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Fire on the Mountain

2020-07-24 – 2020-07-25 · Leburn, KY · 📍 Knott County Sportsplex · State championship

Reps: DEBBY HARWELL, DON HARWELL · Prize money: $5,000.00

Grand Champion: Thunder Hog BBQ (691.4400) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

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THUNDER HOG BBQ
691.4400 · Master Series — Overall
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CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
686.8340 · Master Series — Overall
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WHO CARES BBQ
685.6800 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

30
4 judged meats

Top score

691.4400

Winning margin

4.6060
GC over RC

Field average

667.56
median 671.11

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.1204
10th place overall

Field spread

68.0340
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

THUNDER HOG BBQ
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 0.5944 pts — Shiggin aint easy

How hot was the win?

Top 82%
beats 18% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

83%
of the 30 teams with a home region came from outside KY

Came back for more

48%
12 of 25 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

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

Field strength

1554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 59% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WHO CARES BBQ
rated 1689 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

THUNDER HOG BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IN.

📸 Photo finishes

Brisket places 9–10: Butts-N-Racks BBQ and Organizer Portal tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS edged BURNING PIG BBQ by 0.0112. Brisket places 4–5: BURNING PIG BBQ edged Meat Misters by 0.0116.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ (won 2016).

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2016-07-01 Knott County Sportsplex 15 687.9884 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ SOUTH PORK
2019-07-26 Leburn, KY Knott County Sportsplex 25 698.8000 CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO. SMOKE ON THIS
2020-07-24 ← this one Leburn, KY Knott County Sportsplex 30 691.4400 Thunder Hog BBQ CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972174.8456169.7028
Pork Ribs176.0000172.5600169.7372
Pork178.8572175.4172170.2856
Brisket177.7372173.1428170.8456

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 691.4400 · median 671.1086

#TeamScore
1 THUNDER HOG BBQ 691.4400
2 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 686.8340
3 WHO CARES BBQ 685.6800
4 HOT COLE'S BBQ 685.0628
5 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 683.4284
6 CHARCOAL & MORE 682.2052
7 BLUE CHIP BBQ 680.5372
8 Shiggin aint easy 680.0344
9 Organizer Portal 678.8912
10 BURNING PIG BBQ 677.1204
11 CONTAGIOUS Q 675.3712
12 WEQ4U 675.2912
13 Butts-N-Racks BBQ 674.2400
14 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 673.6912
15 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 673.1200
16 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 669.0972
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 668.5712
18 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 667.3140
19 BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 665.7256
20 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 665.0512
21 Meat Misters 662.2740
22 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 661.6456
23 BAR-BEAM-QUE 657.6912
24 ELKHAWG SMOKERS 656.5832
25 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 656.5024
26 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 651.8968
27 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 646.8572
28 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 642.7772
29 BULLHEADED BBQ 628.4344
30 BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ 623.4060

Chicken

30 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.3030

#TeamScore
1 Shiggin aint easy 178.2972
2 HOT COLE'S BBQ 177.7028
3 Organizer Portal 175.4400
4 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 175.4056
5 CHARCOAL & MORE 174.8456
6 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1200
7 THUNDER HOG BBQ 170.8572
8 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 170.8344
9 BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 170.2744
10 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 169.7028
11 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 169.1544
12 WHO CARES BBQ 169.1428
13 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 168.5828
14 BLUE CHIP BBQ 167.4400
15 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 166.3088
16 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 166.2972
17 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 166.2744
18 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 166.2628
19 WEQ4U 166.2284
20 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 163.9772
21 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 162.8456
22 Meat Misters 160.5600
23 BAR-BEAM-QUE 160.0000
24 ELKHAWG SMOKERS 159.4516
25 Butts-N-Racks BBQ 159.4056
26 BURNING PIG BBQ 158.8344
27 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 157.6912
28 BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ 154.2856
29 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 153.1084
30 BULLHEADED BBQ 149.6456

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.5714

#TeamScore
1 THUNDER HOG BBQ 176.0000
2 WHO CARES BBQ 175.4288
3 Butts-N-Racks BBQ 174.2744
4 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 173.7600
5 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 172.5600
6 BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 172.0000
7 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 171.9772
8 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 171.4284
9 BURNING PIG BBQ 171.4172
10 ELKHAWG SMOKERS 169.7372
11 CHARCOAL & MORE 169.7028
12 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 169.7028
13 HOT COLE'S BBQ 169.1544
14 BAR-BEAM-QUE 169.1200
15 Meat Misters 166.8456
16 Shiggin aint easy 166.2972
17 Organizer Portal 166.2856
18 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 165.7484
19 BLUE CHIP BBQ 165.7028
20 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 165.6800
21 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 164.5828
22 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 163.3828
23 BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ 162.3432
24 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 162.2856
25 CONTAGIOUS Q 162.2628
26 WEQ4U 162.2400
27 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 160.5372
28 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 158.8572
29 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 154.2632
30 BULLHEADED BBQ 152.5600

Pork

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5942

#TeamScore
1 WHO CARES BBQ 178.8572
2 CONTAGIOUS Q 178.2972
3 THUNDER HOG BBQ 176.5600
4 WEQ4U 176.0000
5 BLUE CHIP BBQ 175.4172
6 BURNING PIG BBQ 173.7144
7 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 171.9884
8 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 171.4056
9 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 170.8572
10 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 170.2856
11 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 170.2628
12 CHARCOAL & MORE 170.2512
13 Butts-N-Racks BBQ 169.7144
14 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 167.4056
15 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 166.8684
16 Organizer Portal 166.3200
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 166.2856
18 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 166.2856
19 BULLHEADED BBQ 166.2744
20 HOT COLE'S BBQ 166.2400
21 BAR-BEAM-QUE 164.0228
22 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 162.8228
23 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 162.2284
24 Meat Misters 161.7256
25 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 161.1428
26 BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 161.1312
27 BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ 161.0972
28 ELKHAWG SMOKERS 160.5716
29 Shiggin aint easy 158.2972
30 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 158.2056

Brisket

30 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.6856

#TeamScore
1 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 177.7372
2 Shiggin aint easy 177.1428
3 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ 174.8800
4 BURNING PIG BBQ 173.1544
5 Meat Misters 173.1428
6 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 172.5600
7 BLUE CHIP BBQ 171.9772
8 HOT COLE'S BBQ 171.9656
9 Butts-N-Racks BBQ 170.8456
10 Organizer Portal 170.8456
11 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 170.8344
12 WEQ4U 170.8228
13 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 169.7256
14 THUNDER HOG BBQ 168.0228
15 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 167.9656
16 CHARCOAL & MORE 167.4056
17 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW 167.3944
18 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 166.8456
19 ELKHAWG SMOKERS 166.8228
20 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 166.2856
21 BAR-BEAM-QUE 164.5484
22 BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM 162.3200
23 WHO CARES BBQ 162.2512
24 CONTAGIOUS Q 161.6912
25 HOGTOWN BARBECUE 161.6456
26 BULLHEADED BBQ 159.9544
27 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 158.8456
28 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 157.7028
29 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 157.1084
30 BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ 145.6800

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