A first Grand Championship
12
tracked contests to get there
This was Tennessee Smoke Show's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 12th tracked contest.
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) 2021
Jun 11–12, 2021 · Springfield, TN · 📍 4635 HWY 41 N
Reps: Janet Appleton, Sam Appleton · Prize money: $3,350
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW won Grand Champion at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) on June 11, 2021 in Springfield, TN at 4635 HWY 41 N, scoring 703.9884 in a field of 20 teams. Pig Destroyer took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8228. Category winners: Chicken — TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW (178.2972); Pork Ribs — TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW (178.8572); Pork — Smokin in the Country (176.5600). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Serious Hog; the next was held in 2022.
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.
482.22
median 666.77
703.99 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.30
- Pork Ribs 178.86
- Pork 176.56
141.65
178.86
Entries
20
3 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
703.9884
Winning margin
13.1656
GC over RC
Field average
646.14
482.22703.99
median 666.77 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
5.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
669.1084
482.22703.99
10th place overall
Field spread
221.7712
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,350
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Came back for more
44%
8 of 18 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (7 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 6 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork 7–8 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
3 of 3
meats called to the stage
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 2nd.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 2nd
A contest record in pork ribs
178.8572
best pork ribs ever cooked here
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOW turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 172.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 172.5600
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Serious Hog (won 2019).
- Serious Hog · 2019
The contest returns
2 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-06-07.
- previous edition 2019-06-07
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
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2019 | Springfield, TN | 4635 US-41 | 18 | 515.9656 | Serious Hog |
| Jun 11, 2021 ← this one | Springfield, TN | 4635 HWY 41 N | 20 | 703.9884 | Tennessee Smoke Show |
| Jun 10, 2022 | 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 · out of 720, not the usual 720
| # | 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 · 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 |