Smokin For Garrett

2020-10-23 – 2020-10-24 · Boonville, IN · 📍 2144 New Harmony RD

Reps: KENT SCHUETZ, RACHEL SCHUETZ · Prize money: $7,280.00

Grand Champion: Que U (692.5256) · 41 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

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QUE U

692.5256 · Master Series — Overall

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SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

685.6112 · Master Series — Overall

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ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

685.6112 · Master Series — Overall

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.

548.88 median 666.67 692.53 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Master Series — Chicken 178.86
Master Series — Pork Ribs 177.71
Master Series — Pork 178.30
Master Series — Brisket 180.00 🔥
Backyard Series — Chicken 176.06
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 176.08
Backyard Series — Pork 175.44

119.86 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2021 — this edition picked out.

Entries

7 judged meats

Top score

692.5256

Winning margin

6.9144

GC over RC

Field average

657.23

548.88692.53

median 666.67 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

THE BBQ BUS (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.8800

548.88692.53

10th place overall

Field spread

143.6452

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,280.00

on the line

Most consistent

QUE U

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 6.2972 pts — CHARCOAL & MORE

How hot was the win?

Top 62%

beats 38% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

51%

20 of 39 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1574

avg power rating going in · stronger than 58% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ

rated 1944 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

QUE U came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1717
top seed 1944

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 19 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: QUE U and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: THUNDER HOG BBQ and FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: ONE2BBQ and OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Master Series — Chicken 2–3 · tie
Master Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
Master Series — Chicken 6–7 · tie
Master Series — Chicken 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

QUE U took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 18th.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 18th
Brisket 5th

A contest record in brisket

180.0000 best brisket ever cooked here

THE BBQ BUS turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 178.8572
across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Scuffletown Smokers (won 2019).

Scuffletown Smokers · 2019

The biggest field yet

41 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 32 teams

41 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 32.

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.

THE BBQ BUS · Brisket

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2018-04-27	Boonville, IN	2144 New Harmony Rd	38	694.7656	GREY STREET BBQ	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
2019-04-26	Boonville, IN	2144 New Harmony Rd	26	699.9428	Scuffletown Smokers	GREY STREET BBQ
2020-10-23 ← this one	Boonville, IN	2144 New Harmony RD	41	692.5256	Que U	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
2021-10-22	Boonville, IN	2144 New Harmony RD	27	692.5028	Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe	HOT COLE'S BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Master Series — Chicken	178.8572	171.9656	170.8228
Master Series — Pork Ribs	177.7144	173.1316	170.8228
Master Series — Pork	178.2972	174.8572	173.1200
Master Series — Brisket	180.0000	174.2856	172.5484
Backyard Series — Chicken	176.0572	167.4288	161.1772
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs	176.0800	168.6056	161.1312
Backyard Series — Pork	175.4400	168.0000	162.8112

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

41 entries · top 692.5256 · median 666.6740

#	Team	Score
1	QUE U	692.5256
2	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	685.6112
3	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	685.6112
4	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	684.4684
5	WEQ4U	683.3144
6	ONE2BBQ	682.7540
7	SmokinGhost BBQ	681.6572
8	Heavy Smoke BBQ	680.4568
9	THUNDER HOG BBQ	679.3600
10	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	678.8800
11	OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS	678.2284
12	CHARCOAL & MORE	677.6000
13	JaBs BBQ	675.8968
14	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	673.5768
15	BILLY RAY BBQ	672.4340
16	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	670.7196
17	The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	670.1024
18	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	669.5772
19	BLUE CHIP BBQ	669.0056
20	JANKY LEG BBQ	666.7428
21	THE BBQ BUS	666.6740
22	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	663.8744
23	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	658.1716
24	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	657.1432
25	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	656.9596
26	Hickory Stick BBQ	656.4228
27	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	655.8168
28	Rub Em' Right BBQ	654.2516
29	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	654.1028
30	A-1 TAX SERVICE INC	652.3884
31	Close Butt No Cigar	650.1712
32	Smokehouse rock	650.1488
33	TWISTED SMOKE ADC	649.5316
34	Rob-a-Que	639.8056
35	2 BUDS BBQ	630.7428
36	Secondhand Smoke	626.0800
37	Z Smoke	608.9828
38	BIG RACK SMOKERS	607.7604
39	SMOKE DAWGS	604.9712
40	PoCo Porkers	595.1088
41	Shadetree Smokers	548.8804

Chicken

41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7028

#	Team	Score
1	CHARCOAL & MORE	178.8572
2	QUE U	172.5600
3	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	172.5600
4	THUNDER HOG BBQ	171.9656
5	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	171.9656
6	ONE2BBQ	171.4056
7	OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS	171.4056
8	JaBs BBQ	171.4056
9	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	170.8228
10	Heavy Smoke BBQ	170.8228
11	BLUE CHIP BBQ	169.6916
12	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	169.6800
13	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	169.6800
14	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	168.5828
15	Rub Em' Right BBQ	168.0344
16	A-1 TAX SERVICE INC	167.9772
17	SmokinGhost BBQ	167.4172
18	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	167.3828
19	Rob-a-Que	166.8344
20	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	165.7144
21	JANKY LEG BBQ	165.7028
22	BILLY RAY BBQ	165.1200
23	TWISTED SMOKE ADC	164.5256
24	WEQ4U	163.9428
25	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	163.3944
26	Hickory Stick BBQ	162.7884
27	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	162.2516
28	2 BUDS BBQ	161.6684
29	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	160.5716
30	The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	160.5028
31	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	160.5028
32	Close Butt No Cigar	158.8228
33	Smokehouse rock	158.8228
34	THE BBQ BUS	158.2056
35	Z Smoke	157.6688
36	BIG RACK SMOKERS	153.6572
37	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	153.6340
38	SMOKE DAWGS	152.5256
39	Secondhand Smoke	152.5028
40	Shadetree Smokers	148.0000
41	PoCo Porkers	145.0744

Pork Ribs

41 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.0856

#	Team	Score
1	QUE U	177.7144
2	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	176.5716
3	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	175.4172
4	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	173.1316
5	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	173.1316
6	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	172.5600
7	WEQ4U	171.9772
8	OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS	171.4172
9	ONE2BBQ	171.4056
10	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	170.8228
11	JaBs BBQ	167.9772
12	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	167.4172
13	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	167.4172
14	JANKY LEG BBQ	167.3944
15	SmokinGhost BBQ	166.8572
16	TWISTED SMOKE ADC	166.8228
17	Close Butt No Cigar	165.7028
18	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	165.6800
19	The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	165.6684
20	Heavy Smoke BBQ	165.6684
21	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	165.0856
22	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	164.5372
23	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	164.5372
24	THE BBQ BUS	164.5256
25	THUNDER HOG BBQ	162.8688
26	BLUE CHIP BBQ	162.8228
27	Smokehouse rock	162.7884
28	Rub Em' Right BBQ	161.1428
29	CHARCOAL & MORE	160.5028
30	BILLY RAY BBQ	159.9428
31	Hickory Stick BBQ	159.3716
32	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	158.8228
33	2 BUDS BBQ	158.2516
34	Z Smoke	156.5372
35	BIG RACK SMOKERS	155.9428
36	Secondhand Smoke	154.8000
37	SMOKE DAWGS	154.2400
38	A-1 TAX SERVICE INC	154.2172
39	PoCo Porkers	149.6572
40	Rob-a-Que	149.0972
41	Shadetree Smokers	132.4800

Pork

41 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	178.2972
2	Heavy Smoke BBQ	177.1428
3	THUNDER HOG BBQ	175.4172
4	The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	175.4056
5	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	174.8572
6	BILLY RAY BBQ	174.2628
7	JaBs BBQ	173.1428
8	WEQ4U	173.1316
9	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	173.1200
10	SmokinGhost BBQ	173.1200
11	OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS	172.5600
12	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	170.8572
13	Hickory Stick BBQ	169.7256
14	Close Butt No Cigar	169.7144
15	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	169.6800
16	BLUE CHIP BBQ	169.1084
17	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	168.5944
18	QUE U	167.9656
19	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	167.9656
20	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	167.3944
21	PoCo Porkers	166.2400
22	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	166.2400
23	CHARCOAL & MORE	166.2284
24	Smokehouse rock	165.1316
25	Secondhand Smoke	164.5600
26	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	163.9656
27	THE BBQ BUS	163.9428
28	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	163.9428
29	Rob-a-Que	163.9312
30	Rub Em' Right BBQ	163.3828
31	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	163.3712
32	ONE2BBQ	162.2284
33	Z Smoke	159.3940
34	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	159.3828
35	JANKY LEG BBQ	159.3828
36	A-1 TAX SERVICE INC	157.6456
37	TWISTED SMOKE ADC	157.0860
38	2 BUDS BBQ	153.1200
39	BIG RACK SMOKERS	143.9200
40	SMOKE DAWGS	142.7772
41	Shadetree Smokers	132.4916

Brisket

41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	THE BBQ BUS	180.0000 🔥
2	ONE2BBQ	177.7144
3	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	176.5600
4	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	174.2972
5	QUE U	174.2856
6	WEQ4U	174.2628
7	JANKY LEG BBQ	174.2628
8	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2628
9	BILLY RAY BBQ	173.1084
10	A-1 TAX SERVICE INC	172.5484
11	CHARCOAL & MORE	172.0116
12	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	169.6684
13	BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ	169.1084
14	THUNDER HOG BBQ	169.1084
15	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	168.5712
16	The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	168.5256
17	BLUE CHIP BBQ	167.3828
18	Heavy Smoke BBQ	166.8228
19	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	166.8112
20	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	166.2400
21	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	166.2284
22	Hickory Stick BBQ	164.5372
23	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	164.5140
24	Smokehouse rock	163.4060
25	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	163.3712
26	JaBs BBQ	163.3712
27	OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS	162.8456
28	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	162.8228
29	Rub Em' Right BBQ	161.6916
30	TWISTED SMOKE ADC	161.0972
31	Rob-a-Que	159.9428
32	2 BUDS BBQ	157.7028
33	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	157.6340
34	Close Butt No Cigar	155.9312
35	SMOKE DAWGS	155.4284
36	BIG RACK SMOKERS	154.2404
37	Secondhand Smoke	154.2172
38	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	149.1428
39	Shadetree Smokers	135.9088
40	Z Smoke	135.3828
41	PoCo Porkers	134.1372

Backyard Series

Overall

28 entries · top 497.8060 · median 475.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Hawgboyz BBQ	497.8060
2	LEE LA Q	491.4628
3	Puck Daddy's Killer Q	489.6224
4	RIBLIFE	488.5944
5	2 Swine Crew	487.4512
6	WC Blues Que	486.5368
7	LEM'S MEAT VARNISH	485.0740
8	BigginSmokey BBQ	484.0000
9	D’Qued Barbeque	482.8912
10	ToJo's Smoke Me Tender	482.2516
11	Ham Squad	481.7024
12	The Master Baisters	481.6340
13	HICKORY HANGOVER	480.6284
14	Great White Smoke	475.9768
15	Double J's BBQ	475.9544
16	Bottom Barrel BBQ	469.6912
17	Smoke Break BBQ	469.0176
18	Bonpas Bottoms BBQ	468.5716
19	Dirt Rider BBQ	458.8228
20	Furlongs Smoke & Seafood	455.9200
21	Butcher's Dog BBQ	454.2400
22	REDBONES BBQ	450.6740
23	Smokin Blue BBQ	441.6456
24	Mad Dog BBQ	439.9772
25	SMOKIN' N CHOKIN' BBQ	439.2796
26	One2ManyBBQ	430.7200
27	Thin Q Line	425.5540
28	Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ	334.8916

Chicken

28 entries · top 176.0572 · median 156.5886

#	Team	Score
1	Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ	176.0572
2	ToJo's Smoke Me Tender	170.3544
3	Ham Squad	169.7484
4	WC Blues Que	168.1256
5	Smoke Break BBQ	167.4288
6	One2ManyBBQ	165.7600
7	Puck Daddy's Killer Q	164.5484
8	REDBONES BBQ	163.4628
9	LEM'S MEAT VARNISH	161.6800
10	D’Qued Barbeque	161.1772
11	Double J's BBQ	160.0116
12	Dirt Rider BBQ	159.4056
13	Hawgboyz BBQ	158.3316
14	LEE LA Q	157.2000
15	The Master Baisters	155.9772
16	Great White Smoke	154.8456
17	HICKORY HANGOVER	153.7144
18	Mad Dog BBQ	153.7028
19	2 Swine Crew	151.9884
20	BigginSmokey BBQ	149.1656
21	Smokin Blue BBQ	148.5484
22	Bottom Barrel BBQ	148.5028
23	RIBLIFE	147.9888
24	Bonpas Bottoms BBQ	147.4516
25	SMOKIN' N CHOKIN' BBQ	147.3484
26	Furlongs Smoke & Seafood	134.7428
27	Butcher's Dog BBQ	129.6456
28	Thin Q Line	127.9312

Pork Ribs

28 entries · top 176.0800 · median 158.8400

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY HANGOVER	176.0800
2	RIBLIFE	174.2856
3	Hawgboyz BBQ	171.4744
4	Puck Daddy's Killer Q	171.4056
5	D’Qued Barbeque	168.6056
6	LEM'S MEAT VARNISH	166.2400
7	WC Blues Que	163.4856
8	ToJo's Smoke Me Tender	163.3944
9	The Master Baisters	162.8456
10	2 Swine Crew	161.1312
11	Bottom Barrel BBQ	159.4628
12	BigginSmokey BBQ	159.3944
13	Furlongs Smoke & Seafood	158.9144
14	LEE LA Q	158.8456
15	Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ	158.8344
16	Great White Smoke	155.9884
17	Bonpas Bottoms BBQ	155.9772
18	Ham Squad	155.9428
19	Butcher's Dog BBQ	154.3088
20	Thin Q Line	151.3828
21	Double J's BBQ	150.2284
22	REDBONES BBQ	149.0744
23	Smoke Break BBQ	146.7888
24	Dirt Rider BBQ	139.9772
25	Mad Dog BBQ	138.2516
26	Smokin Blue BBQ	138.2400
27	SMOKIN' N CHOKIN' BBQ	135.9200
28	One2ManyBBQ	119.8628

Pork

27 entries · top 175.4400 · median 157.1540

#	Team	Score
1	BigginSmokey BBQ	175.4400
2	LEE LA Q	175.4172
3	2 Swine Crew	174.3316
4	Butcher's Dog BBQ	170.2856
5	Hawgboyz BBQ	168.0000
6	RIBLIFE	166.3200
7	Double J's BBQ	165.7144
8	Great White Smoke	165.1428
9	Bonpas Bottoms BBQ	165.1428
10	The Master Baisters	162.8112
11	Furlongs Smoke & Seafood	162.2628
12	Bottom Barrel BBQ	161.7256
13	Dirt Rider BBQ	159.4400
14	LEM'S MEAT VARNISH	157.1540
15	SMOKIN' N CHOKIN' BBQ	156.0112
16	Ham Squad	156.0112
17	WC Blues Que	154.9256
18	Smokin Blue BBQ	154.8572
19	Smoke Break BBQ	154.8000
20	Puck Daddy's Killer Q	153.6684
21	D’Qued Barbeque	153.1084
22	HICKORY HANGOVER	150.8340
23	ToJo's Smoke Me Tender	148.5028
24	Mad Dog BBQ	148.0228
25	Thin Q Line	146.2400
26	One2ManyBBQ	145.0972
27	REDBONES BBQ	138.1368

Smokin For Garrett

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

The biggest field yet

A perfect score on the table

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork