Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational
2022-06-10 – 2022-06-11 · New Haven, KY · 📍 225 Dee Head Road · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Tire Smoke BBQ (702.2400) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
TIRE SMOKE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: SMOKE-N-PEPPERS and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: TWISTED PAIR BBQ and THE REAL SMOKIN ACES tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. and SmokinGhost BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1663 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
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 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 173.1316 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 168.0344 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 173.1316 | 167.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 702.2400 · median 682.2060
Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
Pork
17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800
Brisket
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1084