Jul 16–17, 2021 · Asheboro, NC · 📍 Zooland Family Campground · State championship
Reps: Alan Rothrock, Doug Reid
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland on July 16, 2021 in Asheboro, NC at Zooland Family Campground, scoring 697.6572 in a field of 19 teams. North Meets South BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.7656. Category winners: Chicken — HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ (178.2972); Pork Ribs — SMOKE N BREW (175.4288); Pork — ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — House of Smoke NC (178.2972).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 4–5: SMOKING STUDS BBQ and North Meets South BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: REDMULE'S BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ and HOLT BROTHERS BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4288 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
19 entries · top 697.6572 · median 678.7660
19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4056
19 entries · top 175.4288 · median 168.5372
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800