A KCBS record was set here
180
one meat, out of 180
Organizer Portal holds the KCBS record for highest pork score — 180 one meat, out of 180, won the category with it, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
- Highest pork score
Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 5–6, 2013 · Summerville, GA
OLD PLANTATION BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) on April 5, 2013 in Summerville, GA, scoring 687.4286 in a field of 41 teams. 4:20 Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8570. Category winners: Chicken — Backyard Kuisine (176.5714); Pork Ribs — HOUSE OF Q (177.1428); Pork — Organizer Portal (180.0000); Brisket — JIGGY PIGGY (179.4286).
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.
584.57
median 659.43
687.43 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.57
- Pork Ribs 177.14
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 179.43
140.00
180
Entries
39
4 judged meats
Top score
687.4286
Winning margin
0.5716
GC over RC
Field average
652.81
584.57687.43
median 659.43 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
667.9996
584.57687.43
10th place overall
Field spread
102.8576
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 77%
beats 23% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.35 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,503
avg power rating going in · stronger than 3% of contests
Storylines (6 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
0.5716
points between champion and reserve
Closer than 90% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
- OLD PLANTATION BBQ
- 4:20 Q
Won without a category win
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
OLD PLANTATION BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 18th
- Pork Ribs 10th
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 5th
A first Grand Championship
3
tracked contests to get there
This was OLD PLANTATION BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Organizer Portal and 4:20 Q tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: 4:20 Q and MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: TENACIOUS Q and FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ tied on 172.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Pork 5–6 · tie
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.
- Organizer Portal · Pork
Records set here — 1 still standing (2 in the KCBS record book)
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
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 | 176.5714 | 171.4284 | 168 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 173.1428 | 168.5716 |
| Pork | 180 | 170.8570 | 168.5714 |
| Brisket | 179.4286 | 175.4286 | 171.9998 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
39 entries · top 687.4286 · median 659.4282
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 2 | 4:20 Q | |
| 3 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | |
| 4 | Organizer Portal | |
| 5 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 6 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 7 | BUB-BA-Q | |
| 8 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 10 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 11 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 12 | CHATHAM ARTILLERY BBQ | |
| 13 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | |
| 14 | SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 16 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 17 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 18 | Georgia Boy BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Q-HUTTA | |
| 20 | SMOKIN HOSS | |
| 21 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 22 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 23 | KUDZU Q | |
| 24 | BERRY PATCH BBQ | |
| 25 | QUE - MUSICK | |
| 26 | Bubba and the Governor | |
| 27 | Backyard Kuisine | |
| 29 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 30 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 31 | TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ | |
| 32 | SMOKIN FOR YOU | |
| 33 | Little Man & Fatboy BBQ | |
| 34 | Hootie Q | |
| 35 | Dawg on Gud" BBQ | |
| 36 | QUE ON THE HOOCH | |
| 37 | Choo Choo Train BBQ | |
| 38 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 39 | PHAT DADDYS Q N STEW | |
| 40 | Lazy Ash BBQ | |
| 41 | DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW |
Chicken
39 entries · top 176.5714 · median 165.7140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backyard Kuisine | |
| 2 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 3 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 4 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 5 | BUB-BA-Q | |
| 6 | KUDZU Q | |
| 8 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 9 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 10 | BERRY PATCH BBQ | |
| 11 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | |
| 13 | Q-HUTTA | |
| 14 | QUE - MUSICK | |
| 15 | Dawg on Gud" BBQ | |
| 16 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 17 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 18 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN HOSS | |
| 20 | CHATHAM ARTILLERY BBQ | |
| 21 | Organizer Portal | |
| 22 | TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ | |
| 23 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 24 | SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | |
| 26 | 4:20 Q | |
| 27 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 28 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 29 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 30 | Little Man & Fatboy BBQ | |
| 31 | Choo Choo Train BBQ | |
| 32 | Bubba and the Governor | |
| 33 | Hootie Q | |
| 34 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 35 | Georgia Boy BBQ Team | |
| 36 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 37 | QUE ON THE HOOCH | |
| 38 | SMOKIN FOR YOU | |
| 39 | Lazy Ash BBQ | |
| 40 | PHAT DADDYS Q N STEW | |
| 41 | DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW |
Pork Ribs
39 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 2 | CHATHAM ARTILLERY BBQ | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | 4:20 Q | |
| 5 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | |
| 6 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 7 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 8 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 9 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 10 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 11 | QUE ON THE HOOCH | |
| 12 | BUB-BA-Q | |
| 13 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | |
| 14 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 16 | SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 19 | SMOKIN HOSS | |
| 20 | Georgia Boy BBQ Team | |
| 21 | Q-HUTTA | |
| 22 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 23 | Bubba and the Governor | |
| 24 | Backyard Kuisine | |
| 25 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 26 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 27 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 28 | SMOKIN FOR YOU | |
| 29 | KUDZU Q | |
| 30 | TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ | |
| 31 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 32 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 33 | Dawg on Gud" BBQ | |
| 34 | Little Man & Fatboy BBQ | |
| 35 | Choo Choo Train BBQ | |
| 36 | Hootie Q | |
| 37 | BERRY PATCH BBQ | |
| 38 | PHAT DADDYS Q N STEW | |
| 39 | QUE - MUSICK | |
| 40 | DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW | |
| 41 | Lazy Ash BBQ |
Pork
39 entries · top 180 · median 164.5712 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organizer Portal | |
| 2 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 3 | BERRY PATCH BBQ | |
| 4 | KUDZU Q | |
| 5 | 4:20 Q | |
| 6 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 7 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 8 | Georgia Boy BBQ Team | |
| 9 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | |
| 10 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | |
| 11 | QUE - MUSICK | |
| 12 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 13 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 14 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 15 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 16 | Little Man & Fatboy BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN FOR YOU | |
| 18 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 19 | Q-HUTTA | |
| 20 | Bubba and the Governor | |
| 21 | BUB-BA-Q | |
| 23 | SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM | |
| 24 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 25 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 26 | CHATHAM ARTILLERY BBQ | |
| 27 | Choo Choo Train BBQ | |
| 29 | Dawg on Gud" BBQ | |
| 30 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 31 | Backyard Kuisine | |
| 32 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 33 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 34 | QUE ON THE HOOCH | |
| 35 | PHAT DADDYS Q N STEW | |
| 36 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 37 | TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ | |
| 38 | SMOKIN HOSS | |
| 39 | Hootie Q | |
| 40 | DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW | |
| 41 | Lazy Ash BBQ |
Brisket
39 entries · top 179.4286 · median 163.9998
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 2 | 4:20 Q | |
| 3 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM | |
| 4 | BUB-BA-Q | |
| 5 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 8 | SMOKIN HOSS | |
| 9 | SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 11 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 12 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 13 | Georgia Boy BBQ Team | |
| 14 | DIGGIN QUE-GA | |
| 15 | QUE - MUSICK | |
| 16 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 17 | SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN FOR YOU | |
| 19 | CHATHAM ARTILLERY BBQ | |
| 20 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 21 | Organizer Portal | |
| 22 | Hootie Q | |
| 23 | Q-HUTTA | |
| 24 | TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 26 | DEEP SOUTH BBQ | |
| 27 | Bubba and the Governor | |
| 28 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 29 | BERRY PATCH BBQ | |
| 30 | PHAT DADDYS Q N STEW | |
| 31 | KUDZU Q | |
| 32 | Lazy Ash BBQ | |
| 33 | HOUSE OF Q | |
| 35 | Backyard Kuisine | |
| 36 | Little Man & Fatboy BBQ | |
| 37 | QUE ON THE HOOCH | |
| 38 | Choo Choo Train BBQ | |
| 39 | Dawg on Gud" BBQ | |
| 40 | DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW | |
| 41 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS |