Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park
2021-08-27 – 2021-08-28 · Myrtle Beach, SC · 📍 Myrtle Beach Travel Park · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID
Grand Champion: Smokin Skullies (691.3488) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1660 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKIN SKULLIES took the Grand Championship home to NC.
🧹 A double category winner
REDMULE'S BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: HOT WACHULA'S and BALD HAWG BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: REDMULE'S BBQ and Still Workin' On It tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKIN SKULLIES came in rated below the field's top team, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 170.8456 | 169.6916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 691.3488 · median 672.7774
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 4 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 5 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 7 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 8 | SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | |
| 9 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 10 | CBF Que | |
| 11 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 13 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 15 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 16 | Pig on Fire | |
| 17 | Phenomenal BBQ | |
| 18 | Pappys Legacy BBQ | |
| 19 | Swine-O’s | |
| 20 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 21 | Brewknow's Q | |
| 22 | Young-Guns Smokehouse |
Chicken
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | CBF Que | |
| 3 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 4 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 5 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 6 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 8 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 9 | Phenomenal BBQ | |
| 10 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | |
| 12 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 13 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Young-Guns Smokehouse | |
| 15 | Pig on Fire | |
| 16 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 17 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 18 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 19 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 20 | Pappys Legacy BBQ | |
| 21 | Swine-O’s | |
| 22 | Brewknow's Q |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 2 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 3 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | |
| 5 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 6 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 8 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 9 | CBF Que | |
| 10 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 11 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 12 | Pig on Fire | |
| 13 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 14 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 15 | Young-Guns Smokehouse | |
| 16 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 17 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 18 | Pappys Legacy BBQ | |
| 19 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 20 | Phenomenal BBQ | |
| 21 | Brewknow's Q | |
| 22 | Swine-O’s |
Pork
21 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 3 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 4 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 5 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 7 | SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | |
| 8 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 9 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 11 | CBF Que | |
| 12 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 13 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 14 | Swine-O’s | |
| 15 | Pappys Legacy BBQ | |
| 16 | Pig on Fire | |
| 17 | Phenomenal BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 19 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 20 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 21 | Brewknow's Q |
Brisket
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 3 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 4 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 5 | Swine-O’s | |
| 6 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 8 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 9 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 10 | SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM | |
| 11 | Still Workin' On It | |
| 12 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 13 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 14 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | |
| 15 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 16 | CBF Que | |
| 17 | Phenomenal BBQ | |
| 18 | Pig on Fire | |
| 19 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 20 | Pappys Legacy BBQ | |
| 21 | Young-Guns Smokehouse | |
| 22 | Brewknow's Q |