Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin
2021-05-07 – 2021-05-08 · Franklin, NC · 📍 The Great Outdoors RV Resort · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID
Grand Champion: Hold Your Horses BBQ (697.6572) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to GA.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: SWIG-N-PIG and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ and SWIG-N-PIG tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: TASTE OF GRACE and Still Workin' On It tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 170.8228 | 168.5256 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 697.6572 · median 680.4800
Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 173.1316 · median 168.5372
Pork
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
17 entries · top 176.5600 · median 173.1084