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Pigmaster BBQ Challenge

Sep 20–21, 2024 · Rutherford College, NC · 📍 980 Malcolm Blvd · State championship

Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid · Prize money: $9,580

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SMOKIN SKULLIES
695.9316 · Master Series — Overall
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One Eyed Pig BBQ
694.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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Pappy & Roleys
694.7888 · Master Series — Overall

SMOKIN SKULLIES won Grand Champion at the Pigmaster BBQ Challenge on September 20, 2024 in Rutherford College, NC at 980 Malcolm Blvd, scoring 695.9316 in a field of 33 teams. One Eyed Pig BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8000. Category winners: Chicken — BAD ROOSTER BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN SKULLIES (177.7144); Pork — Casual Smokers SC (180.0000); Brisket — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (177.7144).

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 177.71
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 177.71
140.48 180

Entries

33
4 judged meats

Top score

695.9316

Winning margin

1.1316
GC over RC

Field average

677.16
584.87695.93
median 686.18 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
Casual Smokers SC (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3600
584.87695.93
10th place overall

Field spread

111.0628
winner to last place

Prize money

$9,580
on the line

Most consistent

Pappy & Roleys
avg finish 9.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — BAD ROOSTER BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 51%
beats 49% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,619
avg power rating going in · stronger than 87% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
rated 1830 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.1316 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 82% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.

  • Smokin Skullies
  • One Eyed Pig BBQ

A knife fight at the top

4.5828 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5828 points.

  • 1st SMOKIN SKULLIES
  • 2nd One Eyed Pig BBQ
  • 3rd Pappy & Roleys
  • 4th BAD ROOSTER BBQ
  • 5th Casual Smokers SC

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 18 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ and ZIPS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: ZIPS BBQ and ALPINE SMOKE WORKS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: ALPINE SMOKE WORKS and Casual Smokers SC tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKIN SKULLIES took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 15th
  • Brisket 18th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • Casual Smokers SC · 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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.5600175.4056
Pork Ribs177.7144174.8572169.6916
Pork180177.7028174.2628
Brisket177.7144175.4056174.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 695.9316 · median 686.1828

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN SKULLIES 695.9316
2 One Eyed Pig BBQ 694.8000
3 Pappy & Roleys 694.7888
4 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 694.2172
5 Casual Smokers SC 691.3488
6 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 691.3484
7 SWIG-N-PIG 690.1828
8 Optimus Swine 687.8856
9 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 687.8740
10 Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 687.3600
11 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 687.3256
12 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 687.3140
13 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 686.7772
14 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 686.7660
15 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 686.7544
16 JL Smokers 686.7312
17 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 686.1828
18 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 681.0056
19 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 681.0056
20 Speaks For Itself 679.8972
21 COOL HAND QUE 678.7084
22 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 678.1368
23 ZIPS BBQ 677.5772
24 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 675.8744
25 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 675.2684
26 OFF THE CHAIN 673.0056
27 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 668.4804
28 HalaQyah BBQ 664.3884
29 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 663.3144
30 HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 651.2576
31 KenzielouQ 650.6400
32 PIG ON FIRE 639.1772
33 Pyro Pigs BBQ 584.8688

Chicken

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628

#TeamScore
1 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 178.8572
2 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 176.5600
3 ZIPS BBQ 176.5600
4 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 176.5600
5 Casual Smokers SC 176.5600
6 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 176
7 SWIG-N-PIG 175.4172
8 SMOKIN SKULLIES 175.4172
9 Optimus Swine 175.4056
10 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 175.4056
11 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 174.2628
12 Pappy & Roleys 173.1200
13 OFF THE CHAIN 172.5600
14 Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 171.9772
15 One Eyed Pig BBQ 171.4056
16 COOL HAND QUE 170.8344
17 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 170.2628
18 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 169.6916
19 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 169.6800
20 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 169.6800
21 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 169.6684
22 Speaks For Itself 168.5256
23 JL Smokers 168.5140
24 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 167.9772
25 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 167.9656
26 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 167.3828
27 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 167.3828
28 HalaQyah BBQ 166.2400
29 KenzielouQ 163.9312
30 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 161.6572
31 HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 161.0856
32 PIG ON FIRE 155.3484
33 Pyro Pigs BBQ 146.8116

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3944

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN SKULLIES 177.7144
2 SWIG-N-PIG 176.5600
3 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 176
4 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 175.4288
5 Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 174.8572
6 Pappy & Roleys 174.2744
7 JL Smokers 174.2744
8 One Eyed Pig BBQ 172.5716
9 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 171.4172
10 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 169.6916
11 Optimus Swine 169.6916
12 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 169.6800
13 Speaks For Itself 169.1316
14 HalaQyah BBQ 168.5372
15 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 168.5372
16 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 168.5256
17 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 167.3944
18 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 167.3944
19 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 167.3944
20 Casual Smokers SC 167.3944
21 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 167.3828
22 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 165.0972
23 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 165.0972
24 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 163.9544
25 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 163.9428
26 KenzielouQ 163.3828
27 PIG ON FIRE 162.8000
28 COOL HAND QUE 161.6456
29 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 161.0856
30 HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 160.5260
31 ZIPS BBQ 159.3716
32 OFF THE CHAIN 158.2056
33 Pyro Pigs BBQ 150.7772

Pork

33 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Casual Smokers SC 180 🔥
2 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 179.4400
3 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 178.8572
4 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 177.7144
5 COOL HAND QUE 177.7028
6 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 176.5600
7 One Eyed Pig BBQ 176.5600
8 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 174.2628
9 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 174.2628
10 JL Smokers 174.2628
11 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.1200
12 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 173.1084
13 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 171.9772
14 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 171.9656
15 SMOKIN SKULLIES 170.8228
16 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 170.8228
17 Pappy & Roleys 169.6800
18 OFF THE CHAIN 169.1200
19 Speaks For Itself 169.1200
20 SWIG-N-PIG 168.5372
21 ZIPS BBQ 167.3828
22 Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 167.3828
23 Optimus Swine 167.3828
24 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 167.3712
25 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 166.8228
26 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 166.2400
27 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 163.3828
28 PIG ON FIRE 161.6688
29 KenzielouQ 160.5144
30 HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 159.3716
31 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 158.2744
32 HalaQyah BBQ 157.0512
33 Pyro Pigs BBQ 146.8000

Brisket

33 entries · top 177.7144 · median 172.5600

#TeamScore
1 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 177.7144
2 Pappy & Roleys 177.7144
3 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 177.7028
4 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 175.4056
5 Optimus Swine 175.4056
6 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 174.2744
7 One Eyed Pig BBQ 174.2628
8 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 174.2628
9 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 174.2628
10 ZIPS BBQ 174.2628
11 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 174.2628
12 Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 173.1428
13 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 173.1316
14 OFF THE CHAIN 173.1200
15 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 173.1200
16 Speaks For Itself 173.1200
17 HalaQyah BBQ 172.5600
18 SMOKIN SKULLIES 171.9772
19 BAD ROOSTER BBQ 171.4056
20 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 170.8112
21 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 170.8112
22 HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 170.2744
23 JL Smokers 169.6800
24 SWIG-N-PIG 169.6684
25 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 168.5372
26 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 168.5372
27 COOL HAND QUE 168.5256
28 Casual Smokers SC 167.3944
29 KenzielouQ 162.8116
30 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 161.7144
31 ALPINE SMOKE WORKS 160.4912
32 PIG ON FIRE 159.3600
33 Pyro Pigs BBQ 140.4800

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