4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
2019-05-24 – 2019-05-25 · Conroe, TX · 📍 Conroe, TX 77303
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: One Man Pit (702.2628) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Daddy G's BBQ
Entries
24
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
702.2628
Winning margin
5.7028
GC over RC
Field average
641.20
median 644.54
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
657.0512
10th place overall
Field spread
228.6404
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 37%
beats 63% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
8%
of the 24 teams with a home region came from outside TX
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1504
avg power rating going in · stronger than 7% of contests
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
ONE MAN PITS won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Dirty Towel BBQ and Dat BBQ Though tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Dat BBQ Though edged Last Man Standing by 0.0228.
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 | 174.8456 | 169.1084 | 165.0972 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.7144 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.8228 | 166.2400 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 170.8228 | 163.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 702.2628 · median 644.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 2 | Big Daddy G's BBQ | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | Dirty Towel BBQ | |
| 5 | OFT Smoker | |
| 6 | Water Creast Cookers | |
| 7 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 8 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 9 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 10 | Texas Tornadoes | |
| 11 | Last Man Standing | |
| 12 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 13 | Los Pistoleros | |
| 14 | It's All About That Smoke | |
| 15 | Second Hand Smoke | |
| 16 | Tippin BBQ | |
| 17 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 18 | MIS BHAVIN | |
| 19 | Remax Legends | |
| 20 | Swamp Donkey Smokers | |
| 21 | Madsen Services | |
| 22 | Ash Kickers | |
| 23 | Lakeside Smokers | |
| 24 | Favorite Brands |
Chicken
23 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 2 | LA PASADITA | |
| 3 | Water Creast Cookers | |
| 4 | Dirty Towel BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Daddy G's BBQ | |
| 6 | OFT Smoker | |
| 7 | Remax Legends | |
| 8 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 9 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 10 | Last Man Standing | |
| 11 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 12 | Texas Tornadoes | |
| 13 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 14 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 15 | Swamp Donkey Smokers | |
| 16 | MIS BHAVIN | |
| 17 | Los Pistoleros | |
| 18 | Ash Kickers | |
| 19 | Madsen Services | |
| 20 | Second Hand Smoke | |
| 21 | It's All About That Smoke | |
| 22 | Tippin BBQ | |
| 23 | Lakeside Smokers |
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA PASADITA | |
| 2 | Big Daddy G's BBQ | |
| 3 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 4 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 5 | Tippin BBQ | |
| 6 | Dirty Towel BBQ | |
| 7 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 8 | Water Creast Cookers | |
| 9 | Los Pistoleros | |
| 10 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 11 | OFT Smoker | |
| 12 | Last Man Standing | |
| 13 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 14 | Texas Tornadoes | |
| 15 | Second Hand Smoke | |
| 16 | MIS BHAVIN | |
| 17 | It's All About That Smoke | |
| 18 | Favorite Brands | |
| 19 | Lakeside Smokers | |
| 20 | Remax Legends | |
| 21 | Swamp Donkey Smokers | |
| 22 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 23 | Madsen Services | |
| 24 | Ash Kickers |
Pork
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 2 | Big Daddy G's BBQ | |
| 3 | Last Man Standing | |
| 4 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 5 | OFT Smoker | |
| 6 | Water Creast Cookers | |
| 7 | Texas Tornadoes | |
| 8 | LA PASADITA | |
| 9 | It's All About That Smoke | |
| 10 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 11 | Second Hand Smoke | |
| 12 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 13 | Dirty Towel BBQ | |
| 14 | Madsen Services | |
| 15 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 16 | Los Pistoleros | |
| 17 | Tippin BBQ | |
| 18 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 19 | Favorite Brands | |
| 20 | MIS BHAVIN | |
| 21 | Ash Kickers | |
| 22 | Lakeside Smokers | |
| 23 | Remax Legends | |
| 24 | Swamp Donkey Smokers |
Brisket
24 entries · top 175.4400 · median 159.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Daddy G's BBQ | |
| 2 | Dirty Towel BBQ | |
| 3 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 4 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 7 | OFT Smoker | |
| 8 | It's All About That Smoke | |
| 9 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 10 | Favorite Brands | |
| 11 | Texas Tornadoes | |
| 12 | Water Creast Cookers | |
| 13 | MIS BHAVIN | |
| 14 | Swamp Donkey Smokers | |
| 15 | Ash Kickers | |
| 16 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 17 | Los Pistoleros | |
| 18 | Tippin BBQ | |
| 19 | Second Hand Smoke | |
| 20 | Remax Legends | |
| 21 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 22 | Lakeside Smokers | |
| 23 | Last Man Standing | |
| 24 | Madsen Services |
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.
Ancillary — Beans
9 entries · top 168.5600 · median 161.0740
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeside Smokers | |
| 2 | Goodsspeed Pest Solutions | |
| 3 | Blue Bird BBQ | |
| 4 | Last Man Standing | |
| 5 | Remax Legends | |
| 6 | Ash Kickers | |
| 7 | Tailgator Unanimous | |
| 8 | Dat BBQ Though | |
| 9 | Tippin BBQ |