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COTR BBQ

Dec 6–7, 2019 · Demopolis, AL · 📍 North Main · State championship

Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $10,000

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BOOMERANG BBQ
687.8972 · Master Series — Overall
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CAJUN BLAZE
685.0744 · Master Series — Overall
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4 LEGS UP BBQ
685.0516 · Master Series — Overall

BOOMERANG BBQ won Grand Champion at the COTR BBQ on December 6, 2019 in Demopolis, AL at North Main, scoring 687.8972 in a field of 25 teams. CAJUN BLAZE took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.0744. Category winners: Chicken — BOOMERANG BBQ (171.9656); Pork Ribs — B-S BBQ OUTLAWS (176.0228); Pork — PIGGIN' OUT (178.2972); Brisket — BOOMERANG BBQ (178.8572). The Backyard Series standings were won by PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q with 353.7028.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 171.97
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 176.02
  • Master Series — Pork 178.30
  • Master Series — Brisket 178.86
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 179.44
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 176.57
139.89 179.44

Entries

25
6 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

687.8972

Winning margin

2.8228
GC over RC

Field average

657.30
579.36687.90
median 666.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.0056
579.36687.90
10th place overall

Field spread

108.5372
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000
on the line

Most consistent

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 4.0228 pts — PIGGIN' OUT

How hot was the win?

Top 77%
beats 23% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,606
avg power rating going in · stronger than 81% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1996 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: General Lee Smoking and CAJUN BLAZE tied on 169.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 7–8: HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA and CAJUN BLAZE tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: BEER-B-QUE BOYS and 4 LEGS UP BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 5–6 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BOOMERANG BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BOOMERANG BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 18th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 18th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 1st

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken171.9656169.6684167.3712
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.0228171.4056167.9888
Master Series — Pork178.2972173.1200166.2400
Master Series — Brisket178.8572172.5716169.6800
Backyard Series — Chicken179.4400169.6684166.2744
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs176.5716169.1200165.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 687.8972 · median 666.7544

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 687.8972
2 CAJUN BLAZE 685.0744
3 4 LEGS UP BBQ 685.0516
4 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 682.2172
5 JIGGY PIGGY 681.6116
6 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 677.0632
7 PIGGIN' OUT 677.0400
8 CONTAGIOUS Q 675.2796
9 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 673.0284
10 THE SPECIALISTS 673.0056
11 SOUTH PORK 670.6856
12 General Lee Smoking 667.3372
13 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 666.7544
14 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 664.4460
15 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 661.0288
16 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 660.4112
17 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 659.2112
18 HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA 651.8288
19 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 650.1144
20 DANG GOOD BBQ 627.1544
21 Plaza Golf Cart 624.9372
22 Mass Koss Too 622.6972
23 Dozier Hog Ware 622.6056
24 Big Stanky's 606.6632
25 Alabama Power 579.3600

Chicken

25 entries · top 171.9656 · median 165.0856

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 171.9656
2 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 169.6916
3 THE SPECIALISTS 169.6912
4 4 LEGS UP BBQ 169.6800
5 General Lee Smoking 169.6684
6 CAJUN BLAZE 169.6684
7 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 169.1544
8 JIGGY PIGGY 168.5372
9 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 167.3944
10 CONTAGIOUS Q 167.3712
11 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 166.8228
12 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 165.6800
13 SOUTH PORK 165.0856
14 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 164.5372
15 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 163.9312
16 PIGGIN' OUT 162.8000
17 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 159.9428
18 HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA 157.0744
19 Plaza Golf Cart 155.3600
20 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 154.8344
21 Dozier Hog Ware 153.6456
22 Big Stanky's 152.5260
23 Mass Koss Too 149.6800
24 DANG GOOD BBQ 147.8856
25 Alabama Power 142.2972

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 176.0228 · median 167.3944

#TeamScore
1 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 176.0228
2 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 173.1316
3 General Lee Smoking 171.9772
4 JIGGY PIGGY 171.4172
5 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 171.4056
6 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 169.7144
7 HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA 169.1200
8 CAJUN BLAZE 169.1200
9 THE SPECIALISTS 168.5372
10 4 LEGS UP BBQ 167.9888
11 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 167.9772
12 PIGGIN' OUT 167.9656
13 SOUTH PORK 167.3944
14 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 166.2516
15 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 165.1432
16 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 165.0972
17 CONTAGIOUS Q 164.5140
18 BOOMERANG BBQ 163.9544
19 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 162.2516
20 DANG GOOD BBQ 159.3944
21 Dozier Hog Ware 156.5372
22 Mass Koss Too 155.9544
23 Big Stanky's 151.3600
24 Alabama Power 147.3828
25 Plaza Golf Cart 139.9200

Pork

25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' OUT 178.2972
2 CONTAGIOUS Q 174.2744
3 CAJUN BLAZE 173.7144
4 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 173.1200
5 4 LEGS UP BBQ 173.1200
6 BOOMERANG BBQ 173.1200
7 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 171.4172
8 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 168.5256
9 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 167.3828
10 JIGGY PIGGY 166.2400
11 THE SPECIALISTS 165.0972
12 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 164.5372
13 Mass Koss Too 164
14 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 163.9428
15 SOUTH PORK 163.9428
16 General Lee Smoking 162.8344
17 HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA 162.2400
18 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 162.2284
19 Plaza Golf Cart 161.0972
20 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 161.0972
21 DANG GOOD BBQ 158.2172
22 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 157.0628
23 Dozier Hog Ware 155.3484
24 Big Stanky's 142.2400
25 Alabama Power 141.7256

Brisket

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 178.8572
2 JIGGY PIGGY 175.4172
3 SOUTH PORK 174.2628
4 4 LEGS UP BBQ 174.2628
5 CAJUN BLAZE 172.5716
6 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 172.5484
7 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 171.9656
8 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 170.2628
9 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 169.6800
10 THE SPECIALISTS 169.6800
11 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.1200
12 Plaza Golf Cart 168.5600
13 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 168.5372
14 PIGGIN' OUT 167.9772
15 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 167.9656
16 HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA 163.3944
17 General Lee Smoking 162.8572
18 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 162.8228
19 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 162.8000
20 DANG GOOD BBQ 161.6572
21 Big Stanky's 160.5372
22 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 159.3944
23 Dozier Hog Ware 157.0744
24 Mass Koss Too 153.0628
25 Alabama Power 147.9544

Backyard Series

Overall

19 entries · top 353.7028 · median 329.0856

#TeamScore
1 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 353.7028
2 PERFECTLY BLENDED 343.9544
3 Bull & Bones 343.3828
4 REDBONES BBQ 338.8000
5 LEE LA Q 338.2400
6 BAMA BOYS BBQ 338.2056
7 Pit Row BBQ 336.5028
8 RIBLIFE 335.9200
9 All Rights Guys BBQ 330.2400
10 Pappy's & Roley's Appalachian Que 329.0856
11 HICKORY HANGOVER 327.9316
12 Pork-a-holics 325.7028
13 Batwing Barbque 315.8856
14 Colonel Rusty's 314.7200
15 Mass Koss 313.0516
16 HOLD FAST BBQ 307.3028
17 Kickin Butt BBQ 306.7200
18 BUTTS & BONES BBQ 305.0400
19 Georgia Pacific 286.7084

Chicken

19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2744

#TeamScore
1 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 179.4400
2 Bull & Bones 177.7028
3 REDBONES BBQ 169.6800
4 LEE LA Q 169.6800
5 RIBLIFE 169.6684
6 BAMA BOYS BBQ 168.5256
7 Pappy's & Roley's Appalachian Que 168
8 PERFECTLY BLENDED 167.3828
9 Pork-a-holics 166.8800
10 All Rights Guys BBQ 166.2744
11 Pit Row BBQ 166.2400
12 Mass Koss 165.7144
13 Batwing Barbque 161.6800
14 HICKORY HANGOVER 160.5256
15 Colonel Rusty's 158.2056
16 Kickin Butt BBQ 150.2172
17 Georgia Pacific 146.8228
18 BUTTS & BONES BBQ 146.8000
19 HOLD FAST BBQ 139.8856

Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 PERFECTLY BLENDED 176.5716
2 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 174.2628
3 Pit Row BBQ 170.2628
4 BAMA BOYS BBQ 169.6800
5 REDBONES BBQ 169.1200
6 LEE LA Q 168.5600
7 HOLD FAST BBQ 167.4172
8 HICKORY HANGOVER 167.4060
9 RIBLIFE 166.2516
10 Bull & Bones 165.6800
11 All Rights Guys BBQ 163.9656
12 Pappy's & Roley's Appalachian Que 161.0856
13 Pork-a-holics 158.8228
14 BUTTS & BONES BBQ 158.2400
15 Colonel Rusty's 156.5144
16 Kickin Butt BBQ 156.5028
17 Batwing Barbque 154.2056
18 Mass Koss 147.3372
19 Georgia Pacific 139.8856

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 13-15

4 entries · top 137.6800 · median 125.7144

#TeamScore
1 P2 Slabortories 137.6800
2 Cool Chixs 132.5600
3 M & M Fire Burgers 118.8688
4 Fornite OG 115.4172

Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 7-12

11 entries · top 137.1544 · median 125.1888

#TeamScore
1 Kickin' Butt Too 137.1544
2 Big Country's Burgers 135.4172
3 Piss Willies Pits 128.0004
4 Taterz Burgers 127.4516
5 Gabe's Burgers 126.2052
6 Maddie B 125.1888
7 Grillin' & Chillin' 122.2168
8 The Hamburglars 121.7144
9 Main Street Burgers 118.2168
10 R & R 113.6684
11 Golly Ms Molly 109.1888

Ancillary — Sauce

39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1428

#TeamScore
1 Pit Row BBQ 178.8572
2 PERFECTLY BLENDED 177.7028
3 RIBLIFE 177.7028
4 SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ 175.4172
5 DANG GOOD BBQ 175.4056
6 Big Stanky's 175.4056
7 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 175.4056
8 PIGGIN' OUT 175.4056
9 BOOMERANG BBQ 175.4056
10 LEE LA Q 175.4056
11 Bull & Bones 174.8456
12 DEEP SOUTH SAUCE COMPANY 174.8456
13 HICKORY HANGOVER 173.1200
14 Pappy's & Roley's Appalachian Que 173.1084
15 BUTTS & BONES BBQ 172.5828
16 CONTAGIOUS Q 172.5600
17 REDBONES BBQ 171.9656
18 SMOKIN BUTT CREW 170.8228
19 FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 170.8228
20 THE SPECIALISTS 169.1428
21 JIGGY PIGGY 169.1200
22 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 169.1084
23 Georgia Pacific 169.1084
24 BIG BEAR BBQ - LA 168.5256
25 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 168
26 BAMA BOYS BBQ 167.9656
27 Kickin Butt BBQ 167.3712
28 Batwing Barbque 167.3712
29 Plaza Golf Cart 166.8112
30 Mass Koss 166.2512
31 SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 166.2284
32 Colonel Rusty's 165.1200
33 Pork-a-holics 164.5256
34 Dozier Hog Ware 163.9540
35 General Lee Smoking 163.4056
36 SOUTH PORK 162.8572
37 Alabama Power 162.8112
38 CAJUN BLAZE 159.9656
39 Mass Koss Too 159.9428

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