Interstate BBQ Festival 2019

Apr 19–20, 2019 · Hagerstown, MD · 📍 7313 Sharpsburg Pike · State championship

Prize money: $8,000

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

689.0856 · Master Series — Overall

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DRILLING & GRILLING

689.0632 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

688.5028 · Master Series — Overall

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Grand Champion at the Interstate BBQ Festival on April 19, 2019 in Hagerstown, MD at 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, scoring 689.0856 in a field of 54 teams. DRILLING & GRILLING took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0632. Category winners: Chicken — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (177.7144); Pork Ribs — SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION (180.0000); Pork — DRILLING & GRILLING (177.7144); Brisket — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (175.4400). The Backyard Series standings were won by Three Crosses BBQ with 335.3828. This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION.

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.

572.42 median 659.66 689.09 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.71
Pork Ribs 180 🔥
Pork 177.71
Brisket 175.44

129.10 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

689.0856

Winning margin

0.0224

GC over RC

Field average

654.74

572.42689.09

median 659.66 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket

1.1656 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

676.5260

572.42689.09

10th place overall

Field spread

116.6628

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000

on the line

Most consistent

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

avg finish 9.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.7028 pts — SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION

How hot was the win?

Top 74%

beats 26% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

46%

31 of 67 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak

ρ = -0.29 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,578

avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1972 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.0224 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 98% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0224 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit
DRILLING & GRILLING

An upset on the books

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1731
top seed 1972

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 9th
Pork 27th
Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: Rogue Hog BBQ and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: TEAM MEAT COMA and ALL FIRED UP BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: ALL FIRED UP BBQ and APORKALYPSE NOW tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie
Brisket 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

old best 179.4400
across 4 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION (won 2018).

SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION · 2018

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.

SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION · Pork Ribs

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
Apr 15, 2016	Hagerstown, MD	Hagerstown, MD	41	689.7372	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Apr 14, 2017	Hagerstown, MD	7313 Sharpsburg Pike	58	695.9428	GOOD SMOKE BBQ	DRILLING & GRILLING
Apr 20, 2018	Hagerstown, MD	7313 Sharpsburg Pike	—	—	—	—
Apr 20, 2018	Hagerstown, MD	7313 Sharpsburg Pike	67	688.5140	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS
Apr 19, 2019 ← this one	Hagerstown, MD	7313 Sharpsburg Pike	54	689.0856	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	DRILLING & GRILLING

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	175.4172	172.5600
Pork Ribs	180	174.9028	169.1428
Pork	177.7144	175.4400	171.4172
Brisket	175.4400	174.2744	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 689.0856 · median 659.6570

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	689.0856
2	DRILLING & GRILLING	689.0632
3	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	688.5028
4	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	685.0628
5	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	682.7656
6	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	682.2856
7	3 EYZ BBQ	681.7028
8	BOGGS HOG BBQ	681.6340
9	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	681.1428
10	Rogue Hog BBQ	676.5260
11	APORKALYPSE NOW	674.7884
12	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	674.7544
13	TEAM MEAT COMA	674.1940
14	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	673.2228
15	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	672.4568
16	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	671.4056
17	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	670.7772
18	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	669.6112
19	PADDY MCQ'S	669.5772
20	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	669.0740
21	BIG DOG BBQ VA	667.3596
22	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	667.3372
23	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	662.2400
24	MACK DADDYS BBQ	661.0852
25	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	661.0284
26	2 RHODIES BBQ	660.5028
27	River Smokers WV	660.4796
28	SMOKECRAFT - MD	658.8344
29	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	658.1940
30	Bad Company BBQ	657.1316
31	NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ	654.7428
32	War Pigs	654.2056
33	MR. BROWN'S BBQ	653.0972
34	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	652.4340
35	TOP GUN BARBECUE	651.9084
36	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	649.5772
37	smokey anderson bbq	648.3772
38	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	647.8628
39	Sauce This BBQ	647.8512
40	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	645.6228
41	S&S BEERBQ	642.8116
42	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	642.7776
43	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	638.0796
44	Myers Meats	637.5888
45	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	636.9828
46	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	636.4800
47	LOST WHISKEY BBQ	635.8740
48	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	632.5144
49	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	629.6232
50	Grange and Grub	604.4916
51	Hillcrest Smokers BBQ	593.4964
52	OG CC	592.8916
53	ASTRO PIGS BBQ	582.5940
54	Smokin Z's BBQ	572.4228

Chicken

54 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.9772

#	Team	Score
1	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	177.7144
2	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	177.7028
3	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	176.5600
4	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	176.0228
5	DRILLING & GRILLING	175.4172
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	173.7028
7	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	173.1428
8	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	173.1200
9	Rogue Hog BBQ	172.5600
10	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	172.5600
11	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	172
12	BIG DOG BBQ VA	171.9656
13	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	171.4056
14	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	171.4056
15	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	170.8800
16	BOGGS HOG BBQ	170.8456
17	APORKALYPSE NOW	170.8228
18	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	169.7144
19	TEAM MEAT COMA	169.6684
20	3 EYZ BBQ	168.5716
21	NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ	168.5600
22	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	168.5256
23	Grange and Grub	168
24	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	167.4400
25	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	167.3944
26	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	166.8228
27	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	166.2516
28	MACK DADDYS BBQ	165.7028
29	2 RHODIES BBQ	165.6684
30	War Pigs	165.1544
31	SMOKECRAFT - MD	165.1544
32	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	165.1200
33	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	165.1084
34	smokey anderson bbq	165.0972
35	Bad Company BBQ	162.8456
36	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	162.8228
37	Myers Meats	161.6916
38	PADDY MCQ'S	161.6800
39	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	161.6800
40	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	161.6572
41	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	161.0856
42	MR. BROWN'S BBQ	160.5372
43	TOP GUN BARBECUE	159.4056
44	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	158.2516
45	River Smokers WV	158.2284
46	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	157.1428
47	Sauce This BBQ	155.9428
48	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	155.3600
49	Smokin Z's BBQ	152.5712
50	Hillcrest Smokers BBQ	151.3940
51	LOST WHISKEY BBQ	151.3828
52	S&S BEERBQ	146.2172
53	ASTRO PIGS BBQ	140.4684
54	OG CC	133.0516

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 180 · median 163.9600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	180 🔥
2	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	178.2972
3	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	177.1772
4	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	176.0228
5	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	174.9028
6	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	174.3200
7	BOGGS HOG BBQ	173.1200
8	3 EYZ BBQ	172.5600
9	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.4172
10	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	169.1428
11	LOST WHISKEY BBQ	169.1200
12	S&S BEERBQ	168.6172
13	TEAM MEAT COMA	168.5256
14	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	168.0116
15	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	167.9772
16	NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ	167.4400
17	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	167.4172
18	2 RHODIES BBQ	166.8572
19	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	166.8228
20	MR. BROWN'S BBQ	166.3200
21	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	166.2744
22	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	165.6800
23	Rogue Hog BBQ	165.1200
24	River Smokers WV	164.5600
25	Bad Company BBQ	163.9888
26	smokey anderson bbq	163.9660
27	Sauce This BBQ	163.9656
28	DRILLING & GRILLING	163.9544
29	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	163.9428
30	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	163.4172
31	SMOKECRAFT - MD	163.3828
32	TOP GUN BARBECUE	162.2972
33	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	161.6916
34	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	161.6684
35	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	161.1316
36	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	161.0856
37	PADDY MCQ'S	160.5144
38	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	159.3944
39	MACK DADDYS BBQ	158.8456
40	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	158.2284
41	War Pigs	157.0856
42	Myers Meats	156.5372
43	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	156
44	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	155.4400
45	APORKALYPSE NOW	155.4172
46	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	154.8228
47	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	154.2172
48	BIG DOG BBQ VA	153.1084
49	Hillcrest Smokers BBQ	152.4912
50	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	149.6456
51	OG CC	147.3600
52	ASTRO PIGS BBQ	134.7772
53	Grange and Grub	130.8344
54	Smokin Z's BBQ	129.0972

Pork

54 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.9828

#	Team	Score
1	DRILLING & GRILLING	177.7144
2	BOGGS HOG BBQ	176.5828
3	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	176.5600
4	TEAM MEAT COMA	175.4400
5	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	175.4400
6	APORKALYPSE NOW	175.4400
7	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	175.4172
8	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	173.7028
9	PADDY MCQ'S	171.9656
10	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	171.4172
11	3 EYZ BBQ	171.4056
12	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	169.7256
13	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	169.7028
14	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.6684
15	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	169.1428
16	S&S BEERBQ	168.5600
17	BIG DOG BBQ VA	168
18	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	167.9772
19	River Smokers WV	167.9656
20	TOP GUN BARBECUE	167.4172
21	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	167.4172
22	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	167.3828
23	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	167.3828
24	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	166.8228
25	Bad Company BBQ	166.2972
26	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	166.2628
27	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	166.2400
28	MACK DADDYS BBQ	165.7256
29	SMOKECRAFT - MD	165.1200
30	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	165.1200
31	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	164.5828
32	Rogue Hog BBQ	164.5716
33	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	164.5484
34	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	163.9888
35	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	163.9772
36	War Pigs	162.8228
37	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	162.2628
38	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	161.1428
39	MR. BROWN'S BBQ	159.3828
40	Sauce This BBQ	159.3600
41	2 RHODIES BBQ	158.8572
42	Myers Meats	155.3944
43	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	155.3944
44	OG CC	155.3484
45	Grange and Grub	154.8228
46	Smokin Z's BBQ	154.2972
47	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	153.1088
48	NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ	152.5028
49	LOST WHISKEY BBQ	151.4400
50	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	149.6340
51	smokey anderson bbq	147.3484
52	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	144.5372
53	ASTRO PIGS BBQ	144.5028
54	Hillcrest Smokers BBQ	143.9656

Brisket

54 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.2686

#	Team	Score
1	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	175.4400
2	PADDY MCQ'S	175.4172
3	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	175.4056
4	BIG DOG BBQ VA	174.2856
5	Rogue Hog BBQ	174.2744
6	SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	174.2628
7	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	173.7372
8	APORKALYPSE NOW	173.1084
9	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	173.1084
10	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	172.5600
11	DRILLING & GRILLING	171.9772
12	smokey anderson bbq	171.9656
13	MACK DADDYS BBQ	170.8112
14	River Smokers WV	169.7256
15	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	169.7028
16	3 EYZ BBQ	169.1656
17	War Pigs	169.1428
18	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	169.1200
19	2 RHODIES BBQ	169.1200
20	Sauce This BBQ	168.5828
21	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	167.3944
22	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	167.3828
23	MR. BROWN'S BBQ	166.8572
24	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	166.8456
25	SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION	166.8228
26	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	166.3428
27	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	166.2744
28	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	166.2628
29	NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ	166.2400
30	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	165.7256
31	SMOKECRAFT - MD	165.1772
32	Bad Company BBQ	164
33	Myers Meats	163.9656
34	LOST WHISKEY BBQ	163.9312
35	ASTRO PIGS BBQ	162.8456
36	TOP GUN BARBECUE	162.7884
37	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	161.7028
38	BOGGS HOG BBQ	161.0856
39	TEAM MEAT COMA	160.5600
40	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	160.5028
41	S&S BEERBQ	159.4172
42	OG CC	157.1316
43	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	156.5028
44	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	154.8456
45	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	154.8000
46	REDNECK SMOKE CLUB	153.7144
47	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	152.5600
48	SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	152.5256
49	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	151.3484
50	Grange and Grub	150.8344
51	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	148.4912
52	Hillcrest Smokers BBQ	145.6456
53	Smokin Z's BBQ	136.4572
54	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	134.2172

Backyard Series

Overall

30 entries · top 335.3828 · median 316.7716

#	Team	Score
1	Three Crosses BBQ	335.3828
2	Small Batch BBQ	331.4172
3	D'Qued Barbeque	329.0856
4	Bethlehem Smoke	327.9428
5	Southern Yanks Barbeque	327.9200
6	Warpig BBQ	327.3944
7	RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	326.2172
8	IF YOU GOT IT - SMOKE IT	323.9088
9	Sweet & Savory BBQ	322.7888
10	North Meats / South Smoke	319.9316
11	PEE-KA-BOO BBQ	318.8116
12	Loud Smoke BBQ	318.8116
13	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	318.2628
14	The Sloppy Mop BBQ Company	318.2284
15	Learin' N Burnin'	318.2060
16	Blowin' Smoke	315.3372
17	Jarhead BBQ	313.0860
18	Still Smokin BBQ	312.5828
19	Brutman BBQ	312.5372
20	Smoked and Confused	312.5028
21	Capt. Blue BBQ	311.8972
22	Hickory & Apple B1	309.6684
23	Double D's BBQ Shack	309.0400
24	The Pork Whisperers	302.2056
25	Smokey and the Beer	298.7660
26	Smokin' With My Homies	296.5144
27	Meat Head BBQ	291.2228
28	Aunt Patty's Porch	283.9428
29	Jailhouse Swine	269.0288
30	smokin bbq	236.8000

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.

Backyard Series — Backyard - Chicken

30 entries · top 171.9772 · median 159.3886

#	Team	Score
1	RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	171.9772
2	D'Qued Barbeque	170.8228
3	Small Batch BBQ	169.7144
4	Southern Yanks Barbeque	167.4172
5	Warpig BBQ	166.8572
6	Bethlehem Smoke	165.6800
7	Three Crosses BBQ	165.0972
8	Learin' N Burnin'	164.5488
9	Smokey and the Beer	163.9888
10	IF YOU GOT IT - SMOKE IT	163.9428
11	Hickory & Apple B1	163.4284
12	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	163.3828
13	The Sloppy Mop BBQ Company	162.8684
14	Sweet & Savory BBQ	161.6916
15	Capt. Blue BBQ	159.3944
16	Loud Smoke BBQ	159.3828
17	Jarhead BBQ	157.6916
18	North Meats / South Smoke	156.5372
19	Double D's BBQ Shack	156.5256
20	PEE-KA-BOO BBQ	154.2628
21	Blowin' Smoke	153.0972
22	Still Smokin BBQ	152.5828
23	Brutman BBQ	151.4172
24	Smoked and Confused	151.3828
25	The Pork Whisperers	149.7028
26	Jailhouse Swine	148.0116
27	Smokin' With My Homies	146.8456
28	Aunt Patty's Porch	138.2856
29	Meat Head BBQ	136.9484
30	smokin bbq	94.5372

Backyard Series — Backyard - Ribs

30 entries · top 170.2856 · median 156.8286

#	Team	Score
1	Three Crosses BBQ	170.2856
2	PEE-KA-BOO BBQ	164.5488
3	North Meats / South Smoke	163.3944
4	Bethlehem Smoke	162.2628
5	Blowin' Smoke	162.2400
6	Small Batch BBQ	161.7028
7	Smoked and Confused	161.1200
8	Brutman BBQ	161.1200
9	Sweet & Savory BBQ	161.0972
10	Warpig BBQ	160.5372
11	Southern Yanks Barbeque	160.5028
12	Still Smokin BBQ	160
13	IF YOU GOT IT - SMOKE IT	159.9660
14	Loud Smoke BBQ	159.4288
15	D'Qued Barbeque	158.2628
16	Jarhead BBQ	155.3944
17	The Sloppy Mop BBQ Company	155.3600
18	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	154.8800
19	Meat Head BBQ	154.2744
20	RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	154.2400
21	Learin' N Burnin'	153.6572
22	Double D's BBQ Shack	152.5144
23	The Pork Whisperers	152.5028
24	Capt. Blue BBQ	152.5028
25	Smokin' With My Homies	149.6688
26	Hickory & Apple B1	146.2400
27	Aunt Patty's Porch	145.6572
28	smokin bbq	142.2628
29	Smokey and the Beer	134.7772
30	Jailhouse Swine	121.0172

Ancillary — Burger

7 entries · top 173.1200 · median 168.5828

#	Team	Score
1	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	173.1200
2	BIG DOG BBQ VA	169.6800
3	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	169.1200
4	S&S BEERBQ	168.5828
5	Grange and Grub	164.0228
6	Double D's BBQ Shack	162.3316
7	Smokin Z's BBQ	152.5140

Ancillary — Dessert

8 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.8114

#	Team	Score
1	Aunt Patty's Porch	176.5600
2	River Smokers WV	174.8572
3	SMOKECRAFT - MD	169.6684
4	BIG DOG BBQ VA	165.0972
5	SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	164.5256
6	Jarhead BBQ	163.9428
7	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	162.2856
8	The Pork Whisperers	161.1200

Ancillary — Wings

12 entries · top 170.3088 · median 158.7942

#	Team	Score
1	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	170.3088
2	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	169.1772
3	PLUM CRAZY BBQ	169.1200
4	Smokey and the Beer	161.0972
5	Brutman BBQ	159.9656
6	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	158.8000
7	SMOKECRAFT - MD	158.7884
8	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	157.6800
9	North Meats / South Smoke	157.0628
10	Small Batch BBQ	155.9772
11	Hickory & Apple B1	155.4400
12	Porkoholics Anonymous BBQ	153.7028

Interstate BBQ 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 (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A double category winner

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

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

Ancillary categories

Backyard Series — Backyard - Chicken

Backyard Series — Backyard - Ribs

Ancillary — Burger

Ancillary — Dessert

Ancillary — Wings