Smoke on the Water

2024-09-20 – 2024-09-21 · Pine Bluff, AR · State championship

Reps: DEBBIE SPRAY, SCOTT SPRAY · Prize money: $50,000.00

Grand Champion: Kith n Kin (698.2628) · 42 teams

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Kith n' Kin

698.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

695.9544 · Master Series — Overall

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PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ

695.9428 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

698.2628

Winning margin

2.3084

GC over RC

Field average

672.90

median 678.50

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.2056

what a walk cost here

Field spread

78.3652

winner to last place

Prize money

$50,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

Kith n' Kin

avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.8572 pts — LA PASADITA

How hot was the win?

Top 40%

beats 60% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1583

avg power rating going in · stronger than 82% of contests

Top-rated in the field

RAZORRACKS

rated 1839 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Thunder Hog BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 14 tracked editions.

🃏 An upset on the books

Kith n' Kin came in rated below the field's top team, RAZORRACKS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2013-10-11		43	687.4516	CHICKHOOVENSWINE BBQ
2015-10-09		33	696.5600	JO-BAWB'S BBQ
2017-05-06		26	695.9084	VICTORY SMOKERS
2018-05-05		28	693.6684	GREY STREET BBQ
2019-05-04	Liberty, IN	26	696.5140	Thunder Hog BBQ
2021-05-01	Liberty, IN	27	706.2400	The BBQ Bus
2021-10-15	Topeka, KS	25	699.3600	Mad Mutt's BBQ
2022-04-29	Liberty, IN	25	707.9888	Thunder Hog BBQ
2022-10-14	Topeka, KS	28	701.6688	Cow Creek BBQ
2023-10-13	Topeka, KS	39	707.4176	Slaps BBQ
2024-09-20 ← this one	Pine Bluff, AR	42	698.2628	Kith n Kin
2024-10-11	Topeka, KS	31	700.5372	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
2025-10-10	Topeka, KS	30	703.3828	Squealin N Dealin BBQ
2026-10-09	Topeka, KS	—	—	—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

42 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.4114

#	Team	Score
1	BLIND HOG BBQ	179.4400
2	Bad Dog BBQ	178.8572
3	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	176.5600
4	Smoke Busters	176.5600
5	Kermit's Ex	176.5600
6	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	176.5600
7	Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	176.0000
8	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	174.8572
9	Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	174.3200
10	RAZORRACKS	174.2628
11	Butterbeard bbq	173.7144
12	Kith n' Kin	173.7028
13	Texas Original Charcoal	173.1200
14	The Pitfather BBQ	171.9772
15	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.9772
16	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	171.9656
17	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	170.8228
18	Slowburn BBQ	170.2628
19	Doctor's Orders Pharmacy	169.7144
20	That Oil Money BBQ	169.6800
21	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.6800
22	Poppa Pig	169.1428
23	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	169.1084
24	Italians Do It Better	168.5256
25	Rankin County BBQ Company	168.5256
26	Pancho and Lefty Steaks	167.3828
27	Crossed Rifles BBQ	165.6684
28	BrewsCue	165.6684
29	honey b-b-q	165.0856
30	Ahh Townley BBQ	164.5140
31	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	163.9656
32	Smoke Show BBQ	163.9428
33	Slappin'Butt BBQ	163.9312
34	Highland FR	163.3828
35	LA PASADITA	160.5484
36	MEATSLINGERS OF AR	160.5144
37	Cowboy Q	160.4912
38	FIRE DANCER BBQ	157.6456
39	Old Grunt BBQ	156.5256
40	D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Cooking Team	156.0000
41	Jacks Backyard BBQ	154.8000
42	E Frazier's BBQ	152.5144

Master Series — Chicken

42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628

#	Team	Score
1	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	178.8572
2	The Pitfather BBQ	177.7372
3	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	176.5600
4	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	176.5600
5	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	176.5600
6	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	176.0000
7	Cowboy Q	176.0000
8	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4056
9	Kith n' Kin	174.8572
10	Butterbeard bbq	174.8572
11	Bad Dog BBQ	174.8456
12	BrewsCue	174.2628
13	Ahh Townley BBQ	173.7144
14	Rankin County BBQ Company	173.1200
15	Poppa Pig	173.1084
16	Smoke Show BBQ	172.5600
17	Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	171.9656
18	BLIND HOG BBQ	171.9656
19	Kermit's Ex	171.4056
20	honey b-b-q	170.8456
21	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	170.2628
22	FIRE DANCER BBQ	170.2628
23	Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	169.7144
24	RAZORRACKS	169.6800
25	That Oil Money BBQ	168.5256
26	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	166.8572
27	Smoke Busters	166.8456
28	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	166.2512
29	LA PASADITA	165.7144
30	Highland FR	165.6800
31	Slowburn BBQ	165.1428
32	Texas Original Charcoal	164.5372
33	Crossed Rifles BBQ	164.0344
34	Doctor's Orders Pharmacy	161.7028
35	D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Cooking Team	161.6800
36	Pancho and Lefty Steaks	160.5372
37	Jacks Backyard BBQ	158.2284
38	Old Grunt BBQ	158.2284
39	E Frazier's BBQ	157.6916
40	Italians Do It Better	156.5600
41	Slappin'Butt BBQ	147.3600
42	MEATSLINGERS OF AR	145.0972

