Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest

2024-05-03 – 2024-05-04 · Brookhaven, MS · 📍 125 Whitworth Ave · State championship

Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $7,500.00

Grand Champion: Smoke This BBQ MO (703.9428) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Glamping Grillers

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SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

703.9428 · Master Series — Overall

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Glamping Grillers

700.5372 · Master Series — Overall

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PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ

698.2632 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

703.9428

Winning margin

3.4056

GC over RC

Field average

663.88

median 685.07

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Heavy Smoke BBQ (Brisket), Glamping Grillers (Chicken), SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3256

10th place overall

Field spread

385.7716

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.2856 pts — SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

How hot was the win?

Top 30%

beats 70% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

48%

of the 25 teams with a home region came from outside MS

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1589

avg power rating going in · stronger than 85% of contests

Top-rated in the field

RAZORRACKS

rated 1838 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO took the Grand Championship home to MO.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🧹 A double category winner

Glamping Grillers won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO and Mo Betta BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and RAZORRACKS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: RAZORRACKS and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO came in rated below the field's top team, RAZORRACKS, 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)

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	180.0000	176.5600	173.1200
Pork Ribs	178.2972	174.2972	173.1200
Pork	180.0000	176.0000	172.5716
Brisket	180.0000	173.7028	171.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 703.9428 · median 685.0744

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	703.9428
2	Glamping Grillers	700.5372
3	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	698.2632
4	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	698.2632
5	Kith n' Kin	698.2400
6	Crossed Rifles BBQ	696.5488
7	Mo Betta BBQ	694.2172
8	Heavy Smoke BBQ	693.0628
9	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	689.0512
10	Circle K BBQ	687.3256
11	FIRE DANCER BBQ	686.2056
12	RAZORRACKS	686.1828
13	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	685.0744
14	Rankin County BBQ Company	682.2400
15	Smoke Busters	678.7316
16	DANG GOOD BBQ	677.6572
17	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	668.4460
18	Smokin N The Bandits	666.2856
19	Tasty Smoke	663.9772
20	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	661.0056
21	Backwoods Smoke	651.8628
22	Flathead Pig	648.6056
23	2nd Hand Smoke	645.5544
24	9 Toes BBQ	617.6456
25	ManBearPig	318.1712

Chicken

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6856 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Glamping Grillers	180.0000 🔥
2	Smoke Busters	178.8572
3	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	177.7028
4	Mo Betta BBQ	177.7028
5	Kith n' Kin	176.5600
6	Crossed Rifles BBQ	176.0000
7	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	174.2628
8	RAZORRACKS	174.2628
9	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	173.1316
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	173.1200
11	FIRE DANCER BBQ	171.9884
12	2nd Hand Smoke	171.9656
13	Circle K BBQ	171.4056
14	Smokin N The Bandits	170.8456
15	Flathead Pig	170.2972
16	Backwoods Smoke	169.6800
17	Heavy Smoke BBQ	169.6800
18	Rankin County BBQ Company	169.1200
19	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	168.5372
20	DANG GOOD BBQ	167.9656
21	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	167.3828
22	Tasty Smoke	167.3828
23	9 Toes BBQ	163.4284
24	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	161.0972

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Glamping Grillers	178.2972
2	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	177.1544
3	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	176.0116
4	Kith n' Kin	176.0000
5	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	174.2972
6	Circle K BBQ	174.2628
7	Crossed Rifles BBQ	173.7144
8	Tasty Smoke	173.1544
9	RAZORRACKS	173.1200
10	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.1200
11	Smoke Busters	173.1084
12	Heavy Smoke BBQ	171.9656
13	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	171.9656
14	Rankin County BBQ Company	171.4172
15	FIRE DANCER BBQ	170.8344
16	Mo Betta BBQ	170.8228
17	Smokin N The Bandits	169.7372
18	DANG GOOD BBQ	167.4172
19	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	166.2628
20	Backwoods Smoke	159.9544
21	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	158.2288
22	2nd Hand Smoke	156.5144
23	9 Toes BBQ	156.0000
24	Flathead Pig	155.4172

Pork

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

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	180.0000 🔥
2	Circle K BBQ	177.7144
3	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	176.5600
4	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	176.0116
5	Crossed Rifles BBQ	176.0000
6	FIRE DANCER BBQ	174.8572
7	Glamping Grillers	174.2744
8	DANG GOOD BBQ	173.1544
9	Kith n' Kin	173.1200
10	RAZORRACKS	172.5716
11	Heavy Smoke BBQ	171.4172
12	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	170.8572
13	Smoke Busters	169.6916
14	Mo Betta BBQ	169.1316
15	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	169.1200
16	Rankin County BBQ Company	168.0000
17	2nd Hand Smoke	166.2972
18	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	165.6800
19	Smokin N The Bandits	165.1200
20	Backwoods Smoke	162.8456
21	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	159.3484
22	Tasty Smoke	158.8456
23	Flathead Pig	158.2856
24	9 Toes BBQ	156.5600
25	ManBearPig	155.9312

Brisket

25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Heavy Smoke BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	177.7144
3	Mo Betta BBQ	176.5600
4	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	174.2972
5	Rankin County BBQ Company	173.7028
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	173.7028
7	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.1200
8	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	172.5600
9	Kith n' Kin	172.5600
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	171.9772
11	Crossed Rifles BBQ	170.8344
12	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	170.8228
13	DANG GOOD BBQ	169.1200
14	FIRE DANCER BBQ	168.5256
15	Glamping Grillers	167.9656
16	RAZORRACKS	166.2284
17	Flathead Pig	164.6056
18	Tasty Smoke	164.5944
19	Circle K BBQ	163.9428
20	ManBearPig	162.2400
21	Smokin N The Bandits	160.5828
22	Backwoods Smoke	159.3828
23	Smoke Busters	157.0744
24	2nd Hand Smoke	150.7772
25	9 Toes BBQ	141.6572

Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

🔥 A day of perfect scores

🧹 A double category winner

📸 Photo finishes

🃏 An upset on the books

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket