SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1
2021-10-22 – 2021-10-23 · Summerville, SC · State championship
Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK
Grand Champion: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (702.8344) · 15 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
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.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1637 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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084
Master Series — Chicken
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1084
Master Series — Overall
15 entries · top 702.8344 · median 692.4568
Master Series — Pork
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.7144