Master Series — Overall

42 entries · top 698.2628 · median 678.4972

#	Team	Score
1	Kith n' Kin	698.2628
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	695.9544
3	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	695.9428
4	RAZORRACKS	695.9200
5	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	694.1824
6	Poppa Pig	690.2396
7	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	687.9084
8	Bad Dog BBQ	687.3828
9	Smoke Busters	686.7884
10	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	686.2056
11	BrewsCue	686.2056
12	Cowboy Q	686.1712
13	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	685.6340
14	Kermit's Ex	685.0628
15	Texas Original Charcoal	685.0400
16	BLIND HOG BBQ	683.3828
17	Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	682.8344
18	Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	682.2056
19	The Pitfather BBQ	682.2056
20	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	681.0628
21	Smoke Show BBQ	679.3372
22	That Oil Money BBQ	677.6572
23	Butterbeard bbq	676.4916
24	LA PASADITA	675.3828
25	Crossed Rifles BBQ	673.0972
26	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	673.0512
27	Slowburn BBQ	671.9316
28	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	671.3028
29	Rankin County BBQ Company	667.8856
30	Pancho and Lefty Steaks	667.3028
31	Doctor's Orders Pharmacy	666.2628
32	FIRE DANCER BBQ	663.8284
33	Ahh Townley BBQ	663.3028
34	Italians Do It Better	657.6228
35	honey b-b-q	657.0052
36	D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Cooking Team	652.5256
37	Highland FR	648.9944
38	Old Grunt BBQ	642.1140
39	Slappin'Butt BBQ	635.7712
40	Jacks Backyard BBQ	631.7828
41	MEATSLINGERS OF AR	630.7548
42	E Frazier's BBQ	619.8976

Master Series — Pork

42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LA PASADITA	180.0000 🔥
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	177.1428
3	RAZORRACKS	175.4172
4	BrewsCue	175.4172
5	Texas Original Charcoal	175.4056
6	Crossed Rifles BBQ	174.2744
7	Cowboy Q	174.2628
8	Kith n' Kin	173.7028
9	Italians Do It Better	173.1200
10	Slowburn BBQ	173.1200
11	Smoke Show BBQ	173.1200
12	Smoke Busters	173.1200
13	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	173.1200
14	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	172.5600
15	BLIND HOG BBQ	172.5600
16	The Pitfather BBQ	172.5484
17	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	172.5484
18	Bad Dog BBQ	171.9772
19	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	171.4056
20	Poppa Pig	170.8456
21	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	170.8456
22	Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	170.8228
23	Pancho and Lefty Steaks	170.2628
24	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.6684
25	MEATSLINGERS OF AR	169.1544
26	Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	169.1200
27	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	168.5372
28	Butterbeard bbq	168.5372
29	D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Cooking Team	166.2856
30	That Oil Money BBQ	166.2744
31	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	166.2628
32	E Frazier's BBQ	165.7372
33	Ahh Townley BBQ	165.1200
34	FIRE DANCER BBQ	165.0972
35	Doctor's Orders Pharmacy	162.8572
36	Kermit's Ex	162.8344
37	Slappin'Butt BBQ	161.0972
38	Rankin County BBQ Company	160.0000
39	Old Grunt BBQ	159.3944
40	Highland FR	157.6800
41	honey b-b-q	156.5600
42	Jacks Backyard BBQ	152.5144

Master Series — Pork Ribs

42 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.8400

#	Team	Score
1	Poppa Pig	177.1428
2	RAZORRACKS	176.5600
3	Kith n' Kin	176.0000
4	Cowboy Q	175.4172
5	Kermit's Ex	174.2628
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	174.2628
7	That Oil Money BBQ	173.1772
8	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	173.1084
9	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	172.0000
10	Doctor's Orders Pharmacy	171.9884
11	Texas Original Charcoal	171.9772
12	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.4288
13	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	171.4172
14	BrewsCue	170.8572
15	FIRE DANCER BBQ	170.8228
16	Smoke Busters	170.2628
17	Smoke Show BBQ	169.7144
18	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	169.6800
19	LA PASADITA	169.1200
20	Pancho and Lefty Steaks	169.1200
21	Crossed Rifles BBQ	169.1200
22	D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Cooking Team	168.5600
23	Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	167.9772
24	Old Grunt BBQ	167.9656
25	Rankin County BBQ Company	166.2400
26	Jacks Backyard BBQ	166.2400
27	Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	165.1200
28	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	165.0972
29	honey b-b-q	164.5140
30	Slowburn BBQ	163.4060
31	Slappin'Butt BBQ	163.3828
32	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	163.3828
33	Highland FR	162.2516
34	Bad Dog BBQ	161.7028
35	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	159.9656
36	Ahh Townley BBQ	159.9544
37	The Pitfather BBQ	159.9428
38	Italians Do It Better	159.4172
39	BLIND HOG BBQ	159.4172
40	Butterbeard bbq	159.3828
41	MEATSLINGERS OF AR	155.9888
42	E Frazier's BBQ	143.9544