Smoke on the Ohio
2022-09-09 – 2022-09-10 · Mt. Vernon, IN · 📍 Riverbend Park · State championship
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $5,150.00
Grand Champion: Local Yokels (716.0000) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 DB BBQ
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How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Scuffletown Smokers has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 16.0344 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 1–2: DB BBQ and LOCAL YOKELS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Global Smokers edged AbiCue by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: Global Smokers edged MAMA'S BOY BBQ by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (won 2018).
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)
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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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | Water St | 29 | 693.0856 | FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE | GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ | |
| 2018-09-07 | Water St | 28 | 701.0856 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 2019-09-13 | Mt.Vernon, IN | 1 Locust | 28 | 701.1088 | Scuffletown Smokers | ONE2BBQ |
| 2021-09-10 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 110 East Water St. | 16 | 702.2400 | Local Yokels | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2022-09-09 ← this one | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 12 | 716.0000 | Local Yokels | DB BBQ |
| 2023-09-08 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 25 | 709.6684 | Scuffletown Smokers | DB BBQ |
| 2024-09-13 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 28 | 703.9428 | Mulkey's BBQ | JaBs BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 27 | 709.1428 | JaBs | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2026-09-11 | Mt. Vernon, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 170.2856 | 163.3944 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 166.2744 | 162.7884 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 166.2400 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 167.9656 | 157.0740 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 716.0000 · median 657.8340
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | DB BBQ | |
| 3 | MAMA'S BOY BBQ | |
| 4 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 5 | Global Smokers | |
| 6 | RURAL ROUTE BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke N Hope | |
| 8 | AbiCue | |
| 9 | Po Co Porkers | |
| 10 | Zillas BBQ | |
| 11 | WOinKCo. | |
| 12 | BIG RACK SMOKERS |
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | DB BBQ | |
| 3 | Po Co Porkers | |
| 4 | Global Smokers | |
| 5 | MAMA'S BOY BBQ | |
| 6 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 7 | Zillas BBQ | |
| 8 | AbiCue | |
| 9 | RURAL ROUTE BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke N Hope | |
| 11 | WOinKCo. | |
| 12 | BIG RACK SMOKERS |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | MAMA'S BOY BBQ | |
| 3 | DB BBQ | |
| 4 | Global Smokers | |
| 5 | Zillas BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke N Hope | |
| 7 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | WOinKCo. | |
| 9 | AbiCue | |
| 10 | RURAL ROUTE BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG RACK SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Po Co Porkers |
Pork
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.2342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | DB BBQ | |
| 3 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | Global Smokers | |
| 5 | MAMA'S BOY BBQ | |
| 6 | RURAL ROUTE BBQ | |
| 7 | Zillas BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG RACK SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Smoke N Hope | |
| 10 | AbiCue | |
| 11 | WOinKCo. | |
| 12 | Po Co Porkers |
Brisket
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DB BBQ | |
| 2 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 3 | LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | RURAL ROUTE BBQ | |
| 5 | MAMA'S BOY BBQ | |
| 6 | Global Smokers | |
| 7 | AbiCue | |
| 8 | Po Co Porkers | |
| 9 | Smoke N Hope | |
| 10 | BIG RACK SMOKERS | |
| 11 | WOinKCo. | |
| 12 | Zillas BBQ |