SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1
2021-10-22 – 2021-10-23 · Summerville, SC · 📍 Dorchester Shrine Club · State championship
Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK
Grand Champion: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (702.8344) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 REDMULE'S BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS took the Grand Championship home to GA.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1635 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Score distribution
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 170.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 702.8344 · median 692.4568
Chicken
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.7144
Pork
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084