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Smoke on the Water

2021-05-01 – 2021-05-02 · Liberty, IN · 📍 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd · State championship

Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $5,000.00

Grand Champion: The BBQ Bus (706.2400) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ

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706.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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690.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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690.2400 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

27
4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

706.2400

Winning margin

16.0000
GC over RC

Field average

651.11
median 669.59

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken
4.0228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.3484
10th place overall

Field spread

265.2000
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.0000 pts — THE BBQ BUS

How hot was the win?

Top 19%
beats 81% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

15%
of the 27 teams with a home region came from outside IN

Came back for more

42%
11 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1537
avg power rating going in · stronger than 42% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1744 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Thunder Hog BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 13 tracked editions.

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 16.0000 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

THE BBQ BUS took the Grand Championship home to IL.

🧹 A double category winner

THE BBQ BUS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company and SMOKIN HOOSIERS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: JMB BBQ and Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SMOKE-N-PEPPERS and FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Thunder Hog BBQ (won 2019).

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
2013-10-11 Topeka, KS 43 687.4516 CHICKHOOVENSWINE BBQ BLACK EYE BBQ
2015-10-09 Topeka, KS 66605 33 696.5600 JO-BAWB'S BBQ BOXER Q BBQ
2017-05-06 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD 26 695.9084 VICTORY SMOKERS GREY STREET BBQ
2018-05-05 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD 28 693.6684 GREY STREET BBQ BANKIN BABY BBQ
2019-05-04 Liberty, IN 381 W Old Dunlapsville 26 696.5140 Thunder Hog BBQ SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ
2021-05-01 ← this one Liberty, IN 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd 27 706.2400 The BBQ Bus GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ
2021-10-15 Topeka, KS 3435 SE East Edge Rd 25 699.3600 Mad Mutt's BBQ SMOKE RINGERS
2022-04-29 Liberty, IN 3801 W Old Dunlapsville Rd 25 707.9888 Thunder Hog BBQ SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
2022-10-14 Topeka, KS 3435 SE East Edge Rd 28 701.6688 Cow Creek BBQ MAN MEAT BBQ
2023-10-13 Topeka, KS 3435 SE East Edge Rd 39 707.4176 Slaps BBQ WOOD HOOK BBQ
2024-09-20 Pine Bluff, AR 1 Regional Park Dr 42 698.2628 Kith n Kin SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
2024-10-11 Topeka, KS 3435 SE East Edge Rd 31 700.5372 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Bocephus BBQ
2025-10-10 Topeka, KS 3435 SE East Edge Rd 30 703.3828 Squealin N Dealin BBQ Damn Fine Beef & Swine
2026-10-09 Topeka, KS

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1428173.1200169.6800
Pork Ribs176.5600171.4288169.1544
Pork180.0000172.0000169.7028
Brisket178.8800173.1200171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 706.2400 · median 669.5884

#TeamScore
1 THE BBQ BUS 706.2400
2 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ 690.2400
3 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 690.2400
4 JMB BBQ 689.1316
5 ONE2BBQ 689.0744
6 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 688.5256
7 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 682.7884
8 WEQ4U 680.4684
9 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 678.2056
10 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 675.3484
11 THUNDER HOG BBQ 674.1940
12 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 673.0972
13 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 671.9316
14 BLUE CHIP BBQ 669.5884
15 Extra Mile BBQ 667.8856
16 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 667.3480
17 BBQ Maestros 666.7772
18 ACME BBQ 656.4572
19 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 651.3604
20 Cloud Swine BBQ 646.8116
21 Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ 644.4916
22 CHARCOAL & MORE 643.8280
23 Let's Smoke 630.0568
24 D'VINE SWINE 611.2920
25 Smoky Bear BBQ 604.4456
26 Wyatt's Wild West BBQ 489.1316
27 Pop's Grill & Catering 441.0400

Chicken

27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.4400

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 177.1428
2 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ 174.2628
3 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 173.7028
4 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 173.7028
5 THE BBQ BUS 173.1200
6 WEQ4U 172.5484
7 ONE2BBQ 171.9888
8 JMB BBQ 171.4172
9 Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ 171.4172
10 BBQ Maestros 169.6800
11 ACME BBQ 169.1544
12 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 167.9772
13 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 167.9656
14 THUNDER HOG BBQ 167.4400
15 Wyatt's Wild West BBQ 166.8460
16 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 166.2744
17 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 166.2628
18 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 166.2284
19 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 165.0972
20 Cloud Swine BBQ 163.9772
21 BLUE CHIP BBQ 161.6684
22 D'VINE SWINE 161.1432
23 Extra Mile BBQ 158.7884
24 Smoky Bear BBQ 158.2400
25 CHARCOAL & MORE 157.0740
26 Let's Smoke 157.0628
27 Pop's Grill & Catering 150.8572

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.9714

#TeamScore
1 THE BBQ BUS 176.5600
2 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 172.5600
3 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 171.9772
4 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 171.9772
5 WEQ4U 171.4288
6 ONE2BBQ 171.4172
7 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 171.4172
8 JMB BBQ 170.8688
9 BBQ Maestros 169.1544
10 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ 169.1544
11 Extra Mile BBQ 167.9772
12 BLUE CHIP BBQ 167.3828
13 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 166.2628
14 THUNDER HOG BBQ 165.6800
15 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 164.5488
16 Cloud Swine BBQ 162.2744
17 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 161.6800
18 ACME BBQ 160.5372
19 Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ 159.4400
20 CHARCOAL & MORE 159.3712
21 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 157.7256
22 Let's Smoke 157.6684
23 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 153.0860
24 Smoky Bear BBQ 152.5372
25 D'VINE SWINE 149.6688
26 Pop's Grill & Catering 141.0972

Pork

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.6172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 THE BBQ BUS 180.0000 🔥
2 JMB BBQ 179.4400
3 ONE2BBQ 176.0000
4 THUNDER HOG BBQ 173.7028
5 Extra Mile BBQ 172.0000
6 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 171.4284
7 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 171.4056
8 BLUE CHIP BBQ 170.8344
9 WEQ4U 170.2628
10 BBQ Maestros 169.7028
11 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ 169.1200
12 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 169.1200
13 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 169.1200
14 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 168.6172
15 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 167.9656
16 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 167.4400
17 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 166.2628
18 CHARCOAL & MORE 163.4172
19 Cloud Swine BBQ 161.7256
20 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 161.6800
21 D'VINE SWINE 160.5828
22 Wyatt's Wild West BBQ 157.7028
23 ACME BBQ 157.0856
24 Smoky Bear BBQ 154.3200
25 Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ 153.6688
26 Let's Smoke 151.3484
27 Pop's Grill & Catering 149.0856

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.3942

#TeamScore
1 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 178.8800
2 GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ 177.7028
3 THE BBQ BUS 176.5600
4 SMOKIN HOOSIERS 173.7028
5 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 173.1200
6 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 172.0000
7 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 172.0000
8 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 172.0000
9 TIRE SMOKE BBQ 171.9884
10 OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 171.9656
11 BLUE CHIP BBQ 169.7028
12 ACME BBQ 169.6800
13 ONE2BBQ 169.6684
14 Extra Mile BBQ 169.1200
15 JMB BBQ 167.4056
16 THUNDER HOG BBQ 167.3712
17 WEQ4U 166.2284
18 Wyatt's Wild West BBQ 164.5828
19 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 164.5600
20 Let's Smoke 163.9772
21 CHARCOAL & MORE 163.9656
22 Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ 159.9656
23 Cloud Swine BBQ 158.8344
24 BBQ Maestros 158.2400
25 D'VINE SWINE 139.8972
26 Smoky Bear BBQ 139.3484

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 — Anything Butt

4 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 180.0000 🔥
2 Extra Mile BBQ 176.0000
3 WEQ4U 173.1200
4 Smoky Bear BBQ 161.7028

Kids-Q — Celebrate Real Pork Series - Kids 10 Under

2 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Dino Que 180.0000 🔥
2 Shake Your Booty Que 170.2856

Kids-Q — Celebrate Real Pork Series - Kids 11-15

1 entries · top 173.1428 · median 173.1428

#TeamScore
1 Wyatt's Wild West BBQ 173.1428

Ancillary — Celebrate Real Pork Series - Pork Chop

11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 178.2972
2 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 176.5716
3 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 176.5600
4 D'VINE SWINE 168.5600
5 BBQ Maestros 167.3828
6 BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ 167.3828
7 Extra Mile BBQ 166.8344
8 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 166.2628
9 ACME BBQ 157.0628
10 Smoky Bear BBQ 155.9772
11 Pop's Grill & Catering 151.3944

Ancillary — Obr Mystery Meat

9 entries · top 176.5944 · median 162.2400

#TeamScore
1 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 176.5944
2 BBQ Maestros 174.2628
3 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 167.9772
4 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 167.3828
5 Pop's Grill & Catering 162.2400
6 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 162.2284
7 Extra Mile BBQ 154.8228
8 ACME BBQ 154.7884
9 Smoky Bear BBQ 150.8572

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