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Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1

May 14–15, 2021 · Mannington, WV · 📍 Buffalo St · State championship

Reps: Debby Harwell, Don Harwell

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REDMULE'S BBQ
696.5600 · Master Series — Overall
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GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
694.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ
693.6916 · Master Series — Overall

REDMULE'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 on May 14, 2021 in Mannington, WV at Buffalo St, scoring 696.5600 in a field of 18 teams. GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8344. Category winners: Chicken — GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — REDMULE'S BBQ (176.0116); Pork — REDMULE'S BBQ (176.0000); Brisket — WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ (178.8800). The Backyard Series standings were won by Bowmans Butt & BBQ with 521.0972.

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 176.01
  • Master Series — Pork 176
  • Master Series — Brisket 178.88
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 175.41
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 177.18
  • Backyard Series — Pork 175.42
129.12 180

Entries

18
7 judged meats

Top score

696.5600

Winning margin

1.7256
GC over RC

Field average

656.65
578.77696.56
median 666.26 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

664.5372
578.77696.56
10th place overall

Field spread

117.7940
winner to last place

Most consistent

Bowmans Butt & BBQ
avg finish 1.33 across 3 meats

Double threats

10
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 6.9028 pts — LEM'S MEAT VARNISH

How hot was the win?

Top 47%
beats 53% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,544
avg power rating going in · stronger than 33% of contests

Top-rated in the field

D’Qued Barbeque
rated 1676 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: House of Smoke NC and WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: CHUNKY BBQ and WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 7–8: Ham Squad and 2 Pits BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

REDMULE'S BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

REDMULE'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 7th

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.

  • GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ · Chicken

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)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180172.5828167.9772
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.0116170.8800164.0228
Master Series — Pork176172.5600169.7028
Master Series — Brisket178.8800172.5600166.2400
Backyard Series — Chicken175.4056169.1200165.1200
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs177.1772170.2628166.2972
Backyard Series — Pork175.4172169.6916160.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 696.5600 · median 666.2628

#TeamScore
1 REDMULE'S BBQ 696.5600
2 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 694.8344
3 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 693.6916
4 House of Smoke NC 693.0972
5 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 688.4912
6 CHUNKY BBQ 686.2056
7 SMOKECRAFT - MD 685.0972
8 OL' DOMINION Q 670.1944
9 BEER TIME BBQ 667.9884
10 Dyin Breed BBQ 664.5372
11 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 659.2796
12 smokey anderson bbq 658.1832
13 FATBOYSBBQ 651.3372
14 Benny Rays BBQ 619.2912
15 Just Blowing Smoke 616.4684
16 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 609.5316
17 Uncle V's Kickin Chicken 586.1940
18 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 578.7660

Chicken

18 entries · top 180 · median 168.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 180 🔥
2 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 174.8572
3 House of Smoke NC 174.2744
4 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 174.2744
5 REDMULE'S BBQ 172.5828
6 SMOKECRAFT - MD 172.5600
7 BEER TIME BBQ 171.4400
8 OL' DOMINION Q 169.1544
9 CHUNKY BBQ 168.5256
10 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 167.9772
11 Dyin Breed BBQ 166.2628
12 Benny Rays BBQ 162.2628
13 smokey anderson bbq 159.9428
14 FATBOYSBBQ 156.5600
15 Uncle V's Kickin Chicken 152.0228
16 Just Blowing Smoke 149.6800
17 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 143.9772
18 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 143.3716

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 176.0116 · median 166

#TeamScore
1 REDMULE'S BBQ 176.0116
2 House of Smoke NC 173.7028
3 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 173.1428
4 CHUNKY BBQ 172.5600
5 SMOKECRAFT - MD 170.8800
6 FATBOYSBBQ 170.2628
7 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 168.5484
8 smokey anderson bbq 168.5372
9 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 167.9772
10 BEER TIME BBQ 164.0228
11 OL' DOMINION Q 162.8116
12 Dyin Breed BBQ 161.1544
13 Just Blowing Smoke 160.5600
14 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 158.8112
15 Benny Rays BBQ 152.5372
16 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 150.8456
17 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 149.1316
18 Uncle V's Kickin Chicken 129.1200

Pork

18 entries · top 176 · median 169.9770

#TeamScore
1 REDMULE'S BBQ 176
2 SMOKECRAFT - MD 175.4172
3 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 174.2972
4 CHUNKY BBQ 172.5600
5 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 172.5600
6 House of Smoke NC 171.9772
7 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 170.8228
8 smokey anderson bbq 170.2860
9 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 170.2512
10 FATBOYSBBQ 169.7028
11 OL' DOMINION Q 167.3828
12 Dyin Breed BBQ 161.1200
13 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 161.0972
14 BEER TIME BBQ 160.5256
15 Uncle V's Kickin Chicken 151.9656
16 Benny Rays BBQ 151.3712
17 Just Blowing Smoke 149.6912
18 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 145.6800

Brisket

18 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.8172

#TeamScore
1 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 178.8800
2 Dyin Breed BBQ 176
3 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 174.2628
4 House of Smoke NC 173.1428
5 CHUNKY BBQ 172.5600
6 BEER TIME BBQ 172
7 REDMULE'S BBQ 171.9656
8 OL' DOMINION Q 170.8456
9 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 167.3944
10 SMOKECRAFT - MD 166.2400
11 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 162.2400
12 smokey anderson bbq 159.4172
13 Just Blowing Smoke 156.5372
14 FATBOYSBBQ 154.8116
15 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 154.2172
16 Benny Rays BBQ 153.1200
17 Uncle V's Kickin Chicken 153.0856
18 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 139.9772

Backyard Series

Overall

14 entries · top 521.0972 · median 497.9546 · out of 540, not the usual 360

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 521.0972
2 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 511.4172
3 Ham Squad 507.9200
4 Sweet & Savory BBQ 507.8972
5 D’Qued Barbeque 505.6916
6 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 505.6456
7 2 Pits BBQ 498.8460
8 Country Boys BBQ 497.0632
9 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 495.9540
10 KenzielouQ 492.5376
11 Dogpatch Q 491.8856
12 OFF THE RACK BBQ 485.0632
13 Little E's Que 479.3828
14 Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ 465.6688

Chicken

14 entries · top 175.4056 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 175.4056
2 KenzielouQ 170.8688
3 Dogpatch Q 170.8228
4 D’Qued Barbeque 170.2972
5 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 169.1200
6 Sweet & Savory BBQ 168.5256
7 Ham Squad 167.4172
8 2 Pits BBQ 167.4172
9 Little E's Que 166.2856
10 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 165.1200
11 OFF THE RACK BBQ 161.6572
12 Country Boys BBQ 156.5260
13 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 154.8112
14 Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ 152.5256

Pork Ribs

14 entries · top 177.1772 · median 168.5544

#TeamScore
1 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 177.1772
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 170.2744
3 Country Boys BBQ 170.2744
4 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 170.2628
5 2 Pits BBQ 170.2628
6 Sweet & Savory BBQ 169.6800
7 D’Qued Barbeque 168.5716
8 Ham Squad 168.5372
9 OFF THE RACK BBQ 167.3944
10 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 166.2972
11 Dogpatch Q 165.1200
12 KenzielouQ 164.5372
13 Little E's Que 158.8344
14 Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ 152.5832

Pork

14 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.5428

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 175.4172
2 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 174.8456
3 Ham Squad 171.9656
4 Country Boys BBQ 170.2628
5 Sweet & Savory BBQ 169.6916
6 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 169.1200
7 D’Qued Barbeque 166.8228
8 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 166.2628
9 2 Pits BBQ 161.1660
10 Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ 160.5600
11 KenzielouQ 157.1316
12 OFF THE RACK BBQ 156.0116
13 Dogpatch Q 155.9428
14 Little E's Que 154.2628

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