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Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1

May 20–21, 2022 · Mannington, WV · 📍 206 Main Street · State championship

Reps: Louise Weidner, Robert McKee · Prize money: $4,800

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UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT
692.5376 · Master Series — Overall
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ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
689.6344 · Master Series — Overall
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OFF THE RACK BBQ
687.9084 · Master Series — Overall

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Grand Champion at the Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 on May 20, 2022 in Mannington, WV at 206 Main Street, scoring 692.5376 in a field of 14 teams. ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.6344. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (178.8572); Pork Ribs — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (173.7028); Pork — MEAN MOE'S BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Dyin Breed BBQ (178.8572). The Backyard Series standings were won by Ham Squad with 351.4172.

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Master Series — Chicken 178.86
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 173.70
  • Master Series — Pork 178.86
  • Master Series — Brisket 178.86
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 179.44
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 174.27
138.11 179.44

Entries

14
6 judged meats

Top score

692.5376

Winning margin

2.9032
GC over RC

Field average

670.46
618.72692.54
median 675.89 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.0976
618.72692.54
10th place overall

Field spread

73.8176
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,800
on the line

Most consistent

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4516 pts — MEAN MOE'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 63%
beats 37% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,626
avg power rating going in · stronger than 89% of contests

Top-rated in the field

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
rated 1895 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Pork places 5–6: Bowmans Butt & BBQ and SMOKECRAFT - MD tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: Gold-N-Blue Barbecue and Country Boys BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 6–7: RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE and Kane's BBQ tied on 165.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 2nd

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8572174.2628166.2284
Master Series — Pork Ribs173.7028170.8344162.8112
Master Series — Pork178.8572171.9772166.8344
Master Series — Brisket178.8572169.6800165.1084
Backyard Series — Chicken179.4400171.9656159.3828
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs174.2744171.9772163.9544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

14 entries · top 692.5376 · median 675.8854

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 692.5376
2 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 689.6344
3 OFF THE RACK BBQ 687.9084
4 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 686.2176
5 D’Qued Barbeque 680.4800
6 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 678.7544
7 SMOKECRAFT - MD 675.8856
8 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 675.8852
9 CHUNKY BBQ 673.5540
10 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 673.0976
11 Dyin Breed BBQ 666.1828
12 Carbo-Q 662.1256
13 MASON JAR BBQ 625.4744
14 Benny Rays BBQ 618.7200

Chicken

14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.3942

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 178.8572
2 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 177.7144
3 OFF THE RACK BBQ 175.4056
4 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 174.2744
5 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 174.2628
6 MASON JAR BBQ 173.7372
7 Dyin Breed BBQ 171.9772
8 D’Qued Barbeque 170.8112
9 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 168.5600
10 Carbo-Q 166.2284
11 CHUNKY BBQ 166.2284
12 Benny Rays BBQ 163.9772
13 SMOKECRAFT - MD 163.4056
14 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 162.2400

Pork Ribs

14 entries · top 173.7028 · median 166.8172

#TeamScore
1 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 173.7028
2 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 172.5716
3 OFF THE RACK BBQ 171.9772
4 SMOKECRAFT - MD 171.9656
5 D’Qued Barbeque 170.8344
6 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 170.2744
7 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 167.3944
8 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 166.2400
9 Carbo-Q 163.4288
10 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 162.8112
11 CHUNKY BBQ 162.2400
12 Dyin Breed BBQ 158.2628
13 Benny Rays BBQ 153.1316
14 MASON JAR BBQ 138.1144

Pork

14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428

#TeamScore
1 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 178.8572
2 CHUNKY BBQ 175.4056
3 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 174.2972
4 D’Qued Barbeque 173.1200
5 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 171.9772
6 SMOKECRAFT - MD 171.9772
7 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 170.8344
8 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 170.2512
9 Carbo-Q 168.5256
10 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 166.8344
11 OFF THE RACK BBQ 163.9656
12 MASON JAR BBQ 162.8572
13 Benny Rays BBQ 157.6684
14 Dyin Breed BBQ 157.0856

Brisket

14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9658

#TeamScore
1 Dyin Breed BBQ 178.8572
2 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 176.5716
3 OFF THE RACK BBQ 176.5600
4 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 170.8344
5 CHUNKY BBQ 169.6800
6 HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO 169.1660
7 SMOKECRAFT - MD 168.5372
8 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 167.3944
9 D’Qued Barbeque 165.7144
10 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 165.1084
11 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 165.0972
12 Carbo-Q 163.9428
13 MASON JAR BBQ 150.7656
14 Benny Rays BBQ 143.9428

Backyard Series

Overall

10 entries · top 351.4172 · median 338.2114

#TeamScore
1 Ham Squad 351.4172
2 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 349.6916
3 Full Throttle BBQ 347.9772
4 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 339.3600
5 Kane's BBQ 338.2172
6 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 338.2056
7 Dogpatch Q 335.9312
8 Country Boys BBQ 335.9200
9 Dog Bite Barbecue 335.9200
10 Little E's Que 330.8116

Chicken

10 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5256

#TeamScore
1 Full Throttle BBQ 179.4400
2 Ham Squad 178.2972
3 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 177.7144
4 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 171.9656
5 Country Boys BBQ 171.9656
6 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 165.0856
7 Kane's BBQ 165.0856
8 Dogpatch Q 163.9656
9 Dog Bite Barbecue 162.8000
10 Little E's Que 159.3828

Pork Ribs

10 entries · top 174.2744 · median 171.9714

#TeamScore
1 RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 174.2744
2 Kane's BBQ 173.1316
3 Ham Squad 173.1200
4 Dog Bite Barbecue 173.1200
5 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 171.9772
6 Dogpatch Q 171.9656
7 Little E's Que 171.4288
8 Full Throttle BBQ 168.5372
9 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 166.2400
10 Country Boys BBQ 163.9544

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