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15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)

Sep 6–7, 2019 · Richmond, VA · 📍 2300 Dumbarton RD · State championship

Reps: Debby Harwell, Don Harwell · Prize money: $5,000

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
689.0628 · Master Series — Overall
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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
688.5368 · Master Series — Overall
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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
685.6456 · Master Series — Overall

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Grand Champion at the 15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) on September 6, 2019 in Richmond, VA at 2300 Dumbarton RD, scoring 689.0628 in a field of 31 teams. OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5368. Category winners: Chicken — FRED VEGAS SMOKERS (177.1428); Pork Ribs — 3N1 Q (179.4400); Pork — BROWN LIQUOR BBQ (178.8800); Brisket — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (178.8572).

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 177.14
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 178.88
  • Brisket 178.86
54.40 179.44

Entries

31
4 judged meats

Top score

689.0628

Winning margin

0.5260
GC over RC

Field average

640.66
192.65689.06
median 665.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.3368
192.65689.06
10th place overall

Field spread

496.4116
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000
on the line

Most consistent

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.1428 pts — 3N1 Q

How hot was the win?

Top 74%
beats 26% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.8 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,605
avg power rating going in · stronger than 81% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
rated 1952 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.5260 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 94% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5260 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.

  • Uncle Pig BBQ Pit
  • OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

An upset on the books

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1767
  • top seed 1952

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 9th
  • Pork Ribs 10th
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

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.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie

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
Chicken177.1428174.2972172.5600
Pork Ribs179.4400169.7256165.1200
Pork178.8800171.9656169.1200
Brisket178.8572173.7028169.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 689.0628 · median 665.5884

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 689.0628
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 688.5368
3 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 685.6456
4 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 683.3484
5 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 681.6340
6 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 681.0512
7 APORKALYPSE NOW 679.8740
8 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 678.7656
9 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 677.6340
10 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 675.3368
11 SMOKECRAFT - MD 674.1940
12 3N1 Q 671.3368
13 POKE N SMOKE 669.1772
14 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 668.5600
15 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 666.7428
16 OLD TOWN SMOKERS 665.5884
17 KIRBBQ 660.4800
18 BIG DOG BBQ VA 648.5256
19 DIRTY POSSUM BBQ 646.2060
20 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 646.1712
21 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 641.5544
22 Pigs on the Run 630.8116
23 Bad To The Bone BBQ 630.7656
24 Ribbin One Out 630.7316
25 Three A-Meatgos 629.5540
26 Bandit Barbecue 628.4572
27 Game Changers 626.6628
28 Smokey Mike's BBQ 625.5656
29 CHILLIN' & GRILLIN 596.3996
30 McShin Alumni BBQ Team 589.4856
31 The Pitts 192.6512

Chicken

30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.6914

#TeamScore
1 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 177.1428
2 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 176.5600
3 BIG DOG BBQ VA 175.4400
4 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 174.8456
5 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 174.2972
6 3N1 Q 174.2628
7 APORKALYPSE NOW 173.1200
8 SMOKECRAFT - MD 173.1200
9 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 173.1200
10 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 172.5600
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 172.5600
12 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 171.4056
13 Bad To The Bone BBQ 169.1428
14 OLD TOWN SMOKERS 168.5828
15 KIRBBQ 167.9772
16 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 167.4056
17 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 166.8456
18 POKE N SMOKE 166.2856
19 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 165.6800
20 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 165.6684
21 DIRTY POSSUM BBQ 163.3944
22 Game Changers 161.6800
23 Three A-Meatgos 160.5256
24 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 159.4172
25 Smokey Mike's BBQ 158.8572
26 Pigs on the Run 158.8344
27 CHILLIN' & GRILLIN 155.9884
28 Ribbin One Out 155.3828
29 Bandit Barbecue 154.8228
30 McShin Alumni BBQ Team 150.7656

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9428

#TeamScore
1 3N1 Q 179.4400
2 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 174.2972
3 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 172.0228
4 Bandit Barbecue 170.8572
5 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 169.7256
6 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 166.8228
7 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 166.2972
8 SMOKECRAFT - MD 165.1428
9 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 165.1200
10 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 165.1200
11 Ribbin One Out 164.5488
12 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 164.5372
13 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 164.5372
14 POKE N SMOKE 164.0344
15 Three A-Meatgos 163.9772
16 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 163.9428
17 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 163.3828
18 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 162.2628
19 APORKALYPSE NOW 161.6800
20 OLD TOWN SMOKERS 161.6572
21 Smokey Mike's BBQ 159.3828
22 KIRBBQ 158.2400
23 BIG DOG BBQ VA 157.6800
24 DIRTY POSSUM BBQ 155.9888
25 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 155.3944
26 Pigs on the Run 154.8916
27 Bad To The Bone BBQ 154.2284
28 Game Changers 147.3716
29 McShin Alumni BBQ Team 146.2628
30 CHILLIN' & GRILLIN 143.9312
31 The Pitts 54.4000

Pork

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 178.8800
2 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 176.5600
3 APORKALYPSE NOW 175.4056
4 POKE N SMOKE 172.5600
5 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 171.9656
6 Pigs on the Run 170.8456
7 KIRBBQ 170.8228
8 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 170.8112
9 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 169.1428
10 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 169.1200
11 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 168.5600
12 SMOKECRAFT - MD 168.5256
13 OLD TOWN SMOKERS 167.9656
14 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 166.8456
15 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 166.2400
16 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 165.6800
17 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 164.5828
18 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 164.5372
19 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 163.9656
20 Ribbin One Out 162.8228
21 BIG DOG BBQ VA 160.5600
22 Game Changers 160.5256
23 3N1 Q 159.3484
24 DIRTY POSSUM BBQ 154.2628
25 Smokey Mike's BBQ 151.3828
26 Bad To The Bone BBQ 149.6916
27 Three A-Meatgos 149.6684
28 Bandit Barbecue 147.9316
29 McShin Alumni BBQ Team 145.6228
30 CHILLIN' & GRILLIN 142.8228
31 The Pitts 138.2512

Brisket

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.2800

#TeamScore
1 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 178.8572
2 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 176
3 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 174.2628
4 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 173.7028
5 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 173.7028
6 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 173.1200
7 DIRTY POSSUM BBQ 172.5600
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 170.8228
9 APORKALYPSE NOW 169.6684
10 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 169.1084
11 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 168.5256
12 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.4056
13 OLD TOWN SMOKERS 167.3828
14 POKE N SMOKE 166.2972
15 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 165.1200
16 KIRBBQ 163.4400
17 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 159.3484
18 3N1 Q 158.2856
19 Bad To The Bone BBQ 157.7028
20 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 157.6684
21 Game Changers 157.0856
22 Smokey Mike's BBQ 155.9428
23 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 155.9428
24 Three A-Meatgos 155.3828
25 BIG DOG BBQ VA 154.8456
26 Bandit Barbecue 154.8456
27 CHILLIN' & GRILLIN 153.6572
28 Ribbin One Out 147.9772
29 McShin Alumni BBQ Team 146.8344
30 Pigs on the Run 146.2400

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