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Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

2018-08-10 – 2018-08-11 · Franklin, NC · 📍 1436 Georgia Rd

Grand Champion: MIDNIGHT BURN (699.9544) · 51 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CONTAGIOUS Q

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MIDNIGHT BURN
699.9544 · Master Series — Overall
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CONTAGIOUS Q
697.6456 · Master Series — Overall
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ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
693.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 176.58
136.48 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2013-08-09 — 698.2516 (SWAMP BOYS) 2014-08-08 — 695.9656 (JACK'S OLD SOUTH) 2015-08-07 — 695.9544 (PICKIN' PORKERS) 2016-08-12 — 699.9884 (HICKORY PRIME) 2017-08-11 — 688.5140 (MIDNIGHT BURN) 2018-08-10 — 699.9544 (MIDNIGHT BURN) 2019-08-09 — 697.0744 (WHO CARES BBQ) 699.95 2013 2019

Entries

51
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

699.9544

Winning margin

2.3088
GC over RC

Field average

664.85
613.02699.95
median 667.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.7428
613.02699.95
10th place overall

Field spread

86.9372
winner to last place

Most consistent

MIDNIGHT BURN
avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — CONTAGIOUS Q

How hot was the win?

Top 33%
beats 67% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

56%
19 of 34 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1595
avg power rating going in · stronger than 74% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
rated 1963 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

An upset on the books

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

MIDNIGHT BURN came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1831
  • top seed 1963

Back-to-back

2 in a row editions of this contest

MIDNIGHT BURN won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.

  • 2017
  • 2018

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MIDNIGHT BURN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 2nd

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

MIDNIGHT BURN has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

  • 2017
  • 2018

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 5–6: OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE and SMOKE MONSTER BBQ tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: CONTAGIOUS Q and SAUCED! BBQ TEAM tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ and PALMETTO PITMASTERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PICKIN' PORKERS (won 2015), HICKORY PRIME (won 2016), MIDNIGHT BURN (won 2017).

  • PICKIN' PORKERS · 2015
  • HICKORY PRIME · 2016
  • MIDNIGHT BURN · 2017

The biggest field yet

51 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 38 teams

51 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 38.

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
2013-08-09 Franklin, NC Franklin, NC 49 698.2516 SWAMP BOYS SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS
2014-08-08 Frankllin, NC Frankllin, NC 28734 39 695.9656 JACK'S OLD SOUTH SMOKE THIS
2015-08-07 Franklin, NC Franklin, NC 28734 36 695.9544 PICKIN' PORKERS SWAMP BOYS
2016-08-12 Franklin, NC Macon County Fair Grounds 34 699.9884 HICKORY PRIME MIDNIGHT BURN
2017-08-11 Franklin, NC 1436 Georgia Rd 34 688.5140 MIDNIGHT BURN CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC
2018-08-10 ← this one Franklin, NC 1436 Georgia Rd 51 699.9544 MIDNIGHT BURN CONTAGIOUS Q
2019-08-09 Franklin, NC Macon County Fairgrounds 29 697.0744 WHO CARES BBQ MIDNIGHT BURN

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572174.8572173.1200
Pork Ribs178.8572176.5716175.4172
Pork177.7028173.1200169.6684
Brisket176.5828173.7028172.5484

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

51 entries · top 699.9544 · median 667.8976

#TeamScore
1 MIDNIGHT BURN 699.9544
2 CONTAGIOUS Q 697.6456
3 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 693.6800
4 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 691.9660
5 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 687.9200
6 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 687.3256
7 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 686.8228
8 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 686.2400
9 QUENUT BBQ 683.3484
10 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 682.7428
11 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 682.2060
12 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 682.2060
13 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 682.1600
14 BAR-B-Q 101 680.5256
15 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 679.8972
16 SWIG-N-PIG 676.4456
17 ROAST BEAST BBQ 674.7312
18 PICKIN' PORKERS 674.7200
19 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 672.9940
20 HICKORY PRIME 671.9200
21 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 671.8856
22 HAMOUFLAGE 671.8396
23 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 669.6228
24 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 668.4456
25 SUE E PIGG 667.9316
26 41 AND MAIN 667.8976
27 BINGE-N-ON BBQ 667.3028
28 SMOKE THIS 663.3140
29 BARREL FEVER BBQ 661.6000
30 SMOKIN NC 661.5772
31 BALD HAWG BBQ 661.5428
32 PIG ON FIRE 660.4572
33 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 659.8172
34 POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 657.5656
35 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 654.6856
36 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 654.1136
37 COBRA Q 653.6228
38 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 653.5312
39 IRON PIG BBQ 653.5200
40 SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS 652.9256
41 NIBBLE ME THIS 651.2800
42 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 644.9940
43 DOCTOR CUE NC 643.8516
44 OUR DOGS LIKE IT 643.2688
45 SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE 641.5316
46 CHARNOBLE 637.7028
47 SMOKE & SPICE 633.5316
48 GRILLIN' GANGSTERS 632.3884
49 PORK-N-BONES 631.2004
50 House of Smoke NC 626.0684
51 ZICKGRAF MEAT SLINGERS 613.0172

Chicken

51 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 CONTAGIOUS Q 178.8572
2 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 176.5600
3 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 175.4172
4 MIDNIGHT BURN 175.4056
5 BAR-B-Q 101 174.8572
6 COBRA Q 174.8456
7 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 174.2744
8 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 174.2628
9 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 173.7028
10 BINGE-N-ON BBQ 173.1200
11 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 173.1200
12 ROAST BEAST BBQ 173.1084
13 SWIG-N-PIG 171.9772
14 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 171.9772
15 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 171.9772
16 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 171.9772
17 SMOKE THIS 171.9656
18 SUE E PIGG 171.4172
19 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 171.4056
20 BALD HAWG BBQ 171.4056
21 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 170.8344
22 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 170.2512
23 SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS 169.6684
24 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 169.1200
25 QUENUT BBQ 167.4056
26 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 167.3828
27 PICKIN' PORKERS 167.3828
28 HICKORY PRIME 167.3828
29 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 166.8456
30 SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE 166.8228
31 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 166.8228
32 HAMOUFLAGE 166.2284
33 POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 165.6684
34 SMOKIN NC 165.1200
35 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 165.0856
36 41 AND MAIN 164.5372
37 PIG ON FIRE 163.9656
38 DOCTOR CUE NC 163.9428
39 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 163.9428
40 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 162.8000
41 NIBBLE ME THIS 162.2628
42 BARREL FEVER BBQ 162.2516
43 IRON PIG BBQ 161.6572
44 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 160.4912
45 SMOKE & SPICE 158.8000
46 GRILLIN' GANGSTERS 158.2628
47 PORK-N-BONES 158.2288
48 House of Smoke NC 157.6456
49 CHARNOBLE 155.4400
50 OUR DOGS LIKE IT 154.7888
51 ZICKGRAF MEAT SLINGERS 154.2744

Pork Ribs

51 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 QUENUT BBQ 178.8572
2 PICKIN' PORKERS 178.2972
3 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 177.1544
4 BARREL FEVER BBQ 176.5828
5 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 176.5716
6 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 176.5716
7 MIDNIGHT BURN 176.0116
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 175.4288
9 CONTAGIOUS Q 175.4172
10 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 175.4172
11 IRON PIG BBQ 174.8456
12 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 173.7144
13 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 172.5828
14 SMOKE THIS 171.9772
15 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 171.4172
16 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 170.2628
17 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 169.6800
18 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 169.6684
19 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 169.6684
20 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 168.5600
21 ROAST BEAST BBQ 168.5372
22 DOCTOR CUE NC 168.5372
23 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 167.9884
24 SWIG-N-PIG 167.9772
25 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 167.9656
26 NIBBLE ME THIS 167.4172
27 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 167.3828
28 SMOKIN NC 167.3828
29 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 167.3828
30 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 166.8344
31 41 AND MAIN 166.8344
32 BAR-B-Q 101 165.7028
33 HICKORY PRIME 165.7028
34 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 165.0972
35 POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 164.5372
36 BINGE-N-ON BBQ 164.5372
37 HAMOUFLAGE 164.5256
38 SUE E PIGG 163.9772
39 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 163.3828
40 OUR DOGS LIKE IT 161.0972
41 PIG ON FIRE 160.5372
42 COBRA Q 160.5372
43 BALD HAWG BBQ 160.5144
44 SMOKE & SPICE 157.1088
45 SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS 157.0744
46 ZICKGRAF MEAT SLINGERS 155.4400
47 GRILLIN' GANGSTERS 154.8228
48 CHARNOBLE 154.2744
49 PORK-N-BONES 154.2172
50 SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE 148.4916
51 House of Smoke NC 147.3716

Pork

51 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6684

#TeamScore
1 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 177.7028
2 PIG ON FIRE 176.0000
3 HAMOUFLAGE 174.2628
4 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 173.7372
5 MIDNIGHT BURN 173.1200
6 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 172.5600
7 CONTAGIOUS Q 171.9656
8 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 170.8344
9 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 170.8228
10 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 169.6684
11 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 169.1200
12 CHARNOBLE 168.5828
13 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 168.5828
14 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 167.9772
15 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 167.9656
16 QUENUT BBQ 167.9656
17 BAR-B-Q 101 167.4172
18 OUR DOGS LIKE IT 167.4056
19 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 167.3944
20 BARREL FEVER BBQ 166.8572
21 ZICKGRAF MEAT SLINGERS 166.8228
22 SMOKIN NC 166.2400
23 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 166.2400
24 BINGE-N-ON BBQ 166.2284
25 NIBBLE ME THIS 165.6800
26 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 165.6684
27 IRON PIG BBQ 165.6684
28 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 165.1200
29 41 AND MAIN 165.1088
30 PICKIN' PORKERS 165.0972
31 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 165.0972
32 ROAST BEAST BBQ 164.5600
33 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 164.5600
34 SWIG-N-PIG 164.5256
35 PORK-N-BONES 163.9772
36 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 163.9772
37 HICKORY PRIME 163.9428
38 GRILLIN' GANGSTERS 163.3828
39 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 162.8228
40 House of Smoke NC 162.8000
41 SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE 162.2400
42 SMOKE & SPICE 162.2400
43 SUE E PIGG 161.1316
44 SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS 161.0856
45 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 160.5144
46 COBRA Q 160.0000
47 DOCTOR CUE NC 159.9544
48 BALD HAWG BBQ 159.3716
49 SMOKE THIS 158.8456
50 POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 158.8000
51 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 148.5372

Brisket

51 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 176.5828
2 MIDNIGHT BURN 175.4172
3 HICKORY PRIME 174.8916
4 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 173.7372
5 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.7028
6 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 173.1200
7 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 173.1200
8 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 172.5600
9 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 172.5600
10 BAR-B-Q 101 172.5484
11 SWIG-N-PIG 171.9656
12 41 AND MAIN 171.4172
13 CONTAGIOUS Q 171.4056
14 SUE E PIGG 171.4056
15 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 170.8228
16 BALD HAWG BBQ 170.2512
17 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 169.6800
18 QUENUT BBQ 169.1200
19 POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 168.5600
20 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 168.5488
21 ROAST BEAST BBQ 168.5256
22 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 167.9656
23 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 167.9656
24 HAMOUFLAGE 166.8228
25 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 166.8112
26 TUFF DAWG GRILLERS 165.1200
27 SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS 165.0972
28 SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE 163.9772
29 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 163.9772
30 PICKIN' PORKERS 163.9428
31 BINGE-N-ON BBQ 163.4172
32 SMOKIN NC 162.8344
33 SMOKE THIS 160.5256
34 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 160.5144
35 OUR DOGS LIKE IT 159.9772
36 OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW 159.9656
37 PIG ON FIRE 159.9544
38 CHARNOBLE 159.4056
39 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 159.3712
40 House of Smoke NC 158.2512
41 COBRA Q 158.2400
42 NIBBLE ME THIS 155.9200
43 GRILLIN' GANGSTERS 155.9200
44 BARREL FEVER BBQ 155.9084
45 SMOKE & SPICE 155.3828
46 PORK-N-BONES 154.7772
47 BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC 154.7656
48 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 152.4800
49 DOCTOR CUE NC 151.4172
50 IRON PIG BBQ 151.3488
51 ZICKGRAF MEAT SLINGERS 136.4800

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 — Backyard

12 entries · top 499.9884 · median 483.5540

#TeamScore
1 THE RUSTY DOG 499.9884
2 PIG CHIEFS BBQ 497.6112
3 Bite Me BBQ 493.6228
4 TOO SAUCED TO PORK 493.0856
5 HWY 28 NORTH COOKERS 486.1596
6 GRUMPYS BBQ 483.8168
7 BONAFIDE BBQ 483.2912
8 BUTTS & THIGHS BBQ 468.3656
9 GETIN MY BELLY 466.0800
10 BACKYARD PORKERS 460.9828
11 BASTEY BOYS BBQ 456.4456
12 SOUTHERN Q'D 451.2800

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

12 entries · top 170.8228 · median 160.2400

#TeamScore
1 GRUMPYS BBQ 170.8228
2 BONAFIDE BBQ 163.9312
3 Bite Me BBQ 163.3828
4 HWY 28 NORTH COOKERS 162.8112
5 THE RUSTY DOG 162.3200
6 TOO SAUCED TO PORK 160.5372
7 PIG CHIEFS BBQ 159.9428
8 BACKYARD PORKERS 158.2400
9 BASTEY BOYS BBQ 157.1084
10 BUTTS & THIGHS BBQ 154.2056
11 GETIN MY BELLY 154.1940
12 SOUTHERN Q'D 148.5144

Master Series — Backyard Pork

12 entries · top 165.6684 · median 162.5198

#TeamScore
1 HWY 28 NORTH COOKERS 165.6684
2 TOO SAUCED TO PORK 165.1084
3 PIG CHIEFS BBQ 163.9656
4 Bite Me BBQ 163.4172
5 BUTTS & THIGHS BBQ 163.3828
6 THE RUSTY DOG 162.8112
7 GRUMPYS BBQ 162.2284
8 BACKYARD PORKERS 161.7144
9 BASTEY BOYS BBQ 161.6684
10 BONAFIDE BBQ 151.9544
11 GETIN MY BELLY 151.9316
12 SOUTHERN Q'D 146.8228

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

12 entries · top 174.8572 · median 158.8172

#TeamScore
1 THE RUSTY DOG 174.8572
2 PIG CHIEFS BBQ 173.7028
3 TOO SAUCED TO PORK 167.4400
4 BONAFIDE BBQ 167.4056
5 Bite Me BBQ 166.8228
6 GETIN MY BELLY 159.9544
7 HWY 28 NORTH COOKERS 157.6800
8 SOUTHERN Q'D 155.9428
9 BUTTS & THIGHS BBQ 150.7772
10 GRUMPYS BBQ 150.7656
11 BACKYARD PORKERS 141.0284
12 BASTEY BOYS BBQ 137.6688

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