Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz
2019-05-10 – 2019-05-11 · Marion, AR · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN
Grand Champion: Dad's Grilling Crew (702.8344) · 30 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Cocktails
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.7372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Fish
7 entries · top 177.1428 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nasty Boys Cooking Team | |
| 2 | Backyard Southern Style | |
| 3 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Devine Swine & Bovine | |
| 6 | Phat Chance | |
| 7 | Creek Bottom Crawlers |
Ancillary — Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1428
Ancillary — Rice
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phat Chance | |
| 2 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 3 | Uncle Feol's BBQ | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Coal Base | |
| 6 | Creek Bottom Crawlers | |
| 7 | Nasty Boys Cooking Team |
Ancillary — Sauce
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Soy
5 entries · top 170.8344 · median 165.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phat Chance | |
| 2 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 3 | Slab Techs | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Creek Bottom Crawlers |
Master Series — Brisket
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.4114
Master Series — Chicken
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
30 entries · top 702.8344 · median 673.0570
Master Series — Pork
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1086 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9714