Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
2024-08-30 – 2024-08-31 · King, NC · 📍 446 South Main St · State championship
Prize money: $8,450.00
Grand Champion: Swig-N-Pig (701.1088) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Optimus Swine won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and SMOKE SHOW MAFIA tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
SWIG-N-PIG came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-01 | King, NC | 446 South Main St | 21 | 700.5028 | Rooters-N-Tooters | One Eyed Pig BBQ |
| 2024-08-30 ← this one | King, NC | 446 South Main St | 28 | 701.1088 | Swig-N-Pig | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 173.7144 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 172.5600 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 174.8572 | 171.4744 | 158.8344 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 170.8688 | 165.0972 | 158.2632 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 176.5600 | 162.8116 | 155.9312 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 701.1088 · median 678.7486
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2686 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9772
Pork
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6856
Brisket
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8228
Backyard Series
Overall
14 entries · top 345.7260 · median 322.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 5 | NM/SS | |
| 6 | NOBO'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Midlife BBQ | |
| 8 | The Two-Six K.A. BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 10 | Que N Cue | |
| 11 | 3 Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 13 | Brothers Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokin Hot Butts |
Chicken
14 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.0914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 4 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 5 | NOBO'S BBQ | |
| 6 | NM/SS | |
| 7 | The Two-Six K.A. BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 9 | Que N Cue | |
| 10 | Brothers Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 11 | 3 Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | Midlife BBQ | |
| 13 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 14 | Smokin Hot Butts |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 170.8688 · median 159.9602
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | Midlife BBQ | |
| 5 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 6 | NM/SS | |
| 7 | NOBO'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 9 | The Two-Six K.A. BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Que N Cue | |
| 11 | Drewbie-Que | |
| 12 | 3 Brothers BBQ | |
| 13 | Brothers Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokin Hot Butts |
Ancillary
Pork
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 159.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad Hatter BBQ | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | Char-Cole Grillers | |
| 4 | Que N Cue | |
| 5 | The Two-Six K.A. BBQ Team | |
| 6 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 7 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | Brothers Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 9 | NOBO'S BBQ | |
| 10 | NM/SS | |
| 11 | Smokin Hot Butts | |
| 12 | Midlife BBQ |