Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival
2019-08-30 – 2019-08-31 · West Jefferson, NC · 📍 9331 NC Hwy 165 · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: Twisted Pair BBQ (686.7656) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MCADOO HEIGHTS 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
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: SMOKE ON THIS and 270 SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ and DOCTOR CUE NC tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
TWISTED PAIR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 167.3944 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 171.9772 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 173.1084 | 169.6800 | 167.3944 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 168.5372 | 163.9428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 686.7656 · median 658.1546
Chicken
24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2514
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 174.8572 · median 167.1028
Pork
24 entries · top 173.1084 · median 165.6686
Brisket
24 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.9312