Lakeland Pig Festival 2019

Jan 25–26, 2019 · Lakeland, FL · 📍 4175 Medulla Rd · State championship

Prize money: $25,000

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ACCUTECH BBQ

700.5028 · Master Series — Overall

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SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

695.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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SHIG NINJA BBQ

693.1088 · Master Series — Overall

ACCUTECH BBQ won Grand Champion at the Lakeland Pig Festival on January 25, 2019 in Lakeland, FL at 4175 Medulla Rd, scoring 700.5028 in a field of 58 teams. SAUCED! BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9656. Category winners: Chicken — ACCUTECH BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ACCUTECH BBQ (178.8572); Pork — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (179.4400); Brisket — JACK'S OLD SOUTH (179.4400). The Backyard Series standings were won by Uncle Johns Pride with 686.8800. This is the 6th of 13 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by MIDNIGHT BURN; the next was held in 2020.

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.

261.58 median 660.44 700.50 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
Master Series — Pork Ribs 178.86
Master Series — Pork 179.44
Master Series — Brisket 179.44
Backyard Series — Chicken 174.30
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 177.71
Backyard Series — Pork 176.59
Backyard Series — Brisket 176.01

20 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

8 judged meats · 9 ancillary

Top score

700.5028

Winning margin

4.5372

GC over RC

Field average

647.48

261.58700.50

median 660.44 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

ACCUTECH BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

680.5372

261.58700.50

10th place overall

Field spread

438.9256

winner to last place

Prize money

$25,000

on the line

Most consistent

Uncle Johns Pride

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4400 pts — JACK'S OLD SOUTH

How hot was the win?

Top 32%

beats 68% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

53%

32 of 60 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.34 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,539

avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1881 pre-contest

Storylines (9 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

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Accutech BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1593
top seed 1881

A first Grand Championship

14 tracked contests to get there

This was Accutech BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 22 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: Denim Dan the BBQ Man and Rub My Rack tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM and Full of Bull BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 9–10: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA and SWEET SMOKE Q tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Master Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
Master Series — Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Master Series — Pork 9–10 · tie
Master Series — Brisket 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ACCUTECH BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

ACCUTECH BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 11th
Brisket 18th

A contest record in pork

179.4400 best pork ever cooked here

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.

old best 177.7372
across 5 past editions

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: JACK'S OLD SOUTH (won 2015), SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (won 2017), MIDNIGHT BURN (won 2018).

JACK'S OLD SOUTH · 2015
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM · 2017
MIDNIGHT BURN · 2018

One of the big ones

58 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data

58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data.

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

ACCUTECH BBQ · Chicken

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland, FL	Lakeland, FL	70	682.8568	3 EYZ BBQ	WICKED QUE
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland, FL	Lakeland, FL 33813	62	691.9884	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	SERIAL GRILLER
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland, FL	Lakeland , FL 33813	58	687.4172	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	CHARQUETERIE
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland, FL	Sun'N Fun 4175 Medulla Road	60	694.2744	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Rd	60	702.2284	MIDNIGHT BURN	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
Jan 25, 2019 ← this one	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Rd	58	700.5028	Accutech BBQ	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
Jan 24, 2020	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Rd	53	700.5372	Smoke Central BBQ	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jan 28, 2022	Lakeland, FL	Lakeland, FL 33811	60	701.6800	Who Cares BBQ	GETTIN' BASTED
Jan 27, 2023	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Road	51	706.8228	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	Kings BBQ Team
Jan 26, 2024	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Road	61	707.3828	Rooters-N-Tooters	Ham Squad
Jan 24, 2025	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Road	40	714.2744	Poppa Pig?	With a 180
Jan 22, 2026	Lakeland, FL	4175 Medulla Road	63	708.5600	Fred Vegas Smokers	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
Jan 21, 2027	Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	180	176.5600	172.5716
Master Series — Pork Ribs	178.8572	176	173.7028
Master Series — Pork	179.4400	173.7028	170.8228
Master Series — Brisket	179.4400	174.8800	173.7144
Backyard Series — Chicken	174.2972	171.9656	169.1200
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs	177.7144	171.9772	168.5372
Backyard Series — Pork	176.5944	170.2856	169.1316
Backyard Series — Brisket	176.0116	169.1200	166.8916

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

58 entries · top 700.5028 · median 660.4400

#	Team	Score
1	ACCUTECH BBQ	700.5028
2	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	695.9656
3	SHIG NINJA BBQ	693.1088
4	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	691.9428
5	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	691.9428
6	Smoke Central BBQ	686.7656
7	MIDNIGHT BURN	686.2516
8	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	686.1828
9	SWAMP BOYS	682.2172
10	Rub My Rack	680.5372
11	SWEET SMOKE Q	680.5028
12	Cooters n Smoke	678.7884
13	HOT WACHULA'S	678.1712
14	TRIPLE H BBQ	678.1600
15	DIVA Q	677.0512
16	Lakeland BBQ Company	675.3144
17	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	674.2172
18	BARREL FEVER BBQ	674.2172
19	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	672.9940
20	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	669.5888
21	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	668.4344
22	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	668.4228
23	Hot Ashes	667.8856
24	Full of Bull BBQ	667.8856
25	Blitzkrieg BBQ	667.3944
26	J-MACK COOKERS	665.1316
27	Pull'n My Pork Bbq	662.7544
28	EXTRA MILE BBQ	661.5772
29	Smokin Slimz	661.0516
30	Hardwood BBQ	659.8284
31	Double Barrel Smokers	659.2456
32	The BBQ Shack Lakeland	658.6972
33	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	655.9092
34	Belly Bustin BBQ	654.7772
35	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	653.6456
36	Street meat	652.4340
37	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	652.4000
38	Burning Bush BBQ	651.8512
39	HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	649.5436
40	House of Q/84 Lumber	647.1884
41	Denim Dan the BBQ Man	646.1372
42	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	642.6740
43	Chubby's BBQ	642.6516
44	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	641.0176
45	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	636.4568
46	Swinos	636.3540
47	Blazin Bronco	634.8112
48	Hot Mess BBQ	633.5772
49	Guinea Pigs	627.2456
50	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	626.0688
51	Smokin' And Pokin'	625.6460
52	2nd Hand Smoke	624.9716
53	Veteran Pork Pullers	624.3432
54	Hoosier Meat Rubbers	622.5824
55	Lazy j barbecue	620.4456
56	Florida Skin N Bones	574.1828
57	Golden Gate Foods	392.4340
58	Gilbert's Rig King Dirty South	261.5772

Chicken

58 entries · top 180 · median 164.5430 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ACCUTECH BBQ	180 🔥
2	BARREL FEVER BBQ	178.8572
3	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	178.2972
4	Denim Dan the BBQ Man	176.5600
5	Rub My Rack	176.5600
6	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	176
7	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	175.4056
8	Belly Bustin BBQ	174.8456
9	Smoke Central BBQ	174.2628
10	SHIG NINJA BBQ	172.5716
11	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	172
12	Burning Bush BBQ	171.9884
13	Street meat	171.4400
14	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	171.4056
15	Lakeland BBQ Company	170.8344
16	SWEET SMOKE Q	170.2972
17	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	170.2628
18	Double Barrel Smokers	169.6916
19	MIDNIGHT BURN	169.1200
20	Full of Bull BBQ	168.5600
21	House of Q/84 Lumber	168.5256
22	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	168.5140
23	Cooters n Smoke	166.8456
24	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	166.2400
25	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	166.2400
26	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	166.2400
27	Chubby's BBQ	165.6800
28	J-MACK COOKERS	165.1200
29	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	164.5488
30	Hardwood BBQ	164.5372
31	TRIPLE H BBQ	164.5372
32	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	163.9660
33	Veteran Pork Pullers	163.9544
34	EXTRA MILE BBQ	163.9428
35	Lazy j barbecue	162.8456
36	HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	162.8232
37	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	162.8000
38	SWAMP BOYS	162.2400
39	HOT WACHULA'S	162.2284
40	Hot Mess BBQ	161.7144
41	Hot Ashes	161.6456
42	The BBQ Shack Lakeland	161.0972
43	Smokin Slimz	160.5372
44	Blitzkrieg BBQ	158.8000
45	Hoosier Meat Rubbers	158.2284
46	Pull'n My Pork Bbq	158.2172
47	Swinos	157.0856
48	Florida Skin N Bones	156.5944
49	DIVA Q	156.5256
50	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	155.9084
51	Guinea Pigs	155.3600
52	Blazin Bronco	154.8228
53	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	153.1084
54	2nd Hand Smoke	149.6688
55	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	148.5144
56	Smokin' And Pokin'	147.4056
57	Golden Gate Foods	134.8228
58	Gilbert's Rig King Dirty South	127.9544

Pork Ribs

58 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8344

#	Team	Score
1	ACCUTECH BBQ	178.8572
2	SWAMP BOYS	177.1544
3	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	176.5828
4	Cooters n Smoke	176.5716
5	Smokin Slimz	176
6	DIVA Q	175.4172
7	Pull'n My Pork Bbq	174.2744
8	MIDNIGHT BURN	173.7144
9	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	173.7028
10	Full of Bull BBQ	173.7028
11	EXTRA MILE BBQ	171.9888
12	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	171.9772
13	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	171.9772
14	HOT WACHULA'S	171.4172
15	Double Barrel Smokers	170.8228
16	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	170.8228
17	SHIG NINJA BBQ	170.2744
18	Burning Bush BBQ	170.2628
19	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	169.7256
20	Smoke Central BBQ	169.1200
21	Blazin Bronco	168.6172
22	TRIPLE H BBQ	168.5372
23	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	168.5372
24	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	168.5256
25	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	167.3944
26	Belly Bustin BBQ	166.8344
27	Hot Ashes	166.2516
28	Veteran Pork Pullers	165.0972
29	SWEET SMOKE Q	165.0972
30	Blitzkrieg BBQ	164.5716
31	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	164.5600
32	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	164.5488
33	Rub My Rack	164.5372
34	Lakeland BBQ Company	164.5372
35	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	163.3944
36	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	162.8344
37	Guinea Pigs	162.2628
38	HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	162.2516
39	Swinos	162.2400
40	The BBQ Shack Lakeland	162.2400
41	Hardwood BBQ	162.2284
42	BARREL FEVER BBQ	161.6800
43	Smokin' And Pokin'	160.5716
44	J-MACK COOKERS	159.9772
45	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	159.9660
46	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	159.9428
47	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	159.9428
48	Street meat	158.2744
49	2nd Hand Smoke	157.7144
50	House of Q/84 Lumber	157.6572
51	Chubby's BBQ	153.0744
52	Denim Dan the BBQ Man	151.3828
53	Hot Mess BBQ	151.3716
54	Hoosier Meat Rubbers	149.6340
55	Lazy j barbecue	147.3944
56	Florida Skin N Bones	138.2628
57	Gilbert's Rig King Dirty South	133.6228
58	Golden Gate Foods	125.1200

Pork

57 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7028

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	179.4400
2	SHIG NINJA BBQ	176.5600
3	DIVA Q	175.4056
4	Smoke Central BBQ	174.2744
5	Hot Ashes	173.7028
6	J-MACK COOKERS	172.0456
7	Double Barrel Smokers	171.4056
8	Guinea Pigs	170.8456
9	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	170.8228
10	SWEET SMOKE Q	170.8228
11	ACCUTECH BBQ	170.8228
12	TRIPLE H BBQ	170.8228
13	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	170.2628
14	HOT WACHULA'S	170.2628
15	Blitzkrieg BBQ	169.7028
16	Cooters n Smoke	169.1428
17	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	169.1084
18	Rub My Rack	168.6172
19	Belly Bustin BBQ	168.5600
20	MIDNIGHT BURN	168.5372
21	Lakeland BBQ Company	167.9656
22	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	167.9656
23	Smokin Slimz	167.4172
24	SWAMP BOYS	167.4172
25	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	167.4056
26	HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	167.3944
27	Swinos	166.8456
28	EXTRA MILE BBQ	166.8456
29	Denim Dan the BBQ Man	165.7028
30	The BBQ Shack Lakeland	165.6800
31	Hardwood BBQ	165.0972
32	Hoosier Meat Rubbers	163.9428
33	2nd Hand Smoke	163.9428
34	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	163.4172
35	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	162.8228
36	BARREL FEVER BBQ	162.2628
37	Pull'n My Pork Bbq	161.6800
38	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	161.1200
39	Smokin' And Pokin'	161.1200
40	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	160.5028
41	Full of Bull BBQ	160.5028
42	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	159.9888
43	Burning Bush BBQ	159.9656
44	Chubby's BBQ	159.9428
45	Street meat	159.9312
46	Blazin Bronco	159.4056
47	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	159.3600
48	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	158.2516
49	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	156.5028
50	House of Q/84 Lumber	155.9200
51	Hot Mess BBQ	155.3484
52	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	153.6684
53	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	153.6572
54	Lazy j barbecue	148.5028
55	Veteran Pork Pullers	144.4800
56	Florida Skin N Bones	137.0972
57	Golden Gate Foods	132.4912

Brisket

56 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2570

#	Team	Score
1	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	179.4400
2	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	176
3	STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	175.4172
4	SWAMP BOYS	175.4056
5	MIDNIGHT BURN	174.8800
6	Blitzkrieg BBQ	174.3200
7	SWEET SMOKE Q	174.2856
8	HOT WACHULA'S	174.2628
9	TRIPLE H BBQ	174.2628
10	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	173.7144
11	SHIG NINJA BBQ	173.7028
12	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	172
13	Lakeland BBQ Company	171.9772
14	BARREL FEVER BBQ	171.4172
15	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	170.8228
16	Rub My Rack	170.8228
17	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	170.8228
18	ACCUTECH BBQ	170.8228
19	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	170.2744
20	DIVA Q	169.7028
21	The BBQ Shack Lakeland	169.6800
22	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	169.6800
23	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	169.1200
24	Smoke Central BBQ	169.1084
25	Pull'n My Pork Bbq	168.5828
26	J-MACK COOKERS	167.9888
27	Hardwood BBQ	167.9656
28	Hot Ashes	166.2856
29	Cooters n Smoke	166.2284
30	Hot Mess BBQ	165.1428
31	Full of Bull BBQ	165.1200
32	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	165.1200
33	House of Q/84 Lumber	165.0856
34	Chubby's BBQ	163.9544
35	Street meat	162.7884
36	Lazy j barbecue	161.7028
37	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	160.5716
38	BLUE LINE BBQ OF FLORIDA	159.3484
39	EXTRA MILE BBQ	158.8000
40	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	157.7144
41	Smokin Slimz	157.0972
42	HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	157.0744
43	BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	156.5600
44	Smokin' And Pokin'	156.5488
45	2nd Hand Smoke	153.6456
46	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	153.0744
47	Denim Dan the BBQ Man	152.4916
48	Blazin Bronco	151.9656
49	Veteran Pork Pullers	150.8116
50	Hoosier Meat Rubbers	150.7772
51	Swinos	150.1828
52	Burning Bush BBQ	149.6344
53	Double Barrel Smokers	147.3256
54	Belly Bustin BBQ	144.5372
55	Florida Skin N Bones	142.2284
56	Guinea Pigs	138.7772

Backyard Series

Overall

55 entries · top 686.8800 · median 633.0856 · out of 720, not the usual 360

#	Team	Score
1	Uncle Johns Pride	686.8800
2	Podunk Porkers BBQ	676.5716
3	Barely Sober BBQ	674.8344
4	The Rusty Pig	673.7372
5	Burnin' Buttz	669.1200
6	LaFamiglia BBQ	663.2916
7	Five Tool Que	661.0400
8	Bubba smokin Q	659.9428
9	Smokin Hooligans	658.1600
10	Midwest BBQ	657.0856
11	Smokin On The Porch	655.9428
12	2 Live Que	653.0052
13	Beachneck BBQ	650.7652
14	Good As Any BBQ	650.1940
15	Evans Ranch BBQ	650.1716
16	Wades Smokehouse	650.1144
17	Son's of Hamarchy	648.5144
18	Drunkin Brothers	647.3484
19	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	645.0284
20	LB-Q	644.5260
21	Grease Monkey BBQ	640.9944
22	Polk County Porkers	639.9084
23	Nuts & Butts	639.3260
24	Morgan-Que	638.7428
25	Team Smoke Showin'	638.6624
26	TREmendous-Q	634.1140
27	Smokin D	633.6456
28	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	633.0856
29	Two Crackers Cooking	632.0572
30	She's A Smoker	631.4632
31	92 BB Crew	631.2916
32	Porkganic BBQ	630.2168
33	Gourmet Rednecks	629.5776
34	Good Shepherd Slaughterhouse	623.9656
35	Fattmans Outlaw BBQ	623.2916
36	Mother Truckers	621.6112
37	Joe Bears BBQ	619.3372
38	Pa Pa D's BQ	619.2572
39	Beards and Butts BBQ	618.7428
40	Shaken-Baken	617.4740
41	AOC Sticky Pigs	615.8860
42	Bernie's body shop pit crew	615.7828
43	South shore egg heads	612.9716
44	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	611.3256
45	Bamboo Warriors	609.4972
46	Hoggy Style BBQ	599.2004
47	Johnson Barbeque	590.9368
48	Gary's Last Place Chicken	588.5368
49	Bethune's BBQ	585.0400
50	Ducks Delights	576.8800
51	Baily's BBQ	571.8744
52	Pete and Pegs Siver Platter BBQ	555.3484
53	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team	466.1600
54	Smokin Strong	162.8684
55	My Mamma's Bar BQ	146.2400

Chicken

54 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.2570

#	Team	Score
1	92 BB Crew	174.2972
2	Evans Ranch BBQ	174.2972
3	Smokin Hooligans	173.1316
4	Podunk Porkers BBQ	172.5828
5	Shaken-Baken	171.9656
6	Drunkin Brothers	170.2972
7	Uncle Johns Pride	170.2972
8	Bubba smokin Q	169.7028
9	Burnin' Buttz	169.6684
10	Wades Smokehouse	169.1200
11	Good Shepherd Slaughterhouse	168.0456
12	Team Smoke Showin'	167.9656
13	Barely Sober BBQ	166.8800
14	The Rusty Pig	166.8572
15	Porkganic BBQ	166.8456
16	Beachneck BBQ	166.8112
17	Bernie's body shop pit crew	166.2628
18	Midwest BBQ	166.2628
19	Son's of Hamarchy	166.2400
20	Good As Any BBQ	166.2284
21	Hoggy Style BBQ	164.5488
22	Gourmet Rednecks	164.5372
23	Mother Truckers	164.5372
24	Five Tool Que	162.8344
25	LaFamiglia BBQ	162.8000
26	Joe Bears BBQ	162.2744
27	Grease Monkey BBQ	162.2628
28	Polk County Porkers	162.2512
29	Beards and Butts BBQ	161.7372
30	TREmendous-Q	161.6800
31	2 Live Que	161.6456
32	AOC Sticky Pigs	161.1772
33	Smokin D	160.5256
34	LB-Q	159.9772
35	She's A Smoker	159.4516
36	Pa Pa D's BQ	159.3828
37	Bamboo Warriors	158.8000
38	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	158.2284
39	Smokin On The Porch	157.6456
40	Two Crackers Cooking	156
41	Fattmans Outlaw BBQ	155.3828
42	Bethune's BBQ	154.8456
43	Morgan-Que	154.2056
44	Ducks Delights	153.6800
45	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	153.0856
46	Johnson Barbeque	152.5828
47	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	151.4400
48	Nuts & Butts	150.8228
49	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team	150.2628
50	My Mamma's Bar BQ	146.2400
51	Gary's Last Place Chicken	145.6684
52	Baily's BBQ	144.5600
53	Pete and Pegs Siver Platter BBQ	143.4400
54	South shore egg heads	138.7656

Pork Ribs

53 entries · top 177.7144 · median 160.0344

#	Team	Score
1	Uncle Johns Pride	177.7144
2	Smokin On The Porch	177.1428
3	Burnin' Buttz	173.1428
4	Barely Sober BBQ	171.9772
5	Polk County Porkers	171.9772
6	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	170.2972
7	Good As Any BBQ	169.7372
8	Podunk Porkers BBQ	169.7372
9	Joe Bears BBQ	169.1428
10	Shaken-Baken	168.5372
11	Team Smoke Showin'	167.4056
12	LB-Q	166.8800
13	Smokin D	166.3088
14	TREmendous-Q	165.6800
15	92 BB Crew	165.1316
16	Bubba smokin Q	163.9656
17	Good Shepherd Slaughterhouse	163.4400
18	Beachneck BBQ	163.3712
19	Nuts & Butts	162.8688
20	Son's of Hamarchy	162.8572
21	Morgan-Que	162.8460
22	South shore egg heads	162.8344
23	2 Live Que	162.8112
24	LaFamiglia BBQ	162.2860
25	Midwest BBQ	162.2628
26	The Rusty Pig	160.5828
27	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	160.0344
28	Porkganic BBQ	159.4284
29	She's A Smoker	159.4060
30	AOC Sticky Pigs	158.8572
31	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	158.8112
32	Bernie's body shop pit crew	158.7884
33	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team	158.2744
34	Grease Monkey BBQ	157.1088
35	Evans Ranch BBQ	157.1088
36	Fattmans Outlaw BBQ	155.9200
37	Gourmet Rednecks	155.3944
38	Bamboo Warriors	154.2172
39	Five Tool Que	153.6800
40	Two Crackers Cooking	153.1544
41	Smokin Hooligans	153.1200
42	Wades Smokehouse	153.0628
43	Johnson Barbeque	152.0112
44	Beards and Butts BBQ	151.9428
45	Pa Pa D's BQ	151.4172
46	Gary's Last Place Chicken	149.7144
47	Ducks Delights	149.0628
48	Hoggy Style BBQ	147.9200
49	Drunkin Brothers	147.3828
50	Mother Truckers	144.5028
51	Bethune's BBQ	143.9428
52	Pete and Pegs Siver Platter BBQ	138.2628
53	Baily's BBQ	128.4916

Pork

54 entries · top 176.5944 · median 155.7142

#	Team	Score
1	Podunk Porkers BBQ	176.5944
2	TREmendous-Q	174.2628
3	LaFamiglia BBQ	174.2628
4	Barely Sober BBQ	172
5	Beachneck BBQ	170.2856
6	The Rusty Pig	170.2856
7	Five Tool Que	170.2628
8	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	170.2628
9	Uncle Johns Pride	169.1428
10	Nuts & Butts	169.1316
11	Burnin' Buttz	168.0344
12	Grease Monkey BBQ	167.9772
13	Fattmans Outlaw BBQ	165.2000
14	Bubba smokin Q	163.9884
15	Evans Ranch BBQ	163.9772
16	Wades Smokehouse	163.9428
17	Polk County Porkers	163.4400
18	Smokin Strong	162.8684
19	Smokin Hooligans	162.7884
20	Midwest BBQ	161.7144
21	Drunkin Brothers	161.6800
22	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	160.5372
23	LB-Q	160.5372
24	Mother Truckers	159.4284
25	Son's of Hamarchy	158.8228
26	Smokin D	158.2856
27	2 Live Que	155.9884
28	Two Crackers Cooking	155.4400
29	Baily's BBQ	155.4284
30	Porkganic BBQ	154.2628
31	Morgan-Que	154.2628
32	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	153.7028
33	Team Smoke Showin'	153.6456
34	Smokin On The Porch	153.1312
35	Gourmet Rednecks	153.0972
36	She's A Smoker	152.5712
37	Pa Pa D's BQ	151.3600
38	AOC Sticky Pigs	150.8000
39	Joe Bears BBQ	150.2628
40	Good Shepherd Slaughterhouse	150.2400
41	Good As Any BBQ	149.6684
42	Bernie's body shop pit crew	149.0744
43	Bamboo Warriors	147.3712
44	Shaken-Baken	147.3256
45	Beards and Butts BBQ	144.5256
46	South shore egg heads	144.4800
47	Johnson Barbeque	144.0456
48	Bethune's BBQ	143.4172
49	Pete and Pegs Siver Platter BBQ	142.8456
50	92 BB Crew	142.2056
51	Gary's Last Place Chicken	140.0228
52	Ducks Delights	139.3484
53	Hoggy Style BBQ	133.0628
54	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team	20

Brisket

53 entries · top 176.0116 · median 154.2856

#	Team	Score
1	The Rusty Pig	176.0116
2	Five Tool Que	174.2628
3	2 Live Que	172.5600
4	Uncle Johns Pride	169.7256
5	Smokin Hooligans	169.1200
6	Smokin On The Porch	168.0232
7	Drunkin Brothers	167.9884
8	Two Crackers Cooking	167.4628
9	Morgan-Que	167.4284
10	South shore egg heads	166.8916
11	Midwest BBQ	166.8456
12	Good As Any BBQ	164.5600
13	Wades Smokehouse	163.9888
14	Barely Sober BBQ	163.9772
15	LaFamiglia BBQ	163.9428
16	Bubba smokin Q	162.2860
17	Son's of Hamarchy	160.5944
18	Beards and Butts BBQ	160.5372
19	She's A Smoker	160.0344
20	Burnin' Buttz	158.2744
21	Podunk Porkers BBQ	157.6572
22	LB-Q	157.1316
23	Pa Pa D's BQ	157.0972
24	Gourmet Rednecks	156.5488
25	Nuts & Butts	156.5028
26	Evans Ranch BBQ	154.7884
27	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	154.2856
28	Hoggy Style BBQ	153.6688
29	Grease Monkey BBQ	153.6456
30	Mother Truckers	153.1428
31	Gary's Last Place Chicken	153.1312
32	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	151.3828
33	Beachneck BBQ	150.2972
34	Porkganic BBQ	149.6800
35	92 BB Crew	149.6572
36	Team Smoke Showin'	149.6456
37	Bamboo Warriors	149.1088
38	Smokin D	148.5256
39	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	147.3716
40	Fattmans Outlaw BBQ	146.7888
41	AOC Sticky Pigs	145.0516
42	Baily's BBQ	143.3944
43	Bethune's BBQ	142.8344
44	Johnson Barbeque	142.2972
45	Good Shepherd Slaughterhouse	142.2400
46	Polk County Porkers	142.2400
47	Bernie's body shop pit crew	141.6572
48	Joe Bears BBQ	137.6572
49	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team	137.6228
50	Ducks Delights	134.7888
51	TREmendous-Q	132.4912
52	Pete and Pegs Siver Platter BBQ	130.8000
53	Shaken-Baken	129.6456

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 — Anything Butt

27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5372

#	Team	Score
1	Guinea Pigs	178.8572
2	Evans Ranch BBQ	175.4056
3	MIDNIGHT BURN	175.4056
4	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	172
5	DIVA Q	171.9772
6	Hardwood BBQ	171.4172
7	Five Tool Que	167.9888
8	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	167.9884
9	Morgan-Que	167.4856
10	LaFamiglia BBQ 2	167.3828
11	Smokin Hooligans	165.6800
12	LB-Q	165.1544
13	Saunders Real Estate Cook Team 2	165.1316
14	WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	164.5372
15	LaFamiglia BBQ	163.9656
16	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co. 2	162.9028
17	Bernie's body shop pit crew	162.8228
18	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	162.2628
19	Mother Truckers	162.2516
20	She's A Smoker	158.2512
21	The Ring of Fire BBQ Co.	158.2400
22	EXTRA MILE BBQ	154.8456
23	AOC Sticky Pigs	154.8344
24	Mother Truckers 2	154.7884
25	Smokin D	154.2516
26	Uncle Johns Pride	153.7028
27	Five Tool Que 2	146.2744

Kids-Q — Chicken - 10 Under

13 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.7256

#	Team	Score
1	Little Skittle's Grillin'	176.5600
2	Glitter Girl	174.2628
3	Whiskey Bent Princess	173.1200
4	TJ's Smokehouse	170.2512
5	Little Traeger Girl	169.7028
6	bar-b-cutie	166.8800
7	Best Buddies BBQ	165.7256
8	Lollipo BBQ	164.0228
9	BawitaBa BBQ	157.1312
10	Beach Neck BBQ	151.9656
11	Porkganic B B Q	151.4628
12	Gan Man's BBQ	151.4400
13	Sarai Sauce	135.4288

Kids-Q — Chicken - 11 Above

10 entries · top 174.8456 · median 168.2914

#	Team	Score
1	JT's Smokehouse	174.8456
2	Murphy Magic	174.2628
3	Brayden's BBQ	173.1084
4	Crazy Grill	173.1084
5	BBQ Beauty	170.2628
6	Brin's BBQ	166.3200
7	G's BBQ	165.1772
8	BBQ Warden	161.6912
9	Grillin' Villian	154.3428
10	Pork County Que Crew #2	154.2400

Ancillary — Dessert

22 entries · top 180 · median 173.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Burning Bush BBQ	180 🔥
2	LaFamiglia BBQ	177.7028
3	LB-Q	177.7028
4	Son's of Hamarchy	177.1428
5	My Mamma's Bar BQ	176.5600
6	Bernie's body shop pit crew	176.5600
7	92 BB Crew	176.5600
8	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	176.0228
9	Wades Smokehouse	175.4172
10	Lakeland BBQ Company	173.7144
11	Barely Sober BBQ	173.7144
12	DIVA Q	173.1200
13	Hardwood BBQ	171.9772
14	Beachneck BBQ	171.9772
15	AOC Sticky Pigs	171.4400
16	She's A Smoker	170.8456
17	Veteran Pork Pullers	167.9772
18	MIDNIGHT BURN	167.3944
19	Evans Ranch BBQ	167.3828
20	Hot Ashes	165.0856
21	Mother Truckers	159.3828
22	Morgan-Que	158.8228

Ancillary — Sauce

35 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	Blazin Bronco	177.1428
2	92 BB Crew	176.5600
3	Rub My Rack	176.0344
4	Bourbon Barrel BBQ	171.9656
5	Five Tool Que	170.8228
6	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	170.2856
7	Lakeland BBQ Company	169.7144
8	Five Tool Que 2	169.6684
9	My Mamma's Bar BQ	169.1084
10	Beachneck BBQ	169.1084
11	She's A Smoker	169.1084
12	Mother Truckers	168.5484
13	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	167.9656
14	Smokin Hooligans	166.8112
15	Baily's BBQ	166.2628
16	Evans Ranch BBQ	165.6800
17	Hot Ashes	165.6684
18	SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	165.1200
19	Son's of Hamarchy 2	165.0740
20	Bamboo Warriors	163.9656
21	Five Tool Que 3	163.9312
22	Baily's BBQ 3	162.8688
23	TRIPLE H BBQ	162.8572
24	AOC Sticky Pigs	162.7884
25	The Grove In The Swamp BBQ Team	162.2972
26	R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM	161.6684
27	ACCUTECH BBQ	161.1200
28	Baily's BBQ 2	159.3828
29	Accutech BBQ 2	157.6456
30	Son's of Hamarchy	157.0856
31	Sweet Southern Heat BBQ	156.4912
32	Veteran Pork Pullers	155.3484
33	Burning Bush BBQ 2	151.3828
34	Burning Bush BBQ	151.3484
35	DIVA Q	149.0744

Ancillary — Sauce - 10 Under

5 entries · top 173.7144 · median 161.7028

#	Team	Score
1	Whiskey Bent Princess	173.7144
2	Glitter Girl	163.4172
3	Little Traeger Girl	161.7028
4	Gan Man's BBQ	160.5600
5	BawitaBa BBQ	157.6340

Ancillary — Sauce - 11 Above

4 entries · top 171.4400 · median 157.4286

#	Team	Score
1	Murphy Magic	171.4400
2	BBQ Warden	158.8688
3	BBQ Beauty	155.9884
4	Grillin' Villian	155.4632

Kids-Q — Steak - 10 Under

13 entries · top 170.8684 · median 161.1200

#	Team	Score
1	Little Traeger Girl	170.8684
2	Glitter Girl	165.7372
3	Lollipo BBQ	165.7144
4	BawitaBa BBQ	164.5828
5	Best Buddies BBQ	164.5372
6	Gan Man's BBQ	161.7600
7	Whiskey Bent Princess	161.1200
8	bar-b-cutie	158.2400
9	Little Skittle's Grillin'	157.7028
10	Beach Neck BBQ	154.8456
11	Porkganic B B Q	153.6800
12	TJ's Smokehouse	151.4172
13	Sarai Sauce	145.1428

Kids-Q — Steak - 11 Above

10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4286

#	Team	Score
1	Pork County Que Crew #2	177.7144
2	JT's Smokehouse	169.7028
3	BBQ Beauty	168
4	BBQ Warden	165.7488
5	Brin's BBQ	165.1316
6	Crazy Grill	161.7256
7	G's BBQ	158.2400
8	Grillin' Villian	157.1772
9	Brayden's BBQ	154.3200
10	Murphy Magic	146.8572

Lakeland Pig Festival 2019

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (9 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

One of the big ones

A perfect score on the table

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Anything Butt

Kids-Q — Chicken - 10 Under

Kids-Q — Chicken - 11 Above

Ancillary — Dessert

Ancillary — Sauce

Ancillary — Sauce - 10 Under

Ancillary — Sauce - 11 Above

Kids-Q — Steak - 10 Under

Kids-Q — Steak - 11 Above