Sun BBQFest
2019-06-01 – 2019-06-02 · Uncasville, CT · 📍 Mohegan Sun Casino · State championship
Reps: CONNIE AMIDEI, JONATHAN AMIDEI · Prize money: $27,100.00
Grand Champion: MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ (698.8456) · 61 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG RAZ BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ took the Grand Championship home to NY.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: T-BONE BBQ MA and Pikes Pits BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: A-QUE and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and APORKALYPSE NOW tied on 177.1544 — 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)
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 | 178.3200 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8800 | 171.9656 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 174.2972 | 172.0228 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 170.8344 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
61 entries · top 698.8456 · median 652.4912
Chicken
61 entries · top 178.3200 · median 164.5256
Pork Ribs
60 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.7086
Pork
61 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.4172
Brisket
61 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8000
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 — Dessert
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.1656
Ancillary — Steak
13 entries · top 159.4516 · median 145.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big BarQ BBQ | |
| 2 | KISS MY BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 5 | LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ | |
| 6 | Four Smoking Guys | |
| 7 | BEVERAGE BROTHERS | |
| 8 | VALLEY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | El Jefe Smoke | |
| 10 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 11 | Pikes Pits BBQ | |
| 12 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 13 | PRIORVILLE BBQ |