15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)
2019-09-06 – 2019-09-07 · Richmond, VA · 📍 2300 Dumbarton RD · State championship
Reps: DEBBY HARWELL, DON HARWELL · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Uncle Pig BBQ Pit (689.0628) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
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
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5260 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: APORKALYPSE NOW and SMOKECRAFT - MD tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKECRAFT - MD and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 | 177.1428 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 169.7256 | 165.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 171.9656 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 169.1084 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 689.0628 · median 665.5884
Chicken
30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.6914
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9428
Pork
31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6800
Brisket
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.2800