Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
2022-10-07 – 2022-10-08 · Rocky Mount, NC · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID · Prize money: $18,900.00
Grand Champion: Hold Your Horses BBQ (705.1316) · 27 teams
Entries
27
4 categories
Top score
705.1316
Winning margin
4.0460
GC over RC
Field average
670.09
median 670.19
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
679.9316
what a walk cost here
Field spread
114.5144
winner to last place
Prize money
$18,900.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 16%
beats 84% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1563
avg power rating going in · stronger than 69% of contests
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 9 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to GA.
🃏 An upset on the books
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, 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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | 55 | 682.2744 | FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack | |
| 2016-10-07 | — | — | — | |
| 2017-10-13 | 50 | 701.0972 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 2018-10-12 | 39 | 682.7428 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 2019-10-11 | Rocky Mount, NC | 32 | 705.1316 | Old Colony Smokehouse |
| 2021-10-08 | Rocky Mount, NC | 26 | 702.2400 | Fred Vegas Smokers |
| 2022-10-07 ← this one | Rocky Mount, NC | 27 | 705.1316 | Hold Your Horses BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | Rocky Mount, NC | 27 | 702.2400 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ |
| 2024-10-11 | Rocky Mount, NC | 26 | 702.7884 | Smoke Central |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
27 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2284
Master Series — Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
27 entries · top 705.1316 · median 670.1944
Master Series — Pork
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
Master Series — Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200