May 31 – Jun 1, 2019 · Murphy, CA · 📍 1894 6 Mile Rd · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $8,500
MUDVILLE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Throwdown in the Vineyards on May 31, 2019 in Murphy, CA at 1894 6 Mile Rd, scoring 682.7884 in a field of 20 teams. RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.7312. Category winners: Chicken — CYNICAL BBQ (173.1428); Pork Ribs — MUDVILLE BBQ (177.1544); Pork — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (175.4400); Brisket — RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ (178.8572).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 96% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0572 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Mudville BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.
Chicken places 7–8: ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT and MUDVILLE BBQ tied on 166.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: THE SMOKING J'S edged RBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN' AXE BBQ edged OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ by 0.0116.
MUDVILLE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1428 | 169.1312 | 165.0972 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 167.3712 | 163.4400 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 169.1428 | 161.0972 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 169.1428 | 159.4056 |
20 entries · top 682.7884 · median 644.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 2 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 5 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 7 | THE SMOKING J'S | |
| 8 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 9 | ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | |
| 10 | Bone Rubbin' BBQ | |
| 11 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 12 | RBQ | |
| 13 | TEAM BACON | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 15 | Saltworks BBQ | |
| 16 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 17 | Arbilicious BBQ | |
| 18 | RedJaz BBQ | |
| 19 | Rack's BBQ | |
| 20 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS |
20 entries · top 173.1428 · median 164.8230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | THE SMOKING J'S | |
| 5 | RBQ | |
| 6 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 7 | ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | |
| 8 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 9 | Bone Rubbin' BBQ | |
| 10 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 12 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 13 | Arbilicious BBQ | |
| 14 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Saltworks BBQ | |
| 16 | TEAM BACON | |
| 17 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 18 | RedJaz BBQ | |
| 19 | Rack's BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ |
20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 3 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 5 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | THE SMOKING J'S | |
| 7 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 9 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 10 | TEAM BACON | |
| 11 | Saltworks BBQ | |
| 12 | Arbilicious BBQ | |
| 13 | Bone Rubbin' BBQ | |
| 14 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 15 | RBQ | |
| 16 | ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | |
| 17 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 18 | Rack's BBQ | |
| 19 | RedJaz BBQ | |
| 20 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS |
20 entries · top 175.4400 · median 160.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 5 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | Bone Rubbin' BBQ | |
| 9 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 10 | ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | |
| 11 | RedJaz BBQ | |
| 12 | TEAM BACON | |
| 13 | THE SMOKING J'S | |
| 14 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 15 | RBQ | |
| 16 | Saltworks BBQ | |
| 17 | Rack's BBQ | |
| 18 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 19 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Arbilicious BBQ |
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.5370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 2 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 3 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 7 | ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | |
| 8 | THE SMOKING J'S | |
| 9 | RBQ | |
| 10 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 11 | Bone Rubbin' BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 13 | Arbilicious BBQ | |
| 14 | TEAM BACON | |
| 15 | Saltworks BBQ | |
| 16 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 17 | Rack's BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 19 | RedJaz BBQ | |
| 20 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS |