Destination Outlets Labor Day BBQ Championship
2021-09-04 – 2021-09-05 · Jeffersonville, OH · 📍 8000 FACTORY SHOPS BLVD · State championship
Reps: SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD
Grand Champion: ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ (702.8916) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS
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
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 4–5: TIRE SMOKE BBQ and BO B Q BBQ tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: ALE YEAH BBQ edged HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO by 0.0116. Brisket places 6–7: Retired & Rubbin' It edged ALE YEAH BBQ by 0.0228.
🃏 An upset on the books
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0344 | 170.2744 | 161.1316 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 163.9544 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 172.5600 | 166.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 702.8916 · median 677.0400
Chicken
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 172.5716
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 176.0344 · median 165.6684
Pork
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
Brisket
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.3712