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Barnesville BBQ & Blues 2018

Apr 20–21, 2018 · Barnesville, GA · 📍 308 Thomaston St

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Uncle Kenny's Take-Away
694.2288 · Master Series — Overall
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BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW
689.0740 · Master Series — Overall
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YES, DEAR BBQ
689.0396 · Master Series — Overall

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away won Grand Champion at the Barnesville BBQ & Blues on April 20, 2018 in Barnesville, GA at 308 Thomaston St, scoring 694.2288 in a field of 25 teams. BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0740. Category winners: Chicken — Uncle Kenny's Take-Away (177.7144); Pork Ribs — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (175.4172); Pork — YES, DEAR BBQ (173.1084); Brisket — BALDY'S BUTTS (178.2972). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by SAUCED! BBQ TEAM.

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 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 175.42
  • Pork 173.11
  • Brisket 178.30
123.44 178.30

Entries

25
4 judged meats

Top score

694.2288

Winning margin

5.1548
GC over RC

Field average

657.84
555.92694.23
median 666.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.1484
555.92694.23
10th place overall

Field spread

138.3088
winner to last place

Most consistent

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4516 pts — Uncle Kenny's Take-Away

How hot was the win?

Top 57%
beats 43% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

28%
8 of 29 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,611
avg power rating going in · stronger than 84% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N
rated 1856 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q and SWINE AND SHINE BBQ tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: ANGRY JACK BBQ and ROAST BEAST BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: ROAST BEAST BBQ and SWINE AND SHINE BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 3rd

A contest record in chicken

177.7144 best chicken ever cooked here

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away turned in 177.7144 in chicken — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 175.4056
  • across 1 past editions

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Apr 21, 2017 Barnsville, GA 308 Thomaston St 29 694.8344 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM YES, DEAR BBQ
Apr 20, 2018 ← this one Barnesville, GA 308 Thomaston St 25 694.2288 UNCLE KENNY'S BBQ BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7144171.4172168.5256
Pork Ribs175.4172172.5600167.9884
Pork173.1084169.6800167.3944
Brisket178.2972174.8572171.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 694.2288 · median 666.2052

#TeamScore
1 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 694.2288
2 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 689.0740
3 YES, DEAR BBQ 689.0396
4 BALD HAWG BBQ 685.6340
5 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 683.8856
6 ROAST BEAST BBQ 682.8112
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 682.7772
8 ANGRY JACK BBQ 679.9312
9 J & B'S BBQ 678.7540
10 KILLER B'S BBQ 678.1484
11 BALDY'S BUTTS 671.8856
12 CAPTAIN JACK WITH LANG SMOKERS 667.2800
13 RUNWAY SMOKE 666.2052
14 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 663.8512
15 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 662.7312
16 THE BBQ NINJA 661.0172
17 BIG SMO-KING BBQ 650.2172
18 SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE 647.2340
19 BEARDED BBQ 638.2516
20 JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q 635.7372
21 MCBBQ 623.8400
22 MASON DIXON BBQ CO. 622.6744
23 SHOCKIN U BBQ 620.9368
24 LIZELLA COOKING CREW 614.0228
25 Smokin' Joes 555.9200

Chicken

25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 177.7144
2 BALDY'S BUTTS 174.2628
3 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 173.1200
4 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 172.5484
5 ANGRY JACK BBQ 171.4172
6 J & B'S BBQ 170.8572
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 169.1428
8 ROAST BEAST BBQ 169.1200
9 JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q 168.5256
10 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 168.5256
11 BALD HAWG BBQ 167.9656
12 CAPTAIN JACK WITH LANG SMOKERS 167.4056
13 YES, DEAR BBQ 167.3828
14 RUNWAY SMOKE 167.3828
15 THE BBQ NINJA 166.8456
16 KILLER B'S BBQ 165.6800
17 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 165.0740
18 SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE 164.5600
19 BEARDED BBQ 163.9884
20 BIG SMO-KING BBQ 162.2628
21 MCBBQ 158.8000
22 LIZELLA COOKING CREW 157.0972
23 MASON DIXON BBQ CO. 156
24 SHOCKIN U BBQ 155.9428
25 Smokin' Joes 145.1200

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1544

#TeamScore
1 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 175.4172
2 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 174.2972
3 YES, DEAR BBQ 174.2856
4 BALD HAWG BBQ 173.7256
5 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 172.5600
6 ANGRY JACK BBQ 170.8228
7 ROAST BEAST BBQ 170.8228
8 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 170.8228
9 KILLER B'S BBQ 170.8112
10 RUNWAY SMOKE 167.9884
11 BEARDED BBQ 167.4744
12 J & B'S BBQ 165.6800
13 BIG SMO-KING BBQ 165.1544
14 THE BBQ NINJA 165.1200
15 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 165.0972
16 CAPTAIN JACK WITH LANG SMOKERS 165.0972
17 BALDY'S BUTTS 165.0856
18 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 163.9656
19 JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q 159.3716
20 SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE 158.2056
21 LIZELLA COOKING CREW 154.2056
22 SHOCKIN U BBQ 151.3484
23 MCBBQ 146.8000
24 Smokin' Joes 145.6572
25 MASON DIXON BBQ CO. 143.3716

Pork

25 entries · top 173.1084 · median 162.2856

#TeamScore
1 YES, DEAR BBQ 173.1084
2 KILLER B'S BBQ 171.9772
3 J & B'S BBQ 171.4056
4 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 169.6800
5 BALD HAWG BBQ 169.6800
6 BIG SMO-KING BBQ 168.5828
7 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 168.5256
8 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 167.9656
9 CAPTAIN JACK WITH LANG SMOKERS 167.3944
10 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 167.3944
11 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 166.2400
12 ROAST BEAST BBQ 165.1656
13 ANGRY JACK BBQ 162.2856
14 SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE 161.6456
15 MCBBQ 161.1772
16 RUNWAY SMOKE 161.1656
17 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 161.1200
18 BEARDED BBQ 160.0228
19 JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q 159.3484
20 SHOCKIN U BBQ 158.8228
21 MASON DIXON BBQ CO. 158.2056
22 THE BBQ NINJA 157.0744
23 BALDY'S BUTTS 154.2400
24 LIZELLA COOKING CREW 152.5256
25 Smokin' Joes 123.4400

Brisket

25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 BALDY'S BUTTS 178.2972
2 ROAST BEAST BBQ 177.7028
3 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 176.5600
4 ANGRY JACK BBQ 175.4056
5 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 174.8572
6 BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW 174.2628
7 YES, DEAR BBQ 174.2628
8 BALD HAWG BBQ 174.2628
9 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 172.5600
10 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 171.9772
11 THE BBQ NINJA 171.9772
12 J & B'S BBQ 170.8112
13 KILLER B'S BBQ 169.6800
14 RUNWAY SMOKE 169.6684
15 CAPTAIN JACK WITH LANG SMOKERS 167.3828
16 MASON DIXON BBQ CO. 165.0972
17 SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE 162.8228
18 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 157.1200
19 MCBBQ 157.0628
20 SHOCKIN U BBQ 154.8228
21 BIG SMO-KING BBQ 154.2172
22 LIZELLA COOKING CREW 150.1944
23 JACK RABBIT'S SMOKIN Q 148.4916
24 BEARDED BBQ 146.7660
25 Smokin' Joes 141.7028

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