Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

2015-05-08 – 2015-05-09 · Waynesboro, GA · 📍 Waynesboro, GA 30830 · State championship

Grand Champion: YES, DEAR BBQ (686.1944) · 39 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB

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YES, DEAR BBQ

686.1944 · Master Series — Overall

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MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB

684.4796 · Master Series — Overall

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WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q

679.8512 · 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.

298.73 median 641.53 686.19 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.56
Pork Ribs 174.27
Pork 173.12
Brisket 180.00 🔥

20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

686.1944

Winning margin

1.7148

GC over RC

Field average

626.89

298.73686.19

median 641.53 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

YES, DEAR BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.4228

298.73686.19

10th place overall

Field spread

387.4632

winner to last place

Most consistent

MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 6.8800 pts — YES, DEAR BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 79%

beats 21% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

45%

19 of 42 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1530

avg power rating going in · stronger than 22% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Under the Radar

rated 1720 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

An upset on the books

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

YES, DEAR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Under the Radar, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1558
top seed 1720

A first Grand Championship

10 tracked contests to get there

This was YES, DEAR BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 1–2: ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE and HOLY SMOKES GA tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: WICKED QUE and YES, DEAR BBQ tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ and PIG WHISPERERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Pork 1–2 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

YES, DEAR BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 11th.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 10th
Pork 11th
Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork

173.1200 best pork ever cooked here

FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ turned in 173.1200 in pork — past the 171.9888 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 171.9888
across 1 past editions

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

YES, DEAR BBQ · Brisket

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
2014-05-09	Waynesboro, GA	Waynesboro, GA 30830	42	690.7884	PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q
2015-05-08 ← this one	Waynesboro, GA	Waynesboro, GA 30830	39	686.1944	YES, DEAR BBQ	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB
2016-05-13	Waynesboro, GA	Waynesboro, GA 30830	41	692.4800	SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ	BALD HAWG BBQ
2017-05-12	Waynesboro, GA	Schwank Way	42	689.0284	BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW	KILLER B'S BBQ
2018-05-11	Waynesboro, GA	Schwank Way	42	691.3372	MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	KILLER B'S BBQ
2019-05-10	Waynesboro, GA	Schwank Way	42	689.6228	SAUCED! BBQ	BARREL FEVER BBQ
2021-05-14	Waynesboro, GA	Waynesboro, GA 30830	42	694.2288	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW
2022-05-13	Waynesboro, GA	Schwank Way	42	698.8000	SMOKE ME SILLY	Kings BBQ Team
2025-05-09	Waynesboro, GA	Schwank Way	42	698.2056	Optimus Swine	Kings BBQ Team

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5600	171.9772	168.5256
Pork Ribs	174.2744	170.2628	167.3944
Pork	173.1200	169.6800	167.3828
Brisket	180.0000	173.1084	168.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 686.1944 · median 641.5316

#	Team	Score
1	YES, DEAR BBQ	686.1944
2	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	684.4796
3	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	679.8512
4	BETHEL SMOKERS	679.2796
5	PIG WHISPERERS	677.5888
6	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	675.2684
7	BACKWOODS BBQ	674.1140
8	UNDER THE RADAR	673.0172
9	HOLY SMOKES GA	672.4456
10	WICKED QUE	672.4228
11	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	667.2456
12	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	665.0404
13	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	662.1256
14	QMEISTERS	660.4000
15	Shhmoking Neckbones	647.2340
16	SOME-R SWINE	646.6628
17	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	646.0800
18	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	645.5084
19	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	644.9372
20	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	641.5316
21	REAL SOUTH BBQ	639.3148
22	HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM	636.9256
23	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	634.0568
24	Southern Justice BBQ	633.5428
25	Mad-Ox-Que	632.9256
26	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	625.4860
27	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	624.3544
28	Chillin N Grillin	623.7600
29	Meat Slinger	619.8628
30	Certified	613.4516
31	LICK DA BONE BBQ	610.6856
32	HAMILTON BROTHERS	608.9948
33	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	605.4060
34	Fat Head BBQ	601.4976
35	Pig Fellows	601.4400
36	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	594.6056
37	Dre's Place BBQ	479.3828
38	Swine-O-Mite	462.7540
39	SOUTHERN QUE SAUCE	298.7312

Chicken

39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8456

#	Team	Score
1	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	176.5600
2	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	175.4056
3	PIG WHISPERERS	174.2744
4	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	172.0000
5	YES, DEAR BBQ	171.9772
6	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	170.8228
7	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	169.6684
8	QMEISTERS	169.1200
9	WICKED QUE	169.1084
10	UNDER THE RADAR	168.5256
11	HOLY SMOKES GA	167.9656
12	BACKWOODS BBQ	167.3828
13	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	166.8228
14	BETHEL SMOKERS	166.2284
15	SOME-R SWINE	165.6800
16	HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM	165.1200
17	Swine-O-Mite	164.5828
18	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	164.5256
19	Shhmoking Neckbones	163.9656
20	SOUTHERN QUE SAUCE	162.8456
21	REAL SOUTH BBQ	161.7144
22	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	161.0972
23	Mad-Ox-Que	161.0856
24	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	160.5028
25	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	159.3600
26	Chillin N Grillin	158.8000
27	Dre's Place BBQ	158.2856
28	Certified	158.2400
29	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	157.6688
30	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	157.6684
31	Southern Justice BBQ	156.5256
32	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	154.7772
33	Meat Slinger	154.2628
34	Pig Fellows	153.6228
35	Fat Head BBQ	153.0860
36	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	150.7772
37	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	149.6800
38	LICK DA BONE BBQ	149.0972
39	HAMILTON BROTHERS	135.3372

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 174.2744 · median 162.2400

#	Team	Score
1	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	174.2744
2	HOLY SMOKES GA	174.2744
3	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	174.2628
4	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	173.1200
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	170.2628
6	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	169.6916
7	REAL SOUTH BBQ	167.9888
8	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	167.9772
9	WICKED QUE	167.3944
10	YES, DEAR BBQ	167.3944
11	QMEISTERS	166.8344
12	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	165.0972
13	Fat Head BBQ	165.0972
14	BACKWOODS BBQ	163.9428
15	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	163.3828
16	HAMILTON BROTHERS	162.8460
17	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	162.8344
18	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	162.2516
19	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	162.2400
20	Southern Justice BBQ	161.7028
21	PIG WHISPERERS	161.6572
22	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	161.6572
23	UNDER THE RADAR	161.0972
24	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	159.9428
25	HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM	158.2172
26	Meat Slinger	157.6800
27	LICK DA BONE BBQ	156.5256
28	Mad-Ox-Que	156.5028
29	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	155.9316
30	Pig Fellows	154.8228
31	Certified	154.8000
32	SOME-R SWINE	154.7772
33	Shhmoking Neckbones	151.9200
34	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	151.3716
35	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	151.3600
36	Chillin N Grillin	141.6000
37	Dre's Place BBQ	20.0000

Pork

39 entries · top 173.1200 · median 160.5256

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	173.1200
2	PIG WHISPERERS	173.1200
3	UNDER THE RADAR	170.8344
4	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	169.6800
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	169.6800
6	BACKWOODS BBQ	169.6684
7	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	169.6684
8	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	169.6684
9	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	167.4172
10	HOLY SMOKES GA	167.3828
11	YES, DEAR BBQ	166.8228
12	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	166.8112
13	Shhmoking Neckbones	165.0740
14	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	163.9312
15	WICKED QUE	162.8000
16	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	162.7884
17	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	161.6684
18	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	161.6456
19	SOME-R SWINE	161.1200
20	HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM	160.5256
21	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	160.5028
22	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	159.9428
23	HAMILTON BROTHERS	159.9428
24	QMEISTERS	158.2056
25	Southern Justice BBQ	155.9200
26	Mad-Ox-Que	153.6572
27	Meat Slinger	153.0856
28	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	153.0628
29	Chillin N Grillin	152.5372
30	REAL SOUTH BBQ	152.5256
31	Dre's Place BBQ	151.4056
32	LICK DA BONE BBQ	151.3828
33	Pig Fellows	151.3600
34	Certified	146.7544
35	Fat Head BBQ	145.1200
36	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	143.9200
37	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	141.6456
38	Swine-O-Mite	139.3256
39	SOUTHERN QUE SAUCE	135.8856

Brisket

38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	YES, DEAR BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	BACKWOODS BBQ	173.1200
3	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	173.1200
4	WICKED QUE	173.1200
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	173.1084
6	UNDER THE RADAR	172.5600
7	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	171.4056
8	Chillin N Grillin	170.8228
9	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	169.6800
10	PIG WHISPERERS	168.5372
11	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	167.3944
12	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	166.2744
13	Shhmoking Neckbones	166.2744
14	QMEISTERS	166.2400
15	SOME-R SWINE	165.0856
16	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	163.9656
17	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	163.3828
18	HOLY SMOKES GA	162.8228
19	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	162.8000
20	Mad-Ox-Que	161.6800
21	Southern Justice BBQ	159.3944
22	Swine-O-Mite	158.8456
23	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	158.8116
24	REAL SOUTH BBQ	157.0860
25	Meat Slinger	154.8344
26	LICK DA BONE BBQ	153.6800
27	Certified	153.6572
28	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	153.6572
29	HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM	153.0628
30	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	151.3372
31	HAMILTON BROTHERS	150.8688
32	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	150.2400
33	Dre's Place BBQ	149.6916
34	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	143.3372
35	Pig Fellows	141.6344
36	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	139.3260
37	Fat Head BBQ	138.1944
38	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	133.0400

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 — Chicken Wings

28 entries · top 165.7488 · median 143.7370

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	165.7488
2	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	165.7140
3	Dre's Place BBQ	161.7716
4	Certified	161.7716
5	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	160.6400
6	Fat Head BBQ	153.2000
7	HOLY SMOKES GA	152.5828
8	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	151.4172
9	Meat Slinger	150.9488
10	QMEISTERS	149.2000
11	SMOKIN' IN THE DAWGHOUSE	146.2628
12	REAL SOUTH BBQ	145.1772
13	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	144.0112
14	Swine-O-Mite	143.9996
15	Chillin N Grillin	143.4744
16	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	142.3772
17	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	141.2000
18	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	139.9428
19	MONKEY KARL'Z PARTY-Q	136.5596
20	Pig Fellows	136.0000
21	BETHEL SMOKERS	135.9656
22	Southern Justice BBQ	134.2284
23	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	134.1944
24	LICK DA BONE BBQ	133.1544
25	HAMILTON BROTHERS	132.0000
26	Gilbert's Rib King & Dirty South BBQ	126.3888
27	SOUTHERN QUE SAUCE	124.0228
28	Shhmoking Neckbones	120.5712

Master Series — Dessert

19 entries · top 175.5200 · median 157.2460

#	Team	Score
1	BIG "J" AND THE BUTTS	175.5200
2	REAL SOUTH BBQ	174.3200
3	SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ	171.4288
4	Certified	167.9888
5	HAMILTON BROTHERS	164.6172
6	QMEISTERS	164.0344
7	Southern Justice BBQ	162.9372
8	SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN	160.5256
9	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	158.8116
10	Dre's Place BBQ	157.2460
11	BETHEL SMOKERS	155.4284
12	BACKWOODS BBQ	154.3888
13	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	153.1656
14	Meat Slinger	148.0572
15	MUNCHEE'S SMOKEHOUSE	142.8116
16	MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	136.5256
17	FIRE IN THE HOLE BBQ	130.8800
18	Swine-O-Mite	122.8916
19	Chillin N Grillin	116.6744

Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

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 (6 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

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 — Chicken Wings

Master Series — Dessert