Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)

2026-06-12 – 2026-06-13 · Springfield, TN

Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $3,350.00

Grand Champion: Big James Kitchen (535.4288) · 32 teams

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Big James Kitchen

535.4288 · Competitor Series — Overall

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Bad company cookers

535.4056 · Competitor Series — Overall

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Hot Tooters

527.3828 · Competitor Series — Overall

Entries

5 categories

Top score

535.4288

Winning margin

0.0232

GC over RC

Field average

505.62

median 507.66

Perfect 180s

13 🔥

Tightest race

Ancillary — Dessert

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

516.5144

what a walk cost here

Field spread

73.8628

winner to last place

Prize money

$3,350.00

on the line

Most consistent

Big James Kitchen

avg finish 5.00 across 5 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1428 pts — Burnt Plow BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 72%

beats 28% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1515

avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Big James Kitchen

rated 1706 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Big James Kitchen has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

13 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2023-06-09	Springfield, TN	30	698.2172	Pig Destroyer
2024-06-07	Springfield, TN	33	531.9656	Hogs B Hatin'
2025-06-13	Springfield, TN	36	535.4172	Big James Kitchen
2026-06-12 ← this one	Springfield, TN	32	535.4288	Big James Kitchen

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Cocktail

11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Big B BBQ Company	180.0000 🔥
2	Killer B Backyard BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Hogs B Hatin'	180.0000 🔥
4	Deep Space Swine BBQ	178.8572
5	Hot Tooters	177.7028
6	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	176.5600
7	Big Red Smokin BBQ	174.8572
8	RT Que	173.1084
9	Music City Que	171.9656
10	Bad company cookers	170.8228
11	Big James Kitchen	169.6800

Ancillary — Dessert

18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Myke's BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	180.0000 🔥
3	Music City Smokers	180.0000 🔥
4	Van Band BBQ	180.0000 🔥
5	Hot Tooters	178.8572
6	Big James Kitchen	178.8572
7	Bad company cookers	176.5600
8	RT Que	176.5600
9	BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	176.5600
10	Big B BBQ Company	175.4056
11	Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville	174.2628
12	Deep Space Swine BBQ	173.1888
13	Burnt Plow BBQ	173.1200
14	Killer B Backyard BBQ	173.1084
15	Stratton Grill	170.8228
16	BIG G BBQ	170.8228
17	sHOGun Competition BBQ	168.5256
18	Music City Que	163.4172

Competitor Series — Chicken

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	180.0000 🔥
2	Bad company cookers	180.0000 🔥
3	Big James Kitchen	180.0000 🔥
4	Big B BBQ Company	178.8572
5	BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	177.7144
6	The BBQ Asylum	176.5600
7	Hot Tooters	175.4172
8	TomKat's BBQ	174.2744
9	THE BLAZERS	174.2628
10	Van Band BBQ	173.7144
11	Buckeye Barbeque	173.7144
12	sHOGun Competition BBQ	173.1428
13	BIG G BBQ	170.8228
14	Stratton Grill	170.2744
15	Hogs B Hatin'	169.6800
16	Music City Smokers	169.6684
17	Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville	169.1200
18	RT Que	168.5372
19	Myke's BBQ	168.5256
20	The Local Que BBQ & Catering	166.2516
21	Holy Smoke	165.6800
22	Music City Que	165.6800
23	DC's Backyard Smokers	165.1084
24	Killer B Backyard BBQ	162.8344
25	BOARder Line BBQ	162.8000
26	Big Red Smokin BBQ	161.6800
27	Frey's Big Meat	161.1312
28	M-1 Smokin' Guns	158.2284
29	Burnt Plow BBQ	157.0856
30	Dad & Daughter BBQ	157.0744
31	Deep Space Swine BBQ	151.3596
32	Trooper-Que	150.7772

Competitor Series — Overall

32 entries · top 535.4288 · median 507.6630

#	Team	Score
1	Big James Kitchen	535.4288
2	Bad company cookers	535.4056
3	Hot Tooters	527.3828
4	sHOGun Competition BBQ	523.4288
5	Big B BBQ Company	522.2400
6	Hogs B Hatin'	519.3600
7	The BBQ Asylum	518.2172
8	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	517.6800
9	Music City Smokers	517.6456
10	Van Band BBQ	516.5144
11	Killer B Backyard BBQ	514.8000
12	Burnt Plow BBQ	513.6456
13	TomKat's BBQ	511.9772
14	BIG G BBQ	511.9316
15	BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	511.3948
16	DC's Backyard Smokers	508.5028
17	Buckeye Barbeque	506.8232
18	The Local Que BBQ & Catering	503.3372
19	Music City Que	502.2060
20	RT Que	501.6000
21	THE BLAZERS	501.0168
22	Stratton Grill	500.5604
23	Holy Smoke	498.2172
24	Myke's BBQ	495.8280
25	M-1 Smokin' Guns	495.3140
26	Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville	494.6968
27	BOARder Line BBQ	494.1828
28	Big Red Smokin BBQ	491.3372
29	Deep Space Swine BBQ	485.5536
30	Frey's Big Meat	472.4684
31	Dad & Daughter BBQ	469.5544
32	Trooper-Que	461.5660

Competitor Series — Pork

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Killer B Backyard BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Bad company cookers	180.0000 🔥
3	Big James Kitchen	176.5716
4	Burnt Plow BBQ	176.5600
5	The BBQ Asylum	176.5600
6	Hot Tooters	176.5600
7	Hogs B Hatin'	176.5600
8	sHOGun Competition BBQ	176.0000
9	DC's Backyard Smokers	175.4172
10	RT Que	174.2744
11	Buckeye Barbeque	173.7144
12	Music City Smokers	173.1200
13	BIG G BBQ	171.9888
14	Big B BBQ Company	171.4056
15	Van Band BBQ	170.8228
16	Deep Space Swine BBQ	167.9656
17	BOARder Line BBQ	166.8344
18	TomKat's BBQ	166.2628
19	Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville	166.2284
20	BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	165.6916
21	M-1 Smokin' Guns	165.1200
22	Holy Smoke	163.9428
23	Big Red Smokin BBQ	163.3828
24	Music City Que	162.8116
25	Myke's BBQ	162.2284
26	The Local Que BBQ & Catering	161.0856
27	Stratton Grill	160.0116
28	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	159.9656
29	THE BLAZERS	157.6340
30	Frey's Big Meat	155.4172
31	Dad & Daughter BBQ	154.8000
32	Trooper-Que	153.0972

Competitor Series — Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Burnt Plow BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Big James Kitchen	178.8572
3	Armstrong Smoke & Co.	177.7144
4	The Local Que BBQ & Catering	176.0000
5	Bad company cookers	175.4056
6	Hot Tooters	175.4056
7	Music City Smokers	174.8572
8	sHOGun Competition BBQ	174.2860
9	Music City Que	173.7144
10	Hogs B Hatin'	173.1200
11	Big B BBQ Company	171.9772
12	Van Band BBQ	171.9772
13	M-1 Smokin' Guns	171.9656
14	Killer B Backyard BBQ	171.9656
15	TomKat's BBQ	171.4400
16	Stratton Grill	170.2744
17	THE BLAZERS	169.1200
18	BIG G BBQ	169.1200
19	Holy Smoke	168.5944
20	BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	167.9888
21	DC's Backyard Smokers	167.9772
22	Big Red Smokin BBQ	166.2744
23	Deep Space Swine BBQ	166.2284
24	The BBQ Asylum	165.0972
25	Myke's BBQ	165.0740
26	BOARder Line BBQ	164.5484
27	Buckeye Barbeque	159.3944
28	Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville	159.3484
29	RT Que	158.7884
30	Trooper-Que	157.6916
31	Dad & Daughter BBQ	157.6800
32	Frey's Big Meat	155.9200

Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

🪒 A razor-thin finish

🔥 A day of perfect scores

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

This contest over the years

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Cocktail

Ancillary — Dessert

Competitor Series — Chicken

Competitor Series — Overall

Competitor Series — Pork

Competitor Series — Pork Ribs