9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1)
2021-08-26 – 2021-08-27 · Washington Island, WI · 📍 Washington Island, WI 54246 · State championship
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Red Rock Cafe (690.8572) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LET'S GET TANCK'D 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
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Crash Test Smokers and LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ tied on 172.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN edged HOME FARM BBQ by 0.0228.
🃏 An upset on the books
Red Rock Cafe came in rated below the field's top team, THE BBQ BUS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-26 ← this one | Washington Island, WI | Washington Island, WI 54246 | 25 | 690.8572 | Red Rock Cafe | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ |
| 2021-08-27 | Washington Island, WI | Washington Island | 25 | 691.9544 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | THE BBQ BUS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 173.1200 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5716 | 170.2628 | 166.8456 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 172.0000 | 164.5372 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 170.8228 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 690.8572 · median 661.6228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 2 | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 5 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 6 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGLINE | |
| 8 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 9 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 11 | Plastered Pork BBQ | |
| 12 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 13 | Sloshkosh BBQ | |
| 14 | Crash Test Smokers | |
| 15 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 16 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 17 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 18 | Shank N Shig BBQ | |
| 19 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 20 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 21 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 22 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 23 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que | |
| 24 | DDs BBQ Company | |
| 25 | PIGINORPIGOUT COOKING TEAM |
Chicken
25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 4 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 5 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 8 | Plastered Pork BBQ | |
| 9 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 10 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 11 | HOGLINE | |
| 12 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 13 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 14 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 15 | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ | |
| 16 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que | |
| 17 | Shank N Shig BBQ | |
| 18 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 20 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 21 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 22 | Sloshkosh BBQ | |
| 23 | Crash Test Smokers | |
| 24 | DDs BBQ Company | |
| 25 | PIGINORPIGOUT COOKING TEAM |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 172.5716 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crash Test Smokers | |
| 2 | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ | |
| 3 | HOGLINE | |
| 4 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 8 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 9 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 10 | Sloshkosh BBQ | |
| 11 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 12 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 13 | Plastered Pork BBQ | |
| 14 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 15 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 16 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que | |
| 17 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 18 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 19 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Shank N Shig BBQ | |
| 21 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 22 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 23 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 24 | DDs BBQ Company | |
| 25 | PIGINORPIGOUT COOKING TEAM |
Pork
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 4 | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 6 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | Crash Test Smokers | |
| 8 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 9 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 10 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 12 | Sloshkosh BBQ | |
| 13 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 14 | Shank N Shig BBQ | |
| 15 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 16 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 17 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que | |
| 18 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 19 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 20 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 21 | Plastered Pork BBQ | |
| 22 | HOGLINE | |
| 23 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 24 | DDs BBQ Company | |
| 25 | PIGINORPIGOUT COOKING TEAM |
Brisket
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Rock Cafe | |
| 2 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 3 | LET'S GET TANCK'D BBQ | |
| 4 | HOGLINE | |
| 5 | Plastered Pork BBQ | |
| 6 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 7 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 8 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | Sloshkosh BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | Shank N Shig BBQ | |
| 13 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 14 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 15 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 17 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 18 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 19 | Crash Test Smokers | |
| 20 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 21 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 22 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 23 | DDs BBQ Company | |
| 24 | PIGINORPIGOUT COOKING TEAM | |
| 25 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que |
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
6 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | 270 Smokers | |
| 4 | Smokin Highwaymen | |
| 5 | Second Hand Smoke SLV | |
| 6 | Up N Smoke Bar-B-Que |