Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge

2021-04-16 – 2021-04-17 · Roebuck, SC · 📍 Pine Ridge Campground · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID

Grand Champion: Rooters-N-Tooters (709.1200) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Heavy Smoke BBQ

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ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

709.1200 · Master Series — Overall

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Heavy Smoke BBQ

702.8116 · Master Series — Overall

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CHOOCHOO BBQ

695.9544 · 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.

653.61 median 684.42 709.12 🏆

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 178.30
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 177.15

154.86 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

709.1200

Winning margin

6.3084

GC over RC

Field average

681.42

653.61709.12

median 684.42 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

PALMETTO PITMASTERS (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket

0.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7772

653.61709.12

10th place overall

Field spread

55.5088

winner to last place

Most consistent

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.7144 pts — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

How hot was the win?

Top 4%

beats 96% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1644

avg power rating going in · stronger than 94% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1975 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

A stacked field

1644 average power rating going in

Stronger than 94% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1644 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.

top seed GETTIN' BASTED (1975)
27 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and SMOKE N BREW tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Heavy Smoke BBQ and CHOOCHOO BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 3rd
Brisket 3rd

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.

PALMETTO PITMASTERS · 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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7028	176.0000	173.1084
Pork Ribs	178.2972	174.2744	171.9772
Pork	180.0000	173.1200	170.8228
Brisket	177.1544	176.5600	173.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 709.1200 · median 684.4224

#	Team	Score
1	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	709.1200
2	Heavy Smoke BBQ	702.8116
3	CHOOCHOO BBQ	695.9544
4	PALMETTO PITMASTERS	695.3712
5	GETTIN' BASTED	693.0628
6	SWIG-N-PIG	692.5260
7	SMOKE N BREW	690.1944
8	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	690.1712
9	REDMULE'S BBQ	689.0856
10	UNDER THE RADAR	686.7772
11	Still Workin' On It	686.7428
12	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	685.6228
13	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	685.0744
14	BALD HAWG BBQ	684.4224
15	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	679.2796
16	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	678.7196
17	SMOKIN SKULLIES	676.4340
18	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	675.2796
19	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	674.7884
20	Big Bear's BBQ	673.6000
21	THE HOG MAFIA	672.9596
22	BARREL FEVER BBQ	672.4572
23	Brother In Law BBQ Team	671.8512
24	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	665.6000
25	BUD WISER'S BBQ	659.8400
26	Casual Smokers SC	656.9372
27	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	653.6112

Chicken

27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9656

#	Team	Score
1	BARREL FEVER BBQ	177.7028
2	UNDER THE RADAR	177.1544
3	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	176.5600
4	SMOKE N BREW	176.5600
5	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	176.0000
6	GETTIN' BASTED	176.0000
7	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	175.4400
8	CHOOCHOO BBQ	173.7144
9	PALMETTO PITMASTERS	173.1544
10	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	173.1084
11	SWIG-N-PIG	173.1084
12	THE HOG MAFIA	173.1084
13	Heavy Smoke BBQ	171.9772
14	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	171.9656
15	Brother In Law BBQ Team	171.9656
16	BALD HAWG BBQ	171.9656
17	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	171.9656
18	Big Bear's BBQ	170.2628
19	REDMULE'S BBQ	170.2512
20	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	169.1200
21	SMOKIN SKULLIES	168.5256
22	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	168.5256
23	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	168.5256
24	Still Workin' On It	168.5256
25	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	163.9884
26	BUD WISER'S BBQ	163.3944
27	Casual Smokers SC	158.2056

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8228

#	Team	Score
1	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	178.2972
2	REDMULE'S BBQ	176.5828
3	Heavy Smoke BBQ	175.4172
4	CHOOCHOO BBQ	175.4172
5	SWIG-N-PIG	174.2744
6	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	174.2628
7	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	173.1200
8	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	173.1200
9	Still Workin' On It	171.9772
10	Brother In Law BBQ Team	171.9772
11	Big Bear's BBQ	171.9772
12	Casual Smokers SC	171.9772
13	GETTIN' BASTED	170.8228
14	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	170.8228
15	SMOKIN SKULLIES	170.2744
16	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	170.2628
17	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	170.2628
18	PALMETTO PITMASTERS	170.2512
19	BALD HAWG BBQ	169.6800
20	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	169.1316
21	BUD WISER'S BBQ	167.9772
22	UNDER THE RADAR	167.9656
23	SMOKE N BREW	166.2516
24	BARREL FEVER BBQ	166.2400
25	THE HOG MAFIA	163.9428
26	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	156.5256
27	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	155.9544

Pork

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PALMETTO PITMASTERS	180.0000 🔥
2	Heavy Smoke BBQ	178.8572
3	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	177.7028
4	BALD HAWG BBQ	174.2628
5	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1200
6	BARREL FEVER BBQ	171.9772
7	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	171.4172
8	SWIG-N-PIG	171.4172
9	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	170.8344
10	Still Workin' On It	170.8228
11	SMOKE N BREW	170.8112
12	CHOOCHOO BBQ	169.6684
13	Brother In Law BBQ Team	169.1200
14	UNDER THE RADAR	168.5372
15	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	168.5256
16	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	167.9656
17	REDMULE'S BBQ	167.9656
18	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	167.9540
19	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	167.3828
20	THE HOG MAFIA	167.3828
21	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	167.3828
22	BUD WISER'S BBQ	166.8228
23	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	166.2744
24	SMOKIN SKULLIES	165.0856
25	Big Bear's BBQ	163.9772
26	Casual Smokers SC	163.9544
27	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	154.8572

Brisket

27 entries · top 177.1544 · median 171.9656

#	Team	Score
1	CHOOCHOO BBQ	177.1544
2	SMOKE N BREW	176.5716
3	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	176.5600
4	Heavy Smoke BBQ	176.5600
5	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	176.5600
6	Still Workin' On It	175.4172
7	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	175.4172
8	REDMULE'S BBQ	174.2860
9	SWIG-N-PIG	173.7260
10	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	173.7028
11	UNDER THE RADAR	173.1200
12	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1200
13	SMOKIN SKULLIES	172.5484
14	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	171.9656
15	PALMETTO PITMASTERS	171.9656
16	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	169.1200
17	THE HOG MAFIA	168.5256
18	BALD HAWG BBQ	168.5140
19	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	167.9656
20	Big Bear's BBQ	167.3828
21	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	166.2628
22	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	166.2284
23	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	166.2284
24	Casual Smokers SC	162.8000
25	BUD WISER'S BBQ	161.6456
26	Brother In Law BBQ Team	158.7884
27	BARREL FEVER BBQ	156.5372

Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

A stacked field

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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)

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