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Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

2013-10-11 – 2013-10-12 · Rocky Mount, NC · 📍 Rocky Mount, NC

Grand Champion: FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack (682.2744) · 55 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

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FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack
682.2744 · Master Series — Overall
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WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
681.0400 · Master Series — Overall
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EB'S BAR-B-QUE
680.0000 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 174.29
  • Pork Ribs 177.74
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 177.14
20.00 177.74

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.

2013-10-11 — 682.2744 (FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack) 2017-10-13 — 701.0972 (MUTTLEY CREW BBQ) 2018-10-12 — 682.7428 (MUTTLEY CREW BBQ) 2019-10-11 — 705.1316 (Old Colony Smokehouse) 2021-10-08 — 702.2400 (Fred Vegas Smokers) 2022-10-07 — 705.1316 (Hold Your Horses BBQ) 2023-10-13 — 702.2400 (Swine 'N' Roses BBQ) 2024-10-11 — 702.7884 (Smoke Central) 682.27 2013 2024

Entries

55
4 judged meats

Top score

682.2744

Winning margin

1.2344
GC over RC

Field average

637.61
517.63682.27
median 637.11 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.8856
517.63682.27
10th place overall

Field spread

164.6404
winner to last place

Most consistent

FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.9772 pts — FAT HEADS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 86%
beats 14% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1520
avg power rating going in · stronger than 14% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
rated 1722 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

1.2344 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2344 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.

  • FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack
  • WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

An upset on the books

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1524
  • top seed 1722

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 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 12th
  • Pork 8th
  • Brisket 3rd

A first Grand Championship

4 tracked contests to get there

This was FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 8 tracked editions

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.

  • 2017
  • 2018

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 6–7: Cookin' With Stump and The Smoke House Bandits!!! tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: SMOKE THIS and BEAN CAN BBQ tied on 167.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: SMOKIN SKULLIES and SMOKE THIS tied on 172.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Brisket 9–10 · tie

One of the big ones

55 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data

55 teams made this a bigger field than 90% 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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-10-11 ← this one Rocky Mount, NC Rocky Mount, NC 55 682.2744 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
2016-10-07 Rocky Mount, NC — — — — —
2017-10-13 Rocky Mount, NC S Church St. 50 701.0972 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ THE SMOKEHOUSE BANDITS!!!
2018-10-12 Rocky Mount, NC S Church St. 39 682.7428 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
2019-10-11 Rocky Mount, NC S Church st 32 705.1316 Old Colony Smokehouse REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
2021-10-08 Rocky Mount, NC S Church St 26 702.2400 Fred Vegas Smokers GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
2022-10-07 Rocky Mount, NC S Church St 27 705.1316 Hold Your Horses BBQ FRED VEGAS SMOKERS
2023-10-13 Rocky Mount, NC S Church St 27 702.2400 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ Smoke Central BBQ
2024-10-11 Rocky Mount, NC 285 NE Main Street 26 702.7884 Smoke Central FRED VEGAS SMOKERS

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken174.2856172.5484169.1200
Pork Ribs177.7372171.4056168.0228
Pork176.5600169.1544167.4056
Brisket177.1428172.5828169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 682.2744 · median 637.1084

#TeamScore
1 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 682.2744
2 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 681.0400
3 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 680.0000
4 SMOKIN SKULLIES 671.9540
5 GROG N HOGS 667.9428
6 BEER MEETS GRILL 665.0856
7 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 663.9656
8 SMOKE THIS 663.9428
9 BIG ON THE PIG 663.8856
10 Prime Barbecue 663.8856
11 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 659.8856
12 OOPS 657.6112
13 BEAN CAN BBQ 656.9712
14 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 656.4340
15 FAT HEADS BBQ 655.8628
16 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 654.7772
17 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 654.7540
18 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 652.5828
19 PEPPER MONKEY BBQ 650.7428
20 FLAMING PIG 650.2172
21 SMOKIN DOPES BBQ 649.7028
22 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 648.5712
23 THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM 647.3940
24 ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ 643.9084
25 UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM 643.2800
26 SLAP SHOT BBQ 640.9828
27 FOUR MEN AND A SMOKIN PIG 639.9768
28 HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 637.1084
29 CAROLINA Q 637.0740
30 TARHEEL SMOKERS 637.0400
31 THE PORK CITY GRILLERS 636.4800
32 BELLWOOD BBQ 636.4796
33 Mean Mans 635.9432
34 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 634.1716
35 EVEL QUE-NIEVEL 634.0452
36 MR. WOO'S BBQ 633.6916
37 MEATHEADS' BBQ 632.5832
38 NORTH MEATS SOUTH BBQ 632.4912
39 Whoot Whoo Bar-B-Q 630.2172
40 SWING DINGS BBQ 627.9312
41 SMOKE-N-MY-I'S COMPETITION BBQ 626.1256
42 OFF THE BONE BBQ 625.7368
43 FIRED UP SMOKERS 623.3144
44 Cookin' With Stump 619.8972
45 MOE CASON BBQ 619.3600
46 OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE 616.4232
47 PROUD PIG PORKERS 612.3884
48 BOBO'S QUE 611.8856
49 THE PIG'S EAR 611.8056
50 HIT THE PIT BBQ CO. 606.1944
51 CHARACTER'S FAMOUS BBQ 603.3828
52 Pig Whistle 602.2520
53 SMOKEY ANDERSON BBQ 590.6744
54 Kilted Que 568.4576
55 The Smoke House Bandits!!! 517.6340

Chicken

55 entries · top 174.2856 · median 162.2972

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN DOPES BBQ 174.2856
2 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 173.7372
3 FAT HEADS BBQ 173.1428
4 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 172.5600
5 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 172.5484
6 Prime Barbecue 171.4172
7 CAROLINA Q 170.2856
8 FLAMING PIG 169.7028
9 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 169.1772
10 BEAN CAN BBQ 169.1200
11 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 168.0000
12 GROG N HOGS 167.4172
13 OOPS 167.3828
14 Kilted Que 166.8800
15 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 166.8572
16 HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 166.8228
17 BIG ON THE PIG 166.8228
18 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 166.2628
19 BEER MEETS GRILL 166.2628
20 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 165.1772
21 The Smoke House Bandits!!! 165.0740
22 SMOKEY ANDERSON BBQ 164.6288
23 Mean Mans 164.5716
24 SMOKIN SKULLIES 163.9884
25 BELLWOOD BBQ 163.9772
26 OFF THE BONE BBQ 163.4628
27 MEATHEADS' BBQ 163.3828
28 Pig Whistle 162.2972
29 UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM 162.2744
30 MR. WOO'S BBQ 161.7260
31 HIT THE PIT BBQ CO. 161.1428
32 SMOKE THIS 160.5256
33 FOUR MEN AND A SMOKIN PIG 160.0000
34 Whoot Whoo Bar-B-Q 159.9772
35 THE PORK CITY GRILLERS 158.2744
36 SWING DINGS BBQ 158.2628
37 TARHEEL SMOKERS 157.6800
38 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 157.6684
39 THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM 157.1084
40 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 157.0856
41 MOE CASON BBQ 156.5600
42 ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ 156.5372
43 EVEL QUE-NIEVEL 156.4912
44 CHARACTER'S FAMOUS BBQ 155.9772
45 PEPPER MONKEY BBQ 155.3484
46 BOBO'S QUE 154.2628
47 FIRED UP SMOKERS 154.2400
48 NORTH MEATS SOUTH BBQ 154.2400
49 SMOKE-N-MY-I'S COMPETITION BBQ 153.0856
50 SLAP SHOT BBQ 152.5028
51 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 152.4912
52 Cookin' With Stump 151.9772
53 THE PIG'S EAR 147.9772
54 PROUD PIG PORKERS 147.3484
55 OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE 145.6344

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 177.7372 · median 158.8344

#TeamScore
1 BIG ON THE PIG 177.7372
2 SMOKIN SKULLIES 174.2972
3 Prime Barbecue 172.0000
4 FIRED UP SMOKERS 171.4400
5 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 171.4056
6 Cookin' With Stump 170.8572
7 The Smoke House Bandits!!! 170.8572
8 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 169.7600
9 BEER MEETS GRILL 168.5828
10 THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM 168.0228
11 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 168.0000
12 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 167.9772
13 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 166.8344
14 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 166.2628
15 GROG N HOGS 164.5600
16 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 164.5484
17 UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM 163.9656
18 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 163.4400
19 SMOKE THIS 163.4288
20 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 163.4056
21 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 162.8116
22 FLAMING PIG 162.2516
23 FOUR MEN AND A SMOKIN PIG 161.7028
24 HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 161.2000
25 SMOKIN DOPES BBQ 161.1544
26 OOPS 160.5600
27 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 160.5256
28 SMOKE-N-MY-I'S COMPETITION BBQ 158.8344
29 BEAN CAN BBQ 158.8000
30 MEATHEADS' BBQ 158.3088
31 BOBO'S QUE 158.2400
32 SLAP SHOT BBQ 158.2056
33 PEPPER MONKEY BBQ 157.1316
34 ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ 156.5600
35 THE PORK CITY GRILLERS 155.9772
36 CAROLINA Q 154.8228
37 Mean Mans 154.8000
38 SWING DINGS BBQ 153.7600
39 Whoot Whoo Bar-B-Q 153.6916
40 THE PIG'S EAR 153.6456
41 BELLWOOD BBQ 153.6340
42 MR. WOO'S BBQ 152.5484
43 NORTH MEATS SOUTH BBQ 151.9884
44 MOE CASON BBQ 151.9772
45 TARHEEL SMOKERS 151.9428
46 OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE 151.9428
47 FAT HEADS BBQ 150.2172
48 CHARACTER'S FAMOUS BBQ 148.5600
49 PROUD PIG PORKERS 148.5144
50 HIT THE PIT BBQ CO. 146.8228
51 OFF THE BONE BBQ 146.2856
52 EVEL QUE-NIEVEL 146.1828
53 Kilted Que 145.1088
54 SMOKEY ANDERSON BBQ 144.5028
55 Pig Whistle 143.9888

Pork

55 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1312

#TeamScore
1 FAT HEADS BBQ 176.5600
2 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 172.5828
3 Mean Mans 171.4744
4 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 171.4172
5 Pig Whistle 169.1544
6 OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE 168.5944
7 THE PIG'S EAR 167.9772
8 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 167.4400
9 SMOKE THIS 167.4056
10 BEAN CAN BBQ 167.4056
11 GROG N HOGS 166.2856
12 EVEL QUE-NIEVEL 166.2284
13 TARHEEL SMOKERS 165.6800
14 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 165.1428
15 NORTH MEATS SOUTH BBQ 165.1428
16 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 165.1200
17 SLAP SHOT BBQ 165.1200
18 BEER MEETS GRILL 163.9656
19 CHARACTER'S FAMOUS BBQ 163.3940
20 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 163.3828
21 PROUD PIG PORKERS 162.8228
22 OFF THE BONE BBQ 162.3200
23 FLAMING PIG 162.2628
24 BIG ON THE PIG 162.2400
25 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 162.2284
26 The Smoke House Bandits!!! 161.7028
27 FOUR MEN AND A SMOKIN PIG 161.7028
28 ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ 161.1312
29 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 161.1200
30 PEPPER MONKEY BBQ 161.1200
31 SMOKIN SKULLIES 161.0856
32 OOPS 160.5484
33 MR. WOO'S BBQ 159.4400
34 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 159.4172
35 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 158.8344
36 SMOKEY ANDERSON BBQ 158.2628
37 Whoot Whoo Bar-B-Q 157.7028
38 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 157.7028
39 SMOKE-N-MY-I'S COMPETITION BBQ 157.7028
40 THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM 157.6684
41 SMOKIN DOPES BBQ 157.1428
42 HIT THE PIT BBQ CO. 156.6172
43 BOBO'S QUE 155.9772
44 BELLWOOD BBQ 155.4400
45 Prime Barbecue 155.3600
46 MEATHEADS' BBQ 153.7372
47 CAROLINA Q 153.7144
48 SWING DINGS BBQ 153.6568
49 THE PORK CITY GRILLERS 152.5256
50 Cookin' With Stump 151.9656
51 UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM 151.3600
52 HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 149.1084
53 Kilted Que 146.2972
54 MOE CASON BBQ 146.2628
55 FIRED UP SMOKERS 146.2400

Brisket

55 entries · top 177.1428 · median 159.9772

#TeamScore
1 PEPPER MONKEY BBQ 177.1428
2 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 174.2628
3 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 173.1200
4 SMOKIN SKULLIES 172.5828
5 SMOKE THIS 172.5828
6 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 171.9772
7 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 171.4172
8 THE PORK CITY GRILLERS 169.7028
9 GROG N HOGS 169.6800
10 ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ 169.6800
11 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 169.1772
12 OOPS 169.1200
13 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 167.4172
14 BEER MEETS GRILL 166.2744
15 UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM 165.6800
16 SLAP SHOT BBQ 165.1544
17 EVEL QUE-NIEVEL 165.1428
18 Prime Barbecue 165.1084
19 THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM 164.5944
20 MOE CASON BBQ 164.5600
21 BELLWOOD BBQ 163.4284
22 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 162.8572
23 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 162.8000
24 SWING DINGS BBQ 162.2516
25 TARHEEL SMOKERS 161.7372
26 BEAN CAN BBQ 161.6456
27 NORTH MEATS SOUTH BBQ 161.1200
28 MR. WOO'S BBQ 159.9772
29 HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 159.9772
30 Whoot Whoo Bar-B-Q 158.8456
31 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 158.8228
32 CAROLINA Q 158.2512
33 MEATHEADS' BBQ 157.1544
34 SMOKIN DOPES BBQ 157.1200
35 BIG ON THE PIG 157.0856
36 FOUR MEN AND A SMOKIN PIG 156.5712
37 SMOKE-N-MY-I'S COMPETITION BBQ 156.5028
38 FLAMING PIG 156.0000
39 FAT HEADS BBQ 155.9428
40 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 154.8456
41 PROUD PIG PORKERS 153.7028
42 OFF THE BONE BBQ 153.6684
43 FIRED UP SMOKERS 151.3944
44 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 150.8344
45 OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE 150.2516
46 Cookin' With Stump 145.0972
47 Mean Mans 145.0972
48 BOBO'S QUE 143.4056
49 THE PIG'S EAR 142.2056
50 HIT THE PIT BBQ CO. 141.6116
51 CHARACTER'S FAMOUS BBQ 135.4516
52 Pig Whistle 126.8116
53 SMOKEY ANDERSON BBQ 123.2800
54 Kilted Que 110.1716
55 The Smoke House Bandits!!! 20.0000

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