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21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off

Apr 14–15, 2017 · Kings Mountain, NC · 📍 211 Cleveland Ave

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PALMETTO PITMASTERS
691.3600 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE THIS
690.7656 · Master Series — Overall
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REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
687.9084 · Master Series — Overall

PALMETTO PITMASTERS won Grand Champion at the 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off on April 14, 2017 in Kings Mountain, NC at 211 Cleveland Ave, scoring 691.3600 in a field of 49 teams. SMOKE THIS took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.7656. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE THIS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (175.4172); Pork — THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT (174.2628); Brisket — SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (180.0000).

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 175.42
  • Pork 174.26
  • Brisket 180 🔥
130.17 180

Entries

49
4 judged meats

Top score

691.3600

Winning margin

0.5944
GC over RC

Field average

650.72
284.42691.36
median 664.39 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (Brisket), SMOKE THIS (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.0740
284.42691.36
10th place overall

Field spread

406.9372
winner to last place

Most consistent

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4.5944 pts — SMOKE THIS

How hot was the win?

Top 67%
beats 33% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,572
avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
rated 1882 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

0.5944 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 88% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.

  • PALMETTO PITMASTERS
  • SMOKE THIS

An upset on the books

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

PALMETTO PITMASTERS came in rated below the field's top team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1670
  • top seed 1882

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

PALMETTO PITMASTERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 12th
  • Pork Ribs 12th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 4th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: SMOKE MONSTER BBQ and CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: PALMETTO PITMASTERS and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: SMOKE THIS and BALONEY JOE'S BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Brisket 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · 0.0116

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SMOKE MONSTER BBQ · Brisket
  • SMOKE THIS · Chicken

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180174.2628171.9772
Pork Ribs175.4172174.2628170.8344
Pork174.2628173.1200170.8228
Brisket180176169.7032

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 691.3600 · median 664.3884

#TeamScore
1 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 691.3600
2 SMOKE THIS 690.7656
3 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 687.9084
4 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 686.2056
5 WHO CARES BBQ 684.5148
6 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 684.4684
7 THE BLUE BLOODS 683.9084
8 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 683.3488
9 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 681.6576
10 BALONEY JOE'S BBQ 681.0740
11 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 680.4340
12 MIDNIGHT BURN 679.2796
13 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 678.7772
14 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 678.2172
15 CONTAGIOUS Q 677.0172
16 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 675.3144
17 SWIG-N-PIG 674.1712
18 SERIAL GRILLER 673.0172
19 THREE DOGS BBQ 670.2516
20 HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM 669.5772
21 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 669.0628
22 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 666.1372
23 SUE E PIGG 664.4684
24 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 664.4228
25 BUBBAJACK'S 664.3884
26 BANGIN' BBQ 660.9484
27 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 659.8400
28 GRILLBUSTERS BBQ 655.8400
29 SLAP SHOT BBQ 654.7084
30 PORKABILLY 653.5316
31 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 652.9252
32 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 652.4572
33 King's Cooking 648.4912
34 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 647.2916
35 House of Smoke NC 645.0404
36 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 642.7888
37 BUD WISER'S BBQ 642.6168
38 WAR PIGS BBQ 636.9140
39 TUMBLIN DICE 630.7084
40 Preacher's Bar-be Que 630.6168
41 Big E Screamin Nite Hog 629.4628
42 JD's Cooking 628.4684
43 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 624.9372
44 BACKWOODS BBQ SHACK 623.2228
45 CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER 620.8800
46 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 613.5768
47 BS PITMEISTERS 612.8800
48 TATER BUGS 592.8340
49 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 284.4228

Chicken

48 entries · top 180 · median 167.3886 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE THIS 180 🔥
2 MIDNIGHT BURN 175.4056
3 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 174.8572
4 HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM 174.2744
5 SUE E PIGG 174.2628
6 WHO CARES BBQ 173.7144
7 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 173.1200
8 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 173.1200
9 THE BLUE BLOODS 172.5828
10 CONTAGIOUS Q 171.9772
11 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 171.9656
12 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 171.9656
13 THREE DOGS BBQ 171.9656
14 GRILLBUSTERS BBQ 171.9656
15 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 170.8344
16 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 170.2628
17 House of Smoke NC 169.6916
18 SERIAL GRILLER 169.6800
19 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 169.6800
20 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 169.6684
21 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 168.5140
22 BALONEY JOE'S BBQ 167.9884
23 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 167.4172
24 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 167.3944
25 SLAP SHOT BBQ 167.3828
26 BUBBAJACK'S 166.8228
27 PORKABILLY 166.2516
28 King's Cooking 165.7028
29 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 165.6684
30 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 165.1084
31 SWIG-N-PIG 165.1084
32 BUD WISER'S BBQ 165.0972
33 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 164.5372
34 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 163.9884
35 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 163.3828
36 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 162.8344
37 Preacher's Bar-be Que 162.2628
38 BACKWOODS BBQ SHACK 162.2400
39 WAR PIGS BBQ 162.2284
40 BANGIN' BBQ 162.2284
41 Big E Screamin Nite Hog 161.6456
42 TUMBLIN DICE 157.0512
43 CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER 155.3600
44 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 153.7256
45 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 151.9772
46 JD's Cooking 149.6684
47 BS PITMEISTERS 146.8000
48 TATER BUGS 139.3600

Pork Ribs

48 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1144

#TeamScore
1 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 175.4172
2 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 174.8688
3 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 174.8456
4 CONTAGIOUS Q 174.2744
5 MIDNIGHT BURN 174.2628
6 THE BLUE BLOODS 173.1200
7 BANGIN' BBQ 171.9772
8 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 171.9656
9 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 170.8572
10 WHO CARES BBQ 170.8344
11 BALONEY JOE'S BBQ 170.2628
12 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 169.7144
13 PORKABILLY 169.6800
14 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 169.6800
15 SERIAL GRILLER 169.1316
16 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 169.1200
17 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.1200
18 BUBBAJACK'S 168.5256
19 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 167.9772
20 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 166.8572
21 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 166.8344
22 SUE E PIGG 166.2972
23 HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM 165.6916
24 SMOKE THIS 165.6800
25 THREE DOGS BBQ 164.5488
26 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 164.5372
27 SWIG-N-PIG 164.5256
28 CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER 163.9772
29 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 163.4172
30 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 159.9428
31 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 159.9312
32 BUD WISER'S BBQ 158.8000
33 SLAP SHOT BBQ 157.0972
34 King's Cooking 156.5600
35 GRILLBUSTERS BBQ 155.9316
36 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 153.6800
37 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 153.6228
38 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 152.5144
39 BACKWOODS BBQ SHACK 150.7888
40 JD's Cooking 150.2744
41 WAR PIGS BBQ 149.0744
42 TUMBLIN DICE 147.9888
43 Big E Screamin Nite Hog 147.3484
44 BS PITMEISTERS 146.7888
45 Preacher's Bar-be Que 146.7656
46 TATER BUGS 144.9828
47 House of Smoke NC 143.9544
48 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 140.4916

Pork

49 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.2400

#TeamScore
1 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 174.2628
2 House of Smoke NC 173.7028
3 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 173.1316
4 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 173.1200
5 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1200
6 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 172.5600
7 THE BLUE BLOODS 171.9656
8 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 171.4056
9 SERIAL GRILLER 170.8344
10 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 170.8228
11 SMOKE THIS 170.8228
12 THREE DOGS BBQ 170.3200
13 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 170.2744
14 WHO CARES BBQ 170.2628
15 BUBBAJACK'S 169.6800
16 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 169.1316
17 BALONEY JOE'S BBQ 168.5600
18 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 168.5484
19 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 168.5372
20 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 167.3828
21 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 167.3828
22 SWIG-N-PIG 166.2400
23 BANGIN' BBQ 166.2400
24 BS PITMEISTERS 166.2400
25 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 166.2400
26 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 165.0856
27 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 165.0856
28 HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM 165.0856
29 Big E Screamin Nite Hog 163.9544
30 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 163.9544
31 BUD WISER'S BBQ 163.9312
32 SLAP SHOT BBQ 163.4056
33 King's Cooking 162.8112
34 SUE E PIGG 162.8000
35 GRILLBUSTERS BBQ 162.2628
36 PORKABILLY 162.2400
37 WAR PIGS BBQ 161.6684
38 Preacher's Bar-be Que 161.6456
39 JD's Cooking 161.1084
40 CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER 160.5372
41 MIDNIGHT BURN 160.5028
42 TATER BUGS 159.9884
43 TUMBLIN DICE 159.9884
44 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 157.0972
45 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 155.9428
46 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 155.3828
47 BACKWOODS BBQ SHACK 154.8112
48 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 154.2512
49 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 150.2284

Brisket

49 entries · top 180 · median 164 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 180 🔥
2 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 178.8800
3 SWIG-N-PIG 178.2972
4 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 176.5600
5 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 176
6 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 174.2972
7 SMOKE THIS 174.2628
8 BALONEY JOE'S BBQ 174.2628
9 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 171.9656
10 WHO CARES BBQ 169.7032
11 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 169.6800
12 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.6800
13 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 169.6800
14 MIDNIGHT BURN 169.1084
15 TWISTED PAIR BBQ 167.9772
16 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 167.9772
17 JD's Cooking 167.4172
18 SLAP SHOT BBQ 166.8228
19 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 166.2400
20 THE BLUE BLOODS 166.2400
21 GRILLBUSTERS BBQ 165.6800
22 TUMBLIN DICE 165.6800
23 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 165.1316
24 HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM 164.5256
25 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 164
26 WAR PIGS BBQ 163.9428
27 THREE DOGS BBQ 163.4172
28 King's Cooking 163.4172
29 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 163.3944
30 SERIAL GRILLER 163.3712
31 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 163.3712
32 SUE E PIGG 161.1084
33 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 161.0972
34 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 160.5488
35 BANGIN' BBQ 160.5028
36 Preacher's Bar-be Que 159.9428
37 BUBBAJACK'S 159.3600
38 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 157.7144
39 House of Smoke NC 157.6916
40 CONTAGIOUS Q 157.6456
41 Big E Screamin Nite Hog 156.5144
42 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 155.9428
43 BACKWOODS BBQ SHACK 155.3828
44 PORKABILLY 155.3600
45 BUD WISER'S BBQ 154.7884
46 BS PITMEISTERS 153.0512
47 TATER BUGS 148.5028
48 CAROLINA SMOKE WHISPERER 141.0056
49 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 130.1716

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