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Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off

2019-09-20 – 2019-09-21 · Murphysboro, IL · 📍 214 N 17th St · State championship

Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $12,200.00

Grand Champion: Heath Riles BBQ (696.5028) · 54 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ

🥇
HEATH RILES BBQ
696.5028 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ
695.9656 · Master Series — Overall
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Carrol Lous Smokehouse
694.8000 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

54
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

696.5028

Winning margin

0.5372
GC over RC

Field average

655.10
median 665.59

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
HEATH RILES BBQ (Chicken), ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (Pork), Carrol Lous Smokehouse (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7772
10th place overall

Field spread

202.3084
winner to last place

Prize money

$12,200.00
on the line

Most consistent

RAZORRACKS
avg finish 10.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1428 pts — HEATH RILES BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 66%
beats 34% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

44%
of the 54 teams with a home region came from outside IL

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1525
avg power rating going in · stronger than 30% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 1677 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 92% 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.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 8–9: Chasin Chicken Barbeque and ONE2BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: RAZORRACKS and Chasin Chicken Barbeque tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000174.2972172.0228
Pork Ribs179.4400176.5600173.1200
Pork180.0000175.4056172.5600
Brisket176.5600174.2628173.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 696.5028 · median 665.5942

#TeamScore
1 HEATH RILES BBQ 696.5028
2 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 695.9656
3 Carrol Lous Smokehouse 694.8000
4 RAZORRACKS 694.7884
5 Organizer Portal 693.7144
6 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 691.3484
7 ONE2BBQ 690.1828
8 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 689.6456
9 HOT COLE'S BBQ 689.0968
10 CHECKERED PIG 686.7772
11 SMOKE FREAKS 686.1712
12 Serial Grillers 685.0856
13 FIRE DANCER BBQ 685.0628
14 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 683.3144
15 JANKY LEG BBQ 679.9200
16 JACKS PIT SHACK 679.3832
17 THE BBQ BUS 678.7312
18 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 678.2172
19 SMOKIN' BUTTS 675.9196
20 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 675.2680
21 Steamboat BBQ 674.7544
22 Smokin Sauced 670.1484
23 RUSTY PIG BBQ 670.1024
24 Bubba Grills 669.6000
25 Phat Chance 667.9772
26 Pork Paradise 666.6968
27 Risky Brisket 665.6112
28 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 665.5772
29 Cluck, Oink & Moo Barbeque 665.5656
30 RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE 662.1376
31 PAPA'S BARBQ 661.5084
32 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 655.2680
33 High on the Hog 653.6116
34 Hickory Stick BBQ 650.6512
35 Second Helping BBQ 648.4572
36 MOON KING BBQ 647.9428
37 Three Porks and A Smoker 646.7540
38 QUAU 646.5936
39 Code 3 Spices 646.0684
40 Dewey Smokem & Howe 643.2228
41 Hot Mess BBQ 639.8632
42 Backdraft Cooking Systems 639.2568
43 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 634.7088
44 Auto Be Grillin 634.1488
45 THE PORK WHISPERERS 629.5428
46 Ought To Be A Sin BBQ 624.9484
47 Fittn Ta Que 620.3316
48 Party Q 619.7716
49 Carbondale Pork District 619.3372
50 Smokin Dawgs 617.0172
51 Get Your Grill On 612.9832
52 Heartland Regional Que 583.8508
53 Ain't it the Life 497.0628
54 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 494.1944

Chicken

53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 HEATH RILES BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Organizer Portal 178.8572
3 RAZORRACKS 176.5944
4 CHECKERED PIG 176.5600
5 JANKY LEG BBQ 174.2972
6 HOT COLE'S BBQ 174.2856
7 Carrol Lous Smokehouse 174.2744
8 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 174.2628
9 ONE2BBQ 174.2628
10 Serial Grillers 172.0228
11 Phat Chance 172.0228
12 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 171.9884
13 Fittn Ta Que 170.2744
14 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 170.2628
15 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.6800
16 RUSTY PIG BBQ 169.6800
17 Steamboat BBQ 169.6800
18 Smokin Sauced 169.6800
19 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 169.1428
20 SMOKE FREAKS 168.5256
21 THE BBQ BUS 168.5256
22 SMOKIN' BUTTS 167.9656
23 JACKS PIT SHACK 167.3944
24 Bubba Grills 167.3944
25 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 167.3712
26 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 167.3712
27 Hickory Stick BBQ 166.8228
28 RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE 166.2400
29 Pork Paradise 166.2400
30 High on the Hog 164.5372
31 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 164.0116
32 Risky Brisket 163.4172
33 THE PORK WHISPERERS 163.3828
34 PAPA'S BARBQ 162.7884
35 Second Helping BBQ 162.2516
36 Hot Mess BBQ 161.6684
37 Code 3 Spices 161.6456
38 Ought To Be A Sin BBQ 161.1200
39 Cluck, Oink & Moo Barbeque 161.0856
40 Auto Be Grillin 160.5600
41 QUAU 160.4912
42 MOON KING BBQ 159.3828
43 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 159.3600
44 Three Porks and A Smoker 158.8112
45 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 157.6572
46 Get Your Grill On 155.9656
47 Ain't it the Life 155.3600
48 Party Q 153.6572
49 Smokin Dawgs 153.0856
50 Backdraft Cooking Systems 151.9312
51 Dewey Smokem & Howe 151.3372
52 Carbondale Pork District 147.9772
53 Heartland Regional Que 147.3596

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8172

#TeamScore
1 Organizer Portal 179.4400
2 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 178.2972
3 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 176.5944
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 176.5600
5 RAZORRACKS 176.5600
6 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 176.5600
7 HEATH RILES BBQ 175.4056
8 Risky Brisket 174.8572
9 HOT COLE'S BBQ 173.1428
10 Carrol Lous Smokehouse 173.1200
11 SMOKE FREAKS 173.1200
12 JACKS PIT SHACK 172.5944
13 SMOKIN' BUTTS 172.5944
14 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 171.9888
15 Serial Grillers 171.9772
16 JANKY LEG BBQ 171.9772
17 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 171.4172
18 Ain't it the Life 169.7144
19 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.6800
20 Phat Chance 168.5716
21 Hickory Stick BBQ 168.5372
22 ONE2BBQ 168.5372
23 Dewey Smokem & Howe 168.5256
24 MOON KING BBQ 168.0344
25 Smokin Sauced 167.9772
26 High on the Hog 167.4056
27 RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE 167.3828
28 PAPA'S BARBQ 166.2516
29 Code 3 Spices 166.2400
30 THE BBQ BUS 165.6800
31 CHECKERED PIG 165.0972
32 RUSTY PIG BBQ 165.0856
33 QUAU 163.9656
34 Steamboat BBQ 163.9544
35 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 163.9544
36 THE PORK WHISPERERS 163.4288
37 Pork Paradise 163.3828
38 Carbondale Pork District 162.2744
39 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 162.2512
40 Auto Be Grillin 161.0972
41 Hot Mess BBQ 160.0004
42 Smokin Dawgs 159.9888
43 Three Porks and A Smoker 159.4172
44 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 159.4060
45 Party Q 159.3828
46 Bubba Grills 159.3828
47 Cluck, Oink & Moo Barbeque 158.8000
48 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 158.2400
49 Second Helping BBQ 155.9312
50 Fittn Ta Que 154.7772
51 Backdraft Cooking Systems 154.2400
52 Get Your Grill On 147.9316
53 Ought To Be A Sin BBQ 142.1828
54 Heartland Regional Que 139.3484

Pork

54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Carrol Lous Smokehouse 180.0000 🔥
3 JACKS PIT SHACK 178.8572
4 Organizer Portal 176.0000
5 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 175.4056
6 Serial Grillers 174.2628
7 ONE2BBQ 174.2628
8 THE BBQ BUS 173.7028
9 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1316
10 Smokin Sauced 172.5600
11 Ain't it the Life 171.9884
12 SMOKE FREAKS 171.9656
13 Cluck, Oink & Moo Barbeque 171.4172
14 CHECKERED PIG 171.4172
15 HEATH RILES BBQ 171.4172
16 Steamboat BBQ 170.8228
17 Pork Paradise 170.2628
18 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.7028
19 RAZORRACKS 169.6684
20 Hot Mess BBQ 169.1316
21 Risky Brisket 169.1084
22 HOT COLE'S BBQ 168.5600
23 PAPA'S BARBQ 168.5256
24 Backdraft Cooking Systems 168.5256
25 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 167.3828
26 High on the Hog 166.8916
27 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 166.8228
28 Bubba Grills 166.2628
29 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 166.2628
30 RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE 166.2516
31 SMOKIN' BUTTS 165.6912
32 Party Q 165.6800
33 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 165.1200
34 MOON KING BBQ 165.1200
35 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 165.1084
36 Phat Chance 165.0972
37 RUSTY PIG BBQ 165.0740
38 JANKY LEG BBQ 163.9772
39 Second Helping BBQ 162.8572
40 Three Porks and A Smoker 162.8340
41 Hickory Stick BBQ 162.7884
42 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 161.6340
43 Dewey Smokem & Howe 161.1200
44 QUAU 160.4912
45 Auto Be Grillin 158.8116
46 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 158.8000
47 Ought To Be A Sin BBQ 155.9656
48 Carbondale Pork District 154.2628
49 Code 3 Spices 153.6456
50 Smokin Dawgs 149.0856
51 Fittn Ta Que 149.0628
52 THE PORK WHISPERERS 148.5028
53 Get Your Grill On 147.9428
54 Heartland Regional Que 144.5944

Brisket

53 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 Bubba Grills 176.5600
2 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176.0000
3 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 175.4056
4 Cluck, Oink & Moo Barbeque 174.2628
5 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 174.2628
6 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.2628
7 CHECKERED PIG 173.7028
8 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 173.7028
9 ONE2BBQ 173.1200
10 HOT COLE'S BBQ 173.1084
11 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 172.5600
12 SMOKE FREAKS 172.5600
13 RAZORRACKS 171.9656
14 THE BBQ BUS 170.8228
15 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 170.8228
16 Steamboat BBQ 170.2972
17 RUSTY PIG BBQ 170.2628
18 HEATH RILES BBQ 169.6800
19 JANKY LEG BBQ 169.6684
20 SMOKIN' BUTTS 169.6684
21 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 167.9656
22 Second Helping BBQ 167.4172
23 Carrol Lous Smokehouse 167.4056
24 Serial Grillers 166.8228
25 Pork Paradise 166.8112
26 Three Porks and A Smoker 165.6916
27 Ought To Be A Sin BBQ 165.6800
28 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 165.1200
29 Backdraft Cooking Systems 164.5600
30 Code 3 Spices 164.5372
31 PAPA'S BARBQ 163.9428
32 Phat Chance 162.2856
33 RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE 162.2632
34 Dewey Smokem & Howe 162.2400
35 QUAU 161.6456
36 Get Your Grill On 161.1432
37 JACKS PIT SHACK 160.5372
38 Smokin Sauced 159.9312
39 Organizer Portal 159.4172
40 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 159.3828
41 Risky Brisket 158.2284
42 MOON KING BBQ 155.4056
43 Smokin Dawgs 154.8572
44 Carbondale Pork District 154.8228
45 High on the Hog 154.7772
46 THE PORK WHISPERERS 154.2284
47 Auto Be Grillin 153.6800
48 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 153.6572
49 Heartland Regional Que 152.5484
50 Hickory Stick BBQ 152.5028
51 Hot Mess BBQ 149.0628
52 Fittn Ta Que 146.2172
53 Party Q 141.0516

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 — Cabo Wabo

11 entries · top 166.2744 · median 143.4060

#TeamScore
1 Its 5 Oclock Somewhere 166.2744
2 Heartland Regional Que 164.7656
3 Hot Mess BBQ 161.6572
4 Risky Brisket 150.8572
5 JANKY LEG BBQ 149.1544
6 Serial Grillers 143.4060
7 THE PORK WHISPERERS 142.8000
8 Auto Be Grillin 140.5372
9 Steamboat BBQ 140.0000
10 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 139.4172
11 Smokin Mud Duckers 136.0688

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