D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
2019-02-22 – 2019-02-23 · Diberville, MS · 📍 Diberville, MS 39540 · State championship
Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Cajun Blaze (704.0344) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE BLUE BLOODS
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
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 25.8060 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
CAJUN BLAZE took the Grand Championship home to LA.
🧹 A double category winner
CAJUN BLAZE won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT and Jerri-Que tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: TNT BBQ Team and Southern Smoke tied on 159.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 6–7: Chillin & Grillin edged TNT BBQ Team by 0.0228.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 166.2628 | 160.5484 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 163.9656 | 156.5600 |
| Master Series — Pork | 179.4400 | 167.9656 | 162.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 179.4400 | 165.1200 | 159.4056 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 168.5600 | 157.1428 | 153.6916 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 169.1772 | 163.9772 | 159.3944 |
| Kids-Q — Pork | 178.8572 | 170.2744 | 161.0856 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 704.0344 · median 651.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 3 | Papas Smoke Pit | |
| 4 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoking O's | |
| 6 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 7 | PIGGIN' OUT | |
| 8 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN N THE BANDITS | |
| 10 | #MINDIFWESMOKE | |
| 11 | Coast Chlorinators | |
| 12 | Bootleggers Barbeque Team | |
| 13 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 14 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 15 | Scarlet Pearl | |
| 16 | Last Chance |
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 3 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 4 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' OUT | |
| 6 | SMOKIN N THE BANDITS | |
| 7 | Smoking O's | |
| 8 | Papas Smoke Pit | |
| 9 | Coast Chlorinators | |
| 10 | #MINDIFWESMOKE | |
| 11 | Scarlet Pearl | |
| 12 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 13 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 14 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 15 | Last Chance | |
| 16 | Bootleggers Barbeque Team |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN N THE BANDITS | |
| 2 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 3 | Smoking O's | |
| 4 | Papas Smoke Pit | |
| 5 | Bootleggers Barbeque Team | |
| 6 | PIGGIN' OUT | |
| 7 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 9 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 10 | #MINDIFWESMOKE | |
| 11 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 12 | Last Chance | |
| 13 | Coast Chlorinators | |
| 14 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 15 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 16 | Scarlet Pearl |
Pork
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 3 | Papas Smoke Pit | |
| 4 | #MINDIFWESMOKE | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' OUT | |
| 6 | SMOKIN N THE BANDITS | |
| 7 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 8 | Bootleggers Barbeque Team | |
| 9 | Coast Chlorinators | |
| 10 | Smoking O's | |
| 11 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 12 | Scarlet Pearl | |
| 13 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 14 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 15 | 2nd Hand Smoke |
Brisket
16 entries · top 179.4400 · median 160.6000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 3 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 4 | Papas Smoke Pit | |
| 5 | Smoking O's | |
| 6 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 7 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 8 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 9 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 10 | PIGGIN' OUT | |
| 11 | Coast Chlorinators | |
| 12 | Scarlet Pearl | |
| 13 | Bootleggers Barbeque Team | |
| 14 | SMOKIN N THE BANDITS | |
| 15 | #MINDIFWESMOKE | |
| 16 | Last Chance |
Backyard Series
Overall
19 entries · top 327.9656 · median 306.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerri-Que | |
| 2 | Barlow-Q | |
| 3 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 4 | Flaps Up | |
| 5 | DIXIE-QUE BBQ | |
| 6 | Taste-Buds | |
| 7 | Hot Smokin Butts | |
| 8 | TNT BBQ Team | |
| 9 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT | |
| 10 | Gulfcoast BBQ | |
| 11 | Backyard and Charred | |
| 12 | Southern Smoke | |
| 13 | D' Iberville Volunteer Foundation | |
| 14 | Chillin & Grillin | |
| 15 | Sweet Lips | |
| 16 | Who Dat Flying Pigs | |
| 17 | Maddog BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ Outlaw | |
| 19 | Frisky Frogs bbq |
Chicken
19 entries · top 168.5600 · median 153.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barlow-Q | |
| 2 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 3 | Flaps Up | |
| 4 | Jerri-Que | |
| 5 | Hot Smokin Butts | |
| 6 | Chillin & Grillin | |
| 7 | TNT BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Taste-Buds | |
| 9 | D' Iberville Volunteer Foundation | |
| 10 | DIXIE-QUE BBQ | |
| 11 | Backyard and Charred | |
| 12 | Frisky Frogs bbq | |
| 13 | Gulfcoast BBQ | |
| 14 | Southern Smoke | |
| 15 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT | |
| 16 | Who Dat Flying Pigs | |
| 17 | Maddog BBQ | |
| 18 | Sweet Lips | |
| 19 | BBQ Outlaw |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 169.1772 · median 159.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIXIE-QUE BBQ | |
| 2 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT | |
| 3 | Jerri-Que | |
| 4 | Taste-Buds | |
| 5 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 6 | Flaps Up | |
| 7 | Gulfcoast BBQ | |
| 8 | Hot Smokin Butts | |
| 9 | TNT BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Southern Smoke | |
| 11 | Barlow-Q | |
| 12 | Sweet Lips | |
| 13 | Backyard and Charred | |
| 14 | Who Dat Flying Pigs | |
| 15 | Maddog BBQ | |
| 16 | D' Iberville Volunteer Foundation | |
| 17 | BBQ Outlaw | |
| 18 | Chillin & Grillin | |
| 19 | Frisky Frogs bbq |
Kids-Q
Pork
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1544
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 — Polk'S Sausage
16 entries · top 173.1772 · median 151.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2nd Hand Smoke | |
| 2 | Smoking O's | |
| 3 | Sweet Lips | |
| 4 | Little Piglet BBQ (8) | |
| 5 | Lexi-Que Alexa (15) | |
| 6 | Who Dat Flying Pigs | |
| 7 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT | |
| 8 | Gulfcoast BBQ | |
| 9 | TNT BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Scarlet Pearl | |
| 11 | SouthSide BBQ | |
| 12 | Jerri-Que | |
| 13 | Pork-Q-Holics | |
| 14 | Chillin & Grillin | |
| 15 | Southside Anna Mae (11) | |
| 16 | Barlow-Q |