A razor-thin finish
Closer than 93% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
- Rooters N Tooters
- MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS
May 14–15, 2022 · Union City, TN · 📍 1711 East Church St. · State championship
Reps: Donna Young, Ed Young · Prize money: $5,920
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 on May 14, 2022 in Union City, TN at 1711 East Church St., scoring 699.3600 in a field of 23 teams. MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8228. Category winners: Chicken — The BBQ Asylum (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Heavy Smoke BBQ (178.8572); Pork — WEQ4U (178.8572); Brisket — Can Country Outlaw BBQ (178.8572).
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.
Closer than 93% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8460 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1675 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Kith n' Kin and RUSTY PIG BBQ tied on 176.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: HOT COLE'S BBQ and Kermit's Ex tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0116 | 173.7144 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
23 entries · top 699.3600 · median 684.4912
23 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
23 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772
23 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
23 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4056