Aug 20–21, 2021 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1308 Indiana Ave · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $9,310
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS won Grand Champion at the Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship on August 20, 2021 in Lubbock, TX at 1308 Indiana Ave, scoring 694.3084 in a field of 43 teams. TEXAS OIL DUST took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0284. Category winners: Chicken — Big Daddy G's BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS (177.7372); Pork — CHICKEN FRIED BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — TEXAS OIL DUST (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Boomerang BBQ.
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 82 times in 100
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas came in rated below the field's top team, Fergolicious BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 37th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team and Team Chupacabra tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CHICKEN FRIED BBQ and ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ edged Smoking OCD by 0.0116.
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 23rd.
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 175.4172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2019 | Lubbock, TX | 1308 Indiana Ave | 62 | 702.2628 | Boomerang BBQ | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ |
| Aug 20, 2021 ← this one | Lubbock, TX | 1308 Indiana Ave | 43 | 694.3084 | Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | TEXAS OIL DUST |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 171.9656 | 168.5488 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.8456 | 169.1656 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.8572 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 171.9772 | 168.5600 |
43 entries · top 694.3084 · median 643.3148
42 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.3772
43 entries · top 177.7372 · median 161.0972
43 entries · top 180 · median 162.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
43 entries · top 180 · median 160.5604 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2628