Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational
2022-06-10 – 2022-06-11 · New Haven, KY · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Tire Smoke BBQ (702.2400) · 17 teams
Entries
17
4 categories
Top score
702.2400
Winning margin
6.8916
GC over RC
Field average
681.73
median 682.21
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
681.5884
what a walk cost here
Field spread
42.9024
winner to last place
Prize money
$6,000.00
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 27%
beats 73% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1664
avg power rating going in · stronger than 100% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
TIRE SMOKE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IN.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1664 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
TIRE SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1084
Master Series — Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
17 entries · top 702.2400 · median 682.2060
Master Series — Pork
17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800
Master Series — Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228