2022-05-13 – 2022-05-14 · Union City, TN · 📍 1711 East Church St. · State championship
Reps: DONNA YOUNG, ED YOUNG · Prize money: $5,920.00
Grand Champion: Hot Coles BBQ (698.2628) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGGIN' WHISKEY
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1662 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 7–8: Rankin County BBQ and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Heavy Smoke BBQ and RUSTY PIG BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: HOT COLE'S BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOT COLE'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 19th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 171.4172 | 169.1316 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
25 entries · top 698.2628 · median 676.5144
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2744
25 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.4284
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2512 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180