Roast N Boast
2024-10-18 – 2024-10-19 · Columbus, MS · 📍 Hwy 69 · State championship
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $5,500.00
Grand Champion: SMOKEBUSTERS (699.9312) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GENERAL LEE SMOKING
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Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
Electro-Que-ted won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: GENERAL LEE SMOKING and UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: Rankin County BBQ Company and Glamping Grillers tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 9–10: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and BOARS NIGHT OUT tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BEER B QUE BOYS (won 2022), COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ (won 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Smoke Busters came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | Columbus, MS | 27 | 700.5828 | SHORT BUS COOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 2014-10-17 | Columbus, MS 39702 | 25 | 695.3600 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | SOUTHERN SMOKERS | |
| 2015-10-02 | Columbus, MS 39703 | 26 | 690.2172 | RED EYED SMOKERS | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 2018-09-21 | 764 Hwy 69 S | 17 | 689.6456 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 2019-10-04 | Columbus, MS | Columbus Lowndes Fairground | 25 | 699.9312 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT | SOUTH PORK |
| 2020-10-09 | Columbus, MS | Columbus, MS 39702 | 36 | 708.0116 | GETTING' BASTED | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| 2021-08-27 | Columbus, MS | 900 MS-69 | 19 | 703.9884 | Chicken Fried BBQ | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ |
| 2022-10-28 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 8 | 701.6688 | BEER B QUE BOYS | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2023-10-20 | Columbus, MS | 764 Hwy 69 S. | 12 | 705.0972 | COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ | Poppa Pig |
| 2024-10-18 ← this one | Columbus, MS | Hwy 69 | 15 | 699.9312 | SMOKEBUSTERS | GENERAL LEE SMOKING |
| 2025-10-17 | Columbus, MS | 698 Heigh Drive | 13 | 702.8000 | Glamping Grillers | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ |
| 2026-10-30 | Columbus, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 167.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.0000 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176.5600 | 170.8344 | 166.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.1428 | 163.4056 | 153.6572 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 166.2516 | 157.6800 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 168.0000 | 157.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 699.9312 · median 682.1712
Chicken
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.6800
Pork
15 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.8456
Brisket
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5256
Backyard Series
Overall
12 entries · top 350.2628 · median 325.9540
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 7 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 8 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 9 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 10 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ | |
| 11 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 12 | Country Hoggs |
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.1428 · median 160.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 3 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 4 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 5 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 6 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 7 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ | |
| 8 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 9 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 10 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 11 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 12 | Country Hoggs |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 160.8398
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 7 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 8 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 9 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 10 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 11 | Country Hoggs | |
| 12 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 3 | CRYE LIKE COOKING CREW | |
| 4 | ZERO 2 FIRE | |
| 5 | TOO SAUCED TO PORK | |
| 6 | Country Hoggs | |
| 7 | SWEET RACKS & SPICEY CHICKS | |
| 8 | ROWDY HOGS | |
| 9 | SLABHOUSE | |
| 10 | PARTY BARGE BBQ | |
| 11 | HOGG UGLY | |
| 12 | BLOOD, SWEAT, & BEERS BBQ |