Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
2020-06-19 – 2020-06-20 · Hernando, MS · 📍 2888 Gwynn RD · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Fire Dancer BBQ (705.1200) · 47 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Poppa Pig
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5256 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE DANCER BBQ took the Grand Championship home to AR.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
SUPER SWINE won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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 | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 174.8688 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
47 entries · top 705.1200 · median 679.9312
Chicken
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
46 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180