Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)

2019-11-08 – 2019-11-09 · Concord, NC · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $5,350.00

Grand Champion: South Pork (703.9428) · 47 teams

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SOUTH PORK

703.9428 · Master Series — Overall

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MUTTLEY CREW BBQ

697.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

695.3600 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

703.9428

Winning margin

6.8456

GC over RC

Field average

660.58

median 669.54

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Brisket

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.8000

what a walk cost here

Field spread

206.8912

winner to last place

Prize money

$5,350.00

on the line

Most consistent

SOUTH PORK

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 3.4400 pts — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT

How hot was the win?

Top 21%

beats 79% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1557

avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests

Top-rated in the field

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS

rated 1730 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

South Pork took the Grand Championship home to AL.

🃏 An upset on the books

South Pork came in rated below the field's top team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2017-11-10		47	703.9428	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
2018-11-09		56	691.3372	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
2018-11-09		44	686.7884	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW
2019-11-08 ← this one	Concord, NC	47	703.9428	South Pork
2019-11-09	Concord, NC	33	698.2632	Smack That Butt BBQ
2021-11-05	Concord, NC	—	—	—
2021-11-06	Concord, NC	—	—	—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

45 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Still Workin' On It	177.1428
2	Big Cat BBQ	177.1428
3	SOUTH PORK	176.5600
4	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	176.5600
5	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	176.0000
6	MAN MEAT BBQ	175.4056
7	Rogue Hog BBQ	174.8572
8	North Meets South BBQ	174.2628
9	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1200
10	SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	173.1200
11	APORKALYPSE NOW	173.1084
12	MIDNIGHT BURN	172.0000
13	Ham Town Smokers	171.9656
14	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	170.8228
15	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	170.2628
16	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	170.2628
17	BIG MONEY BBQ	169.7028
18	WHO CARES BBQ	169.6800
19	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	169.1200
20	270 SMOKERS	168.5256
21	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	168.5256
22	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	168.5256
23	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	167.9656
24	UNDER THE RADAR	166.2628
25	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	166.2400
26	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	166.2284
27	JL Smokers	165.6684
28	House of Smoke NC	165.0972
29	SUE E PIGG	165.0856
30	TWISTED PAIR BBQ	163.9428
31	SmokinGhost BBQ	163.3944
32	CONTAGIOUS Q	162.7884
33	The Sauce and All That Goes With It	162.7884
34	SMOKECRAFT - MD	161.6800
35	BUD WISER'S BBQ	161.6800
36	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	161.6456
37	FALLOUT BBQ	159.9544
38	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	158.8000
39	BIG RAZ BBQ	158.2056
40	BIG DOG BBQ VA	157.6456
41	Brother In Law BBQ	154.2172
42	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	152.5144
43	Slick Bones BBQ	152.4800
44	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	148.4800
45	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	142.1716

Master Series — Chicken

47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKECRAFT - MD	176.5600
3	BUD WISER'S BBQ	175.4172
4	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	175.4172
5	SOUTH PORK	175.4056
6	Ham Town Smokers	174.2628
7	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	174.2628
8	APORKALYPSE NOW	173.7144
9	House of Smoke NC	173.1428
10	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1200
11	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	173.1200
12	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	173.1200
13	SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	173.1084
14	JL Smokers	172.5600
15	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	172.5600
16	TOO SAUCED	172.5484
17	BIG DOG BBQ VA	171.9656
18	UNDER THE RADAR	170.8456
19	BIG RAZ BBQ	170.8344
20	FALLOUT BBQ	170.8228
21	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	170.8112
22	WHO CARES BBQ	170.2628
23	North Meets South BBQ	169.7028
24	270 SMOKERS	169.6684
25	BIG MONEY BBQ	169.1084
26	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	169.1084
27	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5372
28	Rogue Hog BBQ	168.5256
29	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	166.8228
30	MAN MEAT BBQ	166.2400
31	Still Workin' On It	166.2284
32	TWISTED PAIR BBQ	166.2284
33	MIDNIGHT BURN	165.0856
34	Brother In Law BBQ	165.0856
35	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	164.5600
36	The Sauce and All That Goes With It	164.5256
37	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	163.4056
38	Big Cat BBQ	163.3944
39	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	161.6456
40	CONTAGIOUS Q	161.6456
41	Two Drummer's Q-Crew	161.1200
42	Slick Bones BBQ	159.9428
43	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	157.6800
44	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	155.9772
45	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	155.3828
46	SUE E PIGG	153.1316
47	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	146.2628

