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Stills and Grills Fest

2019-05-17 – 2019-05-18 · North Wilkesboro, NC · 📍 Downtown

Reps: DEBBY HARWELL, DON HARWELL · Prize money: $9,150.00

Grand Champion: Smoke Monster BBQ (685.1084) · 21 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHO CARES BBQ

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SMOKE MONSTER BBQ
685.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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WHO CARES BBQ
682.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL
680.5140 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

21
4 judged meats

Top score

685.1084

Winning margin

2.3084
GC over RC

Field average

644.14
median 650.72

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8916 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.1828
10th place overall

Field spread

97.3484
winner to last place

Prize money

$9,150.00
on the line

Most consistent

SMOKE MONSTER BBQ
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.7260 pts — WHO CARES BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 92%
beats 8% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

14%
of the 21 teams with a home region came from outside NC

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1506
avg power rating going in · stronger than 9% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HAMTOWN SMOKERS
rated 1557 pre-contest

Storylines

🧹 A double category winner

WHO CARES BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: DOCTOR CUE NC and SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL edged CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 4–5: BURNING PIG BBQ edged CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ by 0.0116.

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
2018-06-16 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 9 175.4172 LEE LA Q Get N My Belly
2019-05-17 ← this one North Wilkesboro, NC Downtown 21 685.1084 Smoke Monster BBQ WHO CARES BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken175.4400172.5484168.0228
Pork Ribs176.5716172.5484165.7144
Pork170.8228167.4056162.8456
Brisket174.8456171.4628163.4400

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

21 entries · top 685.1084 · median 650.7196

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 685.1084
2 WHO CARES BBQ 682.8000
3 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 680.5140
4 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 677.0856
5 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 675.9200
6 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 672.0000
7 BURNING PIG BBQ 670.2516
8 DOCTOR CUE NC 667.9884
9 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 667.8508
10 Q SMOKE 666.1828
11 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 650.7196
12 Q-Factor 644.3424
13 Outlaws BBQ 641.6684
14 Smoke Butts & Brew 633.0060
15 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 624.4800
16 Hillbilly Mixologist 605.6344
17 Pratt's BBQ PIT 602.6636
18 Boonetown BBQ 602.1140
19 HOGZILLA NC BBQ 594.7540
20 TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q 594.1372
21 Pappy's Legacy BBQ 587.7600

Chicken

21 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 DOCTOR CUE NC 175.4400
2 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 175.4400
3 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 173.7256
4 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 173.1200
5 Q-Factor 172.5484
6 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 170.8572
7 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 170.8344
8 WHO CARES BBQ 170.2972
9 BURNING PIG BBQ 168.5256
10 Outlaws BBQ 168.0228
11 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 166.2628
12 Hillbilly Mixologist 165.6916
13 Q SMOKE 161.6456
14 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 161.0856
15 Smoke Butts & Brew 159.9772
16 Pratt's BBQ PIT 158.8572
17 Pappy's Legacy BBQ 150.2400
18 Boonetown BBQ 145.0972
19 HOGZILLA NC BBQ 142.2512
20 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 137.1200
21 TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q 133.0744

Pork Ribs

21 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.6684

#TeamScore
1 WHO CARES BBQ 176.5716
2 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 174.8456
3 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 174.2972
4 DOCTOR CUE NC 173.7372
5 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 172.5484
6 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 170.8572
7 Smoke Butts & Brew 169.6800
8 Outlaws BBQ 169.1428
9 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 167.4400
10 BURNING PIG BBQ 165.7144
11 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 165.6684
12 Q SMOKE 163.3828
13 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 160.5028
14 Pratt's BBQ PIT 159.9544
15 Boonetown BBQ 154.8572
16 TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q 151.9428
17 Pappy's Legacy BBQ 150.2400
18 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 148.5140
19 HOGZILLA NC BBQ 142.8000
20 Q-Factor 142.6856
21 Hillbilly Mixologist 140.5716

Pork

21 entries · top 170.8228 · median 162.8456

#TeamScore
1 WHO CARES BBQ 170.8228
2 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 170.2972
3 Q SMOKE 168.5600
4 BURNING PIG BBQ 167.4172
5 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 167.4056
6 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 166.2856
7 Q-Factor 165.6684
8 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 165.1200
9 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 165.0972
10 DOCTOR CUE NC 162.8456
11 HOGZILLA NC BBQ 162.8456
12 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 162.8228
13 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 162.2628
14 Hillbilly Mixologist 161.7256
15 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 161.1316
16 Outlaws BBQ 158.2400
17 Smoke Butts & Brew 156.5372
18 TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q 146.8228
19 Pratt's BBQ PIT 145.0744
20 Boonetown BBQ 143.3368
21 Pappy's Legacy BBQ 134.1828

Brisket

21 entries · top 174.8456 · median 162.2972

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 174.8456
2 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 174.2628
3 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 173.7028
4 Q SMOKE 172.5944
5 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 171.4628
6 BURNING PIG BBQ 168.5944
7 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 166.8228
8 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 166.8112
9 WHO CARES BBQ 165.1084
10 Q-Factor 163.4400
11 TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q 162.2972
12 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 161.6684
13 SMOKING STUDS BBQ 160.5600
14 Boonetown BBQ 158.8228
15 DOCTOR CUE NC 155.9656
16 Pappy's Legacy BBQ 153.0972
17 HOGZILLA NC BBQ 146.8572
18 Smoke Butts & Brew 146.8116
19 Outlaws BBQ 146.2628
20 Pratt's BBQ PIT 138.7776
21 Hillbilly Mixologist 137.6456

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