Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest)
2025-10-03 – 2025-10-04 · Jackson, TN · 📍 Lafayette Street · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $13,775.00
Grand Champion: Mudville BBQ (704.5372) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
MUDVILLE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Loaded-N-Rollin' BBQ and MUDVILLE BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Bourbon & Blues BBQ and Vallee AC Cold Smoke tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: The BBQ Asylum and SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1602 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 ← this one | Jackson, TN | Lafayette Street | 25 | 704.5372 | Mudville BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2026-09-25 | Jackson, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 704.5372 · median 679.3144
Chicken
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
Pork
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
Brisket
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200