Smokin on the Rez
2025-04-04 – 2025-04-05 · Ridgeland, MS · 📍 Old Trace Park · State championship
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $4,800.00
Grand Champion: LC BBQ (700.4796) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
LC BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
FIRE DANCER BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: BLIND HOG BBQ and Smoke Busters tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Smoke Busters and Kith n' Kin tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Mo Betta BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1632 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1084 | 167.9656 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 173.1084 | 168.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 700.4796 · median 687.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LC BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 4 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 5 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 7 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 8 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 9 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 10 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 11 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 12 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 13 | Smoke Busters | |
| 14 | Mississippi Meat Mafia | |
| 15 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 16 | BBK Backyard BBQ | |
| 17 | 2nd Hand Smoke |
Chicken
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 2 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke Busters | |
| 4 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 5 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 6 | LC BBQ | |
| 7 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 8 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 9 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 10 | BBK Backyard BBQ | |
| 11 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 12 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 13 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 14 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 15 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 16 | Mississippi Meat Mafia | |
| 17 | 2nd Hand Smoke |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 4 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 5 | LC BBQ | |
| 6 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 7 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 8 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 9 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 10 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 11 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 12 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 13 | Mississippi Meat Mafia | |
| 14 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 15 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 16 | BBK Backyard BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Busters |
Pork
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 4 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 5 | Mississippi Meat Mafia | |
| 6 | Smoke Busters | |
| 7 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 8 | LC BBQ | |
| 9 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 10 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 11 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 12 | BBK Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 14 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 15 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 16 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 17 | 2nd Hand Smoke |
Brisket
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 5 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 6 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 7 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 8 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 9 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 11 | Smoke Busters | |
| 12 | Mo Betta BBQ | |
| 13 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 14 | BBK Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 16 | Mississippi Meat Mafia | |
| 17 | Kermit's Ex |