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Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off

Jun 19–20, 2020 · Hernando, MS · 📍 2888 Gwynn RD · State championship

Reps: Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams · Prize money: $8,000

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FIRE DANCER BBQ
705.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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Poppa Pig
704.5944 · Master Series — Overall
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RAZORRACKS
704.5256 · Master Series — Overall

FIRE DANCER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off on June 19, 2020 in Hernando, MS at 2888 Gwynn RD, scoring 705.1200 in a field of 47 teams. Poppa Pig took Reserve Grand Champion with 704.5944. Category winners: Chicken — SUPER SWINE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Q-BONES BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SUPER SWINE (180.0000).

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.

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Brisket 180 🔥
142.19 180

Entries

47
3 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

705.1200

Winning margin

0.5256
GC over RC

Field average

668.29
499.30705.12
median 679.93 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
SUPER SWINE (Brisket), 901Q (Brisket), SUPER SWINE (Chicken) + 1 more

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

691.3484
499.30705.12
10th place overall

Field spread

205.8176
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000
on the line

Most consistent

SUPER SWINE
avg finish 6.33 across 3 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.7028 pts — SUPER SWINE

How hot was the win?

Top 14%
beats 86% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,567
avg power rating going in · stronger than 52% of contests

Top-rated in the field

RAZORRACKS
rated 1872 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.5256 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 94% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5256 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.

  • Fire Dancer BBQ
  • Poppa Pig

Won without a category win

2 of 3 meats called to the stage

FIRE DANCER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 3 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 12th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Brisket 6th

A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SUPER SWINE · Brisket
  • 901Q · Brisket
  • SUPER SWINE · Chicken

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: Sweet Swine of Mine and Limp Brisket tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Tennessee Smoke Showin' and RAZORRACKS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: RAZORRACKS and HICKORY HANGOVER tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SUPER SWINE won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • 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
Chicken180177.1428175.4172
Pork Ribs180176.5716174.8688
Brisket180176.5600174.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

47 entries · top 705.1200 · median 679.9312

#TeamScore
1 FIRE DANCER BBQ 705.1200
2 Poppa Pig 704.5944
3 RAZORRACKS 704.5256
4 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 700
5 SUPER SWINE 698.2056
6 DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 697.6572
7 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 697.0740
8 Kermit's Ex 694.2740
9 HEATH RILES BBQ 692.4912
10 Bootyque 691.3484
11 SLOPPY HOG BBQ 690.2400
12 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 690.2172
13 Tennessess MOJO BBQ 690.2168
14 VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE 689.1540
15 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 689.0856
16 Swine Crue 688.5144
17 901Q 688.5028
18 SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 687.3024
19 Sweet Swine of Mine 686.7768
20 Boar's Night Out 682.7660
21 Q-BONES BBQ 682.7312
22 Tennessee Smoke Showin' 682.1712
23 SWINE LIFE 681.5996
24 KILLER HOGS 679.9312
25 PIGGIE SMALLS 674.7428
26 Maverick's BBQ 673.5768
27 UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS 666.7200
28 MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA 661.0744
29 HICKORY HANGOVER 660.4456
30 High Life on the Hog 658.7884
31 K & K KOOKERS 655.3028
32 Riberty 655.2800
33 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 655.2112
34 Porkin in Public 654.8112
35 Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-Chew 653.6688
36 Romie's Secret Sauce 652.4344
37 BBQR'S DELIGHT 651.3600
38 Big Ass Q Masters 648.5032
39 Fat Head BBQ 647.3144
40 Hillbilly Porkers 646.2628
41 Sholly-Am-Hams 644.4572
42 Limp Brisket 644.4228
43 Smokin Section BBQ 641.5768
44 HILLTOP HOGGERS 628.4232
45 Four Alarm Smokers 626.1944
46 Rated R Pork Stars 615.2456
47 Sherman's Retreat BBQ 499.3024

Chicken

47 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SUPER SWINE 180 🔥
2 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 178.2972
3 Sweet Swine of Mine 177.7028
4 Limp Brisket 177.7028
5 HEATH RILES BBQ 177.1428
6 Tennessee Smoke Showin' 176.5600
7 RAZORRACKS 176.5600
8 HICKORY HANGOVER 176.5600
9 SLOPPY HOG BBQ 176.5600
10 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 175.4172
11 VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE 175.4056
12 FIRE DANCER BBQ 174.8456
13 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 173.7144
14 Poppa Pig 173.7028
15 Tennessess MOJO BBQ 173.1428
16 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 173.1084
17 DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 171.9656
18 Riberty 171.4288
19 Bootyque 171.4056
20 Q-BONES BBQ 170.8228
21 Swine Crue 170.8228
22 MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA 170.2628
23 PIGGIE SMALLS 169.7144
24 901Q 169.1200
25 SWINE LIFE 169.1084
26 Kermit's Ex 168.5828
27 Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-Chew 168.5716
28 Sherman's Retreat BBQ 168.5256
29 High Life on the Hog 167.9884
30 Romie's Secret Sauce 167.4172
31 UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS 167.4172
32 Maverick's BBQ 167.3712
33 SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 166.8112
34 Big Ass Q Masters 166.2972
35 Fat Head BBQ 166.2400
36 Boar's Night Out 164.5372
37 KILLER HOGS 164.5256
38 Sholly-Am-Hams 164
39 Porkin in Public 163.4056
40 Smokin Section BBQ 163.3828
41 Hillbilly Porkers 161.6800
42 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 159.9428
43 HILLTOP HOGGERS 157.1200
44 K & K KOOKERS 157.0972
45 Four Alarm Smokers 150.8344
46 Rated R Pork Stars 150.2056
47 BBQR'S DELIGHT 144.5600

Pork Ribs

47 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Q-BONES BBQ 180 🔥
2 Romie's Secret Sauce 178.8800
3 Boar's Night Out 177.7144
4 HEATH RILES BBQ 176.5716
5 Swine Crue 176.5716
6 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 176.5600
7 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176.5600
8 Kermit's Ex 176
9 UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS 175.4172
10 DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 174.8688
11 Poppa Pig 174.8572
12 RAZORRACKS 174.2628
13 Sholly-Am-Hams 173.7144
14 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 173.7028
15 SWINE LIFE 173.7028
16 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 173.1200
17 SUPER SWINE 173.1084
18 Tennessess MOJO BBQ 172.5600
19 SLOPPY HOG BBQ 172.5600
20 SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 171.9656
21 Maverick's BBQ 171.4172
22 Sherman's Retreat BBQ 170.8456
23 Sweet Swine of Mine 170.8228
24 PIGGIE SMALLS 170.8228
25 MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA 170.2972
26 KILLER HOGS 170.2972
27 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 170.2628
28 VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE 170.2512
29 Bootyque 169.6800
30 Smokin Section BBQ 169.1200
31 901Q 169.1200
32 Riberty 167.3944
33 Tennessee Smoke Showin' 167.3828
34 Rated R Pork Stars 166.8572
35 Fat Head BBQ 166.3316
36 High Life on the Hog 165.7028
37 Four Alarm Smokers 165.6916
38 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 165.6800
39 Hillbilly Porkers 165.1772
40 K & K KOOKERS 164.5372
41 BBQR'S DELIGHT 163.9428
42 Porkin in Public 163.4400
43 HICKORY HANGOVER 162.8000
44 Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-Chew 161.6800
45 HILLTOP HOGGERS 157.6688
46 Limp Brisket 151.3600
47 Big Ass Q Masters 146.2288

Brisket

46 entries · top 180 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SUPER SWINE 180 🔥
2 901Q 180 🔥
3 Poppa Pig 178.8800
4 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 176.5828
5 SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 176.5600
6 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176
7 Tennessess MOJO BBQ 176
8 BBQR'S DELIGHT 176
9 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 174.2856
10 RAZORRACKS 174.2628
11 Bootyque 173.7028
12 SWINE LIFE 173.1200
13 SLOPPY HOG BBQ 172.5828
14 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 172.5716
15 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 172
16 Kermit's Ex 171.9884
17 Boar's Night Out 171.9772
18 DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 170.8228
19 Big Ass Q Masters 169.7144
20 PIGGIE SMALLS 169.6684
21 VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE 169.1656
22 Sweet Swine of Mine 169.1428
23 K & K KOOKERS 169.1200
24 Limp Brisket 168.5600
25 Maverick's BBQ 167.9656
26 KILLER HOGS 167.9656
27 Swine Crue 166.8572
28 High Life on the Hog 165.6800
29 HEATH RILES BBQ 163.3596
30 HICKORY HANGOVER 162.2628
31 Porkin in Public 161.6800
32 Q-BONES BBQ 161.0740
33 Tennessee Smoke Showin' 159.3712
34 UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS 158.8000
35 MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA 156.5372
36 Hillbilly Porkers 155.9656
37 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 155.9084
38 Four Alarm Smokers 154.8228
39 Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-Chew 154.8228
40 Sholly-Am-Hams 154.7884
41 Fat Head BBQ 153.6572
42 HILLTOP HOGGERS 152.5028
43 Riberty 151.3712
44 Smokin Section BBQ 150.2284
45 Rated R Pork Stars 144.5028
46 Romie's Secret Sauce 142.1944

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.

Master Series — Pork Butt

47 entries · top 180 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 DAD'S GRILLIN CREW 180 🔥
2 RAZORRACKS 179.4400
3 Tennessee Smoke Showin' 178.8572
4 FIRE DANCER BBQ 177.7144
5 Kermit's Ex 177.7028
6 Poppa Pig 177.1544
7 KILLER HOGS 177.1428
8 Bootyque 176.5600
9 HEATH RILES BBQ 175.4172
10 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 175.4056
11 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 175.4056
12 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 174.8572
13 VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE 174.3316
14 Swine Crue 174.2628
15 SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 171.9656
16 Q-BONES BBQ 170.8344
17 901Q 170.2628
18 Sweet Swine of Mine 169.1084
19 Wilmafingerdo Bar-B-Chew 168.5944
20 Boar's Night Out 168.5372
21 SLOPPY HOG BBQ 168.5372
22 BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS 168.5256
23 Tennessess MOJO BBQ 168.5140
24 BBQR'S DELIGHT 166.8572
25 Maverick's BBQ 166.8228
26 Porkin in Public 166.2856
27 Big Ass Q Masters 166.2628
28 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 166.2400
29 SWINE LIFE 165.6684
30 SUPER SWINE 165.0972
31 UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS 165.0856
32 Riberty 165.0856
33 K & K KOOKERS 164.5484
34 PIGGIE SMALLS 164.5372
35 MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA 163.9772
36 Romie's Secret Sauce 163.9428
37 Hillbilly Porkers 163.4400
38 HILLTOP HOGGERS 161.1316
39 Fat Head BBQ 161.0856
40 Sherman's Retreat BBQ 159.9312
41 High Life on the Hog 159.4172
42 Smokin Section BBQ 158.8456
43 HICKORY HANGOVER 158.8228
44 Four Alarm Smokers 154.8456
45 Rated R Pork Stars 153.6800
46 Sholly-Am-Hams 151.9544
47 Limp Brisket 146.8000

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