Jun 19–20, 2020 · Fort Ripley, MN · 📍 3246 Lawson Rd · State championship
Reps: Tom Juhl, Troy Youngblood · Prize money: $3,400
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ won Grand Champion at The Hayfield on June 19, 2020 in Fort Ripley, MN at 3246 Lawson Rd, scoring 687.9428 in a field of 22 teams. PIGTAMER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.7600. Category winners: Chicken — RUB MY RACK (179.4400); Pork Ribs — PIGTAMER BBQ (176.6172); Brisket — HOT DADDY'S BBQ (176.5600).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SPITFIRE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 3 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Rum N' Smoke BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.
Chicken places 4–5: SMOKE IN THE EYE and DAD BOD BARBEQUE tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BURNT WOOD BBQ edged THE DOCFATHER BBQ by 0.0116. Brisket places 7–8: BURNT WOOD BBQ edged WHEN PIGS DIE by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 171.4400 | 167.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.6172 | 173.7028 | 167.4516 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 165.6800 |
22 entries · top 687.9428 · median 663.0976
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 3 | SPITFIRE | |
| 4 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 5 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 6 | THE DOCFATHER BBQ | |
| 7 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 8 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 10 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 12 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 13 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 14 | Good Grefe! | |
| 15 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ | |
| 17 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 18 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 19 | Swampview BBQ | |
| 20 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 21 | Black Mamba BBQ North | |
| 22 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE |
22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.0002
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 2 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 3 | SPITFIRE | |
| 4 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 5 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 8 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 9 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 10 | THE DOCFATHER BBQ | |
| 11 | Good Grefe! | |
| 12 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 14 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 15 | TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ | |
| 16 | Swampview BBQ | |
| 17 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 18 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 19 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 21 | Black Mamba BBQ North | |
| 22 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM |
22 entries · top 176.6172 · median 164.8516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 2 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 3 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | THE DOCFATHER BBQ | |
| 6 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | SPITFIRE | |
| 8 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 9 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 10 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 11 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 13 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 14 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 15 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 16 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 17 | TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ | |
| 18 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 19 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 20 | Good Grefe! | |
| 21 | Swampview BBQ | |
| 22 | Black Mamba BBQ North |
22 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | SPITFIRE | |
| 4 | TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ | |
| 5 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 6 | THE DOCFATHER BBQ | |
| 7 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 8 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 9 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 10 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 11 | Black Mamba BBQ North | |
| 12 | Good Grefe! | |
| 13 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 14 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 15 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 16 | Swampview BBQ | |
| 17 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 18 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 20 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 21 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 22 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE |
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.
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 2 | BURNT WOOD BBQ | |
| 3 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 4 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 5 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 6 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 7 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | SPITFIRE | |
| 9 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 10 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 11 | Good Grefe! | |
| 12 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 13 | THE DOCFATHER BBQ | |
| 14 | Swampview BBQ | |
| 15 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 16 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | Sin Circle BBQ | |
| 18 | TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ | |
| 19 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 21 | Black Mamba BBQ North | |
| 22 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE |