Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2026-06-12 – 2026-06-13 · Springfield, TN · 📍 4635 US-41
Reps: LYGIA (LEX) VANEGAS, ROBERT VANDERIPE · Prize money: $3,350.00
Grand Champion: Big James Kitchen (535.4288) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bad company cookers
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
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 95% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Armstrong Smoke & Co. and Bad company cookers tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Bad company cookers and Big James Kitchen tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Bad company cookers and Hot Tooters tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hogs B Hatin' (won 2024), Big James Kitchen (won 2025).
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 30 | 698.2172 | Pig Destroyer | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 33 | 531.9656 | Hogs B Hatin' | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 36 | 535.4172 | Big James Kitchen | — |
| 2026-06-12 ← this one | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 32 | 535.4288 | Big James Kitchen | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
32 entries · top 535.4288 · median 507.6630
Chicken
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
Ancillary — Cocktail
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 2 | Killer B Backyard BBQ | |
| 3 | Hogs B Hatin' | |
| 4 | Deep Space Swine BBQ | |
| 5 | Hot Tooters | |
| 6 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 7 | Big Red Smokin BBQ | |
| 8 | RT Que | |
| 9 | Music City Que | |
| 10 | Bad company cookers | |
| 11 | Big James Kitchen |
Ancillary — Dessert
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180