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Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland

2021-07-16 – 2021-07-17 · Asheboro, NC · 📍 Zooland Family Campground · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID

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

Reserve Champion: 🥈 North Meets South BBQ

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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

19
4 judged meats

Top score

697.6572

Winning margin

2.8916
GC over RC

Field average

672.84
median 678.77

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7660
10th place overall

Field spread

66.9596
winner to last place

Most consistent

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ
avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 4.5944 pts — ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 61%
beats 39% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

37%
of the 19 teams with a home region came from outside NC

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.53 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1535
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% 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.

📸 Photo finishes

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.

🃏 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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972173.1200171.4056
Pork Ribs175.4288173.1200168.5372
Pork178.8572173.1200168.5372
Brisket178.2972174.2628169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

19 entries · top 697.6572 · median 678.7660

#TeamScore
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

Chicken

19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4056

#TeamScore
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

Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 175.4288 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
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

Pork

19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
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

Brisket

19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
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

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