Derby Park Que Off
2024-05-10 – 2024-05-11 · Louisville, KY · 📍 2900 7th Street Rd
Reps: KENT SCHUETZ, RACHEL SCHUETZ · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (701.6456) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WEQ4U
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Top score
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Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Cotton BBQ and BrewsCue tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO and THE BBQ BUS tied on 169.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and WEQ4U tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1600 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, 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 | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.9656 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
21 entries · top 701.6456 · median 677.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | WEQ4U | |
| 3 | Poppa Pig | |
| 4 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 7 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 8 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 12 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | |
| 13 | JMB BBQ | |
| 14 | BrewsCue | |
| 15 | MADAB'S BBQ | |
| 16 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 17 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 18 | Pappy Q | |
| 19 | WTF | |
| 20 | ACME BBQ | |
| 21 | Gone Tits Up |
Chicken
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 2 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 3 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 4 | BrewsCue | |
| 5 | Poppa Pig | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 7 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 8 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 9 | ACME BBQ | |
| 10 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 11 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 12 | WEQ4U | |
| 13 | Pappy Q | |
| 14 | WTF | |
| 15 | MADAB'S BBQ | |
| 16 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 17 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | |
| 18 | JMB BBQ | |
| 19 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 20 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 21 | Gone Tits Up |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEQ4U | |
| 2 | Poppa Pig | |
| 3 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 4 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 5 | JMB BBQ | |
| 6 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 7 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 8 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 9 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 10 | BrewsCue | |
| 11 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Pappy Q | |
| 13 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 14 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 15 | MADAB'S BBQ | |
| 16 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | |
| 17 | ACME BBQ | |
| 18 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 19 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 20 | WTF | |
| 21 | Gone Tits Up |
Pork
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 2 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 3 | MADAB'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | WEQ4U | |
| 7 | Poppa Pig | |
| 8 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | |
| 9 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 10 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 11 | JMB BBQ | |
| 12 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 13 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 14 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 15 | Pappy Q | |
| 16 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 17 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 18 | WTF | |
| 19 | BrewsCue | |
| 20 | Gone Tits Up | |
| 21 | ACME BBQ |
Brisket
21 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 2 | WEQ4U | |
| 3 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 4 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 5 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 6 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | |
| 7 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 8 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 9 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 10 | Poppa Pig | |
| 11 | MADAB'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Cotton BBQ | |
| 13 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 14 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 15 | BrewsCue | |
| 16 | JMB BBQ | |
| 17 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 18 | Pappy Q | |
| 19 | ACME BBQ | |
| 20 | WTF | |
| 21 | Gone Tits Up |