Bombers & BBQ
2022-05-27 – 2022-05-28 · Hot Springs, AR · 📍 525 Airport Rd · State championship
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Pig N Whiskey (708.5372) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Heavy Smoke BBQ
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: LA PASADITA and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SmokinGhost BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: RAZORRACKS and Can Country Outlaw BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1619 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Piggin' Whiskey came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 173.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 708.5372 · median 684.7658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 6 | Organizer Portal | |
| 7 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 9 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 11 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 12 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 13 | LA PASADITA | |
| 14 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 15 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 16 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 17 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 18 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 19 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 20 | Claude's Q | |
| 21 | Burn One Big Sexy | |
| 22 | honey b-b-q | |
| 23 | Bobbys B's BBQ | |
| 24 | PICKIN' AND GRILLIN | |
| 25 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 26 | Oaklawn BBQ Team | |
| 27 | J & J Boudashis Butts | |
| 28 | Southern Krunk |
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.7030 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 5 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 8 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 9 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 10 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 11 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Organizer Portal | |
| 14 | Claude's Q | |
| 15 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 16 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 17 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 18 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 19 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 20 | Burn One Big Sexy | |
| 21 | Bobbys B's BBQ | |
| 22 | J & J Boudashis Butts | |
| 23 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 24 | PICKIN' AND GRILLIN | |
| 25 | honey b-b-q | |
| 26 | Oaklawn BBQ Team | |
| 27 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 28 | Southern Krunk |
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 5 | Organizer Portal | |
| 6 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 7 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 11 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 12 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 13 | Claude's Q | |
| 14 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 15 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 16 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 17 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 18 | LA PASADITA | |
| 19 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 20 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 21 | Southern Krunk | |
| 22 | Bobbys B's BBQ | |
| 23 | honey b-b-q | |
| 24 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 25 | Burn One Big Sexy | |
| 26 | PICKIN' AND GRILLIN | |
| 27 | Oaklawn BBQ Team | |
| 28 | J & J Boudashis Butts |
Pork
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 6 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 9 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 11 | Organizer Portal | |
| 12 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 13 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 14 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 15 | LA PASADITA | |
| 16 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 17 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 18 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 19 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 20 | Claude's Q | |
| 21 | Burn One Big Sexy | |
| 22 | Oaklawn BBQ Team | |
| 23 | PICKIN' AND GRILLIN | |
| 24 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 25 | honey b-b-q | |
| 26 | J & J Boudashis Butts | |
| 27 | Bobbys B's BBQ | |
| 28 | Southern Krunk |
Brisket
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organizer Portal | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 7 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 8 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 9 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 11 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 12 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 13 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 14 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 15 | LA PASADITA | |
| 16 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 17 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 18 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 19 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 20 | Burn One Big Sexy | |
| 21 | honey b-b-q | |
| 22 | Claude's Q | |
| 23 | PICKIN' AND GRILLIN | |
| 24 | Southern Krunk | |
| 25 | Slappin'Butt BBQ | |
| 26 | Bobbys B's BBQ | |
| 27 | J & J Boudashis Butts | |
| 28 | Oaklawn BBQ Team |