Mission Farm's King of the Farm

2023-02-24 – 2023-02-25 · Iron Station, NC · 📍 2702 Devine Rd · State championship

Reps: JULIE COOK, RUSTY COOK · Prize money: $6,250.00

Grand Champion: MUTTLEY CREW (708.5604) · 33 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNDER THE RADAR

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MUTTLEY CREW BBQ

708.5604 · Master Series — Overall

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UNDER THE RADAR

706.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN SKULLIES

702.8000 · 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.

592.88 median 680.98 708.56 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.70
Pork Ribs 178.88
Pork 178.86
Brisket 180.00 🔥

132.48 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

708.5604

Winning margin

1.7376

GC over RC

Field average

677.29

592.88708.56

median 680.98 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

SMOKIN SKULLIES (Brisket)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.1828

592.88708.56

10th place overall

Field spread

115.6804

winner to last place

Prize money

$6,250.00

on the line

Most consistent

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.1544 pts — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 5%

beats 95% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

42%

14 of 33 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1643

avg power rating going in · stronger than 94% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1978 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

A new contest record

708.5604 highest overall ever cooked here

708.5604 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.8000 Wolf's Revenge BBQ set in 2022.

old record 698.8000
set 2022 by Wolf's Revenge BBQ

An upset on the books

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1814
top seed 1978

A stacked field

1643 average power rating going in

Stronger than 94% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1643 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.

top seed GETTIN' BASTED (1978)
33 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 17 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS and SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Bowmans Butt & BBQ and CBF Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BAD ROOSTER BBQ and SMOKIN SKULLIES tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 1st
Brisket 2nd

A contest record in brisket

180.0000 best brisket ever cooked here

SMOKIN SKULLIES turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 175.4172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 175.4172
across 1 past editions

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

SMOKIN SKULLIES · Brisket

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2022-03-18	Iron Station, NC	2702 Devine Rd	33	698.8000	Wolf's Revenge BBQ	Smoke Central BBQ
2023-02-24 ← this one	Iron Station, NC	2702 Devine Rd	33	708.5604	MUTTLEY CREW	UNDER THE RADAR

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7028	175.4172	173.1200
Pork Ribs	178.8800	176.5600	174.2744
Pork	178.8572	175.4056	173.1200
Brisket	180.0000	174.2744	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 708.5604 · median 680.9824

#	Team	Score
1	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	708.5604
2	UNDER THE RADAR	706.8228
3	SMOKIN SKULLIES	702.8000
4	Poppa Pig	692.4800
5	SmokinGhost BBQ	691.9084
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	691.3256
7	BALD HAWG BBQ	690.7884
8	OFF THE RACK BBQ	690.7540
9	GETTIN' BASTED	690.2176
10	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	690.1828
11	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	689.0632
12	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	687.9200
13	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	687.8740
14	One Eyed Pig BBQ	685.0400
15	Optimus Swine	684.4452
16	WHO CARES BBQ	681.0288
17	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	680.9824
18	JL Smokers	679.9316
19	CBF Que	679.2912
20	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	677.0056
21	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	676.4228
22	Bowmans Butt & BBQ	670.6856
23	Willingham's	668.4000
24	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	666.1260
25	THREE BEARS ONE CAVE	666.1256
26	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	666.0912
27	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	664.9600
28	BARREL FEVER BBQ	663.2572
29	Vicious Pig BBQ	662.7320
30	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	662.6744
31	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	658.0912
32	TOMBOY'S BEST	643.7828
33	Low and Slow Smokehouse	592.8800

Chicken

33 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4056

#	Team	Score
1	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	177.7028
2	OFF THE RACK BBQ	177.1428
3	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	176.5600
4	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	176.5600
5	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	175.4172
6	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2744
7	Bowmans Butt & BBQ	174.2628
8	CBF Que	174.2628
9	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	173.1432
10	One Eyed Pig BBQ	173.1200
11	UNDER THE RADAR	173.1084
12	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	171.9772
13	WHO CARES BBQ	171.9656
14	SMOKIN SKULLIES	171.9656
15	BALD HAWG BBQ	171.9656
16	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	171.4056
17	Optimus Swine	171.4056
18	BARREL FEVER BBQ	170.8344
19	Poppa Pig	170.8228
20	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	170.8228
21	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	170.8112
22	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	169.6684
23	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5140
24	Vicious Pig BBQ	167.3944
25	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	167.3944
26	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	167.3828
27	Willingham's	167.3828
28	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	166.2284
29	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	165.0972
30	JL Smokers	161.6800
31	THREE BEARS ONE CAVE	158.2400
32	TOMBOY'S BEST	156.4912
33	Low and Slow Smokehouse	132.4800

