The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
2021-06-11 – 2021-06-12 · Springfield, TN · 📍 4635 HWY 41 N
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,350.00
Grand Champion: Tennessee Smoke Show (703.9884) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Pig Destroyer
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 13.1656 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Big B BBQ Company and Daddy-Jacks BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW and Pig Destroyer tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: DC's Backyard Smokers and Holy Smoke tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Serious Hog (won 2019).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-07 | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 18 | 515.9656 | Serious Hog | — |
| 2021-06-11 ← this one | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 20 | 703.9884 | Tennessee Smoke Show | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 26 | 692.5144 | Pig Destroyer | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 170.8228 | 164.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 167.9656 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 169.6800 | 166.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
20 entries · top 703.9884 · median 666.7714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | PWA BBQ | |
| 4 | Holy Smoke | |
| 5 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 6 | Honey Fire BBQ | |
| 7 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 8 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 9 | Daddy-Jacks BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 11 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 12 | C 3 Cookers | |
| 13 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 14 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 15 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 16 | Whoopie Doop BBQ | |
| 17 | Pigsicles | |
| 18 | Playground Smokers | |
| 19 | G-QUE KY | |
| 20 | R T QUE |
Chicken
20 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | PWA BBQ | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | R T QUE | |
| 5 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 6 | Daddy-Jacks BBQ | |
| 7 | Honey Fire BBQ | |
| 8 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 9 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 10 | Holy Smoke | |
| 11 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 12 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 13 | G-QUE KY | |
| 14 | C 3 Cookers | |
| 15 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 16 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 17 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 18 | Pigsicles | |
| 19 | Whoopie Doop BBQ | |
| 20 | Playground Smokers |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | PWA BBQ | |
| 4 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 5 | Holy Smoke | |
| 6 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 7 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 8 | Pigsicles | |
| 9 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 10 | G-QUE KY | |
| 11 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 12 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 13 | R T QUE | |
| 14 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 15 | Daddy-Jacks BBQ | |
| 16 | C 3 Cookers | |
| 17 | Honey Fire BBQ | |
| 18 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 19 | Whoopie Doop BBQ | |
| 20 | Playground Smokers |
Pork
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 2 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 5 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 6 | G-QUE KY | |
| 7 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 8 | Honey Fire BBQ | |
| 9 | Pigsicles | |
| 10 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 11 | PWA BBQ | |
| 12 | Daddy-Jacks BBQ | |
| 13 | Holy Smoke | |
| 14 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 15 | C 3 Cookers | |
| 16 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 17 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 18 | Whoopie Doop BBQ | |
| 19 | R T QUE | |
| 20 | Playground Smokers |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Competitor Series — Anything Butt
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4170 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Smoke | |
| 2 | Whoopie Doop BBQ | |
| 3 | Honey Fire BBQ | |
| 4 | Bad Company Cookers | |
| 5 | C 3 Cookers | |
| 6 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 7 | Daddy-Jacks BBQ | |
| 8 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 9 | TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW | |
| 10 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 11 | THE BLAZERS | |
| 12 | PWA BBQ | |
| 13 | Smokin in the Country | |
| 14 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 15 | Playground Smokers | |
| 16 | DC's Backyard Smokers | |
| 17 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 18 | Pigsicles |