Central Plains Ribfest Day 1
2021-06-18 – 2021-06-19 · Holdrege, NE · 📍 5th Ave & Grant st · State championship
Reps: LYNDA VOTH, ROBERT HAHN
Grand Champion: Texas Smoke Whisperer (703.9772) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAN MEAT BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Texas Smoke Whisperer took the Grand Championship home to MO.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Texas Smoke Whisperer came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, 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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 176.5828 | 174.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.8572 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 172.5716 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
40 entries · top 703.9772 · median 672.2228
Chicken
40 entries · top 177.7372 · median 171.9828
Pork Ribs
40 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.8458
Pork
40 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
40 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.0000