Oct 22–23, 2021 · Summerville, SC · 📍 Dorchester Shrine Club · State championship
Reps: Julie Cook, Rusty Cook
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 on October 22, 2021 in Summerville, SC at Dorchester Shrine Club, scoring 702.8344 in a field of 15 teams. REDMULE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.7884. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN SKULLIES (177.7028); Pork Ribs — BROWN LIQUOR BBQ (178.8572); Pork — REDMULE'S BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — UNDER THE RADAR (177.7028).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 96% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4744 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Stronger than 100% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1710 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN SKULLIES and HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and ROLLIN' SMOKE tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: ROLLIN' SMOKE and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 170.8112 |
15 entries · top 702.8344 · median 692.4568
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.7144
15 entries · top 180 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084