A statement win
11.4288
points clear of the field
Wider than 91% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4288 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 13–14, 2024 · Moore, OK · 📍 1903 NE 12th Street · State championship
Reps: Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams · Prize money: $7,100
RAZORRACKS won Grand Champion at the Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival on September 13, 2024 in Moore, OK at 1903 NE 12th Street, scoring 711.4288 in a field of 19 teams. Meat Candy Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.0000. Category winners: Chicken — PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — RAZORRACKS (177.1544); Pork — SUPER SWINE (180.0000); Brisket — Kermit's Ex (177.7028). The Backyard Series standings were won by Smokin' Love BBQ with 349.1428.
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.
595.97
median 689.60
711.43 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Master Series — Chicken 179.44
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 177.15
- Master Series — Pork 180 🔥
- Master Series — Brisket 177.70
- Backyard Series — Chicken 173.70
- Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 178.88
137.09
180
Entries
19
6 judged meats
Top score
711.4288
Winning margin
11.4288
GC over RC
Field average
675.38
595.97711.43
median 689.60 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
0.5944 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
689.5996
595.97711.43
10th place overall
Field spread
115.4636
winner to last place
Prize money
$7,100
on the line
Double threats
8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 2%
beats 98% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.34 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,617
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests
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 14 calls decided inside half a point
Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ and FIRE DANCER BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: FIRE DANCER BBQ and DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: Kermit's Ex and Glamping Grillers tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Master Series — Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Master Series — Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
RAZORRACKS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 2nd
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SUPER SWINE · Pork
- Meat Candy Q · Pork
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.7028 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 173.7028 | 171.4056 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 165.1316 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 711.4288 · median 689.5996
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 4 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 5 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 6 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 7 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 8 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 9 | Eddie's Junkyard Smokers | |
| 10 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 11 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 12 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 14 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 15 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Kan-Ok BBQ | |
| 18 | King of the Grill BBQ | |
| 19 | Hogging the Meat |
Chicken
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 5 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 6 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 7 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 10 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 11 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 12 | Eddie's Junkyard Smokers | |
| 13 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 14 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Kan-Ok BBQ | |
| 17 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 18 | Hogging the Meat | |
| 19 | King of the Grill BBQ |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 177.1544 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 2 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 3 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 4 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 6 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 7 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 8 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 9 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 10 | Eddie's Junkyard Smokers | |
| 11 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 12 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 13 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 14 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 15 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Hogging the Meat | |
| 18 | Kan-Ok BBQ | |
| 19 | King of the Grill BBQ |
Pork
19 entries · top 180 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 5 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 6 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 8 | Eddie's Junkyard Smokers | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 11 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 12 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 13 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 14 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 15 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 16 | King of the Grill BBQ | |
| 17 | Kan-Ok BBQ | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | Hogging the Meat |
Brisket
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 4 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 5 | Eddie's Junkyard Smokers | |
| 6 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 9 | BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | |
| 10 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 11 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 13 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 14 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 15 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | King of the Grill BBQ | |
| 18 | Kan-Ok BBQ | |
| 19 | Hogging the Meat |
Backyard Series
Overall
9 entries · top 349.1428 · median 337.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 2 | Sassy Sow BBQ | |
| 3 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 4 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 5 | B TEAM BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokeology | |
| 7 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 8 | Rub N' Rum | |
| 9 | Big Beard BBQ |
Chicken
9 entries · top 173.7028 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 2 | Sassy Sow BBQ | |
| 3 | B TEAM BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokeology | |
| 5 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 7 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 8 | Rub N' Rum | |
| 9 | Big Beard BBQ |
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 2 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 3 | Sassy Sow BBQ | |
| 4 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 5 | B TEAM BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokeology | |
| 7 | Rub N' Rum | |
| 8 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Beard BBQ |