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The Buckeye BBQ Classic

2024-07-19 – 2024-07-20 · Hillsboro, OH · 📍 604 John St · State championship

Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $4,500.00

Grand Champion: Local Yokels BBQ (696.5144) · 33 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company

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LOCAL YOKELS BBQ
696.5144 · Master Series — Overall
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The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company
694.8116 · Master Series — Overall
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Salted Anchor
692.5140 · 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.

  • Chicken 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 178.88
  • Brisket 179.44
20.00 179.44

Entries

33
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

696.5144

Winning margin

1.7028
GC over RC

Field average

657.82
499.37696.51
median 674.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
3.4516 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.2056
499.37696.51
10th place overall

Field spread

197.1428
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,500.00
on the line

Most consistent

LOCAL YOKELS BBQ
avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.4400 pts — Salted Anchor

How hot was the win?

Top 47%
beats 53% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

50%
16 of 32 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1585
avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TIRE SMOKE BBQ
rated 1814 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: Big James Kitchen and Q-Jitsu tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Salted Anchor and THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 1–2 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

LOCAL YOKELS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 19th.

  • Chicken 19th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 7th

A contest record in chicken

178.8572 best chicken ever cooked here

The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1428
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Tire Smoke BBQ (won 2023).

  • Tire Smoke BBQ · 2023

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
2023-07-21 Hillsboro, OH 604 John St 32 699.9776 Tire Smoke BBQ Sailor Nicks BBQ
2024-07-19 ← this one Hillsboro, OH 604 John St 33 696.5144 Local Yokels BBQ The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572175.4056171.9884
Pork Ribs178.2972173.7028168.5600
Pork178.8800174.2972172.5600
Brisket179.4400174.2856173.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 696.5144 · median 674.2060

#TeamScore
1 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 696.5144
2 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 694.8116
3 Salted Anchor 692.5140
4 Q-Jitsu 691.3828
5 SmokinGhost BBQ 688.5028
6 Full Throttle BBQ 686.8340
7 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 686.7656
8 BooyaQ 685.6228
9 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 682.2516
10 Big James Kitchen 682.2056
11 Brisket Bones n Brews 681.1316
12 KEVLAR BBQ 680.5256
13 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 679.9428
14 Freedom Meat Repeat 678.7884
15 Shiggin aint easy 678.7772
16 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 675.3484
17 Sailor Nicks BBQ 674.2060
18 ALE YEAH BBQ 665.0628
19 Backdraft BBQ 663.8748
20 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 662.7660
21 M A A D Meats BBQ 662.1832
22 Thin Blue BBQ 660.4688
23 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 660.4688
24 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 658.2060
25 Bones, Rubs, and Harmony 647.8860
26 Belly Roll BBQ 643.8516
27 ACME BBQ 632.3772
28 No Idea What We are Doing 626.0916
29 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 624.9256
30 Big Willy's BBQ 592.0116
31 Old Capital Smokers 590.8340
32 Chaddanooga BBQ & Catering LLC 581.4860
33 Smoking Blue BBQ 499.3716

Chicken

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 178.8572
2 SmokinGhost BBQ 177.7028
3 Shiggin aint easy 177.1544
4 BooyaQ 176.5600
5 Freedom Meat Repeat 175.4056
6 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 174.8456
7 Big James Kitchen 173.7028
8 Q-Jitsu 173.7028
9 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 171.9888
10 Smoking Blue BBQ 171.9884
11 Salted Anchor 171.9656
12 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 170.8228
13 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 170.2628
14 ALE YEAH BBQ 169.6800
15 Sailor Nicks BBQ 168.5716
16 ACME BBQ 168.5372
17 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 168.5372
18 KEVLAR BBQ 167.9884
19 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 167.3944
20 Belly Roll BBQ 167.3944
21 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 165.1544
22 Brisket Bones n Brews 165.1200
23 Backdraft BBQ 165.1088
24 M A A D Meats BBQ 165.0972
25 No Idea What We are Doing 164.5372
26 Full Throttle BBQ 162.2628
27 Bones, Rubs, and Harmony 161.6800
28 Thin Blue BBQ 159.3600
29 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 155.9428
30 Old Capital Smokers 154.8112
31 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 154.2744
32 Big Willy's BBQ 150.2172
33 Chaddanooga BBQ & Catering LLC 141.6572

