Swine At the Shrine
2021-08-06 – 2021-08-07 · Savannah, GA · 📍 100 Eisenberg Dr. · State championship
Reps: DOUG REID, JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: KINGS BBQ (699.9428) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOLD YOUR HORSES 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
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Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Kings BBQ took the Grand Championship home to FL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: SMOKE SHOW MAFIA and REDMULE'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and ROLLIN KOLBZ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: CHOOCHOO BBQ and Kings BBQ Team tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Kings BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-11 | Savannah, GA | 100 Eisenberg Dr. | 38 | 707.4060 | BACKYARD BRO'S BBQ | HOT WACHULA'S |
| 2021-08-06 ← this one | Savannah, GA | 100 Eisenberg Dr. | 25 | 699.9428 | KINGS BBQ | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ |
| 2022-08-05 | Savannah, GA | 100 Eisenberg Dr. | 49 | 702.2516 | OMF BBQ | Kings BBQ Team |
| 2022-08-05 | Savannah, GA | 100 Eisenberg Dr. | 24 | 177.1428 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 170.8460 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 699.9428 · median 686.1712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 2 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 6 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 7 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 9 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 10 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 11 | QUENUT BBQ | |
| 12 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 13 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 14 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 17 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 18 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 19 | QMEISTERS | |
| 20 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 21 | CUSTOM CABINETS | |
| 22 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 23 | ANOTHER ADVENTURE BBQ | |
| 24 | GATA BBQ | |
| 25 | BADGERS RENTALS |
Chicken
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 3 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 4 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 7 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 8 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | QUENUT BBQ | |
| 10 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 11 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 12 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 13 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 14 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 15 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 17 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 18 | GATA BBQ | |
| 19 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 20 | QMEISTERS | |
| 21 | ANOTHER ADVENTURE BBQ | |
| 22 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 23 | BADGERS RENTALS | |
| 24 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 25 | CUSTOM CABINETS |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 2 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 3 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 4 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 7 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 8 | CUSTOM CABINETS | |
| 9 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 10 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 11 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 12 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 13 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 14 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 15 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 17 | QUENUT BBQ | |
| 18 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 19 | ANOTHER ADVENTURE BBQ | |
| 20 | GATA BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 22 | QMEISTERS | |
| 23 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 24 | BADGERS RENTALS | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS |
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 4 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 6 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 7 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 8 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 10 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 11 | QUENUT BBQ | |
| 12 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 13 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 14 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 15 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 18 | QMEISTERS | |
| 19 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 20 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 21 | ANOTHER ADVENTURE BBQ | |
| 22 | CUSTOM CABINETS | |
| 23 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 24 | BADGERS RENTALS | |
| 25 | GATA BBQ |
Brisket
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 4 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 5 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | QUENUT BBQ | |
| 7 | Kings BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 9 | CUSTOM CABINETS | |
| 10 | Going Yard BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
| 12 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 13 | PeachCoast BBQ | |
| 14 | SWEET DIXIE BBQ | |
| 15 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 16 | ROLLIN KOLBZ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 18 | QMEISTERS | |
| 19 | MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | |
| 20 | CHOOCHOO BBQ | |
| 21 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 22 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 23 | BADGERS RENTALS | |
| 24 | GATA BBQ | |
| 25 | ANOTHER ADVENTURE BBQ |
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Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.