Hops and Hogs Festival
2019-10-04 – 2019-10-05 · Huntersville, NC · 📍 4431 Neck Rd
Reps: CONNIE AMIDEI, JONATHAN AMIDEI · Prize money: $6,150.00
Grand Champion: Old Colony Smokehouse (696.5484) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE MONSTER 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 double category winner
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: HOT WACHULA'S and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 169.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: JL Smokers and HOT WACHULA'S tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: HOT WACHULA'S and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 173.1428 — 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)
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 | 178.8800 | 169.1084 | 159.9540 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 169.7144 | 161.1084 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 167.4172 | 162.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 169.6684 | 156.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 696.5484 · median 675.3600
Chicken
11 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1084
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.9772
Pork
11 entries · top 173.7028 · median 166.8456
Brisket
11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.7028