Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival

2022-04-29 – 2022-04-30 · Brookhaven, MS · 📍 1548 Oakwood Lane · State championship

Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $12,040.00

Grand Champion: Heavy Smoke (690.8228) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smokin N The Bandits

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Heavy Smoke BBQ

690.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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Smokin N The Bandits

687.4060 · Master Series — Overall

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Kith n' Kin

686.1940 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

596.49 median 661.03 690.82 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 177.74
Pork Ribs 176.01
Pork 175.44
Brisket 177.74

134.66 177.74

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2022 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

690.8228

Winning margin

3.4168

GC over RC

Field average

656.92

596.49690.82

median 661.03 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.3028

596.49690.82

10th place overall

Field spread

94.3316

winner to last place

Prize money

$12,040.00

on the line

Most consistent

Heavy Smoke BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.5944 pts — Rankin County BBQ Company

How hot was the win?

Top 68%

beats 32% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

11%

3 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1568

avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1999 pre-contest

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Heavy Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1860
top seed 1999

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED edged Grills of Mississippi by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: Grills of Mississippi edged GENERAL LEE SMOKING by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: Poppa Pig edged Rankin County BBQ Company by 0.0228.

Pork Ribs 1–2 · 0.0116
Pork 8–9 · 0.0116
Chicken 8–9 · 0.0228
Pork 1–2 · 0.0228

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

GETTIN' BASTED won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Heavy Smoke BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 6th
Brisket 6th

A contest record in chicken

177.7372 best chicken ever cooked here

Heavy Smoke BBQ turned in 177.7372 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

old best 177.7028
across 3 past editions

The contest returns

5 yrs since the last edition

This contest was away for 5 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2017-04-28.

previous edition 2017-04-28

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2015-05-29	Brookhaven, MS	Brookhaven, MS 39601	31	693.7256	RED EYED SMOKERS	C4-QUE
2016-05-27	Brookhaven, MS	Whitworth Ave	25	697.1084	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	SWEET BAYOU BBQ
2017-04-28	Brookhaven, MS	Brookhaven, MS 39601	27	686.1940	SWEET BAYOU BBQ	Cannonball Express
2022-04-29 ← this one	Brookhaven, MS	1548 Oakwood Lane	25	690.8228	Heavy Smoke	Smokin N The Bandits

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7372	172.5600	170.2628
Pork Ribs	176.0116	171.4172	165.6916
Pork	175.4400	172.0228	167.4056
Brisket	177.7372	171.9772	167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 690.8228 · median 661.0288

#	Team	Score
1	Heavy Smoke BBQ	690.8228
2	Smokin N The Bandits	687.4060
3	Kith n' Kin	686.1940
4	GETTIN' BASTED	683.9544
5	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	682.8112
6	Rankin County BBQ Company	681.0284
7	Poppa Pig	673.0400
8	Superior Smoke	671.9084
9	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	667.8284
10	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	667.3028
11	Mo Betta BBQ	665.5884
12	GENERAL LEE SMOKING	664.4800
13	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	661.0288
14	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	658.1600
15	Money Line Meats	655.3484
16	SOUTHSIDE BBQ	653.5772
17	Grills of Mississippi	650.1028
18	Riley BBQ	642.5712
19	Eddie Wright BBQ	641.0060
20	Jonesy Q	640.5144
21	Southern Swine	640.4228
22	Snuff The Rooster BBQ	631.9656
23	Branded BBQ	622.6744
24	Diamond J BBQ	606.6624
25	901 Grillers	596.4912

Chicken

25 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.6684

#	Team	Score
1	Heavy Smoke BBQ	177.7372
2	Kith n' Kin	177.1428
3	Eddie Wright BBQ	175.4172
4	Smokin N The Bandits	174.8572
5	Southern Swine	172.5600
6	Superior Smoke	171.9656
7	Riley BBQ	171.4056
8	Poppa Pig	170.8456
9	Rankin County BBQ Company	170.8228
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	170.2628
11	Jonesy Q	169.6916
12	Money Line Meats	169.6684
13	SOUTHSIDE BBQ	169.6684
14	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	166.2284
15	Diamond J BBQ	165.1200
16	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	164.5372
17	GETTIN' BASTED	164.5372
18	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	162.8572
19	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	161.6572
20	Snuff The Rooster BBQ	160.5372
21	Branded BBQ	160.5028
22	Mo Betta BBQ	158.2400
23	GENERAL LEE SMOKING	157.6800
24	901 Grillers	154.2512
25	Grills of Mississippi	150.1712

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 176.0116 · median 165.0856

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	176.0116
2	Grills of Mississippi	176.0000
3	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	173.7144
4	Kith n' Kin	173.1200
5	Heavy Smoke BBQ	171.4172
6	Mo Betta BBQ	167.9656
7	Superior Smoke	167.4172
8	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	167.3944
9	Smokin N The Bandits	165.7144
10	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	165.6916
11	GENERAL LEE SMOKING	165.6916
12	Poppa Pig	165.6800
13	Rankin County BBQ Company	165.0856
14	Money Line Meats	164.5600
15	SOUTHSIDE BBQ	163.9544
16	Eddie Wright BBQ	163.3944
17	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	162.8572
18	Southern Swine	161.0972
19	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	159.9656
20	Snuff The Rooster BBQ	158.2856
21	Jonesy Q	158.2856
22	Diamond J BBQ	149.0512
23	Branded BBQ	147.9660
24	901 Grillers	140.5372
25	Riley BBQ	134.6628

Pork

25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.9028

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	175.4400
2	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	175.4172
3	Smokin N The Bandits	174.2628
4	Riley BBQ	173.1200
5	Superior Smoke	172.0228
6	Heavy Smoke BBQ	170.8228
7	Poppa Pig	168.5372
8	Grills of Mississippi	167.9772
9	GENERAL LEE SMOKING	167.9656
10	Mo Betta BBQ	167.4056
11	Kith n' Kin	167.4056
12	Rankin County BBQ Company	167.3828
13	Money Line Meats	166.9028
14	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	166.2400
15	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	166.2284
16	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	164.5256
17	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	163.3828
18	Branded BBQ	162.8228
19	Snuff The Rooster BBQ	161.7028
20	Jonesy Q	160.5372
21	SOUTHSIDE BBQ	160.5372
22	Southern Swine	155.9540
23	Eddie Wright BBQ	153.6572
24	901 Grillers	153.1316
25	Diamond J BBQ	152.5484

Brisket

25 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	Rankin County BBQ Company	177.7372
2	GENERAL LEE SMOKING	173.1428
3	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	172.6056
4	Smokin N The Bandits	172.5716
5	Mo Betta BBQ	171.9772
6	Heavy Smoke BBQ	170.8456
7	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	170.8228
8	MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	170.2628
9	Kith n' Kin	168.5256
10	Poppa Pig	167.9772
11	GETTIN' BASTED	167.9656
12	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	166.2400
13	SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!	166.2400
14	Riley BBQ	163.3828
15	Superior Smoke	160.5028
16	SOUTHSIDE BBQ	159.4172
17	Grills of Mississippi	155.9544
18	Money Line Meats	154.2172
19	Jonesy Q	152.0000
20	Snuff The Rooster BBQ	151.4400
21	Branded BBQ	151.3828
22	Southern Swine	150.8116
23	901 Grillers	148.5712
24	Eddie Wright BBQ	148.5372
25	Diamond J BBQ	139.9428

Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

The contest returns

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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