Nov 8–9, 2019 · Concord, NC · 📍 4751 NC Hwy 49 · State championship
Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid · Prize money: $5,350
SOUTH PORK won Grand Champion at the Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) on November 8, 2019 in Concord, NC at 4751 NC Hwy 49, scoring 703.9428 in a field of 47 teams. MUTTLEY CREW BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0972. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (177.1544); Pork — SOUTH PORK (177.7028); Brisket — Still Workin' On It (177.1428). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW; the next was held in 2019.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
South Pork came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1649 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: BUD WISER'S BBQ and MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Ham Town Smokers and SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SOUTH PORK took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (won 2018).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2017 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 47 | 703.9428 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 56 | 691.3372 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 44 | 686.7884 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Nov 8, 2019 ← this one | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 47 | 703.9428 | South Pork | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 33 | 698.2632 | Smack That Butt BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Concord, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 6, 2021 | Concord, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 175.4172 | 171.9888 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 176 | 173.1200 |
47 entries · top 703.9428 · median 669.5428
47 entries · top 180 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
47 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.5256
47 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.4172
45 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9656