2021-09-03 – 2021-09-04 · Madison, IL · 📍 700 Raceway Blvd · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Mulkey's BBQ (695.9432) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RUSTY PIG 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.
Closer than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
Mulkey's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Heavy Smoke BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Mulkey's BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Mulkey's BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
Mulkey's BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 3–4: Can Country Outlaw BBQ and Mulkey's BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Mulkey's BBQ and OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 and TRIPLE H BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DB BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2972 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 171.9772 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 169.6916 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 173.1200 | 166.2400 |
20 entries · top 695.9432 · median 675.6000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 | |
| 4 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin Sauced | |
| 6 | DB BBQ | |
| 7 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 8 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 9 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 10 | Team Meat Candy | |
| 11 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 14 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 15 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 16 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 17 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 18 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 19 | InTheRedZoneBBQ | |
| 20 | Squirrel Que BBQ |
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 4 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 5 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 6 | Team Meat Candy | |
| 7 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 9 | OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 | |
| 10 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin Sauced | |
| 12 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 13 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 14 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 15 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 16 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 17 | Squirrel Que BBQ | |
| 18 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 19 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 20 | InTheRedZoneBBQ |
19 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin Sauced | |
| 2 | Team Meat Candy | |
| 3 | OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 | |
| 4 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 5 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 6 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 8 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 9 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 10 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 11 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 12 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 13 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 14 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 15 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 16 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 17 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 18 | InTheRedZoneBBQ | |
| 19 | DB BBQ |
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 4 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 5 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 6 | Smokin Sauced | |
| 7 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 8 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 9 | Squirrel Que BBQ | |
| 10 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 11 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 12 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 13 | OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 | |
| 14 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 15 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 16 | Team Meat Candy | |
| 17 | InTheRedZoneBBQ | |
| 18 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 19 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 20 | COMING IN HOT STL |
20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | RUSTY PIG BBQ | |
| 3 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 4 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 5 | OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 | |
| 6 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 7 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Sauced | |
| 9 | Chasin Chicken Barbeque | |
| 10 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 11 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 12 | InTheRedZoneBBQ | |
| 13 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 14 | DB BBQ | |
| 15 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 16 | Eleven Thirteen Q | |
| 17 | Team Meat Candy | |
| 18 | Squirrel Que BBQ | |
| 19 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 20 | Kilt-in It BBQ |