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.4172

#	Team	Score
1	BALD HAWG BBQ	178.8800
2	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	178.8572
3	SMOKIN SKULLIES	178.8572
4	UNDER THE RADAR	177.1544
5	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	176.5600
6	Poppa Pig	176.5600
7	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	175.4288
8	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	175.4172
9	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	175.4172
10	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	174.2744
11	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2628
12	CBF Que	174.2628
13	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	174.2628
14	THREE BEARS ONE CAVE	173.1084
15	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	172.5600
16	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9772
17	Vicious Pig BBQ	171.4172
18	One Eyed Pig BBQ	170.8344
19	Willingham's	170.8228
20	Optimus Swine	170.2512
21	OFF THE RACK BBQ	169.6800
22	WHO CARES BBQ	168.5488
23	JL Smokers	166.2628
24	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	166.2400
25	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	166.2284
26	TOMBOY'S BEST	165.0972
27	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	163.9544
28	Bowmans Butt & BBQ	163.9428
29	Low and Slow Smokehouse	162.8344
30	BARREL FEVER BBQ	161.6456
31	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	160.5144
32	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	159.3716
33	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	157.0628

Pork

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684

#	Team	Score
1	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	178.8572
2	UNDER THE RADAR	177.7028
3	JL Smokers	176.5600
4	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	175.4056
5	OFF THE RACK BBQ	175.4056
6	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.8572
7	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	174.2744
8	Optimus Swine	174.2628
9	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1316
10	One Eyed Pig BBQ	173.1200
11	SMOKIN SKULLIES	171.9772
12	BARREL FEVER BBQ	170.8344
13	Poppa Pig	170.8228
14	Willingham's	169.6800
15	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	169.6800
16	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	169.6684
17	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	169.6684
18	CBF Que	169.1200
19	BALD HAWG BBQ	169.1200
20	Vicious Pig BBQ	167.3944
21	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	167.3828
22	WHO CARES BBQ	167.3828
23	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	166.8344
24	Bowmans Butt & BBQ	166.2400
25	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	166.2400
26	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	166.2284
27	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	165.0856
28	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	161.6572
29	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	161.6456
30	THREE BEARS ONE CAVE	160.5144
31	TOMBOY'S BEST	157.0972
32	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	155.9200
33	Low and Slow Smokehouse	149.6228

Brisket

33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN SKULLIES	180.0000 🔥
2	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	178.8572
3	UNDER THE RADAR	178.8572
4	JL Smokers	175.4288
5	Poppa Pig	174.2744
6	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2744
7	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.2628
8	THREE BEARS ONE CAVE	174.2628
9	WHO CARES BBQ	173.1316
10	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	173.1200
11	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	173.1200
12	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	171.9656
13	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	170.8344
14	GETTIN' BASTED	170.8344
15	BALD HAWG BBQ	170.8228
16	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	170.8228
17	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	169.6800
18	CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	169.6684
19	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	168.5488
20	BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ	168.5484
21	Optimus Swine	168.5256
22	OFF THE RACK BBQ	168.5256
23	One Eyed Pig BBQ	167.9656
24	HOLT BROTHERS BBQ	166.2400
25	Bowmans Butt & BBQ	166.2400
26	Blue Ribbon BBQ NC	165.0972
27	TOMBOY'S BEST	165.0972
28	CBF Que	161.6456
29	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	161.6456
30	Willingham's	160.5144
31	BARREL FEVER BBQ	159.9428
32	Vicious Pig BBQ	156.5260
33	Low and Slow Smokehouse	147.9428

Mission Farm's King of the Farm

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A stacked field

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

A perfect score on the table

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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