Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off
2019-09-20 – 2019-09-21 · Murphysboro, IL · State championship
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $12,200.00
Grand Champion: Heath Riles BBQ (696.5028) · 54 teams
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HEATH RILES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MS.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
HEATH RILES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Cabo wabo
11 entries · top 166.2744 · median 143.4060
Master Series — Brisket
53 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800
Master Series — Chicken
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
54 entries · top 696.5028 · median 665.5942
Master Series — Pork
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Pork Ribs
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8172