Back The Blue BBQ

2022-10-28 – 2022-10-29 · Vidalia, LA · 📍 202 Vernon Stevens Blvd · State championship

Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN · Prize money: $4,750.00

Grand Champion: Piggin' Whiskey (705.2000) · 22 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big D's BBQ

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PIGGIN' WHISKEY

705.2000 · Master Series — Overall

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Big D's BBQ

697.7028 · Master Series — Overall

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FIRE DANCER BBQ

697.6800 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

507.39 median 663.35 705.20 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 179.44
Pork Ribs 178.88
Pork 177.70
Brisket 180.00 🔥

20.00 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

705.2000

Winning margin

7.4972

GC over RC

Field average

651.04

507.39705.20

median 663.35 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

FIRE DANCER BBQ (Brisket), Glamping Grillers (Brisket), Big D's BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.1484

507.39705.20

10th place overall

Field spread

197.8060

winner to last place

Prize money

$4,750.00

on the line

Most consistent

PIGGIN' WHISKEY

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2972 pts — Kith n' Kin

How hot was the win?

Top 12%

beats 88% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1539

avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Piggin' Whiskey

rated 1808 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PIGGIN' WHISKEY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 4th

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

FIRE DANCER BBQ · Brisket
Glamping Grillers · Brisket
Big D's BBQ · Brisket

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 2–3: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and Big D's BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Big D's BBQ and East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: FIRE DANCER BBQ and Glamping Grillers tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Brisket 1–2 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	170.8572	162.8228
Pork Ribs	178.8800	173.7372	171.4056
Pork	177.7028	176.5600	171.4628
Brisket	180.0000	172.0116	168.0344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

22 entries · top 705.2000 · median 663.3544

#	Team	Score
1	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	705.2000
2	Big D's BBQ	697.7028
3	FIRE DANCER BBQ	697.6800
4	Kith n' Kin	697.1772
5	2nd Hand Smoke	687.9772
6	Rankin County BBQ Company	686.2512
7	Grill Team Six	681.6340
8	Glamping Grillers	679.3828
9	McDonald Collision	678.8116
10	Pickin' And Grillin'	670.1484
11	East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team	669.7032
12	Camo Construction	657.0056
13	Concordia Communications District	656.6060
14	Liberty BBQ	654.7540
15	Big Rob	638.8800
16	Dirt Broke	633.7256
17	Syrah Smokers	619.9884
18	Auslanders	618.4112
19	Graphite Grillers	611.8628
20	Smokin' Hose	597.2684
21	Can't Act Rights	575.2456
22	Devine Swine	507.3940

Chicken

22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.0228

#	Team	Score
1	Kith n' Kin	179.4400
2	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	177.1428
3	FIRE DANCER BBQ	174.8572
4	Rankin County BBQ Company	173.7028
5	Grill Team Six	170.8572
6	Dirt Broke	168.5944
7	Big D's BBQ	166.8228
8	2nd Hand Smoke	165.7028
9	East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team	164.5256
10	Glamping Grillers	162.8228
11	Smokin' Hose	162.3428
12	Liberty BBQ	161.7028
13	Camo Construction	161.6684
14	Concordia Communications District	159.4172
15	Big Rob	158.2628
16	Graphite Grillers	157.7716
17	McDonald Collision	157.0744
18	Pickin' And Grillin'	155.9428
19	Can't Act Rights	155.4056
20	Devine Swine	153.6684
21	Auslanders	146.9144
22	Syrah Smokers	139.9656

Pork Ribs

22 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.0000

#	Team	Score
1	McDonald Collision	178.8800
2	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	177.7372
3	Rankin County BBQ Company	176.0000
4	Glamping Grillers	174.2628
5	Big D's BBQ	173.7372
6	2nd Hand Smoke	173.7028
7	FIRE DANCER BBQ	173.1200
8	Grill Team Six	173.1084
9	Kith n' Kin	172.5600
10	Camo Construction	171.4056
11	Devine Swine	168.0228
12	Pickin' And Grillin'	167.9772
13	Liberty BBQ	167.3712
14	Concordia Communications District	166.8572
15	East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team	165.7376
16	Graphite Grillers	164.0000
17	Auslanders	163.4628
18	Dirt Broke	162.2972
19	Big Rob	150.2972
20	Smokin' Hose	149.7484
21	Can't Act Rights	147.3828
22	Syrah Smokers	139.4172

Pork

22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.7028

#	Team	Score
1	Pickin' And Grillin'	177.7028
2	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	177.1428
3	Big D's BBQ	177.1428
4	East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team	177.1428
5	2nd Hand Smoke	176.5600
6	McDonald Collision	176.0000
7	Kith n' Kin	174.8572
8	Big Rob	173.1656
9	Rankin County BBQ Company	171.9656
10	Syrah Smokers	171.4628
11	FIRE DANCER BBQ	169.7028
12	Devine Swine	165.7028
13	Grill Team Six	165.6684
14	Liberty BBQ	163.4172
15	Concordia Communications District	162.2972
16	Glamping Grillers	162.2972
17	Graphite Grillers	157.7140
18	Camo Construction	157.0744
19	Auslanders	156.0456
20	Dirt Broke	154.2856
21	Smokin' Hose	144.5828
22	Can't Act Rights	135.9200

Brisket

22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE DANCER BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Glamping Grillers	180.0000 🔥
3	Big D's BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	173.1772
5	2nd Hand Smoke	172.0116
6	Grill Team Six	172.0000
7	Kith n' Kin	170.3200
8	Syrah Smokers	169.1428
9	Pickin' And Grillin'	168.5256
10	Concordia Communications District	168.0344
11	McDonald Collision	166.8572
12	Camo Construction	166.8572
13	Rankin County BBQ Company	164.5828
14	East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Cook Team	162.2972
15	Liberty BBQ	162.2628
16	Big Rob	157.1544
17	Auslanders	151.9884
18	Dirt Broke	148.5484
19	Smokin' Hose	140.5944
20	Can't Act Rights	136.5372
21	Graphite Grillers	132.3772
22	Devine Swine	20.0000

Back The Blue BBQ

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

Photo finishes

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket