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Roast N' Boast

2014-10-17 – 2014-10-18 · Columbus, MS · 📍 Columbus, MS 39702

Grand Champion: FIRE DANCER BBQ (695.3600) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SOUTHERN SMOKERS

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FIRE DANCER BBQ
695.3600 · Master Series — Overall
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SOUTHERN SMOKERS
692.4568 · Master Series — Overall
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CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING
685.6456 · 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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 176.00
  • Pork 175.44
  • Brisket 176.56
141.12 177.70

Winning score by edition

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

2013-08-23 — 700.5828 (SHORT BUS COOKERS) 2014-10-17 — 695.3600 (FIRE DANCER BBQ) 2015-10-02 — 690.2172 (RED EYED SMOKERS) 2018-09-21 — 689.6456 (FAT, DRUNK & STUPID) 2019-10-04 — 699.9312 (PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT) 2020-10-09 — 708.0116 (GETTING' BASTED) 2021-08-27 — 703.9884 (Chicken Fried BBQ) 2022-10-28 — 701.6688 (BEER B QUE BOYS) 2023-10-20 — 705.0972 (COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ) 2024-10-18 — 699.9312 (SMOKEBUSTERS) 695.36 2013 2024

Entries

25
4 judged meats · 7 ancillary

Top score

695.3600

Winning margin

2.9032
GC over RC

Field average

650.68
599.31695.36
median 645.66 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

657.0168
599.31695.36
10th place overall

Field spread

96.0460
winner to last place

Most consistent

FIRE DANCER BBQ
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.8916 pts — BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS

How hot was the win?

Top 52%
beats 48% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

30%
8 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.18 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1510
avg power rating going in · stronger than 7% of contests

Top-rated in the field

FIRE DANCER BBQ
rated 1697 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 8 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 8–9: Cotton Patch Cooking Crew and River Rat Pig Porkers tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING and FIRE DANCER BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: 180 PROOF BBQ and BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 8–9 · tie
  • Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

FIRE DANCER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 1st

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHORT BUS COOKERS (won 2013).

  • SHORT BUS COOKERS · 2013

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
2013-08-23 Columbus, MS Columbus, MS 27 700.5828 SHORT BUS COOKERS BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ
2014-10-17 ← this one Columbus, MS Columbus, MS 39702 25 695.3600 FIRE DANCER BBQ SOUTHERN SMOKERS
2015-10-02 Columbus, MS Columbus, MS 39703 26 690.2172 RED EYED SMOKERS BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ
2018-09-21 Columbus, MS 764 Hwy 69 S 17 689.6456 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM
2019-10-04 Columbus, MS Columbus Lowndes Fairground 25 699.9312 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT SOUTH PORK
2020-10-09 Columbus, MS Columbus, MS 39702 36 708.0116 GETTING' BASTED CHICKEN FRIED BBQ
2021-08-27 Columbus, MS 900 MS-69 19 703.9884 Chicken Fried BBQ PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ
2022-10-28 Columbus, MS 764 Hwy 69 S. 8 701.6688 BEER B QUE BOYS SmokinGhost BBQ
2023-10-20 Columbus, MS 764 Hwy 69 S. 12 705.0972 COLORADO BULLDAWG BBQ Poppa Pig
2024-10-18 Columbus, MS Hwy 69 15 699.9312 SMOKEBUSTERS GENERAL LEE SMOKING
2026-10-30 Columbus, MS — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028170.8572165.6800
Pork Ribs176.0000169.6916166.8344
Pork175.4400173.1084169.6684
Brisket176.5600170.8572163.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 695.3600 · median 645.6568

#TeamScore
1 FIRE DANCER BBQ 695.3600
2 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 692.4568
3 CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 685.6456
4 BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 683.3712
5 SHORT BUS COOKERS 678.8344
6 River Rat Pig Porkers 674.1600
7 SWEET DREAMS 672.4688
8 Eco Lab 666.3772
9 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 665.6344
10 Saucy Bones Q Crew 657.0168
11 Cotton Patch Cooking Crew 655.3376
12 MISFITS OF SMOKE 648.9716
13 180 PROOF BBQ 645.6568
14 Pig Diggers 645.0856
15 Hogg Ugly 643.3368
16 Tailgate Pros 640.4000
17 Pop's BBQ 637.7368
18 BEER HOGS 637.0860
19 RED ROAD COOKERS 636.4344
20 Smokey Bonz BBQ 630.7772
21 MISSISSIPPI WILD HAWGS 623.2000
22 SOUTH EASTERN COOKERS 619.9428
23 BUTT BURNERS 618.2168
24 Pistol Pete's Backyard BBQ 614.1940
25 Pork Pickers 599.3140

Chicken

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.0000

#TeamScore
1 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 177.7028
2 FIRE DANCER BBQ 175.4172
3 RED ROAD COOKERS 175.4056
4 Eco Lab 171.4628
5 CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 170.8572
6 BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 170.2628
7 BEER HOGS 168.0000
8 Cotton Patch Cooking Crew 166.8228
9 River Rat Pig Porkers 166.8228
10 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 165.6800
11 Saucy Bones Q Crew 165.0856
12 MISFITS OF SMOKE 164.5256
13 SHORT BUS COOKERS 164.0000
14 Hogg Ugly 164.0000
15 Pop's BBQ 163.4284
16 Tailgate Pros 161.6800
17 MISSISSIPPI WILD HAWGS 159.9428
18 Smokey Bonz BBQ 159.4056
19 Pistol Pete's Backyard BBQ 158.2740
20 BUTT BURNERS 157.1540
21 SWEET DREAMS 157.1088
22 180 PROOF BBQ 155.9540
23 Pig Diggers 155.4628
24 SOUTH EASTERN COOKERS 154.8572
25 Pork Pickers 141.1200

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.1088

#TeamScore
1 BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 176.0000
2 CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 173.1084
3 SHORT BUS COOKERS 171.9772
4 Eco Lab 170.2972
5 SWEET DREAMS 169.6916
6 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.1200
7 River Rat Pig Porkers 167.4060
8 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 167.3828
9 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 166.8572
10 Saucy Bones Q Crew 166.8344
11 Hogg Ugly 166.2628
12 Pop's BBQ 164.0456
13 MISSISSIPPI WILD HAWGS 161.1088
14 BEER HOGS 160.5832
15 180 PROOF BBQ 159.9656
16 Cotton Patch Cooking Crew 158.8116
17 Tailgate Pros 158.8000
18 SOUTH EASTERN COOKERS 158.8000
19 Smokey Bonz BBQ 154.8000
20 MISFITS OF SMOKE 153.6572
21 Pistol Pete's Backyard BBQ 152.0000
22 BUTT BURNERS 149.7144
23 Pig Diggers 149.6456
24 RED ROAD COOKERS 145.6916
25 Pork Pickers 141.6456

Pork

25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.0000

#TeamScore
1 Cotton Patch Cooking Crew 175.4400
2 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 175.4172
3 CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 174.2628
4 FIRE DANCER BBQ 174.2628
5 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 173.1084
6 BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 172.5484
7 SHORT BUS COOKERS 172.0000
8 MISFITS OF SMOKE 171.9772
9 River Rat Pig Porkers 170.8228
10 SWEET DREAMS 169.6684
11 Pig Diggers 166.8344
12 180 PROOF BBQ 165.1772
13 Pork Pickers 164.0000
14 Smokey Bonz BBQ 164.0000
15 Eco Lab 163.4516
16 BEER HOGS 162.8456
17 Saucy Bones Q Crew 161.6912
18 BUTT BURNERS 161.1084
19 Tailgate Pros 159.9772
20 Pistol Pete's Backyard BBQ 157.6684
21 RED ROAD COOKERS 157.0856
22 MISSISSIPPI WILD HAWGS 153.6456
23 Hogg Ugly 151.9884
24 Pop's BBQ 151.9656
25 SOUTH EASTERN COOKERS 150.8456

