Photo finishes
0.0460
decided the closest call
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Dirty Mike and the Boys edged Thin Blue Smoke MS by 0.0460.
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0460
Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Oct 18, 2025 · Birmingham, AL · 📍 1020 24th St. North
Reps: Charlie Brinza
Grand Champion: 2 Men and a Pig (172.6056) · 17 teams
Full results from the Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) 2025, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 18, 2025 in Birmingham, AL at 1020 24th St. North. Category winners: Pork Ribs — 2 MEN AND A PIG (172.6056).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Pork Ribs totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
132.61
median 158.30
172.61 🏆
Entries
17
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
172.6056
Winning margin
5.2000
1st over 2nd in Pork Ribs
Field average
156.58
132.61172.61
Pork Ribs · median 158.30 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
8.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
158.2512
132.61172.61
10th place in Pork Ribs
Field spread
40
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 90%
beats 10% of 5807 Pork Ribs wins in the data
Storylines (1 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.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 172.6056 | 164.0228 | 158.2512 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 172.6056 · median 158.2972
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.
Ancillary — Sauce
14 entries · top 169.1772 · median 154.0228