Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1
2021-07-16 – 2021-07-17 · Morgantown, WV · 📍 500 Mylan Park Lane · State championship
Reps: SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD · Prize money: $4,800.00
Grand Champion: Ale Yeah (695.9200) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUNKY BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0972 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and ALE YEAH BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: ALL FIRED UP BBQ and BURNING PIG BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: ALE YEAH BBQ and DRILLING & GRILLING tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
ALE YEAH BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8344 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 171.4288 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7028 | 170.8344 | 164.5256 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.0000 | 171.4172 | 165.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.0344 | 169.7028 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 695.9200 · median 675.9144
Chicken
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4058
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.6972
Pork
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.4000
Brisket
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6914
Backyard Series
Overall
14 entries · top 350.8916 · median 335.6686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 2 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 3 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | T & S BBQ | |
| 5 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 6 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 7 | Optimus Swine | |
| 8 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 9 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 10 | Ham Squad | |
| 11 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 12 | Wild Blue | |
| 13 | 4 Buds & Some Smoke | |
| 14 | Totally Sauced |
Chicken
14 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 2 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 3 | T & S BBQ | |
| 4 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 5 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 6 | Optimus Swine | |
| 7 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 8 | Ham Squad | |
| 9 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 10 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 11 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Wild Blue | |
| 13 | 4 Buds & Some Smoke | |
| 14 | Totally Sauced |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 176.0344 · median 168.0058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 3 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 4 | Poor Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 6 | OFF THE RACK BBQ | |
| 7 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 8 | T & S BBQ | |
| 9 | Optimus Swine | |
| 10 | Ham Squad | |
| 11 | Wild Blue | |
| 12 | 4 Buds & Some Smoke | |
| 13 | Totally Sauced | |
| 14 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |