Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2024-06-07 – 2024-06-08 · Springfield, TN
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,100.00
Grand Champion: Hogs B Hatin' (531.9656) · 33 teams
Entries
33
4 categories
Top score
531.9656
Winning margin
10.3084
GC over RC
Field average
501.71
median 503.34
Perfect 180s
5 🔥
Tightest race
Ancillary — Dessert
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
507.3256
what a walk cost here
Field spread
62.4456
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,100.00
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 73%
beats 27% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1501
avg power rating going in · stronger than 4% of contests
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Big James Kitchen has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
Hogs B Hatin' came in rated below the field's top team, Pig Destroyer, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Springfield, TN | 30 | 698.2172 | Pig Destroyer |
| 2024-06-07 ← this one | Springfield, TN | 33 | 531.9656 | Hogs B Hatin' |
| 2025-06-13 | Springfield, TN | 36 | 535.4172 | Big James Kitchen |
| 2026-06-12 | Springfield, TN | 32 | 535.4288 | Big James Kitchen |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Dessert
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 2 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 3 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 4 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 5 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 6 | Holy Smoke | |
| 7 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 8 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 9 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 10 | Serious Hog | |
| 11 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 13 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 14 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 15 | Up in Smoke | |
| 16 | RT Que | |
| 17 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 18 | The Red Goose |
Competitor Series — Chicken
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 2 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 3 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 4 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 5 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 6 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 7 | Serious Hog | |
| 8 | The Blazers | |
| 9 | RT Que | |
| 10 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 12 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 14 | A&R Q | |
| 15 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 16 | The Red Goose | |
| 17 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 18 | KBBS | |
| 19 | Holy Smoke | |
| 20 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 21 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 22 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 23 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 24 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 25 | Playground Smokers | |
| 26 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 28 | Up in Smoke | |
| 29 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 30 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 31 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 32 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 33 | Red Bow BBQ |
Competitor Series — Overall
33 entries · top 531.9656 · median 503.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 2 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 3 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 4 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 5 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 6 | The Blazers | |
| 7 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 8 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 9 | A&R Q | |
| 10 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 12 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 14 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 15 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 16 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 17 | Holy Smoke | |
| 18 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 19 | Serious Hog | |
| 20 | RT Que | |
| 21 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 22 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 23 | KBBS | |
| 24 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 28 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 29 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 30 | Playground Smokers | |
| 31 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 32 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 33 | Up in Smoke |
Competitor Series — Pork
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 2 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 3 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 4 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 5 | A&R Q | |
| 6 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 7 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 8 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 9 | KBBS | |
| 10 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Blazers | |
| 12 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 13 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 14 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 15 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 16 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 17 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 18 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 19 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 20 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 21 | Holy Smoke | |
| 22 | RT Que | |
| 23 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 25 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 26 | Serious Hog | |
| 27 | Playground Smokers | |
| 28 | The Red Goose | |
| 29 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 30 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 31 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 32 | Up in Smoke | |
| 33 | Humphreys BBQ |
Competitor Series — Pork Ribs
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckshot Malone's Pig Shack | |
| 2 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 3 | BOARder Line BBQ | |
| 4 | The Big B Barbeque Company | |
| 5 | Smoke A Fatty BBQ | |
| 6 | The Blazers | |
| 7 | sHOGun Competition BBQ | |
| 8 | Big James Kitchen | |
| 9 | Blinkys Offset BBQ | |
| 10 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 11 | A&R Q | |
| 12 | Holy Smoke | |
| 13 | Dad and Daughter | |
| 14 | Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | Buckeye Barbeque | |
| 16 | TomKat's BBQ | |
| 17 | DaddyJacks BBQ | |
| 18 | Humphreys BBQ | |
| 19 | Serious Hog | |
| 20 | RT Que | |
| 21 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 22 | WestNashBBQ | |
| 23 | M-1 Smokin Guns | |
| 24 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 25 | VanBand BBQ | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | KBBS | |
| 28 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 30 | Red Bow BBQ | |
| 31 | Playground Smokers | |
| 32 | Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ | |
| 33 | Up in Smoke |