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Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2

2021-05-15 – 2021-05-16 · Mannington, WV · 📍 Buffalo St

Reps: DEBBY HARWELL, DON HARWELL

Grand Champion: Chunky BBQ (701.7376) · 15 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO

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CHUNKY BBQ
701.7376 · Master Series — Overall
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HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO
690.8460 · Master Series — Overall
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GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ
688.5600 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

15
7 judged meats

Top score

701.7376

Winning margin

10.8916
GC over RC

Field average

657.36
median 673.10

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
Sweet & Savory BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.5256
10th place overall

Field spread

146.5720
winner to last place

Most consistent

CHUNKY BBQ
avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

13
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — Ham Squad

How hot was the win?

Top 38%
beats 62% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

74%
of the 27 teams with a home region came from outside WV

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.52 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1541
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests

Top-rated in the field

D’Qued Barbeque
rated 1661 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 10.8916 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

CHUNKY BBQ took the Grand Championship home to NJ.

🧹 A double category winner

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

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: SMOKECRAFT - MD and CONVICTED PIGS BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 2–3: FATBOYSBBQ and CHUNKY BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 8–9: Gold-N-Blue Barbecue and LEM'S MEAT VARNISH tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

CHUNKY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, D’Qued Barbeque, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken177.7144174.8572163.3828
Master Series — Pork Ribs175.4516169.1200161.6800
Master Series — Pork177.1428173.1200164.0000
Master Series — Brisket177.1544174.2628165.7144
Backyard Series — Chicken178.2972170.8572166.8112
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs174.2628170.2972164.5488
Backyard Series — Pork180.0000172.5828160.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

15 entries · top 701.7376 · median 673.0972

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 701.7376
2 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 690.8460
3 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 688.5600
4 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 688.5488
5 SMOKECRAFT - MD 688.5028
6 REDMULE'S BBQ 685.1660
7 House of Smoke NC 683.9884
8 FATBOYSBBQ 673.0972
9 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 671.9200
10 BEER TIME BBQ 656.5256
11 smokey anderson bbq 655.9200
12 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 630.1484
13 Just Blowing Smoke 602.3088
14 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 587.9660
15 Off The Bone 555.1656

Chicken

15 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.6916

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 177.7144
2 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 177.1544
3 House of Smoke NC 176.5828
4 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.8572
5 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 174.8572
6 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 172.0116
7 REDMULE'S BBQ 167.4400
8 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 165.6916
9 FATBOYSBBQ 164.5600
10 BEER TIME BBQ 163.3828
11 smokey anderson bbq 161.6912
12 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 156.5256
13 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 149.1660
14 Just Blowing Smoke 147.9772
15 Off The Bone 146.2856

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 175.4516 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 CHUNKY BBQ 175.4516
2 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 174.8572
3 REDMULE'S BBQ 174.2860
4 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 173.7144
5 SMOKECRAFT - MD 169.1200
6 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 168.5600
7 FATBOYSBBQ 168.5372
8 House of Smoke NC 166.2628
9 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 165.7256
10 smokey anderson bbq 161.6800
11 BEER TIME BBQ 160.0000
12 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 155.9656
13 Just Blowing Smoke 152.5944
14 Off The Bone 139.9772
15 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 137.1200

Pork

15 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.0000

#TeamScore
1 REDMULE'S BBQ 177.1428
2 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 176.0228
3 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 176.0000
4 House of Smoke NC 174.2744
5 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 173.1200
6 CHUNKY BBQ 172.5716
7 SMOKECRAFT - MD 170.2628
8 smokey anderson bbq 168.0000
9 BEER TIME BBQ 167.4284
10 FATBOYSBBQ 164.0000
11 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 163.9428
12 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 163.4172
13 Just Blowing Smoke 155.4284
14 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 147.9772
15 Off The Bone 144.5600

Brisket

15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8228

#TeamScore
1 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 177.1544
2 FATBOYSBBQ 176.0000
3 CHUNKY BBQ 176.0000
4 WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ 174.8800
5 SMOKECRAFT - MD 174.2628
6 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 169.1200
7 House of Smoke NC 166.8684
8 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 166.8228
9 REDMULE'S BBQ 166.2972
10 BEER TIME BBQ 165.7144
11 smokey anderson bbq 164.5488
12 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh 153.7028
13 Just Blowing Smoke 146.3088
14 Mason Jar BBQ & Catering 144.4800
15 Off The Bone 124.3428

Backyard Series

Overall

12 entries · top 519.9660 · median 509.0972

#TeamScore
1 Sweet & Savory BBQ 519.9660
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 519.3712
3 Ham Squad 517.0972
4 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 515.9768
5 Full Throttle BBQ 515.3944
6 D’Qued Barbeque 510.2744
7 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 507.9200
8 Country Boys BBQ 502.8348
9 OFF THE RACK BBQ 499.3256
10 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 494.7428
11 KenzielouQ 492.0116
12 Dogpatch Q 481.6228

Chicken

12 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5542

#TeamScore
1 Ham Squad 178.2972
2 KenzielouQ 176.0000
3 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 172.5600
4 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 171.9884
5 D’Qued Barbeque 170.8572
6 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 169.1312
7 Sweet & Savory BBQ 167.9772
8 OFF THE RACK BBQ 167.3828
9 Full Throttle BBQ 166.8344
10 Dogpatch Q 166.8112
11 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 166.2400
12 Country Boys BBQ 165.1316

Pork Ribs

12 entries · top 174.2628 · median 169.1028

#TeamScore
1 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 174.2628
2 Full Throttle BBQ 173.1428
3 Sweet & Savory BBQ 171.9888
4 OFF THE RACK BBQ 171.4172
5 D’Qued Barbeque 170.2972
6 Ham Squad 169.6800
7 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 168.5256
8 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 167.3828
9 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 167.3828
10 Country Boys BBQ 164.5488
11 Dogpatch Q 164.5488
12 KenzielouQ 156.5944

Pork

12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Sweet & Savory BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 178.8572
3 Full Throttle BBQ 175.4172
4 Country Boys BBQ 173.1544
5 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 172.5828
6 Ham Squad 169.1200
7 D’Qued Barbeque 169.1200
8 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 167.9772
9 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 161.1200
10 OFF THE RACK BBQ 160.5256
11 KenzielouQ 159.4172
12 Dogpatch Q 150.2628

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