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First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) 2018
Sep 21–22, 2018
· Columbia, TN
· 📍 102 Riverside Dr
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Grand Champion: PWA BBQ (521.6800) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG ORANGE SMOKERS
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Full results from the First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) 2018 , a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on September 21, 2018 in Columbia, TN at 102 Riverside Dr. BIG ORANGE SMOKERS TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW PWA BBQ SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY 2017 edition was won by BIG B'S BBQ - TN
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
141.76
median 166.82
177.70 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Chicken
177.70
Pork Ribs
178.88
Pork
176
141.76
178.88
Entries 13
3 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Winning margin 3.9656
1st over 2nd in Chicken
Field average 165.65
141.76 177.70
Chicken · median 166.82 · last place to winner
Tightest race Pork
4.0228 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff 162.8116
141.76 177.70
10th place in Chicken
Field spread 35.9428
winner to last place
Most consistent avg finish 3 across 3 meats
Double threats 4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Widest winning margin Chicken
How hot was the win? Top 62%
beats 38% of 5581 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines (2 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.
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Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: BIG ORANGE SMOKERS DOUBLE A'S BBQ 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PWA BBQ BLUE DOG BBQ 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: BLUE DOG BBQ BARBECUE REPUBLIC 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Chicken 3–4 · tie Pork 3–4 · tie Pork 4–5 · tie Chicken 6–7 · 0.0116
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A contest record in pork ribs
178.8800
best pork ribs ever cooked here
PWA BBQ 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
old best 178.8572 across 1 past editions
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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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
Category 1st 5th 10th
Chicken 177.7028 170.8228 162.8116 Pork Ribs 178.8800 171.4172 163.9888 Pork 176 171.9772 165.6684
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Master Series
Chicken
13 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 178.8800 · median 170.8344
Pork
13 entries · top 176 · median 167.9772
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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 — Dessert
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 174.8456
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