Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
2020-09-05 – 2020-09-06 · Augusta, GA · 📍 Augusta, GA 30904 · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID, JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $40,200.00
Grand Champion: SMOKING BUTT HEADS (712.5832) · 54 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SWEET SMOKE Q
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
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
14 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and Organizer Portal tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Organizer Portal and TOO SAUCED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR - TN (won 2019).
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKING BUTT HEADS came in rated below the field's top team, WHO CARES BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-24 | Evans, GA | Evans Town Center Blvd | 72 | 701.0972 | UNDER THE RADAR - TN | Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow |
| 2020-09-05 ← this one | Augusta, GA | Augusta, GA 30904 | 54 | 712.5832 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | SWEET SMOKE Q |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 176.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
54 entries · top 712.5832 · median 689.0572
Chicken
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.2802
Pork
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
Ancillary — Peach Dessert
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 2 | BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | SWEET SMOKE Q | |
| 5 | COOTER'S N SMOKE | |
| 6 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE | |
| 10 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 11 | RECTEQ | |
| 12 | KRAZY TRAIN BBQ | |
| 13 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 14 | SOUTHERN PRIDE ROOSTERS | |
| 15 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ |