TN River BBQ Battle
2021-09-24 – 2021-09-25 · Savannah, TN · 📍 215 Ziffel Circle · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $14,795.00
Grand Champion: Q-Bones BBQ (694.8344) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
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Master Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and Organizer Portal tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 9–10: BIG G BBQ and HOGG LEGG SMOKERS tied on 158.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: Poppa Pig edged CHICKEN FRIED BBQ by 0.0228.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1624 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 ← this one | Savannah, TN | 215 Ziffel Circle | 10 | 694.8344 | Q-Bones BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| 2022-09-23 | Saltillo, TN | Main Street | 16 | 706.2516 | GLAMPING GRILLERS | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 161.6456 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 170.8228 | 151.9200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.0000 | 169.6684 | 158.2400 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 177.7028 | 167.3940 | — |
| Ancillary — Pork | 173.1772 | 152.5256 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
10 entries · top 694.8344 · median 679.8740
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | Organizer Portal | |
| 3 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 4 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 5 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 6 | LC BBQ | |
| 7 | Memphis Original BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 9 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Poppa Pig |
Chicken
10 entries · top 178.2972 · median 172.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis Original BBQ | |
| 2 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 5 | Organizer Portal | |
| 6 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 7 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig | |
| 9 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS | |
| 10 | LC BBQ |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | Poppa Pig | |
| 5 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 6 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 7 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 8 | LC BBQ | |
| 9 | Memphis Original BBQ | |
| 10 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS |
Pork
10 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LC BBQ | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 4 | Poppa Pig | |
| 5 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 6 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 7 | Organizer Portal | |
| 8 | Memphis Original BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 10 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS |
Brisket
9 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3940
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organizer Portal | |
| 2 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 3 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 6 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 7 | Memphis Original BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 9 | HOGG LEGG SMOKERS |
Ancillary
Pork
6 entries · top 173.1772 · median 159.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 2 | Organizer Portal | |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | Poppa Pig | |
| 6 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
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.