Blount County BBQ Bash

2015-06-26 – 2015-06-27 · Maryville, TN · 📍 Maryville, TN 37917

Grand Champion: SMOKE ON THIS (706.2400) · 38 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNDER THE RADAR

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SMOKE ON THIS

706.2400 · Master Series — Overall

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UNDER THE RADAR

697.7144 · Master Series — Overall

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SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS

688.5260 · 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.

422.00 median 663.90 706.24 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 177.71
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

131.22 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2021 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

706.2400

Winning margin

8.5256

GC over RC

Field average

652.10

422.00706.24

median 663.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

UNDER THE RADAR (Brisket), SMOKE ON THIS (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.7428

422.00706.24

10th place overall

Field spread

284.2400

winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKE ON THIS

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 3.4400 pts — SMOKE ON THIS

How hot was the win?

Top 11%

beats 89% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

44%

17 of 39 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1549

avg power rating going in · stronger than 38% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1869 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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 new contest record

706.2400 highest overall ever cooked here

706.2400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.2856 UNDER THE RADAR set in 2014.

old record 702.2856
set 2014 by UNDER THE RADAR

An upset on the books

34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100

SMOKE ON THIS came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1757
top seed 1869

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 6 tracked editions

SMOKE ON THIS has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

2015
2019

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: KNOXVEGAS BBQ and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ATLANTA BBQ STORE and THE COSMIC PIG tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: OWLS NEST BBQ and Q-FACTOR tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKE ON THIS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.

Chicken 12th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 1st
Brisket 5th

A contest record in brisket

180.0000 best brisket ever cooked here

UNDER THE RADAR turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 176.5828 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 176.5828
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR (won 2014).

UNDER THE RADAR · 2014

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

UNDER THE RADAR · Brisket
SMOKE ON THIS · Pork

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2014-06-27	Maryville, TN	Maryville, TN 37801	39	702.2856	UNDER THE RADAR	SMOKE ON THIS
2015-06-26 ← this one	Maryville, TN	Maryville, TN 37917	38	706.2400	SMOKE ON THIS	UNDER THE RADAR
2017-06-23	Maryville, TN	Founders Sq, E Broadway Ave	35	703.9656	THE PIT CREW GA	UNDER THE RADAR
2018-06-22	Maryville, TN	Founders Sq, E Broadway Ave	36	701.0740	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	EXTRA MILE BBQ
2019-06-21	Maryville, TN	Founders Square E Broadway Ave.	27	695.3828	Smoke on This	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
2021-06-25	Maryville, TN	Fanders Sq E Broadway Ave.	32	698.2628	Smoke Central BBQ	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	176.5600	173.7028
Pork Ribs	177.7144	174.2744	168.5256
Pork	180.0000	174.2744	171.9656
Brisket	180.0000	176.5600	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 706.2400 · median 663.8972

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THIS	706.2400
2	UNDER THE RADAR	697.7144
3	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	688.5260
4	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	687.9084
5	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	687.3256
6	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	686.8116
7	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	686.7544
8	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	684.5028
9	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	682.7772
10	SONS OF SMOKE	682.7428
11	CONTAGIOUS Q	681.6232
12	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	679.8740
13	Q-FACTOR	678.1940
14	BAR-B-Q 101	674.1600
15	SWIGGIN PIG	673.6004
16	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	671.2796
17	OWLS NEST BBQ	667.3028
18	NIBBLE ME THIS	666.1484
19	BREWS & QUE	664.4688
20	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	663.3256
21	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	662.7772
22	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	661.5656
23	MOLLOY'S BBQ	659.7824
24	PULL MY MEAT	658.1484
25	ROY BOY'S BBQ	657.6572
26	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	653.5424
27	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	651.8628
28	THE COSMIC PIG	651.2568
29	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	642.1488
30	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	642.1484
31	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	642.1024
32	SHARPIE SMOKERS	638.6860
33	PARADISE QUE	632.4004
34	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	618.0112
35	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	607.3140
36	SHINY HINEYS	597.9312
37	DR. JEKYL AND MR. HOG	469.1084
38	JEUD ESPRIT	422.0000

Chicken

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1316

#	Team	Score
1	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	178.2972
2	UNDER THE RADAR	178.2972
3	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	177.7144
4	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	177.7028
5	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	176.5600
6	PULL MY MEAT	174.8456
7	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	174.2628
8	THE COSMIC PIG	174.2628
9	OWLS NEST BBQ	173.7028
10	Q-FACTOR	173.7028
11	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	173.1200
12	SMOKE ON THIS	173.1200
13	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	172.5716
14	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	171.9772
15	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	171.9656
16	SONS OF SMOKE	171.9656
17	BREWS & QUE	171.4172
18	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	170.8228
19	CONTAGIOUS Q	169.1316
20	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	168.5372
21	BAR-B-Q 101	166.8344
22	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	166.8112
23	SWIGGIN PIG	166.2516
24	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	166.2516
25	NIBBLE ME THIS	166.2400
26	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	164.5600
27	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	164.5256
28	DR. JEKYL AND MR. HOG	163.4400
29	ROY BOY'S BBQ	162.2628
30	SHARPIE SMOKERS	158.8000
31	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	157.6684
32	MOLLOY'S BBQ	157.6456
33	PARADISE QUE	157.0972
34	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	154.2172
35	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	154.2056
36	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	147.9884
37	SHINY HINEYS	131.2228

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.3828

#	Team	Score
1	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	177.7144
2	SMOKE ON THIS	176.5600
3	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	176.5600
4	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	175.4056
5	SWIGGIN PIG	174.2744
6	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	174.2628
7	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	173.7028
8	UNDER THE RADAR	169.1316
9	BAR-B-Q 101	169.1200
10	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	168.5256
11	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	167.9772
12	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	166.2628
13	MOLLOY'S BBQ	166.2284
14	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	165.0972
15	CONTAGIOUS Q	165.0972
16	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	164.5256
17	PARADISE QUE	163.9544
18	SONS OF SMOKE	163.3944
19	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	163.3828
20	SHINY HINEYS	163.3828
21	THE COSMIC PIG	162.8228
22	Q-FACTOR	162.2628
23	PULL MY MEAT	162.2400
24	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	161.6572
25	DR. JEKYL AND MR. HOG	161.1084
26	OWLS NEST BBQ	160.5256
27	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	159.3828
28	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	158.8228
29	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	158.2744
30	ROY BOY'S BBQ	158.2516
31	NIBBLE ME THIS	158.2284
32	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	158.2172
33	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	156.5600
34	BREWS & QUE	153.0744
35	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	147.3716
36	SHARPIE SMOKERS	146.7888
37	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	142.8344
38	JEUD ESPRIT	132.3540

Pork

38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.9600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THIS	180.0000 🔥
2	SONS OF SMOKE	176.5600
3	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	175.4400
4	CONTAGIOUS Q	175.4172
5	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	174.2744
6	BAR-B-Q 101	174.2628
7	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	174.2628
8	BREWS & QUE	173.1200
9	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	172.5600
10	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	171.9656
11	NIBBLE ME THIS	170.8228
12	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	170.2972
13	UNDER THE RADAR	170.2856
14	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	169.1200
15	MOLLOY'S BBQ	168.5256
16	ROY BOY'S BBQ	167.4056
17	SHARPIE SMOKERS	167.3828
18	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	167.3828
19	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	166.2400
20	OWLS NEST BBQ	165.6800
21	Q-FACTOR	165.6684
22	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	163.3828
23	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	162.8456
24	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	162.8228
25	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	162.8000
26	SWIGGIN PIG	162.2516
27	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	161.1084
28	PARADISE QUE	158.8344
29	THE COSMIC PIG	158.8228
30	PULL MY MEAT	157.0972
31	SHINY HINEYS	157.0856
32	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	156.4912
33	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	155.3828
34	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	154.2512
35	JEUD ESPRIT	149.6800
36	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	149.6684
37	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	148.4912
38	DR. JEKYL AND MR. HOG	144.5600

Brisket

37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	UNDER THE RADAR	180.0000 🔥
2	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	177.7144
3	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	177.7144
4	Q-FACTOR	176.5600
5	SMOKE ON THIS	176.5600
6	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	176.0000
7	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	176.0000
8	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	172.5484
9	CONTAGIOUS Q	171.9772
10	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	171.9656
11	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	171.4056
12	NIBBLE ME THIS	170.8572
13	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	170.8228
14	SWIGGIN PIG	170.8228
15	SONS OF SMOKE	170.8228
16	ROY BOY'S BBQ	169.7372
17	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	168.5256
18	OWLS NEST BBQ	167.3944
19	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	167.3828
20	MOLLOY'S BBQ	167.3828
21	BREWS & QUE	166.8572
22	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	166.8228
23	SHARPIE SMOKERS	165.7144
24	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	165.1316
25	PULL MY MEAT	163.9656
26	BAR-B-Q 101	163.9428
27	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	163.3828
28	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	162.8344
29	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	162.8228
30	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	160.5256
31	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	155.9428
32	THE COSMIC PIG	155.3484
33	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	154.2744
34	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	153.6572
35	PARADISE QUE	152.5144
36	SHINY HINEYS	146.2400
37	JEUD ESPRIT	139.9660

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 But

13 entries · top 177.1772 · median 156.5944

#	Team	Score
1	SHARPIE SMOKERS	177.1772
2	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	176.5828
3	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	169.7028
4	BREWS & QUE	167.4516
5	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	167.4056
6	NIBBLE ME THIS	162.2628
7	DR. JEKYL AND MR. HOG	156.5944
8	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	151.4516
9	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	151.4172
10	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	150.2516
11	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	149.7028
12	PARADISE QUE	137.1656
13	JEUD ESPRIT	125.7256

Master Series — Wampler'S Sausage

36 entries · top 176.6172 · median 150.3200

#	Team	Score
1	SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS	176.6172
2	KNOXVEGAS BBQ	171.4744
3	PULL MY MEAT	168.0800
4	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	165.7488
5	BREWS & QUE	163.4400
6	MOLLOY'S BBQ	162.8916
7	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	159.4972
8	SHARPIE SMOKERS	158.8688
9	SOUTHERN NATURAL SMOKERS	157.7484
10	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	157.1428
11	Q-FACTOR	154.3316
12	ROY BOY'S BBQ	154.2972
13	UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE	154.2856
14	TRAV'S CUSTOM CATERED BBQ	152.5828
15	BAR-B-Q 101	152.5828
16	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR	152.0116
17	SMOKING BRICKS BBQ	150.9028
18	SMOKE ON THIS	150.3772
19	THE COSMIC PIG	150.2628
20	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	149.7600
21	PARADISE QUE	149.7256
22	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	149.0972
23	SWIGGIN PIG	148.0572
24	NIBBLE ME THIS	146.8456
25	BAILEY'S SMOKERS	146.8228
26	WOOD SHED-REAL PIT BBQ	144.4688
27	CONTAGIOUS Q	142.8800
28	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	140.5828
29	OWLS NEST BBQ	139.3712
30	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	138.2972
31	CAUGHT BY THE FIRE	136.4456
32	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	134.8684
33	SHINY HINEYS	134.2628
34	SONS OF SMOKE	129.6912
35	UNDER THE RADAR	127.4632
36	JEUD ESPRIT	95.2572

Blount County BBQ Bash

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Anything But

Master Series — Wampler'S Sausage