Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
2021-11-05 – 2021-11-06 · Yorkville, IL · 📍 9054 W. Veterans Pkwy
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER
Grand Champion: Porkrastinators (690.7884) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
PORKRASTINATORS took the Grand Championship home to WI.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 6–7: Big Boys Que edged Smokey and the Bandits by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: Red, White & Bacon edged CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE by 0.0228. Pork places 3–4: Plumber Q edged Sub Q by 0.0232.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-05 ← this one | Yorkville, IL | 9054 W. Veterans Pkwy | 18 | 690.7884 | Porkrastinators | — |
| 2022-11-04 | Yorkville, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-15 | Yorkville, IL | 4000 N. Bridge St. | 17 | 699.9544 | QUE U | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Yorkville, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Yorkville, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 166.2284 | 161.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8456 | 167.9888 | 161.6916 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 172.5484 | 169.1428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
18 entries · top 690.7884 · median 655.3026
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 2 | CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | |
| 3 | Plumber Q | |
| 4 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 5 | Three Little Pigs | |
| 6 | S & G BBQ | |
| 7 | Sub Q | |
| 8 | Big Boys Que | |
| 9 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 10 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 11 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 12 | Shmack Q | |
| 13 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 15 | Smokey and the Bandits | |
| 16 | A Few Good Butts | |
| 17 | KP2 BBQ | |
| 18 | Loose Cannon BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 175.4172 · median 162.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 2 | Three Little Pigs | |
| 3 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 4 | CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | |
| 5 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 6 | S & G BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Boys Que | |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandits | |
| 9 | Plumber Q | |
| 10 | Sub Q | |
| 11 | A Few Good Butts | |
| 12 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 13 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 14 | Shmack Q | |
| 15 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 16 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 17 | KP2 BBQ | |
| 18 | Loose Cannon BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 174.8456 · median 162.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Little Pigs | |
| 2 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 3 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 4 | CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | |
| 5 | Sub Q | |
| 6 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 7 | Plumber Q | |
| 8 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 9 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 10 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 11 | Big Boys Que | |
| 12 | Shmack Q | |
| 13 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 14 | S & G BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 16 | KP2 BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokey and the Bandits | |
| 18 | A Few Good Butts |
Pork
18 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S & G BBQ | |
| 2 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 3 | Plumber Q | |
| 4 | Sub Q | |
| 5 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Boys Que | |
| 7 | Smokey and the Bandits | |
| 8 | CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | |
| 9 | Shmack Q | |
| 10 | Three Little Pigs | |
| 11 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 12 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 13 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 15 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 16 | KP2 BBQ | |
| 17 | A Few Good Butts | |
| 18 | Loose Cannon BBQ |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Competitor Series — Mre Challenge
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plumber Q | |
| 2 | CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | |
| 3 | A Few Good Butts | |
| 4 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 5 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | S & G BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 8 | CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | |
| 9 | Big Boys Que | |
| 10 | Sub Q | |
| 11 | Shmack Q | |
| 12 | RUBY CREEK BBQ | |
| 13 | Three Little Pigs | |
| 14 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 15 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 16 | KP2 BBQ | |
| 17 | HOT EMBERS BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokey and the Bandits |