Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2

2021-10-30 – 2021-10-31 · Shelby, NC · 📍 707 S Lafayette St · State championship

Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID

Grand Champion: Rhode Hog BBQ (707.4176) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

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Rogue Hog BBQ

707.4176 · Master Series — Overall

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ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

703.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE SHOW MAFIA

702.2400 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

707.4176

Winning margin

4.0232

GC over RC

Field average

683.74

median 683.89

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM (Chicken), MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

691.9428

10th place overall

Field spread

72.7204

winner to last place

Most consistent

Rogue Hog BBQ

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.1428 pts — SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM

How hot was the win?

Top 12%

beats 88% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

63%

of the 27 teams with a home region came from outside NC

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1603

avg power rating going in · stronger than 92% of contests

Top-rated in the field

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

rated 1819 pre-contest

Storylines

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 5–6: SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and SMOKE SHOW MAFIA tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKE SHOW MAFIA and SMOKE N BREW tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1603 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.

🃏 An upset on the books

Rogue Hog BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-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)

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	180.0000	175.4172	174.2628
Pork Ribs	177.7144	175.4172	174.2744
Pork	180.0000	175.4400	174.8572
Brisket	178.2972	176.5600	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 707.4176 · median 683.8856

#	Team	Score
1	Rogue Hog BBQ	707.4176
2	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	703.3944
3	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	702.2400
4	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	700.5372
5	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	700.5028
6	UNDER THE RADAR	699.3828
7	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	697.0628
8	THE HOG MAFIA	693.0860
9	SMOKIN SKULLIES	692.4684
10	SMOKE N BREW	691.9428
11	REDMULE'S BBQ	690.7884
12	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	688.4684
13	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	685.6112
14	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	683.8856
15	CHUNKY BBQ	682.8000
16	BALD HAWG BBQ	682.1716
17	DOCTOR CUE NC	681.6112
18	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	681.6000
19	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	679.8740
20	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	679.8628
21	Still Workin' On It	677.5656
22	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	677.0404
23	BARREL FEVER BBQ	673.5772
24	CBF Que	667.8864
25	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	658.7776
26	SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	646.6976
27	King's Cooking	634.6972

Chicken

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	180.0000 🔥
2	Rogue Hog BBQ	178.8572
3	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	177.7144
4	SMOKIN SKULLIES	176.5600
5	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	175.4172
6	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4172
7	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	175.4056
8	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	175.4056
9	SMOKE N BREW	175.4056
10	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	174.2628
11	CBF Que	173.1316
12	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	173.1200
13	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	173.1084
14	THE HOG MAFIA	171.9772
15	BALD HAWG BBQ	171.9772
16	REDMULE'S BBQ	171.9772
17	CHUNKY BBQ	171.9656
18	UNDER THE RADAR	171.9656
19	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	170.8344
20	DOCTOR CUE NC	170.8228
21	BARREL FEVER BBQ	169.6800
22	Still Workin' On It	169.6800
23	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	169.6684
24	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	168.5256
25	SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	166.2400
26	King's Cooking	163.9428
27	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	150.8228

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE N BREW	177.7144
2	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	177.7028
3	UNDER THE RADAR	177.1428
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	176.5716
5	Rogue Hog BBQ	175.4172
6	BARREL FEVER BBQ	175.4172
7	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	175.4056
8	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4056
9	DOCTOR CUE NC	174.8572
10	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	174.2744
11	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	174.2744
12	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	173.1200
13	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	171.4172
14	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	169.6800
15	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	169.6800
16	THE HOG MAFIA	169.6800
17	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	168.5488
18	REDMULE'S BBQ	168.5484
19	Still Workin' On It	168.5372
20	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	168.5256
21	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	167.9772
22	CHUNKY BBQ	166.8572
23	BALD HAWG BBQ	165.0972
24	SMOKIN SKULLIES	165.0856
25	CBF Que	161.1204
26	King's Cooking	159.9772
27	SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	159.3716

Pork

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	178.8572
3	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	178.2972
4	SMOKIN SKULLIES	176.5600
5	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	175.4400
6	Rogue Hog BBQ	175.4288
7	CHUNKY BBQ	175.4172
8	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	175.4056
9	THE HOG MAFIA	174.8572
10	REDMULE'S BBQ	174.8572
11	UNDER THE RADAR	173.1200
12	BALD HAWG BBQ	171.9772
13	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	171.9656
14	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	171.4172
15	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	171.4056
16	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	170.8228
17	DOCTOR CUE NC	169.6684
18	SMOKE N BREW	168.5600
19	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	167.3944
20	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	167.3828
21	Still Workin' On It	167.3828
22	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	166.2400
23	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	165.0972
24	BARREL FEVER BBQ	163.3828
25	King's Cooking	162.8228
26	SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	161.7144
27	CBF Que	161.6688

Brisket

27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9656

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	178.2972
2	Rogue Hog BBQ	177.7144
3	UNDER THE RADAR	177.1544
4	THE HOG MAFIA	176.5716
5	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	176.5600
6	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	175.4172
7	REDMULE'S BBQ	175.4056
8	SMOKIN SKULLIES	174.2628
9	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	174.2628
10	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	173.1200
11	BALD HAWG BBQ	173.1200
12	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	171.9772
13	Still Workin' On It	171.9656
14	CBF Que	171.9656
15	SMOKE N BREW	170.2628
16	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	170.2628
17	CHUNKY BBQ	168.5600
18	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	167.9888
19	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	167.9772
20	MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	167.9656
21	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	166.8344
22	DOCTOR CUE NC	166.2628
23	BARREL FEVER BBQ	165.0972
24	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	163.3828
25	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	162.8000
26	SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	159.3716
27	King's Cooking	147.9544

Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

📸 Photo finishes

🏟️ A stacked field

🃏 An upset on the books

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket