2021-05-14 – 2021-05-15 · Union City, TN · 📍 1711 East Church St. · State championship
Reps: DONNA YOUNG, ED YOUNG · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Hot Cole's BBQ (692.5716) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
HOT COLE'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 90% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1628 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 2–3: Can Country Outlaw BBQ and BIG BOOTS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Uncle Kenny's Take-Away and Organizer Portal tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOT COLE'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 172.0000 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7144 | 169.7028 | 166.2856 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 175.4172 | 168.5716 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 170.2744 |
31 entries · top 692.5716 · median 656.9940
31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5600
31 entries · top 173.7144 · median 164.5484
31 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.0000
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 2 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 6 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 7 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 10 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 11 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 12 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 13 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 14 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 15 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 16 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 17 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 19 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 20 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 21 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 22 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 23 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 24 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 25 | 2 BUDS BBQ | |
| 26 | Porkin in Public | |
| 27 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 28 | TRIPLE D BBQ TN | |
| 29 | Squatch BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokin Doz |