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Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague

2021-10-15 – 2021-10-16 · Galax, VA · 📍 2330 Edmonds Rd · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $4,000.00

Grand Champion: Fred Vegas Smokers (699.4288) · 15 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ

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FRED VEGAS SMOKERS
699.4288 · Master Series — Overall
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CONVICTED PIGS BBQ
690.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ
689.6456 · 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.

  • Master Series — Chicken 180.00 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 176.01
  • Master Series — Pork 178.86
  • Master Series — Brisket 177.70
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 174.27
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 177.15
146.22 180.00

Entries

18
6 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

699.4288

Winning margin

8.6404
GC over RC

Field average

677.53
639.26699.43
median 680.46 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.0056
639.26699.43
10th place overall

Field spread

60.1712
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

FRED VEGAS SMOKERS
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4.0000 pts — FRED VEGAS SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 34%
beats 66% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.35 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1616
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests

Top-rated in the field

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
rated 1843 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 14 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 8–9: CHUNKY BBQ and SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 9–10: Rogue Hog BBQ and HAMBONES BY THE FIRE tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 5–6: Rogue Hog BBQ and HAMBONES BY THE FIRE tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Master Series — Brisket 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Brisket 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

FRED VEGAS SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 7th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 7th
  • Brisket 1st

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ · Chicken

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
Master Series — Chicken180.0000174.8572170.2512
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.0116170.8344167.9656
Master Series — Pork178.8572173.7144168.5256
Master Series — Brisket177.7028168.5372167.3828
Backyard Series — Chicken174.2744171.9656169.6684
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs177.1544170.3088167.3944

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

15 entries · top 699.4288 · median 680.4568

#TeamScore
1 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 699.4288
2 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 690.7884
3 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 689.6456
4 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 686.7428
5 Rogue Hog BBQ 682.1596
6 D’Qued Barbeque 681.6460
7 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 681.5884
8 CHUNKY BBQ 680.4568
9 BBQ Outlaws 679.3028
10 SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ 677.0056
11 REDMULE'S BBQ 675.9084
12 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 673.5656
13 Still Workin' On It 673.0172
14 ON A WHIM 652.4112
15 Smokin J's Barbeque 639.2576

Chicken

15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 176.5716
3 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 176.5600
4 D’Qued Barbeque 175.4056
5 ON A WHIM 174.8572
6 BBQ Outlaws 173.1200
7 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 170.8344
8 CHUNKY BBQ 170.8228
9 SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ 170.8228
10 Rogue Hog BBQ 170.2512
11 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.6684
12 Still Workin' On It 168.5600
13 REDMULE'S BBQ 166.8228
14 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 166.2400
15 Smokin J's Barbeque 163.9772

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 176.0116 · median 169.1084

#TeamScore
1 D’Qued Barbeque 176.0116
2 CHUNKY BBQ 174.2856
3 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 173.1544
4 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 172.5600
5 SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ 170.8344
6 BBQ Outlaws 170.2744
7 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 169.6684
8 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 169.1084
9 Rogue Hog BBQ 167.9656
10 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 167.9656
11 Still Workin' On It 167.3944
12 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 167.3828
13 Smokin J's Barbeque 165.0972
14 REDMULE'S BBQ 163.4172
15 ON A WHIM 162.8344

Pork

15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 178.8572
2 REDMULE'S BBQ 177.1428
3 Rogue Hog BBQ 175.4056
4 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 174.2744
5 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 173.7144
6 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 173.1428
7 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 172.0000
8 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 170.8228
9 CHUNKY BBQ 169.1200
10 BBQ Outlaws 168.5256
11 Still Workin' On It 166.2400
12 SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ 166.2284
13 Smokin J's Barbeque 163.9660
14 D’Qued Barbeque 162.8116
15 ON A WHIM 158.8228

Brisket

15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 FRED VEGAS SMOKERS 177.7028
2 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 173.7028
3 Still Workin' On It 170.8228
4 SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ 169.1200
5 Rogue Hog BBQ 168.5372
6 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 168.5372
7 REDMULE'S BBQ 168.5256
8 D’Qued Barbeque 167.4172
9 BBQ Outlaws 167.3828
10 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 167.3828
11 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 166.8228
12 CHUNKY BBQ 166.2284
13 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 165.0856
14 ON A WHIM 155.8968
15 Smokin J's Barbeque 146.2172

Backyard Series

Overall

18 entries · top 345.7028 · median 339.0972

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 345.7028
2 TFS PIT VIPERS 342.8112
3 Full Throttle BBQ 342.2628
4 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 342.2284
5 NEW RIVER BOYS 340.5372
6 Optimus Swine 340.5028
7 POOR BOYS BBQ 339.9888
8 Country Boys BBQ 339.3600
9 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 339.3484
10 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 338.8460
11 OFF THE RACK BBQ 338.2628
12 Better Half Barbecue 334.8344
13 HICKORY HANGOVER 333.6344
14 2 Swine Crew 327.3484
15 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 326.7888
16 Meat Upon The Level 323.9888
17 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 323.3600
18 Que N Cue 322.8116

Chicken

18 entries · top 174.2744 · median 169.9656

#TeamScore
1 Country Boys BBQ 174.2744
2 Better Half Barbecue 174.2628
3 Full Throttle BBQ 173.1084
4 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 172.5600
5 Optimus Swine 171.9656
6 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 171.9656
7 POOR BOYS BBQ 171.4172
8 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 170.2628
9 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 170.2628
10 OFF THE RACK BBQ 169.6684
11 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 168.5372
12 TFS PIT VIPERS 167.3940
13 HICKORY HANGOVER 166.2400
14 Que N Cue 165.6800
15 Meat Upon The Level 163.9888
16 2 Swine Crew 163.9656
17 NEW RIVER BOYS 163.3828
18 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 161.6684

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9658

#TeamScore
1 NEW RIVER BOYS 177.1544
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 175.4400
3 TFS PIT VIPERS 175.4172
4 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 171.9656
5 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 170.3088
6 Full Throttle BBQ 169.1544
7 OFF THE RACK BBQ 168.5944
8 POOR BOYS BBQ 168.5716
9 Optimus Swine 168.5372
10 HICKORY HANGOVER 167.3944
11 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 167.3828
12 Country Boys BBQ 165.0856
13 2 Swine Crew 163.3828
14 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 161.6916
15 Better Half Barbecue 160.5716
16 Meat Upon The Level 160.0000
17 Que N Cue 157.1316
18 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 154.2288

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.

Kids-Q — Celebrate Real Pork Series-Kids 10 Under

3 entries · top 177.7028 · median 174.2860

#TeamScore
1 Bumble BBQ 177.7028
2 Chaotic One BBQ 174.2860
3 Buckshots BBQ 172.5600

Kids-Q — Celebrate Real Pork Series-Kids 11-15

3 entries · top 173.1084 · median 170.2628

#TeamScore
1 K's Q 173.1084
2 Meat Upon The Level 1 170.2628
3 Creative Kitchen BBQ 162.8116

Ancillary — Celebrate Real Pork Series-Pork Chop

14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8114

#TeamScore
1 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 178.8572
2 Better Half Barbecue 175.4172
3 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 171.9656
4 Optimus Swine 169.7372
5 Full Throttle BBQ 165.0972
6 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 165.0972
7 TFS PIT VIPERS 165.0740
8 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 164.5488
9 HICKORY HANGOVER 164.5140
10 Meat Upon The Level 162.8112
11 OFF THE RACK BBQ 162.2400
12 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 160.5372
13 Que N Cue 153.1428
14 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 152.5256

Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke

16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5600

#TeamScore
1 Full Throttle BBQ 176.5600
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 176.0344
3 LEE LA Q 173.1428
4 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 173.1084
5 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 172.5828
6 Optimus Swine 171.4056
7 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 168.5256
8 HICKORY HANGOVER 166.8572
9 OFF THE RACK BBQ 166.2628
10 Better Half Barbecue 166.2284
11 POOR BOYS BBQ 165.1084
12 Meat Upon The Level 162.8228
13 CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 162.8000
14 NEW RIVER BOYS 162.2516
15 TFS PIT VIPERS 158.2284
16 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 157.6224

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