Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland

2021-07-16 – 2021-07-17 · Asheboro, NC · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID

Grand Champion: Hold Your Horses BBQ (697.6572) · 19 teams

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HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ

697.6572 · Master Series — Overall

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North Meets South BBQ

694.7656 · Master Series — Overall

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JL Smokers

689.6228 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

697.6572

Winning margin

2.8916

GC over RC

Field average

672.84

median 678.77

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7660

what a walk cost here

Field spread

66.9596

winner to last place

Most consistent

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ

avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 4.5944 pts — ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 43%

beats 57% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1533

avg power rating going in · stronger than 39% of contests

Top-rated in the field

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

rated 1799 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to GA.

🃏 An upset on the books

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 22-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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800

#	Team	Score
1	House of Smoke NC	178.2972
2	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	176.5600
3	North Meets South BBQ	174.2628
4	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	174.2628
5	SMOKIN SKULLIES	174.2628
6	CBF Que	173.7028
7	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	172.5484
8	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	171.9656
9	JL Smokers	170.2628
10	SMOKE N BREW	169.6800
11	REDMULE'S BBQ	167.3828
12	POKE N SMOKE	163.9428
13	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	163.3828
14	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	162.8000
15	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	160.5028
16	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	157.1200
17	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	151.3256
18	Swine-O’s	148.5144
19	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	146.8000

Master Series — Chicken

19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4056

#	Team	Score
1	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	178.2972
2	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	176.5600
3	POKE N SMOKE	174.2628
4	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	173.1200
5	North Meets South BBQ	173.1200
6	REDMULE'S BBQ	173.1084
7	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	173.1084
8	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	172.5600
9	JL Smokers	171.9772
10	SMOKIN SKULLIES	171.4056
11	SMOKE N BREW	169.6800
12	House of Smoke NC	169.6800
13	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	169.6684
14	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	168.5488
15	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	168.0000
16	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	167.9656
17	CBF Que	166.2400
18	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	163.9544
19	Swine-O’s	163.4172

Master Series — Overall

19 entries · top 697.6572 · median 678.7660

#	Team	Score
1	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	697.6572
2	North Meets South BBQ	694.7656
3	JL Smokers	689.6228
4	SMOKIN SKULLIES	686.1828
5	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	686.1596
6	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	685.6232
7	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	685.5884
8	SMOKE N BREW	684.4572
9	POKE N SMOKE	678.7772
10	House of Smoke NC	678.7660
11	REDMULE'S BBQ	678.1600
12	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	669.0056
13	CBF Que	665.5424
14	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	660.5028
15	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	660.3884
16	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	659.9088
17	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	652.9140
18	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	639.2916
19	Swine-O’s	630.6976

Master Series — Pork

19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#	Team	Score
1	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	178.8572
2	JL Smokers	174.2628
3	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	173.1200
4	POKE N SMOKE	173.1200
5	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	173.1200
6	North Meets South BBQ	171.9656
7	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	171.9656
8	SMOKE N BREW	169.6684
9	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	169.1200
10	SMOKIN SKULLIES	168.5372
11	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	167.3828
12	REDMULE'S BBQ	166.2400
13	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	165.6800
14	CBF Que	165.6684
15	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	163.9772
16	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	162.2400
17	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	156.5144
18	Swine-O’s	155.9544
19	House of Smoke NC	155.9316

Master Series — Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 175.4288 · median 168.5372

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE N BREW	175.4288
2	North Meets South BBQ	175.4172
3	House of Smoke NC	174.8572
4	SMOKING STUDS BBQ	173.1544
5	JL Smokers	173.1200
6	SMOKIN SKULLIES	171.9772
7	REDMULE'S BBQ	171.4288
8	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	169.6800
9	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	169.6800
10	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	168.5372
11	POKE N SMOKE	167.4516
12	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	166.8228
13	TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS	165.1428
14	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	163.9544
15	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	163.9428
16	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	162.8572
17	Swine-O’s	162.8116
18	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	162.2400
19	CBF Que	159.9312