Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off

2019-06-14 – 2019-06-15 · Hernado, MS · 📍 2888 Gwynn Rd · State championship

Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $8,000.00

Grand Champion: Beer-B Que Boys (704.5944) · 49 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ

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BEER-B-QUE BOYS

704.5944 · Master Series — Overall

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HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ

703.9772 · Master Series — Overall

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RAZORRACKS

702.8456 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

704.5944

Winning margin

0.6172

GC over RC

Field average

656.51

median 675.84

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

Kermit's Ex (Brisket), PIGGIE SMALLS (Chicken), SLOPPY HOG BBQ (Chicken), UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ (Pork Ribs), RAZORRACKS (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket

2.8228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

692.5144

10th place overall

Field spread

542.3660

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

BEER-B-QUE BOYS

avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.1772 pts — RAZORRACKS

How hot was the win?

Top 25%

beats 75% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

43%

of the 49 teams with a home region came from outside MS

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1508

avg power rating going in · stronger than 12% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

rated 1587 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: PIGGIE SMALLS and SLOPPY HOG BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Jones Boys and BIG BLUE QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BIG BLUE QUE and SMOKIN' BUTTS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FIRE DANCER BBQ (won 2018).

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2017-06-16		2888 Gwynn Rd	41	706.8572	PORK ILLUSTRATED	BOOTYQUE
2018-06-15		2888 Gwynn Rd	45	706.3316	FIRE DANCER BBQ	Organizer Portal
2019-06-14 ← this one	Hernado, MS	2888 Gwynn Rd	49	704.5944	Beer-B Que Boys	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5716	174.8572
Pork Ribs	180.0000	177.1428	174.2744
Pork	178.8800	174.8688	173.7028
Brisket	180.0000	177.1772	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 704.5944 · median 675.8396

#	Team	Score
1	BEER-B-QUE BOYS	704.5944
2	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	703.9772
3	RAZORRACKS	702.8456
4	SLOPPY HOG BBQ	700.5600
5	Kermit's Ex	698.2744
6	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	698.2628
7	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	696.5144
8	SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	694.7768
9	BIG BRUSH BBQ	692.5372
10	FIRE DANCER BBQ	692.5144
11	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	689.6456
12	SMOKIN N THE BANDITS	688.4916
13	SWINE LIFE	685.0396
14	BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	683.9084
15	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	682.7656
16	501 BBQ	682.7428
17	PIGGIE SMALLS	681.6228
18	K & K KOOKERS	681.0628
19	Bacon & Whiskey	679.9312
20	COWBOY Q	678.1484
21	Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE	678.1368
22	Grills of Mississippi	677.0512
23	Butts A' Blaze	675.9316
24	KILLER HOGS	675.8512
25	RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ	675.8396
26	SMOKIN' BUTTS	675.2684
27	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	674.1368
28	Jones Boys	670.7544
29	BIG BLUE QUE	669.1316
30	LIMP BRISKET SOUTHAVEN, MS	669.0512
31	Lazy D Mutts & Butts	664.4344
32	3 RIVERS BBQ	661.5884
33	Kith n' Kin	657.5428
34	KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS	655.9200
35	662 Barbecue	654.1484
36	JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS	650.6856
37	Hillbilly Porkers	649.5312
38	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	649.0288
39	HILLTOP HOGGERS	648.9140
40	Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-chew	648.4572
41	2nd Hand Smoke	647.2912
42	Porkosaurus	640.4116
43	4-Alarm Smokers	639.3032
44	Rated R Pork Stars	637.0400
45	Smokin Mudduckers	634.1716
46	Big Ass Q Masters	615.2000
47	Smokin Fat Cats	596.4340
48	Dirty Hogs	497.1200
49	Wahabi & 1 Smoker	162.2284

Chicken

47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PIGGIE SMALLS	180.0000 🔥
2	SLOPPY HOG BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	FIRE DANCER BBQ	178.8572
4	BIG BRUSH BBQ	177.7144
5	Kermit's Ex	176.5716
6	Porkosaurus	176.0344
7	Jones Boys	175.4172
8	BIG BLUE QUE	175.4172
9	SMOKIN' BUTTS	175.4172
10	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	174.8572
11	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	174.2856
12	BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	174.2628
13	501 BBQ	174.2628
14	SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	174.2628
15	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	173.7144
16	BEER-B-QUE BOYS	173.7028
17	Bacon & Whiskey	173.7028
18	K & K KOOKERS	173.1428
19	SWINE LIFE	173.1428
20	COWBOY Q	173.1084
21	RAZORRACKS	172.0000
22	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	171.9772
23	SMOKIN N THE BANDITS	170.8344
24	LIMP BRISKET SOUTHAVEN, MS	170.8344
25	2nd Hand Smoke	170.2744
26	Grills of Mississippi	169.7028
27	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.6800
28	Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE	168.5372
29	KILLER HOGS	168.5372
30	Lazy D Mutts & Butts	168.5372
31	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	167.9540
32	Kith n' Kin	167.3828
33	Rated R Pork Stars	166.8800
34	Hillbilly Porkers	166.8112
35	RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ	166.2284
36	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	164.5600
37	3 RIVERS BBQ	164.5256
38	662 Barbecue	164.5140
39	Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-chew	162.2856
40	Smokin Mudduckers	161.6800
41	HILLTOP HOGGERS	161.6684
42	Butts A' Blaze	161.6572
43	JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS	161.6456
44	KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS	159.9428
45	Big Ass Q Masters	159.9428
46	4-Alarm Smokers	157.1200
47	Smokin Fat Cats	154.2400

Pork Ribs

49 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	RAZORRACKS	180.0000 🔥
3	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	179.4400
4	Kermit's Ex	177.7372
5	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	177.1428
6	FIRE DANCER BBQ	176.5600
7	K & K KOOKERS	176.0000
8	501 BBQ	175.4172
9	BEER-B-QUE BOYS	174.3088
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	174.2744
11	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	174.2744
12	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	174.2628
13	Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE	173.7028
14	SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	173.7028
15	BIG BRUSH BBQ	173.1200
16	Grills of Mississippi	172.5600
17	COWBOY Q	171.9772
18	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	171.9772
19	Bacon & Whiskey	171.4400
20	Butts A' Blaze	171.4172
21	LIMP BRISKET SOUTHAVEN, MS	171.4172
22	BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	170.8344
23	SMOKIN N THE BANDITS	170.8228
24	662 Barbecue	170.2628
25	RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ	169.1200
26	SLOPPY HOG BBQ	168.5372
27	SWINE LIFE	167.9656
28	KILLER HOGS	167.3828
29	4-Alarm Smokers	166.8460
30	BIG BLUE QUE	166.8344
31	Dirty Hogs	166.2628
32	Lazy D Mutts & Butts	165.0972
33	PIGGIE SMALLS	164.5372
34	Smokin Mudduckers	162.8000
35	3 RIVERS BBQ	162.2744
36	Wahabi & 1 Smoker	162.2284
37	Big Ass Q Masters	161.6800
38	Hillbilly Porkers	160.5256
39	SMOKIN' BUTTS	160.5144
40	HILLTOP HOGGERS	160.5028
41	2nd Hand Smoke	159.9428
42	KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS	157.1772
43	JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS	156.5144
44	Jones Boys	156.5028
45	Porkosaurus	154.8000
46	Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-chew	154.2400
47	Kith n' Kin	150.7656
48	Rated R Pork Stars	149.0856
49	Smokin Fat Cats	132.5256

Pork

48 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.2572

#	Team	Score
1	RAZORRACKS	178.8800
2	SWINE LIFE	177.7028
3	BEER-B-QUE BOYS	177.7028
4	Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE	175.4056
5	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	174.8688
6	SLOPPY HOG BBQ	174.8456
7	Butts A' Blaze	174.2972
8	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	174.2628
9	SMOKIN N THE BANDITS	174.2628
10	BIG BRUSH BBQ	173.7028
11	SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	173.1084
12	RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ	171.9656
13	Grills of Mississippi	171.9656
14	JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS	171.9656
15	K & K KOOKERS	171.4172
16	PIGGIE SMALLS	171.4056
17	Rated R Pork Stars	170.2972
18	KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS	170.2628
19	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	169.6800
20	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	169.6800
21	SMOKIN' BUTTS	169.6684
22	Hillbilly Porkers	169.6684
23	BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	168.5484
24	Bacon & Whiskey	168.5256
25	Kith n' Kin	167.9888
26	BIG BLUE QUE	167.4972
27	Jones Boys	167.4172
28	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	167.4056
29	3 RIVERS BBQ	167.4056
30	Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-chew	166.8228
31	KILLER HOGS	166.8228
32	501 BBQ	166.2400
33	FIRE DANCER BBQ	166.2400
34	COWBOY Q	166.2400
35	Dirty Hogs	165.7600
36	Smokin Mudduckers	165.1200
37	Lazy D Mutts & Butts	164.5372
38	Kermit's Ex	163.9656
39	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	163.9428
40	HILLTOP HOGGERS	163.9428
41	4-Alarm Smokers	163.4056
42	662 Barbecue	160.5716
43	LIMP BRISKET SOUTHAVEN, MS	159.3712
44	Smokin Fat Cats	157.1084
45	2nd Hand Smoke	156.5484
46	Porkosaurus	156.5028
47	Big Ass Q Masters	154.2172
48	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	149.0628

Brisket

48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Kermit's Ex	180.0000 🔥
2	BEER-B-QUE BOYS	178.8800
3	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	178.8572
4	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	177.7028
5	SLOPPY HOG BBQ	177.1772
6	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	176.5600
7	SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	173.7028
8	KILLER HOGS	173.1084
9	SMOKIN N THE BANDITS	172.5716
10	RAZORRACKS	171.9656
11	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	171.4172
12	Jones Boys	171.4172
13	Kith n' Kin	171.4056
14	FIRE DANCER BBQ	170.8572
15	BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS	170.2628
16	SMOKIN' BUTTS	169.6684
17	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	169.1312
18	Butts A' Blaze	168.5600
19	KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS	168.5372
20	RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ	168.5256
21	BIG BRUSH BBQ	168.0000
22	LIMP BRISKET SOUTHAVEN, MS	167.4284
23	3 RIVERS BBQ	167.3828
24	COWBOY Q	166.8228
25	501 BBQ	166.8228
26	Lazy D Mutts & Butts	166.2628
27	Bacon & Whiskey	166.2628
28	SWINE LIFE	166.2284
29	PIGGIE SMALLS	165.6800
30	Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-chew	165.1088
31	Dirty Hogs	165.0972
32	Grills of Mississippi	162.8228
33	HILLTOP HOGGERS	162.8000
34	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	162.2284
35	MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	161.1316
36	JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS	160.5600
37	2nd Hand Smoke	160.5256
38	K & K KOOKERS	160.5028
39	Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE	160.4912
40	BIG BLUE QUE	159.3828
41	662 Barbecue	158.8000
42	Porkosaurus	153.0744
43	Smokin Fat Cats	152.5600
44	Hillbilly Porkers	152.5260
45	4-Alarm Smokers	151.9316
46	Rated R Pork Stars	150.7772
47	Smokin Mudduckers	144.5716
48	Big Ass Q Masters	139.3600

Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

🔥 A day of perfect scores

📸 Photo finishes

🛡️ Back to defend

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket