The Downtown BBQ Showdown

2024-11-08 – 2024-11-09 · Lake City, FL · 📍 200 NE Hillsboro St · State championship

Reps: RACHEL HARPER, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Gettin' Basted (709.1200) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Mad Dog BBQ

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GETTIN' BASTED

709.1200 · Master Series — Overall

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Mad Dog BBQ

703.4060 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE SHOW MAFIA

697.6456 · Master Series — Overall

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.

554.48 median 675.30 709.12 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 179.44
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 178.30
Brisket 176.56

99.12 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

709.1200

Winning margin

5.7140

GC over RC

Field average

666.35

554.48709.12

median 675.30 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.0172

554.48709.12

10th place overall

Field spread

154.6400

winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 0.5944 pts — Mad Dog BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 4%

beats 96% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

25%

8 of 32 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1553

avg power rating going in · stronger than 40% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1964 pre-contest

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.

A new contest record

709.1200 highest overall ever cooked here

709.1200 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.6804 COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ LLC set in 2023.

old record 701.6804
set 2023 by COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ LLC

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: K & E's Little Smokers and Smokin Sweetmeats tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Smokin Sweetmeats and HPO PIT TEAM tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Going Yard BBQ and SMOKE SHOW MAFIA tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 5–6 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 4th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 4th

A contest record in pork ribs

178.8572 best pork ribs ever cooked here

Going Yard BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 175.4172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 175.4172
across 1 past editions

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2023-04-14	Lake City, FL	828 NE Lake Desoto Circle	32	701.6804	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ LLC	Cooters N Smoke
2024-11-08 ← this one	Lake City, FL	200 NE Hillsboro St	26	709.1200	Gettin' Basted	Mad Dog BBQ
2026-04-17	Lake City, FL	828 NE Lake Desoto Circle	41	706.8344	Accutech BBQ	Kings BBQ Team
2026-04-17	Lake City, FL	828 NE Lake Desoto Circle	21	177.7144	Hold Your Horses BBQ	—

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	176.5600	173.1316
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4172	171.9772
Pork	178.2972	173.1200	170.8228
Brisket	176.5600	171.9656	169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 709.1200 · median 675.3030

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	709.1200
2	Mad Dog BBQ	703.4060
3	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	697.6456
4	Going Yard BBQ	697.6456
5	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	694.7656
6	Kings BBQ Team	691.3372
7	Smokin Sweetmeats	687.8856
8	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	685.6344
9	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	684.4572
10	Paca Crew BBQ	681.0172
11	K & E's Little Smokers	681.0172
12	KODAS BBQ LLC	677.5888
13	PeachCoast BBQ	675.8744
14	HPO PIT TEAM	674.7316
15	Cold Beer BBQ	674.1716
16	Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	671.8168
17	Whiskey Church	667.2456
18	So So Barbeque	656.9940
19	Suwannee River Smokers	655.8516
20	Yeti Mafia BBQ	655.2456
21	Big & Ugly BBQ	647.8632
22	Big T's BBQ & More	632.3548
23	Lake City Fire Department	627.2348
24	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	622.0808
25	Blueline Q	617.5200
26	Southern Roots Catering	554.4800

Chicken

26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6800

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	179.4400
2	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	178.8572
3	Kings BBQ Team	177.7144
4	Going Yard BBQ	177.1428
5	K & E's Little Smokers	176.5600
6	Smokin Sweetmeats	176.5600
7	HPO PIT TEAM	176.5600
8	Mad Dog BBQ	175.4172
9	KODAS BBQ LLC	175.4056
10	Cold Beer BBQ	173.1316
11	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	171.9772
12	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	171.9656
13	Big & Ugly BBQ	169.6800
14	Paca Crew BBQ	169.6800
15	PeachCoast BBQ	168.5372
16	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	166.2400
17	So So Barbeque	165.0856
18	Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	165.0856
19	Yeti Mafia BBQ	158.2400
20	Whiskey Church	158.2172
21	Lake City Fire Department	156.5260
22	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	156.5260
23	Suwannee River Smokers	154.2056
24	Big T's BBQ & More	151.9316
25	Blueline Q	149.6456
26	Southern Roots Catering	99.1200

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800

#	Team	Score
1	Going Yard BBQ	178.8572
2	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	178.8572
3	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	177.7144
4	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7144
5	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	175.4172
6	Paca Crew BBQ	173.1316
7	Mad Dog BBQ	173.1316
8	Kings BBQ Team	173.1200
9	HPO PIT TEAM	171.9772
10	Smokin Sweetmeats	171.9772
11	K & E's Little Smokers	169.6800
12	Suwannee River Smokers	169.6800
13	Whiskey Church	169.6800
14	PeachCoast BBQ	169.6800
15	Cold Beer BBQ	168.5600
16	Yeti Mafia BBQ	168.5256
17	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	167.3828
18	KODAS BBQ LLC	166.2516
19	Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	166.2284
20	Big T's BBQ & More	165.1088
21	So So Barbeque	163.4172
22	Big & Ugly BBQ	157.7144
23	Southern Roots Catering	155.4172
24	Blueline Q	154.8344
25	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	153.6572
26	Lake City Fire Department	151.3944

Pork

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1258

#	Team	Score
1	Mad Dog BBQ	178.2972
2	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7028
3	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	176.5600
4	Kings BBQ Team	174.2628
5	K & E's Little Smokers	173.1200
6	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	173.1200
7	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	171.9772
8	Going Yard BBQ	171.9656
9	Whiskey Church	171.9656
10	Smokin Sweetmeats	170.8228
11	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	170.2628
12	PeachCoast BBQ	167.9772
13	Paca Crew BBQ	167.3828
14	Suwannee River Smokers	166.8688
15	So So Barbeque	166.2628
16	KODAS BBQ LLC	165.0972
17	HPO PIT TEAM	165.0856
18	Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	165.0856
19	Yeti Mafia BBQ	163.3944
20	Cold Beer BBQ	162.8000
21	Lake City Fire Department	161.0856
22	Big & Ugly BBQ	159.9544
23	Big T's BBQ & More	158.2056
24	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	155.9432
25	Blueline Q	154.2172
26	Southern Roots Catering	143.4056

Brisket

26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8114

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	176.5600
2	Mad Dog BBQ	176.5600
3	Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	175.4172
4	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2628
5	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	171.9656
6	KODAS BBQ LLC	170.8344
7	Paca Crew BBQ	170.8228
8	Cold Beer BBQ	169.6800
9	Going Yard BBQ	169.6800
10	PeachCoast BBQ	169.6800
11	Smokin Sweetmeats	168.5256
12	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	168.5256
13	Whiskey Church	167.3828
14	Kings BBQ Team	166.2400
15	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	165.1200
16	Suwannee River Smokers	165.0972
17	Yeti Mafia BBQ	165.0856
18	So So Barbeque	162.2284
19	K & E's Little Smokers	161.6572
20	HPO PIT TEAM	161.1088
21	Big & Ugly BBQ	160.5144
22	Blueline Q	158.8228
23	Lake City Fire Department	158.2288
24	Big T's BBQ & More	157.1088
25	Southern Roots Catering	156.5372
26	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	155.9544

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Ancillary — Pie

14 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.2972

#	Team	Score
1	TR's Smokin Bones BBQ	177.7372
2	Cakes and More	177.7144
3	Darlene Smith	174.2628
4	HPO PIT TEAM	173.7256
5	Dawn Johnson	173.7144
6	Lake City Fire Department	172.0000
7	Alix Alexander	170.8572
8	Heather Washington	169.7372
9	Alix Alexander 2	169.7144
10	A Groom Above	169.6916
11	Racheal Walker	167.9656
12	Quarnessia Hall	162.8344
13	Marvin Johnson	159.9428
14	Richard Crawford	159.9428

The Downtown BBQ Showdown

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork ribs

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Pie