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Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) 2020

Jun 19–20, 2020 · Franklin, IN

Reps: Becky Druetzler, Dave Druetzler · Prize money: $6,000

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ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
693.6796 · Master Series — Overall
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HOT COLE'S BBQ
690.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company
686.2056 · Master Series — Overall

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won Grand Champion at the Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) on June 19, 2020 in Franklin, IN, scoring 693.6796 in a field of 69 teams. HOT COLE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8000. Category winners: Chicken — JMB BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — ONE2BBQ (178.8572); Pork — QUE U (180.0000); Brisket — The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company (177.7028). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2020.

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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 177.70
132.51 180

Entries

69
4 judged meats

Top score

693.6796

Winning margin

2.8796
GC over RC

Field average

662.59
583.23693.68
median 667.86 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
QUE U (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.0628
583.23693.68
10th place overall

Field spread

110.4452
winner to last place

Prize money

$6,000
on the line

Most consistent

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
avg finish 10.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4172 pts — ONE2BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 59%
beats 41% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,631
avg power rating going in · stronger than 91% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1996 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

An upset on the books

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1831
  • top seed 1996

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 19th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 15th
  • Brisket 2nd

A stacked field

1631 average power rating going in

Stronger than 91% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1631 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.

  • top seed BOOMERANG BBQ (1996)
  • 69 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 16 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: A-1 TAX SERVICE INC and CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and PORKRASTINATORS tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company and MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 7–8 · tie

One of the big ones

69 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 95% of the 5,462 contests in the data

69 teams — bigger than 95% of the 5,462 contests in the data.

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • QUE U · Pork

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jun 19, 2020 ← this one Franklin, IN Franklin, IN 69 693.6796 Rooters-n-Tooters HOT COLE'S BBQ
Jun 20, 2020 Franklin, IN Franklin, IN 63 701.6916 One2BBQ BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028174.2628173.1316
Pork Ribs178.8572173.7144173.1200
Pork180174.2856173.1428
Brisket177.7028175.4056173.7144

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

69 entries · top 693.6796 · median 667.8628

#TeamScore
1 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 693.6796
2 HOT COLE'S BBQ 690.8000
3 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 686.2056
4 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 685.6572
5 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 685.0972
6 QUE U 684.5832
7 ONE2BBQ 683.8972
8 iBQ'n 682.1944
9 Heavy Smoke BBQ 681.6572
10 PORKRASTINATORS 681.0628
11 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 680.4456
12 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 679.9772
13 JaBs BBQ 678.7772
14 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 678.2056
15 KEVLAR BBQ 677.0056
16 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 676.5144
17 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 676.4684
18 BLUE CHIP BBQ 676.4452
19 CONTAGIOUS Q 675.9312
20 Two Bubs and a Rub 675.4284
21 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 674.7656
22 JANKY LEG BBQ 673.6340
23 POOH BEAR BBQ 673.6116
24 JMB BBQ 673.5884
25 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 673.0512
26 THE BBQ BUS 673.0168
27 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 672.5256
28 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 672.4684
29 HIGH ON THE HAWG 670.1484
30 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 669.6112
31 Shiggin aint easy 669.5656
32 THUNDER HOG BBQ 669.0740
33 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 669.0400
34 SmokinGhost BBQ 668.4916
35 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 667.8628
36 BOOMERANG BBQ 667.8512
37 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 666.8228
38 TRIPLE H BBQ 666.2172
39 CHANNABILLY BBQ 665.0284
40 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 664.9712
41 BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ 663.3028
42 WE WILL ROCK QUE 662.7660
43 PB&J's BBQ 661.1200
44 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 661.0972
45 DB BBQ 661.0284
46 Q-JITSU 660.4572
47 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 660.4572
48 P.I.G. 659.3368
49 Risky Brisket 658.2060
50 A-1 TAX SERVICE INC 658.1600
51 WEQ4U 656.4228
52 BooyaQ 654.6740
53 RUSTY PIG BBQ 653.5996
54 MAC ATTACK BBQ 653.0632
55 SI2 BBQ 651.8400
56 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 649.6000
57 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 647.3028
58 CHARCOAL & MORE 647.2340
59 MARLEY'S GRILL HOUSE 646.2856
60 ALE YEAH BBQ 642.6628
61 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 642.1144
62 Second Hand Smoke SLV 636.4800
63 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 635.1880
64 TEAM MONEY MUSCLE 631.8288
65 RUBY CREEK BBQ 624.4460
66 ACME BBQ 623.8516
67 4 Smokin Butts 606.6516
68 SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT 595.2340
69 Louisville Branded BBQ 583.2344

Chicken

69 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 JMB BBQ 177.7028
2 JANKY LEG BBQ 175.4400
3 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 175.4056
4 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 174.8456
5 A-1 TAX SERVICE INC 174.2628
6 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 174.2628
7 HOT COLE'S BBQ 173.7028
8 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 173.1544
9 Risky Brisket 173.1428
10 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 173.1316
11 iBQ'n 173.1200
12 Heavy Smoke BBQ 172.5716
13 BOOMERANG BBQ 172.5600
14 KEVLAR BBQ 172.5484
15 JaBs BBQ 172.0116
16 BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ 172
17 PB&J's BBQ 172
18 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 172
19 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 171.9656
20 HIGH ON THE HAWG 171.9656
21 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 170.8456
22 RUSTY PIG BBQ 170.8456
23 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 170.2744
24 ONE2BBQ 170.2744
25 THUNDER HOG BBQ 169.7372
26 CHARCOAL & MORE 169.7028
27 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 169.6800
28 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 168.5256
29 THE BBQ BUS 168.5256
30 MARLEY'S GRILL HOUSE 168
31 ALE YEAH BBQ 167.9772
32 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 167.9656
33 TRIPLE H BBQ 167.4056
34 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 167.3944
35 WEQ4U 167.3828
36 CONTAGIOUS Q 167.3828
37 DB BBQ 166.8228
38 SI2 BBQ 166.8228
39 QUE U 166.2744
40 Two Bubs and a Rub 165.7028
41 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 165.6912
42 Q-JITSU 165.6684
43 Shiggin aint easy 165.0856
44 MAC ATTACK BBQ 164.5716
45 Louisville Branded BBQ 164.5716
46 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 164.5600
47 SmokinGhost BBQ 164.5372
48 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 164.5256
49 PORKRASTINATORS 163.9772
50 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 163.9540
51 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 163.9312
52 BLUE CHIP BBQ 163.9312
53 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 163.3828
54 WE WILL ROCK QUE 162.8116
55 4 Smokin Butts 162.2856
56 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 162.2168
57 TEAM MONEY MUSCLE 161.7256
58 P.I.G. 161.1200
59 POOH BEAR BBQ 161.1088
60 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 161.0740
61 Second Hand Smoke SLV 160.5600
62 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 160.0116
63 ACME BBQ 158.8228
64 CHANNABILLY BBQ 158.8228
65 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 158.2744
66 RUBY CREEK BBQ 157.6572
67 BooyaQ 157.0856
68 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 154.7884
69 SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT 148.4800

Pork Ribs

69 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 178.8572
2 Heavy Smoke BBQ 175.4400
3 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 174.2744
4 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 173.7144
5 PORKRASTINATORS 173.7144
6 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 173.1656
7 HOT COLE'S BBQ 173.1544
8 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 173.1428
9 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 173.1200
10 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 173.1200
11 HIGH ON THE HAWG 172.5600
12 JaBs BBQ 172.5600
13 KEVLAR BBQ 171.9772
14 WE WILL ROCK QUE 171.4400
15 QUE U 170.2972
16 Shiggin aint easy 170.2744
17 iBQ'n 169.6916
18 BooyaQ 169.6800
19 Two Bubs and a Rub 168.5600
20 PB&J's BBQ 168
21 Q-JITSU 167.9888
22 JANKY LEG BBQ 167.9884
23 POOH BEAR BBQ 167.9772
24 Risky Brisket 167.9772
25 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 167.4172
26 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 167.3828
27 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 167.3828
28 A-1 TAX SERVICE INC 166.8572
29 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 166.8460
30 BLUE CHIP BBQ 166.2628
31 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 166.2400
32 SI2 BBQ 165.6916
33 CHANNABILLY BBQ 165.6800
34 TRIPLE H BBQ 165.6800
35 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 165.1200
36 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.1200
37 SmokinGhost BBQ 165.0972
38 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 165.0972
39 MAC ATTACK BBQ 164.5716
40 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 164.5372
41 RUSTY PIG BBQ 164.5372
42 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 164.5256
43 THE BBQ BUS 164.5256
44 BOOMERANG BBQ 163.9544
45 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 163.9544
46 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 163.3944
47 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 163.3828
48 DB BBQ 161.6800
49 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 161.1088
50 WEQ4U 161.0972
51 THUNDER HOG BBQ 160.5256
52 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 159.9772
53 JMB BBQ 159.9544
54 Second Hand Smoke SLV 159.4400
55 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 159.3944
56 MARLEY'S GRILL HOUSE 158.8688
57 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 158.8228
58 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 158.2400
59 P.I.G. 157.6684
60 BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ 157.6456
61 RUBY CREEK BBQ 156.5144
62 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 154.8000
63 CHARCOAL & MORE 153.0628
64 ACME BBQ 152.5144
65 SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT 152
66 ALE YEAH BBQ 151.9544
67 Louisville Branded BBQ 146.7772
68 TEAM MONEY MUSCLE 146.7772
69 4 Smokin Butts 141.6228

Pork

69 entries · top 180 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 QUE U 180 🔥
2 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 178.2972
3 BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ 176.5600
4 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 176
5 CONTAGIOUS Q 174.2856
6 CHANNABILLY BBQ 174.2628
7 POOH BEAR BBQ 173.7144
8 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 173.7144
9 P.I.G. 173.7028
10 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 173.1428
11 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 173.1200
12 TEAM MONEY MUSCLE 173.1200
13 Two Bubs and a Rub 172.5828
14 SmokinGhost BBQ 172
15 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 171.9884
16 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 171.9772
17 KEVLAR BBQ 171.9772
18 iBQ'n 171.9656
19 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 171.4172
20 WEQ4U 171.4172
21 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 170.8800
22 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 170.8228
23 BLUE CHIP BBQ 170.8112
24 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 170.2628
25 JMB BBQ 169.7028
26 THE BBQ BUS 169.7028
27 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 169.1544
28 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 169.1200
29 THUNDER HOG BBQ 169.1084
30 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 168.5600
31 HOT COLE'S BBQ 168.5372
32 PORKRASTINATORS 168.5256
33 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 167.9884
34 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 167.9656
35 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 167.4056
36 DB BBQ 167.4056
37 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 167.3828
38 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 167.3828
39 ALE YEAH BBQ 166.8228
40 JaBs BBQ 166.2400
41 Heavy Smoke BBQ 165.6684
42 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 165.6684
43 CHARCOAL & MORE 165.1200
44 HIGH ON THE HAWG 165.0972
45 TRIPLE H BBQ 164.5488
46 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 164.5256
47 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 163.9772
48 Shiggin aint easy 163.9428
49 BooyaQ 162.8228
50 PB&J's BBQ 161.7144
51 MARLEY'S GRILL HOUSE 161.6568
52 4 Smokin Butts 160.5488
53 ONE2BBQ 160.5028
54 JANKY LEG BBQ 159.9428
55 WE WILL ROCK QUE 159.3944
56 MAC ATTACK BBQ 158.8000
57 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 158.2400
58 Q-JITSU 158.2400
59 ACME BBQ 157.0972
60 A-1 TAX SERVICE INC 157.0856
61 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 157.0740
62 SI2 BBQ 156.5028
63 BOOMERANG BBQ 156.4912
64 RUBY CREEK BBQ 155.9428
65 RUSTY PIG BBQ 153.6340
66 Risky Brisket 153.0972
67 SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT 152.5256
68 Second Hand Smoke SLV 149.0628
69 Louisville Branded BBQ 132.5140

Brisket

69 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 177.7028
2 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 176.5600
3 BLUE CHIP BBQ 175.4400
4 HOT COLE'S BBQ 175.4056
5 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 175.4056
6 PORKRASTINATORS 174.8456
7 BOOMERANG BBQ 174.8456
8 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 174.3200
9 ONE2BBQ 174.2628
10 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 173.7144
11 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 172.5828
12 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 171.4284
13 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 170.8228
14 POOH BEAR BBQ 170.8112
15 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 170.2628
16 JANKY LEG BBQ 170.2628
17 THE BBQ BUS 170.2628
18 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 170.2628
19 Shiggin aint easy 170.2628
20 THUNDER HOG BBQ 169.7028
21 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 169.6912
22 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.1428
23 WE WILL ROCK QUE 169.1200
24 Two Bubs and a Rub 168.5828
25 TRIPLE H BBQ 168.5828
26 Q-JITSU 168.5600
27 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 168.5256
28 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 168.0344
29 QUE U 168.0116
30 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 168
31 Heavy Smoke BBQ 167.9772
32 JaBs BBQ 167.9656
33 iBQ'n 167.4172
34 Second Hand Smoke SLV 167.4172
35 SmokinGhost BBQ 166.8572
36 P.I.G. 166.8456
37 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 166.3428
38 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 166.2628
39 CHANNABILLY BBQ 166.2628
40 JMB BBQ 166.2284
41 DB BBQ 165.1200
42 MAC ATTACK BBQ 165.1200
43 BooyaQ 165.0856
44 RUSTY PIG BBQ 164.5828
45 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 164.5372
46 Risky Brisket 163.9888
47 SI2 BBQ 162.8228
48 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 161.6684
49 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 161.1316
50 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 161.1200
51 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 161.0972
52 HIGH ON THE HAWG 160.5256
53 KEVLAR BBQ 160.5028
54 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 159.9888
55 A-1 TAX SERVICE INC 159.9544
56 PB&J's BBQ 159.4056
57 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 159.3600
58 CHARCOAL & MORE 159.3484
59 MARLEY'S GRILL HOUSE 157.7600
60 BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ 157.0972
61 WEQ4U 156.5256
62 ALE YEAH BBQ 155.9084
63 ACME BBQ 155.4172
64 RUBY CREEK BBQ 154.3316
65 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 154.2172
66 TEAM MONEY MUSCLE 150.2060
67 SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT 142.2284
68 4 Smokin Butts 142.1944
69 Louisville Branded BBQ 139.3716

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