Master Series — Overall

47 entries · top 703.9428 · median 669.5428

#	Team	Score
1	SOUTH PORK	703.9428
2	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	697.0972
3	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	695.3600
4	Rogue Hog BBQ	689.0744
5	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	687.9084
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	687.3024
7	UNDER THE RADAR	686.8000
8	MAN MEAT BBQ	686.1712
9	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	685.0628
10	APORKALYPSE NOW	682.8000
11	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	682.1712
12	GETTIN' BASTED	678.7428
13	Ham Town Smokers	678.6968
14	Big Cat BBQ	677.6000
15	Still Workin' On It	675.3028
16	WHO CARES BBQ	674.7200
17	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	674.7196
18	SmokinGhost BBQ	673.5888
19	270 SMOKERS	673.5540
20	CONTAGIOUS Q	671.8168
21	SMOKECRAFT - MD	670.7428
22	MIDNIGHT BURN	670.1484
23	JL Smokers	669.5652
24	BIG RAZ BBQ	669.5428
25	House of Smoke NC	667.3372
26	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	667.2568
27	North Meets South BBQ	667.2456
28	TWISTED PAIR BBQ	665.0056
29	BUD WISER'S BBQ	664.9944
30	BIG MONEY BBQ	662.1252
31	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	661.6228
32	The Sauce and All That Goes With It	659.7824
33	BIG DOG BBQ VA	659.3140
34	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	659.2684
35	SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	655.8400
36	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	654.6856
37	FALLOUT BBQ	654.6856
38	SUE E PIGG	654.2172
39	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	650.1028
40	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	649.5312
41	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	647.9088
42	Brother In Law BBQ	644.3772
43	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	626.6860
44	Slick Bones BBQ	621.4288
45	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	592.8916
46	TOO SAUCED	521.6568
47	Two Drummer's Q-Crew	497.0516

Master Series — Pork

47 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.4172

#	Team	Score
1	SOUTH PORK	177.7028
2	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	176.5600
3	CONTAGIOUS Q	175.4056
4	TOO SAUCED	174.8456
5	UNDER THE RADAR	174.2744
6	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	174.2628
7	Rogue Hog BBQ	173.7028
8	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	173.7028
9	SMOKECRAFT - MD	173.7028
10	SmokinGhost BBQ	173.1200
11	MAN MEAT BBQ	171.9656
12	GETTIN' BASTED	171.4172
13	BIG RAZ BBQ	170.8228
14	FALLOUT BBQ	169.7144
15	JL Smokers	169.6684
16	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6684
17	North Meets South BBQ	169.1084
18	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	168.5600
19	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	168.5372
20	MIDNIGHT BURN	168.5372
21	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	168.5256
22	Ham Town Smokers	168.5256
23	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	167.9656
24	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	167.4172
25	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	167.3828
26	270 SMOKERS	166.8344
27	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	166.8228
28	APORKALYPSE NOW	166.2628
29	TWISTED PAIR BBQ	165.7028
30	Brother In Law BBQ	165.6800
31	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	165.6684
32	SUE E PIGG	165.1200
33	BUD WISER'S BBQ	165.0856
34	Two Drummer's Q-Crew	163.9544
35	Big Cat BBQ	163.9428
36	WHO CARES BBQ	162.8000
37	The Sauce and All That Goes With It	162.7884
38	Still Workin' On It	162.2400
39	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	162.2284
40	BIG DOG BBQ VA	161.7028
41	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	161.6800
42	House of Smoke NC	161.0972
43	SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	159.9772
44	BIG MONEY BBQ	159.9312
45	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	157.1200
46	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	153.0628
47	Slick Bones BBQ	150.7772

Master Series — Pork Ribs

47 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.5256

#	Team	Score
1	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	177.1544
2	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	176.5716
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	176.0000
4	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	176.0000
5	UNDER THE RADAR	175.4172
6	SOUTH PORK	174.2744
7	TOO SAUCED	174.2628
8	Big Cat BBQ	173.1200
9	MAN MEAT BBQ	172.5600
10	Rogue Hog BBQ	171.9888
11	CONTAGIOUS Q	171.9772
12	WHO CARES BBQ	171.9772
13	Two Drummer's Q-Crew	171.9772
14	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.9772
15	SUE E PIGG	170.8800
16	APORKALYPSE NOW	169.7144
17	Still Workin' On It	169.6916
18	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	169.6800
19	The Sauce and All That Goes With It	169.6800
20	BIG RAZ BBQ	169.6800
21	TWISTED PAIR BBQ	169.1316
22	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	168.5600
23	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5372
24	270 SMOKERS	168.5256
25	House of Smoke NC	168.0000
26	BIG DOG BBQ VA	168.0000
27	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	167.4056
28	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	165.1200
29	MIDNIGHT BURN	164.5256
30	Ham Town Smokers	163.9428
31	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	163.4172
32	BIG MONEY BBQ	163.3828
33	BUD WISER'S BBQ	162.8116
34	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	162.2744
35	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	162.2400
36	JL Smokers	161.6684
37	GETTIN' BASTED	161.0856
38	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	160.5488
39	Brother In Law BBQ	159.3944
40	SMOKECRAFT - MD	158.8000
41	Slick Bones BBQ	158.2288
42	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	156.5028
43	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	155.3600
44	FALLOUT BBQ	154.1940
45	North Meets South BBQ	154.1716
46	SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC	149.6344
47	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	147.3372