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2021-10-01 – 2021-10-02 · Laurens, SC · 📍 119 E Laurens St · State championship

Reps: RACHEL HARPER, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $7,400.00

Grand Champion: Continental Barbecue Co. (695.9316) · 17 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 REDMULE'S BBQ

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CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
695.9316 · Master Series — Overall
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REDMULE'S BBQ
693.6456 · Master Series — Overall
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ELITE BBQ SMOKERS
690.2172 · Master 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 177.15
  • Pork Ribs 177.70
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 177.71
120.49 177.71

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2021 — this edition picked out.

2013-10-04 — 691.3828 (KILLER B'S BBQ) 2014-10-03 — 692.0116 (SAUCED! BBQ TEAM) 2015-10-02 — 687.3368 (VICTORY SMOKERS) 2016-09-30 — 694.7656 (REDNECK SCIENTIFIC) 2019-10-04 — 696.5028 (Smoke on This) 2021-10-01 — 695.9316 (Continental Barbecue Co.) 695.93 2013 2021

Entries

17
4 judged meats

Top score

695.9316

Winning margin

2.2860
GC over RC

Field average

652.81
441.63695.93
median 673.58 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.5652
441.63695.93
10th place overall

Field spread

254.2976
winner to last place

Prize money

$7,400.00
on the line

Most consistent

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.7372 pts — ELITE BBQ SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 50%
beats 50% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

37%
7 of 19 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.9 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
rated 1810 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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 6 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC and HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. and MAYA JANE BBQ CO. tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: BAYOU POKER SMOKERS and THE BRISKET BUS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in brisket

177.7144 best brisket ever cooked here

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. turned in 177.7144 in brisket — past the 176.0344 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.0344
  • across 5 past editions

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-10-04 Laurens, SC Laurens, SC 28 691.3828 KILLER B'S BBQ TENACIOUS Q
2014-10-03 Laurens, SC Laurens, SC 29360 25 692.0116 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS
2015-10-02 Laurens, SC Laurens, SC 29360 25 687.3368 VICTORY SMOKERS THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA
2016-09-30 Laurens, SC Downtown 26 694.7656 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
2019-10-04 Laurens, SC 119 E Laurens St 19 696.5028 Smoke on This RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES
2021-10-01 ← this one Laurens, SC 119 E Laurens St 17 695.9316 Continental Barbecue Co. REDMULE'S BBQ
2022-09-30 Laurens, SC — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544171.9656161.1316
Pork Ribs177.7028173.1200168.5372
Pork177.7028171.4172167.9772
Brisket177.7144174.8572163.3944

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

17 entries · top 695.9316 · median 673.5772

#TeamScore
1 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 695.9316
2 REDMULE'S BBQ 693.6456
3 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 690.2172
4 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 685.6000
5 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 685.5884
6 Pig on Fire 682.7544
7 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 682.1828
8 SUE E PIGG 675.3488
9 SWIG-N-PIG 673.5772
10 THE HOG MAFIA 673.5652
11 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 671.3372
12 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 660.3884
13 THE BRISKET BUS 652.4456
14 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 633.4976
15 Nard's Backyard BBQ 632.9140
16 The Smokin' Grill 567.2228
17 CD's BBQ 441.6340

Chicken

17 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2516

#TeamScore
1 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 177.1544
2 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 175.4172
3 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 175.4172
4 REDMULE'S BBQ 174.2628
5 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 171.9656
6 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 171.9656
7 THE BRISKET BUS 171.4172
8 SWIG-N-PIG 168.5372
9 Pig on Fire 166.2516
10 SUE E PIGG 161.1316
11 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 160.5144
12 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 159.9544
13 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 159.9428
14 THE HOG MAFIA 159.9196
15 CD's BBQ 159.4172
16 Nard's Backyard BBQ 159.3600
17 The Smokin' Grill 147.3828

Pork Ribs

17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8344

#TeamScore
1 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 177.7028
2 THE HOG MAFIA 176.5600
3 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 175.4288
4 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 174.2628
5 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 173.1200
6 REDMULE'S BBQ 172.5600
7 Pig on Fire 171.9772
8 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 170.8572
9 SWIG-N-PIG 170.8344
10 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 168.5372
11 SUE E PIGG 167.3944
12 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 166.2516
13 Nard's Backyard BBQ 156.5256
14 THE BRISKET BUS 150.1828
15 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 147.9088
16 The Smokin' Grill 136.5256
17 CD's BBQ 134.8000

Pork

17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 177.7028
2 REDMULE'S BBQ 176.5600
3 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 174.2628
4 SUE E PIGG 171.9656
5 SWIG-N-PIG 171.4172
6 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 170.8228
7 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 170.8112
8 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 169.1200
9 THE BRISKET BUS 169.1200
10 THE HOG MAFIA 167.9772
11 Pig on Fire 167.9656
12 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 166.2400
13 The Smokin' Grill 162.8228
14 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 162.2400
15 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 160.5028
16 Nard's Backyard BBQ 158.8228
17 CD's BBQ 147.4168

Brisket

16 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.6914

#TeamScore
1 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. 177.7144
2 MAYA JANE BBQ CO. 176.5600
3 Pig on Fire 176.5600
4 CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 175.4056
5 SUE E PIGG 174.8572
6 REDMULE'S BBQ 170.2628
7 THE HOG MAFIA 169.1084
8 BAYOU POKER SMOKERS 167.4400
9 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 163.9428
10 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 163.3944
11 SWIG-N-PIG 162.7884
12 THE BRISKET BUS 161.7256
13 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 161.0972
14 KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ 161.0856
15 Nard's Backyard BBQ 158.2056
16 The Smokin' Grill 120.4916

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