Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A
2019-10-17 – 2019-10-18 · Lenoir, NC · 📍 1001 West Ave · State championship
Reps: DOUG REID, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: HamTown Smokers (698.8344) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
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
HAMTOWN SMOKERS won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Still Workin' On It and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS edged Still Workin' On It by 0.0116. Brisket places 3–4: TOO SAUCED edged BARREL FEVER BBQ by 0.0228.
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 | 177.7028 | 171.9656 | 167.3944 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.4172 | 165.6916 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.4172 | 166.8572 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 172.0228 | 166.2284 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 698.8344 · median 675.3944
Chicken
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.0000
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.8344
Pork
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9656
Brisket
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180