Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off
2022-06-24 – 2022-06-26 · Carthage, TX · 📍 638 FM 1234 · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Tiny E BBQ (696.5372) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RAZORRACKS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
TINY E BBQ took the Grand Championship home to OK.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: TINY E BBQ and PIGGIN' WHISKEY tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Chingon BBQ and LC BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Real Smoke BBQ TX edged RAZORRACKS by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
TINY E BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, RAZORRACKS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-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 | 177.7372 | 175.4172 | 165.6912 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 172.5600 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 173.1316 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 171.9772 | 168.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 696.5372 · median 675.9256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | FIRST CLASS BBQ | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 7 | Rankin County | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 9 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 10 | Backyard Q'ers | |
| 11 | Wholey Smoked Cookers | |
| 12 | K & R Pipline | |
| 13 | Smoke Showin | |
| 14 | Real Smoke BBQ TX | |
| 15 | Sweeties Barbque | |
| 16 | Chiefs BBQ |
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA PASADITA | |
| 2 | Sweeties Barbque | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 6 | FIRST CLASS BBQ | |
| 7 | Rankin County | |
| 8 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 9 | LC BBQ | |
| 10 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoke Showin | |
| 12 | Backyard Q'ers | |
| 13 | Real Smoke BBQ TX | |
| 14 | Wholey Smoked Cookers | |
| 15 | Chiefs BBQ | |
| 16 | K & R Pipline |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | K & R Pipline | |
| 2 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | Wholey Smoked Cookers | |
| 5 | Rankin County | |
| 6 | Backyard Q'ers | |
| 7 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 8 | FIRST CLASS BBQ | |
| 9 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 10 | LC BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 12 | LA PASADITA | |
| 13 | Smoke Showin | |
| 14 | Chiefs BBQ | |
| 15 | Sweeties Barbque | |
| 16 | Real Smoke BBQ TX |
Pork
16 entries · top 176.0000 · median 169.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 2 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 6 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 7 | FIRST CLASS BBQ | |
| 8 | Backyard Q'ers | |
| 9 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 10 | Rankin County | |
| 11 | Wholey Smoked Cookers | |
| 12 | K & R Pipline | |
| 13 | Smoke Showin | |
| 14 | Real Smoke BBQ TX | |
| 15 | Sweeties Barbque | |
| 16 | Chiefs BBQ |
Brisket
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.0172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LC BBQ | |
| 2 | FIRST CLASS BBQ | |
| 3 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 4 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 5 | Real Smoke BBQ TX | |
| 6 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 7 | Smoke Showin | |
| 8 | Rankin County | |
| 9 | LA PASADITA | |
| 10 | Backyard Q'ers | |
| 11 | K & R Pipline | |
| 12 | Wholey Smoked Cookers | |
| 13 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | |
| 14 | Chiefs BBQ | |
| 15 | Sweeties Barbque | |
| 16 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |