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Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)

2021-09-25 – 2021-09-26 · Ashland, VA · 📍 11322 Air Park Drive

Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, BILL JONES · Prize money: $1,650.00

Grand Champion: Lems Meat Varnish (519.9428) · 18 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SWEET & SAVORY BBQ

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LEM'S MEAT VARNISH
519.9428 · Backyard Series — Overall
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SWEET & SAVORY BBQ
518.2516 · Backyard Series — Overall
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LOVE-N-SMOKE
518.2172 · Backyard Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 176.57
  • Pork 172.00
134.80 178.86

Entries

18
3 judged meats

Top score

519.9428

Winning margin

1.6912
GC over RC

Field average

497.64
428.46519.94
median 505.39 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

505.0628
428.46519.94
10th place overall

Field spread

91.4856
winner to last place

Prize money

$1,650.00
on the line

Most consistent

LEM'S MEAT VARNISH
avg finish 3.67 across 3 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.0972 pts — LEM'S MEAT VARNISH

How hot was the win?

Top 10%
beats 90% of 713 Backyard Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1586
avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LEM'S MEAT VARNISH
rated 1686 pre-contest

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: SWEET & SAVORY BBQ and Gold-N-Blue Barbecue tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: LOVE-N-SMOKE and The Fat is Where It's At tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Gold-N-Blue Barbecue and SWEET & SAVORY BBQ tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 3 meats called to the stage

LEM'S MEAT VARNISH took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 5th

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572173.7028168.5944
Pork Ribs176.5716173.1316166.8228
Pork172.0000169.6684164.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

18 entries · top 519.9428 · median 505.3886

#TeamScore
1 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 519.9428
2 SWEET & SAVORY BBQ 518.2516
3 LOVE-N-SMOKE 518.2172
4 The Fat is Where It's At 513.6344
5 Mispillion Meat Works 512.4912
6 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 509.0400
7 POOR BOYS BBQ 506.8232
8 Optimus Swine 506.7660
9 Kane's BBQ 505.7144
10 Ham Squad 505.0628
11 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 504.4916
12 NEW RIVER BOYS 495.3948
13 OFF THE RACK BBQ 493.0972
14 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 490.7888
15 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 489.5888
16 Buckshot's BBQ 487.3028
17 The Printing Center BBQ 452.5144
18 OG Ribs and BBQ 428.4572

Chicken

18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8630

#TeamScore
1 SWEET & SAVORY BBQ 178.8572
2 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 178.8572
3 LOVE-N-SMOKE 177.7144
4 The Fat is Where It's At 177.7028
5 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 173.7028
6 Mispillion Meat Works 173.1084
7 Ham Squad 171.4172
8 Buckshot's BBQ 170.8228
9 POOR BOYS BBQ 169.1316
10 NEW RIVER BOYS 168.5944
11 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 168.5488
12 Kane's BBQ 166.2972
13 OFF THE RACK BBQ 166.2400
14 Optimus Swine 165.0972
15 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 162.2516
16 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 156.5488
17 The Printing Center BBQ 153.1084
18 OG Ribs and BBQ 134.8000

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.1028

#TeamScore
1 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 176.5716
2 Kane's BBQ 175.4744
3 POOR BOYS BBQ 173.1544
4 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 173.1428
5 Optimus Swine 173.1316
6 SWEET & SAVORY BBQ 172.0116
7 LOVE-N-SMOKE 170.8228
8 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 170.2744
9 Mispillion Meat Works 167.3828
10 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 166.8228
11 OFF THE RACK BBQ 166.2972
12 NEW RIVER BOYS 166.2860
13 The Fat is Where It's At 166.2516
14 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 162.8000
15 Ham Squad 161.6800
16 Buckshot's BBQ 153.0972
17 OG Ribs and BBQ 145.6800
18 The Printing Center BBQ 143.4288

Pork

18 entries · top 172.0000 · median 165.1028

#TeamScore
1 Mispillion Meat Works 172.0000
2 Ham Squad 171.9656
3 LOVE-N-SMOKE 169.6800
4 The Fat is Where It's At 169.6800
5 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 169.6684
6 Optimus Swine 168.5372
7 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 167.3828
8 SWEET & SAVORY BBQ 167.3828
9 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 165.6684
10 POOR BOYS BBQ 164.5372
11 Kane's BBQ 163.9428
12 Buckshot's BBQ 163.3828
13 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 161.0972
14 OFF THE RACK BBQ 160.5600
15 NEW RIVER BOYS 160.5144
16 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 160.5144
17 The Printing Center BBQ 155.9772
18 OG Ribs and BBQ 147.9772

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