Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
2021-05-15 – 2021-05-16 · Plainview, TX · 📍 3400 W 4th St · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $6,500.00
Grand Champion: Texas Smoke Whisperer (698.7884) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAN MEAT BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Texas Smoke Whisperer took the Grand Championship home to MO.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: Chingon BBQ and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK and BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: CHICKEN FRIED BBQ and TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Rio Valley Meat BBQ (won 2019), LC BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Texas Smoke Whisperer came in rated below the field's top team, MAN MEAT BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-10 | Plainview, TX | 3400 W 4th St. | 38 | 703.9656 | Boomerang | Big Bob's B-B Crew |
| 2019-05-11 | Plainview, TX | 3400 W 4th St. | 21 | 707.9884 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| 2021-05-14 | Plainview, TX | 3400 W 4th St. | 33 | 690.8228 | LC BBQ | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| 2021-05-15 ← this one | Plainview, TX | 3400 W 4th St | 22 | 698.7884 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | MAN MEAT BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 169.6916 |
| Master Series — Pork | 175.4172 | 171.4172 | 168.5256 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9656 | 165.6800 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 175.4056 | 166.8456 | 165.0856 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 698.7884 · median 672.4400
Chicken
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6858
Pork
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.2514
Brisket
22 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.0914
Ancillary
Pork
12 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.5542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LC BBQ | |
| 2 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 3 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 4 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 5 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 6 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | Gladiolas BBQ | |
| 8 | Pork n Things | |
| 9 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 10 | Bionic BBQ | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |