New Albany Blues Brews and BBQ Festival
2019-09-27 – 2019-09-28 · New Albany, IN · 📍 123 East Market St · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Farmer's Retreat Smokin Barbeque (696.5256) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SmokinGhost BBQ
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 statement win
The champion won by 9.1196 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 5–6: WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ and WE WILL ROCK QUE tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE and HOGTOWN BARBECUE tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: ACME BBQ edged Uncle Toad's Competition BBQ by 0.0112.
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 | 176.5716 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5832 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 171.4056 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1084 | 169.6684 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
23 entries · top 696.5256 · median 670.1484
Chicken
23 entries · top 176.5716 · median 169.6800
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6800
Pork
23 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.8228
Brisket
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9772
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 — Caborita
6 entries · top 170.9144 · median 166.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 2 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 3 | Uncle Toad's Competition BBQ | |
| 4 | Belly Buss Barbeque | |
| 5 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 6 | EXTRA MILE BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Seafood
6 entries · top 177.1428 · median 173.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 2 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 4 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 5 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 6 | Uncle Toad's Competition BBQ |