyro Pigs BBQ 608.9144

Chicken

45 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 smokey anderson bbq 178.8572
3 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 177.7028
4 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 177.7028
5 Piggy & Swine BBQ 176.5600
6 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 176.5600
7 JL Smokers 176.0000
8 Ham Squad 175.4172
9 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 175.4172
10 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 175.4056
11 Poppa Pig 174.2744
12 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 174.2628
13 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 174.2628
14 Going Yard BBQ 173.7144
15 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 173.1200
16 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.1200
17 SMOKE N BREW 173.1200
18 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.1084
19 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 171.9656
20 OFF THE RACK BBQ 170.8228
21 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 170.8228
22 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 170.2628
23 BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 169.6916
24 BUD WISER'S BBQ 169.6800
25 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 169.6684
26 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 169.1084
27 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 168.5256
28 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 167.9772
29 K & E's Little Smokers 167.9772
30 BrewsCue 167.3944
31 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 167.3828
32 Optimus Swine 167.3828
33 LADY OF Q 166.8344
34 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 166.2400
35 SMOKECRAFT - MD 166.2284
36 SMOKIN SKULLIES 165.0972
37 Trailer Pork Bros. 163.9660
38 CBF Que 163.9428
39 HalaQyah BBQ 162.8228
40 One Eyed Pig BBQ 161.6456
41 Doran Brothers BBQ 159.3944
42 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 157.6456
43 Pyro Pigs BBQ 152.5144
44 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 152.5140
45 On Point BBQ 149.6800

Pork Ribs

45 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 177.7144
2 OFF THE RACK BBQ 177.7144
3 LADY OF Q 177.7144
4 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 177.7028
5 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 176.0116
6 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 175.4172
7 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 174.2744
8 Ham Squad 174.2744
9 SMOKE N BREW 174.2744
10 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 174.2628
11 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.2628
12 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 173.7028
13 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.1084
14 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 172.5600
15 Poppa Pig 171.9772
16 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 171.9772
17 SMOKIN SKULLIES 171.9772
18 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 171.4172
19 CHUNKY BBQ 170.8228
20 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 170.8228
21 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 169.6916
22 Going Yard BBQ 169.6800
23 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 169.6800
24 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 169.6800
25 smokey anderson bbq 169.1200
26 Optimus Swine 168.5372
27 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 167.9772
28 One Eyed Pig BBQ 167.9656
29 On Point BBQ 166.8572
30 BrewsCue 166.8228
31 Trailer Pork Bros. 166.8228
32 CBF Que 166.2400
33 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 166.2400
34 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 163.9544
35 JL Smokers 163.3944
36 HalaQyah BBQ 163.3944
37 BUD WISER'S BBQ 162.8000
38 Piggy & Swine BBQ 162.7884
39 Pyro Pigs BBQ 162.2628
40 K & E's Little Smokers 161.6572
41 BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 160.5372
42 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 160.5144
43 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 159.9772
44 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 156.5256
45 Doran Brothers BBQ 150.1828

Pork

45 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2744

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 178.8572
2 K & E's Little Smokers 177.7028
3 SMOKECRAFT - MD 177.7028
4 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 177.7028
5 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 177.1544
6 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 176.5600
7 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 176.5600
8 One Eyed Pig BBQ 175.4172
9 JL Smokers 175.4172
10 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 175.4172
11 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 175.4172
12 Ham Squad 174.8456
13 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 174.2628
14 BUD WISER'S BBQ 174.2628
15 OFF THE RACK BBQ 173.7028
16 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 173.1200
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.1200
18 BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 172.5484
19 SMOKIN SKULLIES 171.9772
20 CBF Que 171.9656
21 Poppa Pig 171.4172
22 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 170.8344
23 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 170.2744
24 Going Yard BBQ 170.2628
25 SMOKE N BREW 169.6916
26 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.1200
27 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 168.5944
28 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 168.5716
29 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 168.5256
30 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 168.5256
31 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 167.9772
32 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 167.3828
33 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 166.8228
34 BrewsCue 166.2284
35 Optimus Swine 165.0972
36 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 163.9428
37 LADY OF Q 163.9428
38 On Point BBQ 162.8228
39 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 162.2628
40 HalaQyah BBQ 162.2284
41 Piggy & Swine BBQ 161.6684
42 Doran Brothers BBQ 161.1084
43 smokey anderson bbq 158.2056
44 Pyro Pigs BBQ 154.2400
45 Trailer Pork Bros. 152.4684

Brisket

45 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 178.2972
3 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 176.5600
4 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 176.5600
5 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 175.4172
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 175.4056
7 Optimus Swine 174.2628
8 JL Smokers 174.2628
9 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 174.2628
10 CHUNKY BBQ 174.2628
11 CBF Que 173.1200
12 One Eyed Pig BBQ 173.1200
13 Ham Squad 173.1200
14 Bourbon & Blues BBQ 173.1200
15 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 173.1084
16 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 173.1084
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.1084
18 Piggy & Swine BBQ 172.5600
19 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 172.5600
20 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 172.0000
21 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 171.9656
22 BrewsCue 171.4056
23 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 171.4056
24 SMOKE N BREW 171.4056
25 SMOKIN SKULLIES 170.8344
26 OFF THE RACK BBQ 170.8112
27 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 170.2512
28 HalaQyah BBQ 169.1316
29 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 169.1084
30 BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 168.5256
31 smokey anderson bbq 167.9772
32 Going Yard BBQ 167.9772
33 LADY OF Q 167.3944
34 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 167.3828
35 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 166.2512
36 BUD WISER'S BBQ 165.6800
37 Poppa Pig 165.6800
38 K & E's Little Smokers 165.1088
39 SMOKECRAFT - MD 164.5256
40 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 158.8000
41 Doran Brothers BBQ 157.6800
42 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 157.6572
43 On Point BBQ 150.7772
44 Trailer Pork Bros. 147.3372
45 Pyro Pigs BBQ 139.8972

Backyard Series

Overall

24 entries · top 353.7144 · median 332.2230

#TeamScore
1 Jury's Out 353.7144
2 T & S BBQ 349.1316
3 Mad Hatter BBQ 348.6060
4 Meadow Creek BBQ 348.5600
5 Dog Bite Barbecue 347.9656
6 STICKS & STONES BBQ 345.6800
7 South of the James BBQ 339.4288
8 LEE LA Q 338.8460
9 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 338.7884
10 Chubby Boys BBQ 337.6688
11 HESSHOGS 337.6684
12 Smokin' Bros. 335.3600
13 NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' 329.0860
14 Big Ox BBQ 328.5260
15 Kooky Kampers Barbecue 327.9200
16 Smokin' & Jokin' 325.0972
17 Dogpatch Q 318.7772
18 Hickswood BBQ 312.5032
19 Chillin & Grillin 307.9544
20 Smoke Show Barbecue 303.8972
21 Drewbie-Que 302.8228
22 Spencer Mountain Smokers 298.8112
23 Barbacue Bandits 159.4060
24 Puckett's Smoke-N-Que 154.8000

Chicken

22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 Mad Hatter BBQ 178.8572
2 T & S BBQ 176.5600
3 Jury's Out 174.8572
4 Dog Bite Barbecue 174.8456
5 HESSHOGS 174.8456
6 Meadow Creek BBQ 174.2628
7 STICKS & STONES BBQ 172.5600
8 LEE LA Q 172.5600
9 Kooky Kampers Barbecue 171.9772
10 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 170.2512
11 South of the James BBQ 169.1200
12 Smokin' Bros. 169.1200
13 Chubby Boys BBQ 168.5372
14 Big Ox BBQ 166.8344
15 NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' 165.6916
16 Dogpatch Q 164.5372
17 Hickswood BBQ 163.9772
18 Smoke Show Barbecue 156.5372
19 Drewbie-Que 155.9656
20 Spencer Mountain Smokers 154.2856
21 Smokin' & Jokin' 151.3944
22 Chillin & Grillin 145.0972

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8172

#TeamScore
1 Jury's Out 178.8572
2 Meadow Creek BBQ 174.2972
3 Smokin' & Jokin' 173.7028
4 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.1200
5 Dog Bite Barbecue 173.1200
6 T & S BBQ 172.5716
7 South of the James BBQ 170.3088
8 Mad Hatter BBQ 169.7488
9 Chubby Boys BBQ 169.1316
10 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 168.5372
11 LEE LA Q 166.2860
12 Smokin' Bros. 166.2400
13 NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' 163.3944
14 Chillin & Grillin 162.8572
15 HESSHOGS 162.8228
16 Big Ox BBQ 161.6916
17 Barbacue Bandits 159.4060
18 Kooky Kampers Barbecue 155.9428
19 Puckett's Smoke-N-Que 154.8000
20 Dogpatch Q 154.2400
21 Hickswood BBQ 148.5260
22 Smoke Show Barbecue 147.3600
23 Drewbie-Que 146.8572
24 Spencer Mountain Smokers 144.5256

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