Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown
2025-10-24 – 2025-10-25 · Rocky Mount, NC · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $18,900.00
Grand Champion: Smoke Central (705.1200) · 45 teams
Entries
45
4 categories
Top score
705.1200
Winning margin
3.4400
GC over RC
Field average
658.99
median 675.86
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
691.9312
what a walk cost here
Field spread
193.7716
winner to last place
Prize money
$18,900.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 16%
beats 84% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1589
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
🃏 An upset on the books
Smoke Central BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | 53 | 692.5372 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 2015-10-09 | 49 | 686.8688 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 2025-10-24 ← this one | Rocky Mount, NC | 45 | 705.1200 | Smoke Central |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
45 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9772
Master Series — Chicken
45 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8228
Master Series — Overall
45 entries · top 705.1200 · median 675.8628
Master Series — Pork
45 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800
Master Series — Pork Ribs
44 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2514