Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
2019-09-06 – 2019-09-07 · Vermillion, SD · 📍 Market & Main st · State championship
Reps: DENA MILHOUS, RON MILHOUS · Prize money: $9,000.00
Grand Champion: Hog Hammer BBQ (702.2400) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SPITFIRE
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How hot was the win?
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HOG HAMMER BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
Who Dat BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 9–10: SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ and EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: LAST CALL HEROES BBQ and SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: RUB MY RACK and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (won 2017), RUB MY RACK (won 2018).
🃏 An upset on the books
HOG HAMMER BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN, 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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Market & Main st | 31 | 704.0000 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2018-09-07 | Market & Main st | 25 | 685.0512 | RUB MY RACK | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 2019-09-06 ← this one | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 29 | 702.2400 | Hog Hammer BBQ | SPITFIRE |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.5944 | 170.8112 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 174.8456 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 702.2400 · median 669.6116
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2628
Pork
28 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.8228
Brisket
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5486
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.