TN River BBQ Fest
2024-09-27 – 2024-09-28 · Saltillo, TN · 📍 Main Street · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $13,775.00
Grand Champion: Dang Good BBQ (701.6684) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Crossed Rifles 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
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
DANG GOOD BBQ took the Grand Championship home to AL.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Smokin Miss Piggy and The BBQ Asylum tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Smokin Miss Piggy and Bourbon & Blues BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
DANG GOOD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-25 | Saltillo, TN | Main Street | 23 | 701.0856 | Razorracks BBQ | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2024-09-27 ← this one | Saltillo, TN | Main Street | 17 | 701.6684 | Dang Good BBQ | Crossed Rifles BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 169.6916 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4056 | 171.9656 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 168.5488 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 701.6684 · median 679.8628
Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 175.4056 · median 170.2744
Pork
17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7600
Brisket
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6800