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Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) 2023

Apr 28–29, 2023 · Williamsburg, VA · 📍 2205 Jamestown Rd · State championship

Reps: Alex Jr Brown, Bill Jones · Prize money: $7,700

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Bushmaster BBQ
701.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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CHUNKY BBQ
699.9656 · Master Series — Overall
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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
691.9316 · Master Series — Overall

Bushmaster BBQ won Grand Champion at the Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) on April 28, 2023 in Williamsburg, VA at 2205 Jamestown Rd, scoring 701.6684 in a field of 20 teams. CHUNKY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9656. Category winners: Chicken — Mispillion Meat Works (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Fergolicious BBQ (177.1544); Pork — D’Qued Barbeque (177.1544); Brisket — Bushmaster BBQ (177.7028). The Backyard Series standings were won by Leaning Jowler BBQ with 347.4400. This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2023.

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Master Series — Pork 177.15
  • Master Series — Brisket 177.70
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 174.88
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 173.71
135.92 180

Entries

24
6 judged meats

Top score

701.6684

Winning margin

1.7028
GC over RC

Field average

674.58
609.57701.67
median 682.50 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
Mispillion Meat Works (Chicken), WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.3600
609.57701.67
10th place overall

Field spread

92.1028
winner to last place

Prize money

$7,700
on the line

Most consistent

CHUNKY BBQ
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

9
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.1544 pts — Buckshot's BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 27%
beats 73% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,613
avg power rating going in · stronger than 85% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Fergolicious BBQ
rated 1862 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Mispillion Meat Works and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: CHUNKY BBQ and Rogue Hog BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: Bowmans Butt & BBQ and Bushmaster BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Master Series — Chicken 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Bushmaster BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 1st

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

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

  • Mispillion Meat Works · Chicken
  • WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ · Chicken

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Apr 28, 2023 ← this one Williamsburg, VA 2205 Jamestown Rd 20 701.6684 BUSHMASTER BBQ CHUNKY BBQ
Apr 29, 2023 Williamsburg, VA 2205 Jamestown Rd 19 695.9312 OPTIMUS SWINE 757 OFF THE RACK BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180177.1428174.2628
Master Series — Pork Ribs177.1544173.7028170.8456
Master Series — Pork177.1544172.5600170.8684
Master Series — Brisket177.7028173.1428166.8228
Backyard Series — Chicken174.8800171.9656168.5256
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs173.7144170.2972167.3828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

20 entries · top 701.6684 · median 682.5028

#TeamScore
1 Bushmaster BBQ 701.6684
2 CHUNKY BBQ 699.9656
3 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 691.9316
4 OFF THE RACK BBQ 690.8112
5 Optimus Swine 690.2512
6 Fergolicious BBQ 685.6344
7 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 685.6228
8 3 EYZ BBQ 684.4800
9 D’Qued Barbeque 683.3832
10 Rogue Hog BBQ 683.3600
11 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 681.6456
12 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 681.0628
13 Mispillion Meat Works 680.5140
14 SMOKECRAFT - MD 675.3256
15 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 673.6460
16 smokey anderson bbq 667.9200
17 SMOKIN NEIGHBORS 654.2632
18 Smokin Paws BBQ 649.0628
19 Low and Slow Smokehouse 621.5772
20 PIG PATROL 609.5656

Chicken

20 entries · top 180 · median 173.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Mispillion Meat Works 180 🔥
2 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 180 🔥
3 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 178.2972
4 CHUNKY BBQ 177.1428
5 Rogue Hog BBQ 177.1428
6 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 176.5944
7 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 176
8 Bushmaster BBQ 176
9 D’Qued Barbeque 174.2628
10 OFF THE RACK BBQ 174.2628
11 Optimus Swine 171.9884
12 Fergolicious BBQ 171.9772
13 3 EYZ BBQ 170.2628
14 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.9656
15 smokey anderson bbq 166.2512
16 Smokin Paws BBQ 164.5600
17 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 164.5488
18 SMOKIN NEIGHBORS 162.2860
19 PIG PATROL 158.2628
20 Low and Slow Smokehouse 156.5600

Pork Ribs

20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.5542

#TeamScore
1 Fergolicious BBQ 177.1544
2 Optimus Swine 176.5600
3 Bushmaster BBQ 175.4172
4 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 174.2744
5 Mispillion Meat Works 173.7028
6 SMOKECRAFT - MD 172.5600
7 CHUNKY BBQ 172.5600
8 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 171.9772
9 3 EYZ BBQ 171.4172
10 OFF THE RACK BBQ 170.8456
11 Rogue Hog BBQ 170.2628
12 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 169.1200
13 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 168.5372
14 D’Qued Barbeque 165.1316
15 smokey anderson bbq 163.3944
16 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 162.8000
17 SMOKIN NEIGHBORS 160
18 PIG PATROL 159.4172
19 Smokin Paws BBQ 152.5028
20 Low and Slow Smokehouse 149.6916

Pork

20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.5714

#TeamScore
1 D’Qued Barbeque 177.1544
2 Smokin Paws BBQ 176.0228
3 CHUNKY BBQ 174.2628
4 Fergolicious BBQ 173.1200
5 OFF THE RACK BBQ 172.5600
6 Bushmaster BBQ 172.5484
7 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 172.5484
8 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 172
9 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 171.4056
10 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 170.8684
11 Rogue Hog BBQ 170.2744
12 Optimus Swine 170.2744
13 smokey anderson bbq 169.1316
14 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 168.5372
15 SMOKECRAFT - MD 167.9772
16 3 EYZ BBQ 166.2400
17 SMOKIN NEIGHBORS 165.6800
18 Mispillion Meat Works 161.1084
19 Low and Slow Smokehouse 155.3828
20 PIG PATROL 135.9200

Brisket

20 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.5600

#TeamScore
1 Bushmaster BBQ 177.7028
2 3 EYZ BBQ 176.5600
3 CHUNKY BBQ 176
4 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 174.8572
5 OFF THE RACK BBQ 173.1428
6 Optimus Swine 171.4284
7 LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 169.6684
8 smokey anderson bbq 169.1428
9 D’Qued Barbeque 166.8344
10 SMOKECRAFT - MD 166.8228
11 SMOKIN NEIGHBORS 166.2972
12 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 166.2516
13 Mispillion Meat Works 165.7028
14 Rogue Hog BBQ 165.6800
15 Bowmans Butt & BBQ 163.9428
16 Fergolicious BBQ 163.3828
17 BLUE & GRAY BBQ 161.6800
18 Low and Slow Smokehouse 159.9428
19 Smokin Paws BBQ 155.9772
20 PIG PATROL 155.9656

Backyard Series

Overall

24 entries · top 347.4400 · median 334.4914

#TeamScore
1 Leaning Jowler BBQ 347.4400
2 Buckshot's BBQ 346.2744
3 HotMess BBQ 345.6684
4 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 339.3712
5 POOR BOYS BBQ 338.8228
6 Pinky Out BBQ 338.2628
7 T & S BBQ 337.6572
8 BROCK'S BBQ 337.1316
9 Dogpatch Q 336.5484
10 Full Throttle BBQ 335.9428
11 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 334.7884
12 Country Boys BBQ 334.7772
13 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 334.2056
14 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 333.7028
15 Low & Slow Locomotives 331.3372
16 LOVE-N-SMOKE 329.6228
17 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 326.8344
18 PINK RING BBQ 326.2744
19 Troublemaker BBQ 325.6456
20 Bayonet BBQ 324.5604
21 Que N Cue 322.7884
22 BBQ McLovin' 302.8228
23 ROCHAMBEAU'S RENEGADES 292.5144
24 THE NEW Q 280.5372

Chicken

24 entries · top 174.8800 · median 166.8170

#TeamScore
1 Leaning Jowler BBQ 174.8800
2 HotMess BBQ 174.8456
3 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 174.2628
4 Buckshot's BBQ 172.5600
5 Country Boys BBQ 171.9656
6 Pinky Out BBQ 171.4284
7 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 170.8456
8 Full Throttle BBQ 169.1200
9 BROCK'S BBQ 168.5600
10 T & S BBQ 168.5256
11 POOR BOYS BBQ 168.5256
12 LOVE-N-SMOKE 167.3712
13 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 166.2628
14 Dogpatch Q 165.1084
15 Que N Cue 165.0856
16 Low & Slow Locomotives 163.9544
17 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 163.9428
18 PINK RING BBQ 162.8456
19 Troublemaker BBQ 162.2400
20 Bayonet BBQ 160.5716
21 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 160.5488
22 BBQ McLovin' 149.6800
23 ROCHAMBEAU'S RENEGADES 149.1200
24 THE NEW Q 144.5712

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 173.7144 · median 166.5542

#TeamScore
1 Buckshot's BBQ 173.7144
2 Leaning Jowler BBQ 172.5600
3 Dogpatch Q 171.4400
4 HotMess BBQ 170.8228
5 POOR BOYS BBQ 170.2972
6 Swine 'N' Roses BBQ 170.2628
7 T & S BBQ 169.1316
8 BROCK'S BBQ 168.5716
9 Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 168.5256
10 Low & Slow Locomotives 167.3828
11 Pinky Out BBQ 166.8344
12 Full Throttle BBQ 166.8228
13 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 166.2856
14 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue 165.1084
15 Bayonet BBQ 163.9888
16 PINK RING BBQ 163.4288
17 Troublemaker BBQ 163.4056
18 SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM 162.8572
19 Country Boys BBQ 162.8116
20 LOVE-N-SMOKE 162.2516
21 Que N Cue 157.7028
22 BBQ McLovin' 153.1428
23 ROCHAMBEAU'S RENEGADES 143.3944
24 THE NEW Q 135.9660

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