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Central Plains Ribfest Day 1

Jun 18–19, 2021 · Holdrege, NE · 📍 5th Ave & Grant st · State championship

Reps: Lynda Voth, Robert Hahn

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TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
703.9772 · Master Series — Overall
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MAN MEAT BBQ
701.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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DIRT ROAD BBQ
697.6916 · Master Series — Overall

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER won Grand Champion at the Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 on June 18, 2021 in Holdrege, NE at 5th Ave & Grant st, scoring 703.9772 in a field of 40 teams. MAN MEAT BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.1084. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ (177.7372); Pork Ribs — BACKDRAFT BBQ (178.2972); Pork — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (180.0000); Brisket — 4 LEGS UP BBQ (177.7028).

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.74
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 177.70
68.79 180

Entries

40
4 judged meats

Top score

703.9772

Winning margin

2.8688
GC over RC

Field average

664.22
554.99703.98
median 672.22 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

688.5716
554.99703.98
10th place overall

Field spread

148.9824
winner to last place

Most consistent

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 1.1428 pts — 4 LEGS UP BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 17%
beats 83% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.76 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,617
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED
rated 1961 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

An upset on the books

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Texas Smoke Whisperer came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1675
  • top seed 1961

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: LC BBQ and SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BnB BBQ and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: SMOKIN K and PROUD SOULS BARBECUE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 6th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER · Pork

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7372176.5828174.8456
Pork Ribs178.2972174.8572173.1084
Pork180177.7028174.8572
Brisket177.7028174.8572172.5716

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

40 entries · top 703.9772 · median 672.2228

#TeamScore
1 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 703.9772
2 MAN MEAT BBQ 701.1084
3 DIRT ROAD BBQ 697.6916
4 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 694.2400
5 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 693.7032
6 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 693.6456
7 GETTIN' BASTED 693.6228
8 BACKDRAFT BBQ 691.9544
9 4 LEGS UP BBQ 691.3600
10 HELPING U BBQ 688.5716
11 WHEN PIGS DIE 686.2520
12 TEAM BREW & QUE 685.6684
13 Florida Boy's BBQ 685.0856
14 SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 685.0284
15 SMOKIN K 677.6344
16 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 676.4800
17 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 675.3028
18 BnB BBQ 674.1944
19 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 673.0400
20 LC BBQ 672.5144
21 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 671.9312
22 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 668.5600
23 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 666.7424
24 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 666.1716
25 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 666.1252
26 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 662.7544
27 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 660.4688
28 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 660.4572
29 Smokin' Reefer BBQ 658.1484
30 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 657.6000
31 Meat Machine BBQ 655.9888
32 Gone Smokin' BBQ 654.7316
33 M-DUBS BBQ 651.8400
34 CSGS BBQ 646.7776
35 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 634.7428
36 Well Sauced BBQ 619.2460
37 Three Smokin Guys 602.6976
38 Saucey Momma 587.2344
39 SPADY BBQ 580.4572
40 Piccolos BBQ 554.9948

Chicken

40 entries · top 177.7372 · median 171.9828

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 177.7372
2 GETTIN' BASTED 177.7028
3 BACKDRAFT BBQ 177.1544
4 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 177.1428
5 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 176.5828
6 MAN MEAT BBQ 176.5600
7 LC BBQ 176
8 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 176
9 DIRT ROAD BBQ 175.4400
10 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 174.8456
11 Florida Boy's BBQ 174.8456
12 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 173.7144
13 TEAM BREW & QUE 173.1428
14 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 173.1084
15 4 LEGS UP BBQ 172.5600
16 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 172.5600
17 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 172.5600
18 HELPING U BBQ 172.0116
19 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 172
20 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 172
21 SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 171.9656
22 Gone Smokin' BBQ 169.7144
23 Smokin' Reefer BBQ 169.7028
24 SMOKIN K 169.6916
25 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 169.1660
26 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 168.5600
27 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 167.9772
28 WHEN PIGS DIE 167.4060
29 Meat Machine BBQ 165.7144
30 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 165.7028
31 Well Sauced BBQ 165.6684
32 BnB BBQ 164.5256
33 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 164.5140
34 M-DUBS BBQ 163.9656
35 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 159.9660
36 CSGS BBQ 158.2516
37 SPADY BBQ 147.9544
38 Saucey Momma 145.6344
39 Three Smokin Guys 144.5148
40 Piccolos BBQ 68.7888

Pork Ribs

40 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.8458

#TeamScore
1 BACKDRAFT BBQ 178.2972
2 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 177.7144
3 SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 176.5600
4 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4056
5 BnB BBQ 174.8572
6 DIRT ROAD BBQ 174.8572
7 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 173.7028
8 Florida Boy's BBQ 173.1544
9 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 173.1316
10 MAN MEAT BBQ 173.1084
11 HELPING U BBQ 172.5600
12 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 172
13 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 171.9656
14 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 171.9656
15 Smokin' Reefer BBQ 170.8344
16 M-DUBS BBQ 170.8344
17 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 170.2744
18 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 169.6800
19 WHEN PIGS DIE 169.1544
20 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 169.1316
21 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 168.5600
22 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 168.5484
23 TEAM BREW & QUE 167.9772
24 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 167.3828
25 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 166.8572
26 Piccolos BBQ 166.8228
27 SMOKIN K 165.1200
28 CSGS BBQ 163.4172
29 4 LEGS UP BBQ 163.3944
30 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 163.3828
31 Gone Smokin' BBQ 161.6800
32 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 159.9772
33 Meat Machine BBQ 159.4172
34 LC BBQ 159.3944
35 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 155.9084
36 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 152.5028
37 SPADY BBQ 150.8456
38 Saucey Momma 150.2628
39 Three Smokin Guys 150.2400
40 Well Sauced BBQ 143.9316

Pork

40 entries · top 180 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 180 🔥
2 MAN MEAT BBQ 178.8800
3 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 178.8572
4 HELPING U BBQ 177.7144
5 4 LEGS UP BBQ 177.7028
6 SMOKIN K 176.5600
7 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 176.5600
8 BACKDRAFT BBQ 175.4172
9 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 175.4172
10 TEAM BREW & QUE 174.8572
11 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 174.2856
12 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.1316
13 GETTIN' BASTED 171.9772
14 DIRT ROAD BBQ 170.8344
15 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 169.1544
16 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 168.5716
17 Florida Boy's BBQ 167.3828
18 SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 166.8228
19 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 165.6800
20 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 165.1200
21 LC BBQ 165.1200
22 Meat Machine BBQ 165.1200
23 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 165.0856
24 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 165.0856
25 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 165.0856
26 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 164.5256
27 Piccolos BBQ 164.0116
28 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 163.9312
29 Gone Smokin' BBQ 163.3828
30 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 162.8116
31 Three Smokin Guys 161.7028
32 BnB BBQ 161.6800
33 Well Sauced BBQ 158.8344
34 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 156.5144
35 Smokin' Reefer BBQ 156.4912
36 M-DUBS BBQ 155.9428
37 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 153.7028
38 CSGS BBQ 151.9660
39 Saucey Momma 147.3828
40 SPADY BBQ 142.2628

Brisket

40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166

#TeamScore
1 4 LEGS UP BBQ 177.7028
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 176.5600
3 WHEN PIGS DIE 176.5600
4 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 176
5 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 174.8572
6 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 174.2628
7 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 173.7144
8 CSGS BBQ 173.1428
9 BnB BBQ 173.1316
10 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 172.5716
11 MAN MEAT BBQ 172.5600
12 LC BBQ 172
13 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 171.4056
14 Florida Boy's BBQ 169.7028
15 TEAM BREW & QUE 169.6912
16 SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 169.6800
17 GETTIN' BASTED 168.5372
18 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 168.0116
19 HELPING U BBQ 166.2856
20 SMOKIN K 166.2628
21 Meat Machine BBQ 165.7372
22 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 165.1200
23 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 163.3712
24 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 162.8000
25 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 161.6456
26 Smokin' Reefer BBQ 161.1200
27 M-DUBS BBQ 161.0972
28 BACKDRAFT BBQ 161.0856
29 Gone Smokin' BBQ 159.9544
30 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 159.4172
31 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 159.4172
32 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 159.3712
33 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 158.2628
34 Piccolos BBQ 155.3716
35 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 154.7772
36 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 153.7256
37 Well Sauced BBQ 150.8116
38 Three Smokin Guys 146.2400
39 Saucey Momma 143.9544
40 SPADY BBQ 139.3944

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