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Smokin' For Garrett 2021

Oct 22–23, 2021 · Boonville, IN · 📍 2144 New Harmony RD · State championship

Reps: Kent Schuetz, Rachel Schuetz · Prize money: $8,500

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SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
692.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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HOT COLE'S BBQ
684.4684 · Master Series — Overall
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WEQ4U
682.1940 · Master Series — Overall

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Smokin' For Garrett on October 22, 2021 in Boonville, IN at 2144 New Harmony RD, scoring 692.5028 in a field of 27 teams. HOT COLE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.4684. Category winners: Chicken — Can Country Outlaw BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (176.5600); Pork — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS (178.8572); Brisket — BLUE CHIP BBQ (175.4172). The Backyard Series standings were won by 2 Swine Crew with 519.9884. This is the 5th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2020 edition was won by Que U; the next was held in 2022.

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 176
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Master Series — Pork 178.86
  • Master Series — Brisket 175.42
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 173.14
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 178.88
  • Backyard Series — Pork 177.70
136.50 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2023 — this edition picked out.

2016-05-20 — 698.2976 (ONE2BBQ) 2018-04-27 — 694.7656 (GREY STREET BBQ) 2019-04-26 — 699.9428 (Scuffletown Smokers) 2020-10-23 — 692.5256 (Que U) 2021-10-22 — 692.5028 (Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe) 2022-09-16 — 698.8116 (Triple H BBQ) 2023-10-06 — 711.9656 (Local Yokels) 692.50 2016 2023

Entries

27
7 judged meats

Top score

692.5028

Winning margin

8.0344
GC over RC

Field average

659.62
597.42692.50
median 670.73 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.1484
597.42692.50
10th place overall

Field spread

95.0860
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,500
on the line

Most consistent

2 Swine Crew
avg finish 3 across 3 meats

Double threats

9
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 5.1544 pts — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 63%
beats 37% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

33%
23 of 69 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.47 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,583
avg power rating going in · stronger than 66% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ
rated 1919 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 18 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: ONE2BBQ and UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 8–9: JaBs BBQ and OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 3–4: BLUE CHIP BBQ and WEQ4U tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 15th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 15th

A contest record in pork ribs

178.8800 best pork ribs ever cooked here

LEM'S MEAT VARNISH turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.7144
  • across 4 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ONE2BBQ (won 2016), Scuffletown Smokers (won 2019).

  • ONE2BBQ · 2016
  • Scuffletown Smokers · 2019

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
May 20, 2016 Boonville, IN 133 E Degonia RD 35 698.2976 ONE2BBQ UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ
Apr 27, 2018 Boonville, IN 2144 New Harmony Rd 38 694.7656 GREY STREET BBQ SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
Apr 26, 2019 Boonville, IN 2144 New Harmony Rd 26 699.9428 Scuffletown Smokers GREY STREET BBQ
Oct 23, 2020 Boonville, IN 2144 New Harmony RD 41 692.5256 Que U SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
Oct 22, 2021 ← this one Boonville, IN 2144 New Harmony RD 27 692.5028 Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe HOT COLE'S BBQ
Sep 16, 2022 Mt. Carmel, IL 434 Market Street 27 698.8116 Triple H BBQ Pooh Bear BBQ
Oct 6, 2023 Mt. Carmel, IL 315 Market Street 26 711.9656 Local Yokels SmokinGhost BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken176171.9772169.1200
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.5600171.9772167.4060
Master Series — Pork178.8572173.1084171.9656
Master Series — Brisket175.4172173.1084169.6800
Backyard Series — Chicken173.1428168163.4400
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs178.8800171.9772162.2856
Backyard Series — Pork177.7028173.7028167.9884

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 692.5028 · median 670.7312

#TeamScore
1 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 692.5028
2 HOT COLE'S BBQ 684.4684
3 WEQ4U 682.1940
4 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 681.0628
5 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 678.7772
6 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 678.2172
7 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 678.1712
8 JANKY LEG BBQ 674.6968
9 BLUE CHIP BBQ 674.1484
10 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 674.1484
11 Hickory Stick BBQ 673.0284
12 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 671.3028
13 JaBs BBQ 670.7884
14 ONE2BBQ 670.7312
15 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 670.6968
16 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 670.1368
17 BBQ Maestros 662.1256
18 SWIG-N-PIG 661.5544
19 Kentucky Kookers 658.1028
20 TWISTED SMOKE ADC 654.1028
21 Hawgboyz BBQ 639.8172
22 CHARCOAL & MORE 638.6284
23 Z Smoke 627.7940
24 PoCo Porkers 623.8172
25 High on the Hog 617.5200
26 Fire and Smoke BBQ 603.8512
27 Tagged Out BBQ 597.4168

Chicken

27 entries · top 176 · median 167.9656

#TeamScore
1 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 176
2 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 174.8456
3 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 174.2628
4 WEQ4U 173.1084
5 ONE2BBQ 171.9772
6 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 171.9772
7 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 171.9656
8 TWISTED SMOKE ADC 170.8344
9 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 170.8228
10 Hickory Stick BBQ 169.1200
11 JANKY LEG BBQ 169.1200
12 BBQ Maestros 168.5372
13 BLUE CHIP BBQ 167.9656
14 SWIG-N-PIG 167.9656
15 Hawgboyz BBQ 167.9656
16 HOT COLE'S BBQ 167.3828
17 Kentucky Kookers 165.0972
18 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 164.5372
19 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 164.5372
20 CHARCOAL & MORE 163.9312
21 JaBs BBQ 162.8456
22 PoCo Porkers 161.6800
23 Z Smoke 160.5372
24 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 158.1940
25 High on the Hog 157.1200
26 Tagged Out BBQ 154.2628
27 Fire and Smoke BBQ 153.7028

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 176.5600
2 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 174.8572
3 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 173.1200
4 Z Smoke 172.5600
5 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 171.9772
6 HOT COLE'S BBQ 171.4172
7 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 169.7144
8 JaBs BBQ 167.4172
9 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 167.4172
10 SWIG-N-PIG 167.4060
11 WEQ4U 166.2744
12 PoCo Porkers 166.2628
13 Kentucky Kookers 166.2400
14 Hawgboyz BBQ 165.6800
15 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 165.1316
16 Hickory Stick BBQ 165.1200
17 ONE2BBQ 164.5372
18 High on the Hog 163.3944
19 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 163.3944
20 TWISTED SMOKE ADC 161.0972
21 Fire and Smoke BBQ 161.0856
22 BLUE CHIP BBQ 157.6572
23 JANKY LEG BBQ 157.0628
24 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 154.7884
25 BBQ Maestros 153.0744
26 CHARCOAL & MORE 151.9316
27 Tagged Out BBQ 147.3372

Pork

27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 178.8572
2 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 173.7028
3 BLUE CHIP BBQ 173.1084
4 WEQ4U 173.1084
5 JANKY LEG BBQ 173.1084
6 HOT COLE'S BBQ 172.5600
7 JaBs BBQ 172.5600
8 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 172.5600
9 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 172.0228
10 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 171.9656
11 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 170.8456
12 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 167.9656
13 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 167.3828
14 Hickory Stick BBQ 167.3828
15 Kentucky Kookers 166.8228
16 BBQ Maestros 166.2512
17 ONE2BBQ 164.5484
18 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 162.8000
19 Hawgboyz BBQ 161.0972
20 SWIG-N-PIG 161.0856
21 CHARCOAL & MORE 160.5256
22 TWISTED SMOKE ADC 158.2284
23 Z Smoke 153.6456
24 Fire and Smoke BBQ 152.5600
25 High on the Hog 148.5028
26 Tagged Out BBQ 147.3256
27 PoCo Porkers 144.4800

Brisket

27 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.9656

#TeamScore
1 BLUE CHIP BBQ 175.4172
2 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 175.4056
3 JANKY LEG BBQ 175.4056
4 BBQ Maestros 174.2628
5 HOT COLE'S BBQ 173.1084
6 The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 172
7 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 171.4056
8 Hickory Stick BBQ 171.4056
9 WEQ4U 169.7028
10 PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS 169.6800
11 ONE2BBQ 169.6684
12 LOCAL YOKELS BBQ 169.1084
13 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 168.5372
14 JaBs BBQ 167.9656
15 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 166.8228
16 SWIG-N-PIG 165.0972
17 TWISTED SMOKE ADC 163.9428
18 CHARCOAL & MORE 162.2400
19 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 160.4912
20 Kentucky Kookers 159.9428
21 OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 159.3600
22 PoCo Porkers 151.3944
23 High on the Hog 148.5028
24 Tagged Out BBQ 148.4912
25 Hawgboyz BBQ 145.0744
26 Z Smoke 141.0512
27 Fire and Smoke BBQ 136.5028

Backyard Series

Overall

18 entries · top 519.9884 · median 494.2628 · out of 540, not the usual 360

#TeamScore
1 2 Swine Crew 519.9884
2 Hot Dog BBQ 517.1200
3 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 510.2856
4 Bad Ash BBQ 505.7028
5 Rub Em' Right 498.2628
6 M & M Southern Style Smokin' 497.6456
7 VETERAN PORK PULLERS 497.1084
8 Pig Destroyer 495.8968
9 Tojos Smoke Me Tender 494.3084
10 Ridge Bro's BBQ 494.2172
11 Killing Time Smoking Swine 493.6912
12 Double J's BBQ 493.1656
13 Horseshoe BBQ 492.5944
14 Smokin Blue Barbeque 484.5028
15 BigginSmokey BBQ 483.8740
16 Smoking Pickles 482.2400
17 BONE STREET BARBEQUE 460.4684
18 Ticklin' Ribs & Rubbin' Butts BBQ 458.8684

Chicken

18 entries · top 173.1428 · median 164.5714

#TeamScore
1 Rub Em' Right 173.1428
2 2 Swine Crew 172.5484
3 VETERAN PORK PULLERS 170.8228
4 Hot Dog BBQ 169.7028
5 Smokin Blue Barbeque 168
6 Double J's BBQ 167.4172
7 Tojos Smoke Me Tender 166.9028
8 Smoking Pickles 165.7028
9 M & M Southern Style Smokin' 165.7028
10 Bad Ash BBQ 163.4400
11 Killing Time Smoking Swine 162.2628
12 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 161.7256
13 Horseshoe BBQ 161.1772
14 Ticklin' Ribs & Rubbin' Butts BBQ 158.8456
15 Ridge Bro's BBQ 157.0628
16 Pig Destroyer 153.6684
17 BigginSmokey BBQ 151.9200
18 BONE STREET BARBEQUE 141.6456

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.8628

#TeamScore
1 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 178.8800
2 VETERAN PORK PULLERS 176
3 Bad Ash BBQ 175.4056
4 Hot Dog BBQ 172.5600
5 2 Swine Crew 171.9772
6 M & M Southern Style Smokin' 170.2628
7 Tojos Smoke Me Tender 169.1428
8 Pig Destroyer 168.5256
9 Killing Time Smoking Swine 163.4400
10 BigginSmokey BBQ 162.2856
11 Rub Em' Right 161.7372
12 Horseshoe BBQ 160.5944
13 Ridge Bro's BBQ 159.4516
14 Double J's BBQ 157.7256
15 Smokin Blue Barbeque 155.3600
16 Smoking Pickles 154.3088
17 Ticklin' Ribs & Rubbin' Butts BBQ 144.5372
18 BONE STREET BARBEQUE 143.9428

Pork

18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.0056

#TeamScore
1 Ridge Bro's BBQ 177.7028
2 2 Swine Crew 175.4628
3 BONE STREET BARBEQUE 174.8800
4 Hot Dog BBQ 174.8572
5 Pig Destroyer 173.7028
6 Horseshoe BBQ 170.8228
7 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 169.6800
8 BigginSmokey BBQ 169.6684
9 Double J's BBQ 168.0228
10 Killing Time Smoking Swine 167.9884
11 Bad Ash BBQ 166.8572
12 Rub Em' Right 163.3828
13 Smoking Pickles 162.2284
14 M & M Southern Style Smokin' 161.6800
15 Smokin Blue Barbeque 161.1428
16 Tojos Smoke Me Tender 158.2628
17 Ticklin' Ribs & Rubbin' Butts BBQ 155.4856
18 VETERAN PORK PULLERS 150.2856

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