BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2)
2019-03-23 – 2019-03-24 · Urbanna, VA · 📍 679 Browns Lane · State championship
Prize money: $10,500.00
Grand Champion: Good Smoke BBQ (699.9544) · 52 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 9.1544 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
GOOD SMOKE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and Sauce This BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and 3N1 Q tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SMOKIN SKULLIES and CONVICTED PIGS BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 174.2856 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 172.5944 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 170.8572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
52 entries · top 699.9544 · median 661.0342
Chicken
52 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1144
Pork Ribs
52 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.8344
Pork
52 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1028
Brisket
52 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180