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Saltwater BBQ Bash

Jun 28–29, 2019 · John's Island, SC · State championship

Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid · Prize money: $4,500

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SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ
702.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow
698.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE MONSTER BBQ
694.7888 · Master Series — Overall

SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ won Grand Champion at the Saltwater BBQ Bash on June 28, 2019 in John's Island, SC, scoring 702.2400 in a field of 18 teams. Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8228. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ (178.2972); Pork — Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (177.7028).

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 177.70
135.37 180

Entries

18
4 judged meats

Top score

702.2400

Winning margin

3.4172
GC over RC

Field average

663.51
586.03702.24
median 672.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.8512
586.03702.24
10th place overall

Field spread

116.2056
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,500
on the line

Most consistent

SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ
avg finish 2 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.8916 pts — SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 25%
beats 75% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,654
avg power rating going in · stronger than 96% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Under the Radar
rated 1904 pre-contest

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 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 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1733
  • top seed 1904

A stacked field

1654 average power rating going in

Stronger than 96% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1654 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.

  • top seed Under the Radar (1904)
  • 18 rated teams

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 3rd

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow · Pork

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600173.7028169.6800
Pork Ribs178.2972173.1200166.8228
Pork180170.8228167.3828
Brisket177.7028171.9656165.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 702.2400 · median 672.1428

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 702.2400
2 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 698.8228
3 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 694.7888
4 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 687.3600
5 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 683.8968
6 HOT WACHULA'S 681.0400
7 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 680.5028
8 UNDER THE RADAR 679.3372
9 BARREL FEVER BBQ 672.4344
10 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 671.8512
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 668.4572
12 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 667.3488
13 PIG ON FIRE 662.6624
14 SOME-R SWINE 646.7664
15 BIG BELLY BBQ - SC 639.8516
16 CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM 631.8512
17 Grizzly Big Deal BBQ 587.8740
18 Beasley's BBQ 586.0344

Chicken

18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.5486

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 176.5600
2 HOT WACHULA'S 175.4400
3 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 175.4172
4 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 174.2860
5 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 173.7028
6 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 173.1200
7 UNDER THE RADAR 172.5484
8 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 171.9656
9 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 171.4172
10 BARREL FEVER BBQ 169.6800
11 PIG ON FIRE 168.5256
12 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 166.8344
13 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 166.2516
14 SOME-R SWINE 163.9888
15 BIG BELLY BBQ - SC 161.1316
16 CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM 161.1200
17 Grizzly Big Deal BBQ 158.2972
18 Beasley's BBQ 155.3828

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.6914

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 178.2972
2 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 175.4056
3 BARREL FEVER BBQ 174.8572
4 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 173.7144
5 HOT WACHULA'S 173.1200
6 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 171.9772
7 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 170.8344
8 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 169.7028
9 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 168.5600
10 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 166.8228
11 UNDER THE RADAR 166.2516
12 SOME-R SWINE 164.5944
13 PIG ON FIRE 163.3828
14 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 162.8228
15 BIG BELLY BBQ - SC 160.5488
16 Grizzly Big Deal BBQ 148
17 CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM 145.6456
18 Beasley's BBQ 143.3716

Pork

18 entries · top 180 · median 167.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 180 🔥
2 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 177.7372
3 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 171.9772
4 UNDER THE RADAR 171.9772
5 BARREL FEVER BBQ 170.8228
6 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 170.8228
7 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 169.7028
8 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 168.5256
9 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 167.9656
10 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 167.3828
11 SOME-R SWINE 163.4060
12 CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM 162.2628
13 PIG ON FIRE 161.6340
14 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 161.1088
15 HOT WACHULA'S 160.5144
16 BIG BELLY BBQ - SC 152.5028
17 Beasley's BBQ 143.9428
18 Grizzly Big Deal BBQ 135.3712

Brisket

18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9656

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE MONSTER BBQ 177.7028
2 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 177.1428
3 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 175.4056
4 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 173.1428
5 HOT WACHULA'S 171.9656
6 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 169.6800
7 PIG ON FIRE 169.1200
8 UNDER THE RADAR 168.5600
9 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 166.2628
10 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 165.6684
11 BIG BELLY BBQ - SC 165.6684
12 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 165.1200
13 CHERRYWOOD BBQ SMOKE TEAM 162.8228
14 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 162.2284
15 BARREL FEVER BBQ 157.0744
16 SOME-R SWINE 154.7772
17 Grizzly Big Deal BBQ 146.2056
18 Beasley's BBQ 143.3372

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