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2019-10-04 – 2019-10-05 · Laurens, SC · 📍 119 E Laurens St · State championship

Reps: DEBBY HARWELL, DON HARWELL · Prize money: $7,400.00

Grand Champion: Smoke on This (696.5028) · 19 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES

🥇
696.5028 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
684.4912 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
683.8856 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

19
4 judged meats

Top score

696.5028

Winning margin

12.0116
GC over RC

Field average

648.99
median 663.31

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
0.6516 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.3144
10th place overall

Field spread

130.5144
winner to last place

Prize money

$7,400.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 1.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.1428 pts — SMOKE ON THIS

How hot was the win?

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

Traveled in

63%
of the 19 teams with a home region came from outside SC

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1523
avg power rating going in · stronger than 28% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1620 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 12.0116 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

SMOKE ON THIS took the Grand Championship home to GA.

🧹 A double category winner

SMOKE ON THIS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: CONTAGIOUS Q and RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES and SMOKIN NC tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ and SUE E PIGG tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-10-04 Laurens, SC 28 691.3828 KILLER B'S BBQ TENACIOUS Q
2014-10-03 Laurens, SC 29360 25 692.0116 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS
2015-10-02 Laurens, SC 29360 25 687.3368 VICTORY SMOKERS THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA
2016-09-30 Downtown 26 694.7656 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
2019-10-04 ← this one Laurens, SC 119 E Laurens St 19 696.5028 Smoke on This RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES
2021-10-01 Laurens, SC 119 E Laurens St 17 695.9316 Continental Barbecue Co. REDMULE'S BBQ
2022-09-30 Laurens, SC

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken173.7600173.1084168.5256
Pork Ribs174.8572173.1200167.3944
Pork173.1200169.1084162.7884
Brisket175.4400167.3828162.2516

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

19 entries · top 696.5028 · median 663.3144

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE ON THIS 696.5028
2 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 684.4912
3 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 683.8856
4 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 680.4456
5 CONTAGIOUS Q 679.2680
6 SWIG-N-PIG 673.5540
7 BARREL FEVER BBQ 668.9828
8 Brother in Law BBQ 668.4112
9 SMOKIN NC 668.3880
10 SUE E PIGG 663.3144
11 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 655.2112
12 PIG ON FIRE 652.9368
13 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 652.3772
14 Grillin' & Chillin' 619.7596
15 Nard's Backyard BBQ 618.0456
16 Sweetdaddys Smokehouse 618.0112
17 Britton's BBQ 597.9768
18 The Smokin Grill 583.1768
19 Rubbing Butts BBQ 565.9884

Chicken

19 entries · top 173.7600 · median 168.5256

#TeamScore
1 Nard's Backyard BBQ 173.7600
2 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1200
3 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1084
4 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 173.1084
5 SMOKIN NC 173.1084
6 SWIG-N-PIG 171.4056
7 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 170.8228
8 BARREL FEVER BBQ 169.6684
9 SUE E PIGG 168.5372
10 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 168.5256
11 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 166.2284
12 Brother in Law BBQ 166.2284
13 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 163.3828
14 PIG ON FIRE 159.3712
15 Sweetdaddys Smokehouse 157.0740
16 The Smokin Grill 150.2512
17 Grillin' & Chillin' 148.5256
18 Britton's BBQ 141.0284
19 Rubbing Butts BBQ 139.3600

Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 174.8572 · median 167.3944

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE ON THIS 174.8572
2 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 173.7144
3 SUE E PIGG 173.7144
4 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.7028
5 PIG ON FIRE 173.1200
6 Brother in Law BBQ 172.5600
7 SMOKIN NC 168.5484
8 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 168.5372
9 SWIG-N-PIG 168.5256
10 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 167.3944
11 Grillin' & Chillin' 165.1200
12 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 165.0856
13 BARREL FEVER BBQ 161.6688
14 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 159.3600
15 Sweetdaddys Smokehouse 150.1828
16 Britton's BBQ 147.8856
17 The Smokin Grill 141.1200
18 Nard's Backyard BBQ 140.4456
19 Rubbing Butts BBQ 123.3028

Pork

19 entries · top 173.1200 · median 162.7884

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1200
2 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 172.5600
3 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 170.8572
4 BARREL FEVER BBQ 170.2628
5 Brother in Law BBQ 169.1084
6 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 168.5372
7 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 167.3828
8 SWIG-N-PIG 167.3828
9 CONTAGIOUS Q 166.2284
10 SMOKIN NC 162.7884
11 Rubbing Butts BBQ 161.6800
12 SUE E PIGG 159.9656
13 PIG ON FIRE 158.2056
14 Nard's Backyard BBQ 155.3600
15 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 154.7772
16 Britton's BBQ 154.2628
17 The Smokin Grill 150.7540
18 Sweetdaddys Smokehouse 148.5028
19 Grillin' & Chillin' 147.9084

Brisket

19 entries · top 175.4400 · median 162.2516

#TeamScore
1 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 175.4400
2 SMOKE ON THIS 175.4056
3 PALMETTO PITMASTERS 174.2628
4 SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ 173.1084
5 BARREL FEVER BBQ 167.3828
6 SWIG-N-PIG 166.2400
7 CONTAGIOUS Q 166.2284
8 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 165.6800
9 SMOKIN NC 163.9428
10 Sweetdaddys Smokehouse 162.2516
11 PIG ON FIRE 162.2400
12 SUE E PIGG 161.0972
13 Brother in Law BBQ 160.5144
14 Grillin' & Chillin' 158.2056
15 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 157.6456
16 Britton's BBQ 154.8000
17 Nard's Backyard BBQ 148.4800
18 Rubbing Butts BBQ 141.6456
19 The Smokin Grill 141.0516

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