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 178.2972
2 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 175.4172
3 Q-Jitsu 173.7144
4 Salted Anchor 173.7028
5 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 173.7028
6 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 173.1200
7 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 173.1200
8 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 170.2744
9 Full Throttle BBQ 170.2512
10 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 168.5600
11 BooyaQ 168.5256
12 SmokinGhost BBQ 167.4172
13 KEVLAR BBQ 166.8228
14 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 166.8228
15 Thin Blue BBQ 165.7144
16 Brisket Bones n Brews 165.7144
17 Big James Kitchen 165.6800
18 Sailor Nicks BBQ 165.0972
19 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 164.5372
20 M A A D Meats BBQ 163.9772
21 Bones, Rubs, and Harmony 163.9772
22 Smoking Blue BBQ 162.8232
23 Freedom Meat Repeat 162.2628
24 Backdraft BBQ 161.1088
25 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 160.5372
26 Shiggin aint easy 159.3944
27 ALE YEAH BBQ 158.8344
28 No Idea What We are Doing 148.5028
29 Old Capital Smokers 145.1428
30 ACME BBQ 145.0972
31 Belly Roll BBQ 145.0744
32 Chaddanooga BBQ & Catering LLC 142.7772
33 Big Willy's BBQ 141.7372

Pork

33 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 Brisket Bones n Brews 178.8800
2 Full Throttle BBQ 178.8800
3 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 176.5600
4 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 175.4172
5 BooyaQ 174.2972
6 SmokinGhost BBQ 174.2628
7 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 173.7028
8 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 173.1544
9 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 173.1316
10 Thin Blue BBQ 172.5600
11 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 172.0000
12 KEVLAR BBQ 170.8572
13 Shiggin aint easy 170.2628
14 M A A D Meats BBQ 169.7144
15 Q-Jitsu 169.7028
16 Big James Kitchen 169.1200
17 Backdraft BBQ 168.5372
18 No Idea What We are Doing 168.5372
19 Belly Roll BBQ 167.9772
20 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 167.9772
21 Freedom Meat Repeat 167.9772
22 Salted Anchor 167.4056
23 Sailor Nicks BBQ 166.8228
24 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 166.2744
25 ALE YEAH BBQ 162.2628
26 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 160.5600
27 Bones, Rubs, and Harmony 160.5144
28 Big Willy's BBQ 159.4400
29 ACME BBQ 154.2056
30 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 151.9428
31 Chaddanooga BBQ & Catering LLC 149.6572
32 Old Capital Smokers 148.0000
33 Smoking Blue BBQ 144.5600

Brisket

33 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2400

#TeamScore
1 Salted Anchor 179.4400
2 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 176.0000
3 Full Throttle BBQ 175.4400
4 KEVLAR BBQ 174.8572
5 ALE YEAH BBQ 174.2856
6 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 174.2628
7 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 174.2628
8 Q-Jitsu 174.2628
9 Sailor Nicks BBQ 173.7144
10 Big James Kitchen 173.7028
11 Freedom Meat Repeat 173.1428
12 Shiggin aint easy 171.9656
13 Brisket Bones n Brews 171.4172
14 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 170.2856
15 SmokinGhost BBQ 169.1200
16 Backdraft BBQ 169.1200
17 BooyaQ 166.2400
18 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 165.6684
19 ACME BBQ 164.5372
20 Belly Roll BBQ 163.4056
21 M A A D Meats BBQ 163.3944
22 Thin Blue BBQ 162.8344
23 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 162.2972
24 Bones, Rubs, and Harmony 161.7144
25 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 161.6572
26 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 161.6572
27 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 154.2400
28 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 148.4800
29 Chaddanooga BBQ & Catering LLC 147.3944
30 No Idea What We are Doing 144.5144
31 Old Capital Smokers 142.8800
32 Big Willy's BBQ 140.6172
33 Smoking Blue BBQ 20.0000

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.

Ancillary — Anything Butt

14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 179.4400
3 M A A D Meats BBQ 179.4400
4 Brisket Bones n Brews 178.8572
5 Big James Kitchen 178.2972
6 Smoke N Barrel BBQ 177.7600
7 Shiggin aint easy 177.7028
8 BooyaQ 177.7028
9 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 176.5600
10 Full Throttle BBQ 175.4172
11 Belly Roll BBQ 174.8800
12 Sailor Nicks BBQ 170.8228
13 Big Willy's BBQ 169.7600
14 Smoking Blue BBQ 149.5772

Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke

16 entries · top 174.2856 · median 167.9542

#TeamScore
1 Big James Kitchen 174.2856
2 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 174.2856
3 Belly Roll BBQ 174.2628
4 SmokinGhost BBQ 173.7028
5 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 171.9884
6 SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 170.2744
7 M A A D Meats BBQ 170.2628
8 Shiggin aint easy 168.5256
9 BooyaQ 167.3828
10 KEVLAR BBQ 165.0972
11 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 164.5484
12 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 162.8344
13 Smoking Blue BBQ 161.1200
14 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 159.9544
15 Sailor Nicks BBQ 156.5144
16 Brisket Bones n Brews 153.6572

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