2019-06-28 – 2019-06-29 · John's Island, SC · 📍 John's Island County Park · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $4,500.00
Grand Champion: Smoke Central BBQ (702.2400) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
Smoke Central BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Under the Radar, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1653 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 3–4: SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: BARREL FEVER BBQ and SMOKE MONSTER BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: HOT WACHULA'S edged WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ by 0.0228.
SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.7028 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.8228 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9656 | 165.6684 |
18 entries · top 702.2400 · median 672.1428
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.5486
18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.6914
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9656