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BBQ Capital Cook Off

2019-04-26 – 2019-04-27 · Lexington, NC · 📍 uptown Lexington · State championship

Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $15,900.00

Grand Champion: WHO CARES BBQ (689.6684) · 43 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA

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WHO CARES BBQ
689.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA
688.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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BARREL FEVER BBQ
682.8684 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

43
4 judged meats

Top score

689.6684

Winning margin

1.1428
GC over RC

Field average

645.04
median 653.53

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7144 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.1484
10th place overall

Field spread

229.2684
winner to last place

Prize money

$15,900.00
on the line

Most consistent

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA
avg finish 7.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.7372 pts — THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA

How hot was the win?

Top 87%
beats 13% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

26%
of the 43 teams with a home region came from outside NC

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.34 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
rated 1559 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.

📸 Photo finishes

Pork places 2–3: PALMETTO PITMASTERS and SMOKE MONSTER BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ and MIDNIGHT BURN tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ and TUFF SMOKE tied on 170.8684 — 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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-04-26 Lexington, NC 71 682.8566 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 3 EYZ BBQ
2015-04-24 Lexington, NC 27292 60 699.9656 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL SMOKIN SKULLIES
2019-04-26 ← this one Lexington, NC uptown Lexington 43 689.6684 WHO CARES BBQ THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.0000174.2856171.9772
Pork Ribs176.5828171.9888169.1312
Pork174.8572172.0000169.1200
Brisket176.5600171.9772170.8684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

43 entries · top 689.6684 · median 653.5312

#TeamScore
1 WHO CARES BBQ 689.6684
2 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 688.5256
3 BARREL FEVER BBQ 682.8684
4 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 682.7772
5 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 678.1712
6 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 677.6568
7 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 677.6228
8 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 677.0512
9 SMOKE N BREW 676.4912
10 CONTAGIOUS Q 674.1484
11 TUFF SMOKE 673.7028
12 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 671.3144
13 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 670.7424
14 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 666.1600
15 MIDNIGHT BURN 664.9824
16 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 660.9944
17 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 658.7200
18 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 658.6852
19 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 656.4568
20 BIG DOG BBQ VA 654.7200
21 House of Smoke NC 653.6800
22 GRATE SMOKE 653.5312
23 SMOKE THIS 652.3996
24 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 651.8628
25 CAROLINA SMOKE 650.7772
26 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 648.9940
27 PORKYLICIOUS 648.9712
28 NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC 648.9368
29 LAKEVIEW BBQ 637.5196
30 TOO SAUCED 635.3028
31 PIG ON FIRE 634.6744
32 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 630.6856
33 SAPONI SMOKERS 625.4968
34 KING'S COOKING 622.6744
35 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 622.1484
36 BOOBOO BBQ 621.6456
37 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 612.9600
38 PIG PIRATES BBQ 600.3768
39 IN THE ARMY QUE 599.7372
40 SMOKIN WILLY'S 599.2564
41 BIG BUTTS BBQ 595.3140
42 PIEDMONT BULLETS 587.7712
43 DELTA BLUES BBQ 460.4000

Chicken

43 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.4284

#TeamScore
1 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 176.0000
2 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 175.4056
3 BIG DOG BBQ VA 174.8572
4 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 174.8456
5 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 174.2856
6 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 174.2744
7 WHO CARES BBQ 173.7144
8 TUFF SMOKE 172.5944
9 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 172.5600
10 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 171.9772
11 MIDNIGHT BURN 171.9656
12 SMOKE THIS 170.8572
13 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 170.8344
14 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.6800
15 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 168.5256
16 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 167.3712
17 BARREL FEVER BBQ 166.2628
18 SMOKE N BREW 166.2400
19 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 166.2400
20 PORKYLICIOUS 165.0856
21 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 163.9656
22 BOOBOO BBQ 163.4284
23 KING'S COOKING 162.8456
24 LAKEVIEW BBQ 162.8228
25 House of Smoke NC 161.7028
26 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 161.7028
27 GRATE SMOKE 161.6800
28 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 161.1200
29 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 159.3712
30 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 158.8000
31 BIG BUTTS BBQ 158.2512
32 CAROLINA SMOKE 158.2400
33 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 154.7772
34 NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC 154.2056
35 DELTA BLUES BBQ 153.6228
36 SAPONI SMOKERS 151.9540
37 TOO SAUCED 150.8000
38 SMOKIN WILLY'S 149.0856
39 IN THE ARMY QUE 148.5028
40 PIG PIRATES BBQ 146.8228
41 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 145.6572
42 PIEDMONT BULLETS 141.6916
43 PIG ON FIRE 140.4684

Pork Ribs

43 entries · top 176.5828 · median 163.9656

#TeamScore
1 WHO CARES BBQ 176.5828
2 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 176.0000
3 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 175.4172
4 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 173.7028
5 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 171.9888
6 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 171.9772
7 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 171.9656
8 TOO SAUCED 170.2744
9 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.1316
10 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 169.1312
11 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.1200
12 BARREL FEVER BBQ 168.5828
13 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 167.9772
14 SMOKE N BREW 167.9656
15 NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC 166.2628
16 PORKYLICIOUS 165.7144
17 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 165.7144
18 PIG ON FIRE 165.6800
19 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 165.1088
20 SMOKE THIS 164.5256
21 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 164.0000
22 BIG DOG BBQ VA 163.9656
23 MIDNIGHT BURN 162.8228
24 GRATE SMOKE 162.8000
25 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 161.6572
26 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 161.1200
27 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 160.5716
28 TUFF SMOKE 160.5256
29 DELTA BLUES BBQ 159.9884
30 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 159.9544
31 LAKEVIEW BBQ 159.3828
32 House of Smoke NC 158.2284
33 BOOBOO BBQ 157.6800
34 BIG BUTTS BBQ 155.9544
35 CAROLINA SMOKE 154.2516
36 PIEDMONT BULLETS 150.7656
37 PIG PIRATES BBQ 149.6572
38 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 149.0744
39 SMOKIN WILLY'S 148.5140
40 SAPONI SMOKERS 146.7888
41 KING'S COOKING 143.9200
42 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 143.3372
43 IN THE ARMY QUE 141.0744

Pork

43 entries · top 174.8572 · median 164.5140

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 174.8572
2 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 173.1200
3 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 173.1200
4 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 172.5600
5 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 172.0000
6 BARREL FEVER BBQ 171.4628
7 SMOKE N BREW 170.8684
8 TUFF SMOKE 169.7144
9 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 169.1200
10 MIDNIGHT BURN 169.1200
11 House of Smoke NC 168.5944
12 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 168.5600
13 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 168.5484
14 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 168.5256
15 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 168.0000
16 WHO CARES BBQ 167.4056
17 GRATE SMOKE 166.8228
18 CAROLINA SMOKE 166.3084
19 NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC 165.6684
20 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.6568
21 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 164.5256
22 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 164.5140
23 KING'S COOKING 163.9656
24 PIG ON FIRE 163.4172
25 TOO SAUCED 160.0228
26 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 159.9428
27 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 158.8456
28 LAKEVIEW BBQ 158.8000
29 BOOBOO BBQ 158.2856
30 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 158.2400
31 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 156.4912
32 PORKYLICIOUS 155.9428
33 SMOKE THIS 155.9084
34 IN THE ARMY QUE 155.3828
35 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 153.6912
36 SAPONI SMOKERS 153.0512
37 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 152.5600
38 PIG PIRATES BBQ 151.9656
39 PIEDMONT BULLETS 150.7884
40 BIG DOG BBQ VA 149.0744
41 DELTA BLUES BBQ 146.7888
42 SMOKIN WILLY'S 146.2740
43 BIG BUTTS BBQ 145.1312

Brisket

42 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2284

#TeamScore
1 BARREL FEVER BBQ 176.5600
2 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 174.8572
3 SAPONI SMOKERS 173.7028
4 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 173.1084
5 CAROLINA SMOKE 171.9772
6 WHO CARES BBQ 171.9656
7 SMOKE N BREW 171.4172
8 TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS 171.4056
9 MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ 170.8684
10 TUFF SMOKE 170.8684
11 SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM 170.2628
12 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 170.2628
13 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.6800
14 BIG DOG BBQ VA 166.8228
15 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 166.2400
16 House of Smoke NC 165.1544
17 PIG ON FIRE 165.1088
18 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 163.9656
19 NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC 162.8000
20 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 162.2400
21 PORKYLICIOUS 162.2284
22 GRATE SMOKE 162.2284
23 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 161.6912
24 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 161.6800
25 SMOKE THIS 161.1084
26 MIDNIGHT BURN 161.0740
27 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 160.5028
28 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 159.3712
29 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 158.2284
30 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 157.0972
31 LAKEVIEW BBQ 156.5140
32 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 155.9428
33 SMOKIN WILLY'S 155.3828
34 IN THE ARMY QUE 154.7772
35 TOO SAUCED 154.2056
36 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 152.5028
37 KING'S COOKING 151.9432
38 PIG PIRATES BBQ 151.9312
39 2 GUYS AND A CHICK 148.5484
40 PIEDMONT BULLETS 144.5256
41 BOOBOO BBQ 142.2516
42 BIG BUTTS BBQ 135.9772

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