Smoke On the Ohio
2019-09-13 – 2019-09-14 · Mt.Vernon, IN · 📍 1 Locust · State championship
Reps: MERRIALYCE ALVAREZ, STEVE ALVAREZ · Prize money: $7,000.00
Grand Champion: Scuffletown Smokers (701.1088) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ONE2BBQ
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 dynasty in the making
Scuffletown Smokers has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: JANKY LEG BBQ and GLAD TO MEAT YOU tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: HOBBIE BAR-B-Q edged FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE by 0.0116. Pork places 7–8: Schmitz House BBQ edged Z-Smoke by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE (won 2017).
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Water St | 29 | 693.0856 | FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE | GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ | |
| 2018-09-07 | Water St | 28 | 701.0856 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 2019-09-13 ← this one | Mt.Vernon, IN | 1 Locust | 28 | 701.1088 | Scuffletown Smokers | ONE2BBQ |
| 2021-09-10 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 110 East Water St. | 16 | 702.2400 | Local Yokels | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2022-09-09 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 12 | 716.0000 | Local Yokels | DB BBQ |
| 2023-09-08 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 25 | 709.6684 | Scuffletown Smokers | DB BBQ |
| 2024-09-13 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 28 | 703.9428 | Mulkey's BBQ | JaBs BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 27 | 709.1428 | JaBs | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2026-09-11 | Mt. Vernon, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 170.8344 | 164.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 165.7028 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.2628 | 166.8344 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 170.8572 | 164.5488 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 701.1088 · median 645.2572
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.6740 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.6858 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.3884 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
Ancillary — Steak
15 entries · top 178.2972 · median 154.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zzsRANDY PRUDEN | |
| 2 | zzsALBY RANSON | |
| 3 | zzsJORDON KIRKPATRICK | |
| 4 | zzsMIKE GANGEL | |
| 5 | zzsJASON PERRY | |
| 6 | zzsCHRIS HOWTON | |
| 7 | zzyGREG NEWTON | |
| 8 | zzsTIM ONSTOTT | |
| 9 | zzsTOM UTLEY | |
| 10 | zzsJOE ASSENZA | |
| 11 | zzsBOBBIE SIMPSON | |
| 12 | zzsERIC HERSHBERGER | |
| 13 | zzsLEE REEVES | |
| 14 | zzsTOMMY GROSS | |
| 15 | zzsJOHN WANNEMUEHLER |