Smokin' For Down Syndrome
2022-04-01 – 2022-04-02 · Collierville, TN · 📍 2005 E Winchester Blvd. · State championship
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $5,200.00
Grand Champion: SmokinGhost BBQ (707.9772) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SmokinGhost BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
Organizer Portal won Pork, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: SmokinGhost BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: JORDYQ and HAWGAMANIA tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Blinkys Offset BBQ and PIGGIN' WHISKEY tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Piggin' Whiskey (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
SmokinGhost BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-09 | Collierville, TN | 2005 E Winchester Blvd. | 44 | 705.6800 | Piggin' Whiskey | ONE2BBQ |
| 2022-04-01 ← this one | Collierville, TN | 2005 E Winchester Blvd. | 28 | 707.9772 | SmokinGhost BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| 2023-03-31 | Marion, AR | 1 Complex Road | 15 | 709.1200 | Janky Leg BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 170.8456 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 707.9772 · median 674.4398
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1144
Pork
28 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.6800
Brisket
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180