A first Grand Championship
4
tracked contests to get there
This was Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ
2013-10-04 – 2013-10-05 · Corinth, MS · 📍 Corinth, MS
Grand Champion: Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics (708.0000) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ
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.
483.89
median 667.87
708.00 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180.00 🔥
- Pork Ribs 177.70
- Pork 177.71
- Brisket 177.14
20.00
180.00
Entries
30
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
708.0000
Winning margin
6.9028
GC over RC
Field average
656.94
483.89708.00
median 667.87 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
3.9884 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
679.3028
483.89708.00
10th place overall
Field spread
224.1144
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 6%
beats 94% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.44 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1513
avg power rating going in · stronger than 9% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 8–9: SMOKE OF THE SHOALS and Kinney Kountry Kookers tied on 170.8460 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics and ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: OLD PLANTATION BBQ and E.T.'S BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 1–2 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
- Chicken 6th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Prime Time Swine · Chicken
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.0116 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 173.7028 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 173.1084 | 168.0116 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
30 entries · top 708.0000 · median 667.8684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 2 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 3 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | TUSCUMBIA RIVER BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 6 | Bean Bandit | |
| 7 | Pigs R Us | |
| 8 | Kinney Kountry Kookers | |
| 9 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | Prime Time Swine | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 13 | Wild Hogs | |
| 14 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 15 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 16 | SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE | |
| 17 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 18 | KC Porkers | |
| 19 | Twist and Snout | |
| 20 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 21 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 22 | Grilling Room | |
| 23 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 24 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 25 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 26 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 27 | Classic Q | |
| 28 | BREW CREW | |
| 29 | MSCC Aged Hams | |
| 30 | Reman Roaster |
Chicken
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Time Swine | |
| 2 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 5 | Pigs R Us | |
| 6 | Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 7 | Kinney Kountry Kookers | |
| 8 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 9 | TUSCUMBIA RIVER BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | Wild Hogs | |
| 12 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 13 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 14 | Bean Bandit | |
| 15 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 16 | Twist and Snout | |
| 17 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 18 | SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE | |
| 19 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 20 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 21 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 22 | Grilling Room | |
| 23 | KC Porkers | |
| 24 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 25 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 27 | MSCC Aged Hams | |
| 28 | BREW CREW | |
| 29 | Classic Q | |
| 30 | Reman Roaster |
Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 2 | Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 3 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 6 | Pigs R Us | |
| 7 | Bean Bandit | |
| 8 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 9 | Kinney Kountry Kookers | |
| 10 | Twist and Snout | |
| 11 | TUSCUMBIA RIVER BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 12 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 13 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 14 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 15 | KC Porkers | |
| 16 | Prime Time Swine | |
| 17 | SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE | |
| 18 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 19 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 22 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 23 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 24 | Grilling Room | |
| 25 | Reman Roaster | |
| 26 | Wild Hogs | |
| 27 | Classic Q | |
| 28 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 29 | MSCC Aged Hams | |
| 30 | BREW CREW |
Pork
30 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 2 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 3 | Wild Hogs | |
| 4 | KC Porkers | |
| 5 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 7 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 8 | TUSCUMBIA RIVER BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 9 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 10 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 11 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 12 | Bean Bandit | |
| 13 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 14 | SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE | |
| 15 | Pigs R Us | |
| 16 | Kinney Kountry Kookers | |
| 17 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 18 | Twist and Snout | |
| 19 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 20 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 21 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 22 | Prime Time Swine | |
| 23 | Classic Q | |
| 24 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 25 | Grilling Room | |
| 26 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 27 | BREW CREW | |
| 28 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 29 | Reman Roaster | |
| 30 | MSCC Aged Hams |
Brisket
30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.3714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 2 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | TUSCUMBIA RIVER BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 6 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 8 | Bean Bandit | |
| 9 | Kinney Kountry Kookers | |
| 10 | Wild Hogs | |
| 11 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 12 | Prime Time Swine | |
| 13 | Pigs R Us | |
| 14 | Grilling Room | |
| 15 | SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE | |
| 16 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE OF THE SHOALS | |
| 18 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 19 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 20 | KC Porkers | |
| 21 | Classic Q | |
| 22 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 23 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 24 | Twist and Snout | |
| 25 | MSCC Aged Hams | |
| 26 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 27 | Reman Roaster | |
| 28 | BREW CREW | |
| 29 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 30 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS |
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 — Anything But
11 entries · top 153.1884 · median 140.6056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 2 | Fire & Keystones | |
| 3 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 4 | BREW CREW | |
| 5 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 6 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 7 | KC Porkers | |
| 8 | Grilling Room | |
| 9 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 10 | Wild Hogs | |
| 11 | Reman Roaster |
Master Series — Dessert
11 entries · top 165.6800 · median 149.6456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reman Roaster | |
| 2 | Classic Q | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' RUMPS BBQ | |
| 4 | BREW CREW | |
| 5 | Rowdy Southern Swine | |
| 6 | SLOPPY HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | PIG MEDICS | |
| 8 | Pigmedics 2 | |
| 9 | Nio Smokin Joke | |
| 10 | PRENTISS PIT CREW | |
| 11 | Fire & Keystones |