Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
2025-09-05 · Cullman, AL · 📍 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $900.00
Grand Champion: NORALA BBQ TEAM (180.0000) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Electro-Que-ted
Entries
19
1 judged meat
Top score
180.0000
Winning margin
0.5600
1st over 2nd
Field average
171.83
median 173.11
Tightest race
Chicken
5.7256 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
173.1084
10th place overall
Field spread
16.0456
winner to last place
Prize money
$900.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 29%
beats 71% of 2791 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Pork Life and PUDDLEDUCK BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PUDDLEDUCK BBQ and Armstrong Smoke & Co. tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Armstrong Smoke & Co. and Bentley Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 29 | 357.7028 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-05 ← this one | Cullman, AL | 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE | 19 | 180.0000 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 173.1084 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Chicken
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 4 | Jury's Out | |
| 5 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Life | |
| 7 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 8 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 9 | Bentley Que | |
| 10 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 11 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 13 | Southern Swine | |
| 14 | FIRE & SHINE BBQ | |
| 15 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 19 | BAMA BOYS BBQ |