A new contest record
693.6572
highest overall ever cooked here
693.6572 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 689.2000 POT'S BBQ set in 2015.
- old record 689.2000
- set 2015 by POT'S BBQ
Piggin In The Park 2016
May 20–21, 2016 · Woodruff, SC · 📍 231 East Haynestreet
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Grand Champion at the Piggin In The Park on May 20, 2016 in Woodruff, SC at 231 East Haynestreet, scoring 693.6572 in a field of 20 teams. POT'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.5372. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (173.1200); Pork — BACKWOODS BBQ (173.7028); Brisket — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by POT'S BBQ; the next was held in 2017.
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.
622.65
median 655.38
693.66 🏆
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 173.12
- Pork 173.70
- Brisket 178.86
145.11
178.86
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
20
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
693.6572
Winning margin
13.1200
GC over RC
Field average
655.01
622.65693.66
median 655.38 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
6.2628 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
655.4056
622.65693.66
10th place overall
Field spread
71.0056
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 59%
beats 41% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
39%
9 of 23 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 35% of contests
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 statement win
13.1200
points clear of the field
Wider than 94% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.1200 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
A hat-trick of category wins
3
category wins in a day
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 5 tracked editions
SMOKING BUTT HEADS has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
- 2016
- 2018
Photo finishes
0.0112
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 5–6: BACKWOODS BBQ edged EB'S BAR-B-QUE by 0.0112. Chicken places 4–5: BALD HAWG BBQ edged BACKWOODS BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 3–4: POT'S BBQ edged HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY by 0.0228.
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0112
- Chicken 4–5 · 0.0116
- Pork 3–4 · 0.0228
- Brisket 6–7 · 0.0228
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SMOKING BUTT HEADS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 8th
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in brisket
178.8572
best brisket ever cooked here
SMOKING BUTT HEADS turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 176.5600
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: POT'S BBQ (won 2015).
- POT'S BBQ · 2015
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2015 | Woodruff, SC | Woodruff, SC 29388 | 23 | 689.2000 | POT'S BBQ | J & B'S BBQ |
| May 20, 2016 ← this one | Woodruff, SC | 231 East Haynestreet | 20 | 693.6572 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | POT'S BBQ |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Woodruff, SC | 231 E Hayne St | 44 | 698.2400 | UNDER THE RADAR | CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Woodruff, SC | 231 E Hayne St | 34 | 701.0856 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | UNDER THE RADAR |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Jasper, GA | 500 Stegall | 25 | 698.2856 | PIG-CHICKA-COW-COW | First Start/ Big B's BBQ |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Jasper, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 168.5484 | 166.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 166.8572 | 163.3828 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 167.4172 | 163.3828 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 168.5828 | 162.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 693.6572 · median 655.3828
Chicken
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2628
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.1200
Pork
20 entries · top 173.7028 · median 163.1028
Brisket
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.5314
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 Sweet
5 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 2 | GAITHER RAY'S A TASTE OF THE OLD SOUTH | |
| 3 | Camo Que | |
| 4 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 5 | PIGLET ENEMY |
Master Series — Wings
6 entries · top 166.9144 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POT'S BBQ | |
| 2 | PIGLET ENEMY | |
| 3 | Camo Que | |
| 4 | GAITHER RAY'S A TASTE OF THE OLD SOUTH | |
| 5 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 6 | WAR PIGS BBQ |