Brisket

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 159.9428

#TeamScore
1 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176.5600
2 SWEET DREAMS 176.0000
3 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 174.2628
4 Pig Diggers 173.1428
5 SHORT BUS COOKERS 170.8572
6 River Rat Pig Porkers 169.1084
7 CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 167.4172
8 180 PROOF BBQ 164.5600
9 BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 164.5600
10 Saucy Bones Q Crew 163.4056
11 Eco Lab 161.1656
12 Hogg Ugly 161.0856
13 Tailgate Pros 159.9428
14 MISFITS OF SMOKE 158.8116
15 Pop's BBQ 158.2972
16 RED ROAD COOKERS 158.2516
17 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 157.6800
18 SOUTH EASTERN COOKERS 155.4400
19 Cotton Patch Cooking Crew 154.2632
20 Smokey Bonz BBQ 152.5716
21 Pork Pickers 152.5484
22 BUTT BURNERS 150.2400
23 MISSISSIPPI WILD HAWGS 148.5028
24 Pistol Pete's Backyard BBQ 146.2516
25 BEER HOGS 145.6572

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 Butt

13 entries · top 169.6800 · median 155.9312

#TeamScore
1 Misfits of Smoke 1 169.6800
2 BEER-B-QUE 164.0228
3 Misfits of Smoke 3 163.4628
4 Hogg Ugly 1 162.8916
5 Red Road Cookers 1 157.7028
6 Short Bus 1 157.1200
7 Misfits of Smoke 2 155.9312
8 Eco Lab 1 154.3316
9 Misfits of Smoke 4 147.9544
10 LOCO Hogs 1 143.5084
11 Pork Pickers1 142.8800
12 SouthEastern Cookers 1 138.7888
13 Snout Smokers1 131.4632

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

7 entries · top 168.5600 · median 154.8112

#TeamScore
1 LEROY'S OIC 168.5600
2 WILD WILLY'S 159.9888
3 SNOUT SMOKERS 159.3940
4 JIGGY PIGGY 154.8112
5 JW & Wild Boars 153.1084
6 Porker Players 138.2628
7 LOCO HOGS 134.6628

Master Series — Backyard Pork

4 entries · top 165.7256 · median 159.6628

#TeamScore
1 JIGGY PIGGY 165.7256
2 WILD WILLY'S 164.5372
3 SMOKIN N SUDDS 154.7884
4 LOCO HOGS 149.1200

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

9 entries · top 166.2628 · median 159.3716

#TeamScore
1 WILD WILLY'S 166.2628
2 LEROY'S OIC 161.6916
3 JW & Wild Boars 159.4288
4 JIGGY PIGGY 159.4056
5 SMOKIN N SUDDS 159.3716
6 SNOUT SMOKERS 158.2628
7 River Tail Twisters 153.0972
8 Porker Players 151.9656
9 LOCO HOGS 128.9372

Master Series — Beans

16 entries · top 166.8228 · median 149.7314

#TeamScore
1 Saucy Bones 166.8228
2 Short Bus 2 162.8800
3 Eco Lab 1 162.3544
4 Mississippi Moonshine 1 158.2856
5 Porker Players 1 152.5372
6 LOCO Hogs 1 150.8228
7 Misfits of Smoke 1 150.3200
8 Beer Hogs 1 150.2972
9 SMOKEY BONES 149.1656
10 BUTT BURNERS 2 148.6172
11 Short Bus 1 146.8456
12 RIVER RATS 145.6800
13 BEER-B-QUE 143.3828
14 Pork Pickers1 140.5716
15 Red Road Cookers 1 135.9656
16 Pig Diggers 1 132.5600

Master Series — Dessert

6 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.3086

#TeamScore
1 Pig Diggers 1 176.0000
2 Misfits of Smoke 1 173.7256
3 Misfits of Smoke 2 171.4172
4 Snout Smokers1 165.2000
5 Hogg Ugly 1 164.5944
6 BEER-B-QUE 155.3944

Master Series — Sauce

15 entries · top 172.0000 · median 156.5828

#TeamScore
1 Hogg Ugly 1 172.0000
2 Snout Smokers1 168.5828
3 RIVER RATS 165.1544
4 Mississippi Moonshine 1 161.7716
5 Misfits of Smoke 1 157.7600
6 Short Bus 1 157.7028
7 Misfits of Smoke 2 157.7028
8 Mississippi Moonshine 2 156.5828
9 BEER-B-QUE 156.5600
10 Mississippi Moonshine 3 155.9084
11 SMOKEY BONES 154.2744
12 Pork Pickers1 154.2168
13 Eco Lab 1 147.4172
14 Pig Diggers 1 141.7028
15 BUTT BURNERS 2 133.7600

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