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Music City Festival & BBQ Championship

Aug 23–24, 2013 · Nashville, TN

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WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
696.5484 · Master Series — Overall
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SWIGGIN PIG
695.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE OF THE SHOALS
690.2056 · Master Series — Overall

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won Grand Champion at the Music City Festival & BBQ Championship on August 23, 2013 in Nashville, TN, scoring 696.5484 in a field of 55 teams. SWIGGIN PIG took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.4056. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE ON THIS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SWIGGIN PIG (178.8572); Pork — SMOKE OF THE SHOALS (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKE OF THE SHOALS (180.0000).

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 180 🔥
40 180

Entries

55
4 judged meats · 6 ancillary

Top score

696.5484

Winning margin

1.1428
GC over RC

Field average

643.57
487.77696.55
median 645.63 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
SMOKE OF THE SHOALS (Brisket), SMOKE ON THIS (Chicken), SMOKE OF THE SHOALS (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

676.5028
487.77696.55
10th place overall

Field spread

208.7768
winner to last place

Most consistent

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4.5944 pts — SMOKE OF THE SHOALS

How hot was the win?

Top 47%
beats 53% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.42 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,513
avg power rating going in · stronger than 9% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
rated 1697 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

1.1428 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 81% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.

  • WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
  • SWIGGIN PIG

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 12th
  • Brisket 10th

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SMOKE OF THE SHOALS · Brisket
  • SMOKE ON THIS · Chicken
  • SMOKE OF THE SHOALS · Pork

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS and SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: So Good Barbecue and SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: SWIGGIN PIG and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SMOKE OF THE SHOALS won Pork, Brisket — a double.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180173.1428171.9772
Pork Ribs178.8572176173.1316
Pork180175.4172171.9656
Brisket180172.5944170.2856

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 696.5484 · median 645.6340

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 696.5484
2 SWIGGIN PIG 695.4056
3 SMOKE OF THE SHOALS 690.2056
4 SMOKE ON THIS 689.6228
5 DIVA Q 687.9428
6 HUFFIN' & PUFFIN 686.2172
7 Big B BBQ Company 681.6800
8 JIGGY PIGGY 681.6456
9 The Fabulous Faultiners 678.7772
10 HOUSE OF Q 676.5028
11 THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS 673.1084
12 Wilder-Than-Your-Bar-B-Que 671.9200
13 MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 671.8512
14 Rub Down South 668.5940
15 JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS 665.0744
16 CHARCOAL COWBOYS 662.7656
17 SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 662.2172
18 CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM 661.0404
19 Barkin Hogs BBQ 658.7424
20 3 STAR BBQ TEAM 655.9772
21 SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ 655.8976
22 High Life on the Hog 654.8228
23 Peg Leg Porkers 654.2512
24 Smokin with an Attitude 649.6116
25 SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. 648.4460
26 R-W Que 646.7316
27 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 646.1368
28 GOVERNORS BBQ 645.6340
29 So Good Barbecue 645.0968
30 Contractors Inc. 643.8052
31 Ash Holes 643.3256
32 Frugal MacDoogals 643.2916
33 Southern City Flavors 643.2796
34 Jeffco Grill Shop 642.1712
35 THE SPICE IS RIGHT 641.6340
36 Pork Sweat & Beers BBQ 635.8512
37 LET'S GO HOGGIN 634.7084
38 The Pork University 630.7772
39 Fatbacks 628.4456
40 Smokie Bones 627.9424
41 Team Man Wagon 624.9824
42 THE Q CREW 623.3484
43 Paradise Ridge 623.2916
44 Swiggin Meat 622.6852
45 EC's Pit BBQ 618.2628
46 Chicks & Bones 616.5260
47 GRILL TEAM SIX 614.7772
48 PaPa Bennett's BBQ 613.5536
49 Souce One 606.7424
50 PORK Q SMOKERS 601.5772
51 Corner Pub 598.2056
52 TANGLED UP IN 'CUE 590.8112
53 Porks and Recreation 589.3940
54 PIGGIN AINT EASY 586.9944
55 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 487.7716

Chicken

55 entries · top 180 · median 162.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE ON THIS 180 🔥
2 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 176.5600
3 SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. 176.5600
4 Rub Down South 173.7372
5 SWIGGIN PIG 173.1428
6 MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 173.1200
7 So Good Barbecue 172.5600
8 SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 172.5600
9 DIVA Q 172
10 CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM 171.9772
11 CHARCOAL COWBOYS 171.4172
12 HUFFIN' & PUFFIN 170.8228
13 3 STAR BBQ TEAM 169.7256
14 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 169.6800
15 Big B BBQ Company 169.1544
16 PIGGIN AINT EASY 169.1200
17 THE SPICE IS RIGHT 167.9656
18 High Life on the Hog 167.4172
19 JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS 166.8572
20 SMOKE OF THE SHOALS 166.8228
21 The Fabulous Faultiners 165.7028
22 Ash Holes 165.1312
23 R-W Que 164.5600
24 Wilder-Than-Your-Bar-B-Que 164.5256
25 HOUSE OF Q 164.0228
26 JIGGY PIGGY 163.4172
27 Paradise Ridge 162.8572
28 The Pork University 162.8572
29 SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ 162.8344
30 LET'S GO HOGGIN 162.8228
31 Southern City Flavors 162.8112
32 Smokie Bones 162.2628
33 Contractors Inc. 161.6568
34 Corner Pub 161.1544
35 Frugal MacDoogals 161.1200
36 THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS 160.5828
37 Pork Sweat & Beers BBQ 160.5600
38 GRILL TEAM SIX 160
39 PaPa Bennett's BBQ 159.9312
40 Barkin Hogs BBQ 159.3828
41 Peg Leg Porkers 158.8684
42 Team Man Wagon 158.2512
43 Smokin with an Attitude 157.6800
44 Jeffco Grill Shop 157.6800
45 Fatbacks 157.1200
46 Swiggin Meat 153.6800
47 GOVERNORS BBQ 152.5600
48 Souce One 151.9428
49 THE Q CREW 150.2056
50 PORK Q SMOKERS 149.7144
51 EC's Pit BBQ 147.9884
52 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 147.4172
53 Chicks & Bones 146.3088
54 Porks and Recreation 144.5256
55 TANGLED UP IN 'CUE 137.1200

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8228

#TeamScore
1 SWIGGIN PIG 178.8572
2 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 178.8572
3 Big B BBQ Company 177.7144
4 DIVA Q 177.1544
5 JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS 176
6 JIGGY PIGGY 175.4056
7 The Fabulous Faultiners 174.8572
8 THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS 174.2972
9 THE Q CREW 173.1428
10 HOUSE OF Q 173.1316
11 HUFFIN' & PUFFIN 171.9772
12 MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 171.4172
13 THE SPICE IS RIGHT 170.8572
14 Rub Down South 169.1084
15 Southern City Flavors 167.4172
16 Jeffco Grill Shop 167.3828
17 PORK Q SMOKERS 166.8456
18 CHARCOAL COWBOYS 166.8228
19 Barkin Hogs BBQ 166.8112
20 SMOKE ON THIS 166.2400
21 SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 165.1316
22 Contractors Inc. 165.0856
23 GOVERNORS BBQ 164.5372
24 Wilder-Than-Your-Bar-B-Que 163.4288
25 SMOKE OF THE SHOALS 163.3828
26 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 163.3712
27 The Pork University 162.8456
28 SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. 162.8228
29 SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ 162.2632
30 High Life on the Hog 161.7600
31 LET'S GO HOGGIN 161.6456
32 Ash Holes 160.5828
33 Chicks & Bones 159.4400
34 R-W Que 159.3828
35 So Good Barbecue 158.2512
36 Smokie Bones 158.2512
37 Souce One 157.6912
38 3 STAR BBQ TEAM 155.4516
39 Team Man Wagon 154.2628
40 Fatbacks 154.2172
41 Swiggin Meat 153.6684
42 Peg Leg Porkers 153.1316
43 EC's Pit BBQ 153.0972
44 TANGLED UP IN 'CUE 152.5828
45 Smokin with an Attitude 152.5372
46 Paradise Ridge 151.3944
47 Frugal MacDoogals 151.3828
48 PaPa Bennett's BBQ 148.5256
49 Pork Sweat & Beers BBQ 147.3716
50 CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM 146.8116
51 Corner Pub 146.2628
52 GRILL TEAM SIX 142.8112
53 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 131.2344
54 Porks and Recreation 115.1772
55 PIGGIN AINT EASY 104.8572

Pork

55 entries · top 180 · median 164.0112 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE OF THE SHOALS 180 🔥
2 Frugal MacDoogals 179.4400
3 SWIGGIN PIG 178.8572
4 CHARCOAL COWBOYS 176.5600
5 CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM 175.4172
6 THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS 175.4056
7 Fatbacks 173.1428
8 3 STAR BBQ TEAM 172.5600
9 Peg Leg Porkers 172.5484
10 The Fabulous Faultiners 171.9656
11 Wilder-Than-Your-Bar-B-Que 171.4056
12 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 170.8456
13 HOUSE OF Q 170.8228
14 HUFFIN' & PUFFIN 170.8228
15 Rub Down South 170.3084
16 Pork Sweat & Beers BBQ 170.2512
17 JIGGY PIGGY 169.1200
18 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 169.1200
19 SMOKE ON THIS 168.5140
20 SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. 167.9888
21 Big B BBQ Company 167.9656
22 PIGGIN AINT EASY 167.9656
23 DIVA Q 167.9656
24 Paradise Ridge 166.8344
25 Smokin with an Attitude 166.8344
26 SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 166.2628
27 So Good Barbecue 164.5484
28 Porks and Recreation 164.0112
29 SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ 163.9772
30 Jeffco Grill Shop 163.4172
31 Barkin Hogs BBQ 162.2856
32 Ash Holes 161.6916
33 Chicks & Bones 161.6800
34 The Pork University 161.1200
35 MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 161.0856
36 GRILL TEAM SIX 160.5600
37 EC's Pit BBQ 160
38 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 159.4056
39 R-W Que 159.3944
40 LET'S GO HOGGIN 159.3712
41 Contractors Inc. 159.3712
42 Team Man Wagon 158.8228
43 JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS 158.8228
44 Southern City Flavors 154.8456
45 High Life on the Hog 153.6800
46 GOVERNORS BBQ 153.1312
47 Swiggin Meat 153.0856
48 Smokie Bones 152.6056
49 PORK Q SMOKERS 150.8228
50 Corner Pub 149.1428
51 THE SPICE IS RIGHT 147.4168
52 PaPa Bennett's BBQ 147.3712
53 TANGLED UP IN 'CUE 145.1084
54 Souce One 137.1312
55 THE Q CREW 133.1428

Brisket

55 entries · top 180 · median 158.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE OF THE SHOALS 180 🔥
2 GOVERNORS BBQ 175.4056
3 SMOKE ON THIS 174.8688
4 JIGGY PIGGY 173.7028
5 HUFFIN' & PUFFIN 172.5944
6 Smokin with an Attitude 172.5600
7 Wilder-Than-Your-Bar-B-Que 172.5600
8 High Life on the Hog 171.9656
9 DIVA Q 170.8228
10 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 170.2856
11 Barkin Hogs BBQ 170.2628
12 Peg Leg Porkers 169.7028
13 HOUSE OF Q 168.5256
14 THE Q CREW 166.8572
15 Big B BBQ Company 166.8456
16 CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM 166.8344
17 SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ 166.8228
18 The Fabulous Faultiners 166.2516
19 MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 166.2284
20 Porks and Recreation 165.6800
21 SWIGGIN PIG 164.5484
22 JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS 163.3944
23 R-W Que 163.3944
24 THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS 162.8228
25 Swiggin Meat 162.2512
26 Souce One 159.9772
27 SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 158.2628
28 3 STAR BBQ TEAM 158.2400
29 Southern City Flavors 158.2056
30 PaPa Bennett's BBQ 157.7256
31 Contractors Inc. 157.6916
32 Pork Sweat & Beers BBQ 157.6684
33 EC's Pit BBQ 157.1772
34 TANGLED UP IN 'CUE 156
35 Ash Holes 155.9200
36 Rub Down South 155.4400
37 THE SPICE IS RIGHT 155.3944
38 Smokie Bones 154.8228
39 Jeffco Grill Shop 153.6912
40 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 153.6800
41 Team Man Wagon 153.6456
42 GRILL TEAM SIX 151.4060
43 Frugal MacDoogals 151.3488
44 LET'S GO HOGGIN 150.8688
45 So Good Barbecue 149.7372
46 Chicks & Bones 149.0972
47 CHARCOAL COWBOYS 147.9656
48 PIGGIN AINT EASY 145.0516
49 Fatbacks 143.9656
50 The Pork University 143.9544
51 Paradise Ridge 142.2056
52 Corner Pub 141.6456
53 SPENCER RIDGE BBQ CO. 141.0744
54 PORK Q SMOKERS 134.1944
55 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 40

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.

Master Series — Backyard

19 entries · top 488.4224 · median 312.0568

#TeamScore
1 That Just Aint Right Smkers 488.4224
2 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 482.7996
3 PORK U 478.7660
4 Ole Country Porkers 474.1480
5 ALL SMOKED UP 470.3312
6 Pit and Sit 457.8284
7 Steady Smokin 317.6112
8 MASTER BASTERS 317.1088
9 Something Good BBQ 313.6116
10 Porkusters 312.0568
11 Brewhouse Ribs & Chicken 310.8340
12 Parrotthead Pokers & Pluckers 308.5716
13 BARBIE N THE QUE 300.5716
14 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 278.8000
15 Cool Breeze BBQ 271.2568
16 Captalist Pib BBQ 160.5028
17 Hungry Stick BBQ 153.1088
18 Warthogs 137.0628
19 THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS 136.5372

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 153.4514

#TeamScore
1 That Just Aint Right Smkers 176.5600
2 PORK U 173.1200
3 ALL SMOKED UP 162.8800
4 Steady Smokin 159.3712
5 Ole Country Porkers 158.7884
6 BARBIE N THE QUE 153.7372
7 Brewhouse Ribs & Chicken 153.1656
8 Parrotthead Pokers & Pluckers 149.7028
9 Pit and Sit 147.4856
10 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 147.4056
11 Cool Breeze BBQ 145.0740
12 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 134.8228

Master Series — Backyard Dessert

5 entries · top 174.8572 · median 170.8456

#TeamScore
1 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 174.8572
2 That Just Aint Right Smkers 171.9884
3 Ole Country Porkers 170.8456
4 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 168.5600
5 Pit and Sit 154.8000

Master Series — Backyard Pork

11 entries · top 172.5484 · median 155.9540

#TeamScore
1 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 172.5484
2 ALL SMOKED UP 162.9028
3 Pit and Sit 161.1656
4 That Just Aint Right Smkers 161.0740
5 MASTER BASTERS 156
6 Ole Country Porkers 155.9540
7 Something Good BBQ 151.3600
8 BARBIE N THE QUE 146.8344
9 Porkusters 146.3312
10 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 143.9772
11 PORK U 141.0972

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

17 entries · top 165.7256 · median 158.2400

#TeamScore
1 Porkusters 165.7256
2 PORK U 164.5488
3 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 162.8456
4 Something Good BBQ 162.2516
5 MASTER BASTERS 161.1088
6 Captalist Pib BBQ 160.5028
7 Ole Country Porkers 159.4056
8 Parrotthead Pokers & Pluckers 158.8688
9 Steady Smokin 158.2400
10 Brewhouse Ribs & Chicken 157.6684
11 Hungry Stick BBQ 153.1088
12 That Just Aint Right Smkers 150.7884
13 Pit and Sit 149.1772
14 ALL SMOKED UP 144.5484
15 Warthogs 137.0628
16 THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS 136.5372
17 Cool Breeze BBQ 126.1828

Master Series — Backyard Seafood

6 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9884

#TeamScore
1 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 177.7144
2 Ole Country Porkers 176.5600
3 PORK U 169.6684
4 Cool Breeze BBQ 166.3084
5 BEGLEY'S BRATS & DOGS 145.6572
6 Brewhouse Ribs & Chicken 135.9656

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