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Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 2021

Oct 2–3, 2021 · Casper, WY

Reps: Del Anderson, Michael Winter · Prize money: $10,000

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TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
690.2056 · Master Series — Overall
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PROUD SOULS BARBECUE
687.3828 · Master Series — Overall
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BRACKEN RACKS BBQ
685.7028 · Master Series — Overall

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER won Grand Champion at the Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 on October 2, 2021 in Casper, WY, scoring 690.2056 in a field of 26 teams. PROUD SOULS BARBECUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.3828. Category winners: Chicken — LC BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — AMERICAN HEROES BBQ (176.5944); Pork — UNCLE J'S (177.7144); Brisket — MAN MEAT BBQ (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2020 edition was won by SLAPS BBQ.

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 176
  • Pork Ribs 176.59
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 178.86
124.49 178.86

Entries

26
4 judged meats

Top score

690.2056

Winning margin

2.8228
GC over RC

Field average

664.91
569.49690.21
median 676.18 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.7488 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6340
569.49690.21
10th place overall

Field spread

120.7196
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000
on the line

Most consistent

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.2972 pts — UNCLE J'S

How hot was the win?

Top 71%
beats 29% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

32%
13 of 41 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,597
avg power rating going in · stronger than 75% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ
rated 1876 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 8th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 8th

A knife fight at the top

4.5712 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5712 points.

  • 1st TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
  • 2nd PROUD SOULS BARBECUE
  • 3rd BRACKEN RACKS BBQ
  • 4th MAN MEAT BBQ
  • 5th Bushmaster BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: MAN MEAT BBQ and Meat Machine BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Meat Machine BBQ and M-Dubs BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: M-Dubs BBQ and PROUD SOULS BARBECUE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

A contest record in brisket

178.8572 best brisket ever cooked here

MAN MEAT BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 177.1544 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1544
  • across 1 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
Oct 3, 2020 Casper, WY Casper, WY 82602 41 701.6916 SLAPS BBQ GETTIN' BASTED
Oct 2, 2021 ← this one Casper, WY Casper, WY 82602 26 690.2056 Texas Smoke Whisperer PROUD SOULS BARBECUE

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176173.7028171.9772
Pork Ribs176.5944174.8456170.8344
Pork177.7144173.1316169.6800
Brisket178.8572174.2628169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 690.2056 · median 676.1770

#TeamScore
1 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 690.2056
2 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 687.3828
3 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 685.7028
4 MAN MEAT BBQ 685.6344
5 Bushmaster BBQ 685.6344
6 UNCLE J'S 685.5884
7 LC BBQ 683.9200
8 M-Dubs BBQ 683.3832
9 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 681.6572
10 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 681.6340
11 SHELLBACK BBQ 678.2628
12 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 678.2172
13 BEER BELLY BBQ 677.6456
14 BACKDRAFT BBQ 674.7084
15 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 673.0856
16 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 670.7428
17 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 665.6000
18 Meat Machine BBQ 661.5884
19 CRUSH BBQ 656.3884
20 WYO SMOKE SHOW 655.8860
21 Happy Burnt Endings 655.8856
22 Hooligans Barbecue 651.2916
23 PAPA'S PIT CREW 644.3656
24 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 635.9432
25 Pike's Peak Pitmaster 587.8408
26 Tasty Meats & More 569.4860

Chicken

26 entries · top 176 · median 169.9714

#TeamScore
1 LC BBQ 176
2 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 174.8572
3 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 174.8456
4 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 174.2856
5 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 173.7028
6 MAN MEAT BBQ 173.1200
7 Meat Machine BBQ 173.1200
8 M-Dubs BBQ 173.1200
9 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 173.1200
10 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 171.9772
11 PAPA'S PIT CREW 171.9656
12 Happy Burnt Endings 170.2628
13 CRUSH BBQ 170.2628
14 WYO SMOKE SHOW 169.6800
15 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 168.5600
16 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 166.8228
17 BEER BELLY BBQ 166.8228
18 SHELLBACK BBQ 166.2628
19 UNCLE J'S 166.2168
20 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 165.6800
21 Bushmaster BBQ 165.1200
22 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 165.0856
23 BACKDRAFT BBQ 161.6456
24 Hooligans Barbecue 157.0856
25 Tasty Meats & More 154.2516
26 Pike's Peak Pitmaster 150.2860

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 176.5944 · median 168.2628

#TeamScore
1 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 176.5944
2 SHELLBACK BBQ 176.5716
3 Bushmaster BBQ 175.4288
4 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 175.4172
5 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 174.8456
6 M-Dubs BBQ 172
7 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 171.9656
8 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 171.4172
9 UNCLE J'S 170.8344
10 LC BBQ 170.8344
11 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 170.2628
12 WYO SMOKE SHOW 169.7032
13 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 168.5600
14 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.9656
15 Hooligans Barbecue 166.2744
16 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 166.2628
17 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 165.7260
18 BEER BELLY BBQ 165.7028
19 MAN MEAT BBQ 163.9772
20 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 159.4172
21 CRUSH BBQ 157.0744
22 Happy Burnt Endings 156.5372
23 Meat Machine BBQ 156.5028
24 PAPA'S PIT CREW 149.6456
25 Pike's Peak Pitmaster 132.4916
26 Tasty Meats & More 131.3372

Pork

26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.6800

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE J'S 177.7144
2 BACKDRAFT BBQ 175.4172
3 SHELLBACK BBQ 174.8456
4 Bushmaster BBQ 174.2628
5 Hooligans Barbecue 173.1316
6 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 173.1200
7 M-Dubs BBQ 171.4172
8 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 170.8228
9 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 170.2628
10 MAN MEAT BBQ 169.6800
11 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 169.6800
12 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 169.1316
13 BEER BELLY BBQ 167.9656
14 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 167.3944
15 Meat Machine BBQ 166.8456
16 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 166.8228
17 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 166.2744
18 PAPA'S PIT CREW 165.6916
19 CRUSH BBQ 164.5256
20 LC BBQ 162.8228
21 Happy Burnt Endings 162.2512
22 Tasty Meats & More 159.4056
23 WYO SMOKE SHOW 158.8000
24 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 158.2284
25 Pike's Peak Pitmaster 157.1088
26 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 152

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8402

#TeamScore
1 MAN MEAT BBQ 178.8572
2 BEER BELLY BBQ 177.1544
3 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 174.3428
4 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 174.2628
5 LC BBQ 174.2628
6 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 173.1428
7 Bushmaster BBQ 170.8228
8 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 170.8228
9 UNCLE J'S 170.8228
10 BACKDRAFT BBQ 169.6800
11 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 169.6800
12 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 169.1316
13 M-Dubs BBQ 166.8460
14 Happy Burnt Endings 166.8344
15 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 166.2628
16 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 165.1428
17 Meat Machine BBQ 165.1200
18 CRUSH BBQ 164.5256
19 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 161.1084
20 SHELLBACK BBQ 160.5828
21 WYO SMOKE SHOW 157.7028
22 PAPA'S PIT CREW 157.0628
23 Hooligans Barbecue 154.8000
24 Bear Bonz Competition BBQ 153.1316
25 Pike's Peak Pitmaster 147.9544
26 Tasty Meats & More 124.4916

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