"Spooky Q" 1792
2025-10-31 – 2025-11-01 · Monticello, KY · 📍 Wayne County Fair Grounds
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $2,950.00
Grand Champion: Scuffletown Smokers (703.9312) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BLUE CHIP BBQ
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS took the Grand Championship home to IN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and BrewsCue tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BrewsCue and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1612 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 ← this one | Monticello, KY | Wayne County Fair Grounds | 23 | 703.9312 | Scuffletown Smokers | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| 2026-10-30 | Monticello, KY | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-30 | Monticello, KY | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
23 entries · top 703.9312 · median 678.1716
Chicken
23 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8344
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6916
Pork
23 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
Brisket
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180