Smoke on the Waters
2021-09-04 – 2021-09-05 · Devon, · UNITED KINGDOM · 📍 Quiet Waters
Reps: ANGELA FISHLOCK, MARK FISHLOCK
Grand Champion: BUNCH OF SWINES (675.9544) · 8 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
BUNCH OF SWINES has won this contest 3 times across its 5 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 13.1320 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
BUNCH OF SWINES won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 4–5: WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ edged Reservoir Hogs UK by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION edged BARDOWN BARBEQUE by 0.0228. Chicken places 6–7: ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS edged THE BARKNESS by 0.0344.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUNCH OF SWINES (won 2019).
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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-07 | Devon, EX37 9HZ | Devon, EX37 9HZ | 15 | 670.2404 | BUNCH OF SWINES | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q |
| 2021-09-04 ← this one | Devon, | Quiet Waters | 8 | 675.9544 | BUNCH OF SWINES | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ |
| 2022-09-23 | Devon, | Quiet Waters | 8 | 680.5600 | White Squirrel | BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q |
| 2022-09-24 | Devon, | Quiet Waters | 10 | 673.7144 | Five Q | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| 2023-09-23 | Devon, | Quiet Waters | 6 | 676.5600 | Bunch of Swines | North West BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 158.3544 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5716 | 162.2972 | — |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 156.5256 | — |
| Brisket | 171.4172 | 156.0116 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
8 entries · top 675.9544 · median 636.0804
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | BARDOWN BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | Reservoir Hogs UK | |
| 5 | ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS | |
| 6 | OLDMANMOORE BBQ | |
| 7 | BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION | |
| 8 | THE BARKNESS |
Chicken
8 entries · top 175.4400 · median 158.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | OLDMANMOORE BBQ | |
| 3 | BARDOWN BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | Reservoir Hogs UK | |
| 6 | ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS | |
| 7 | THE BARKNESS | |
| 8 | BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION |
Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 172.5716 · median 162.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION | |
| 3 | BARDOWN BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | Reservoir Hogs UK | |
| 6 | ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS | |
| 7 | THE BARKNESS | |
| 8 | OLDMANMOORE BBQ |
Pork
8 entries · top 173.7028 · median 159.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 2 | Reservoir Hogs UK | |
| 3 | BARDOWN BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | OLDMANMOORE BBQ | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION | |
| 7 | ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS | |
| 8 | THE BARKNESS |
Brisket
8 entries · top 171.4172 · median 156.8744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 2 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 3 | Reservoir Hogs UK | |
| 4 | OLDMANMOORE BBQ | |
| 5 | ALL SMOKE NO KNICKERS | |
| 6 | BARDOWN BARBEQUE | |
| 7 | THE BARKNESS | |
| 8 | BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION |