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Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff

2023-04-28 – 2023-04-29 · Brandon, MS · 📍 Bobby Cleveland Park at Lakeshore · State championship

Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN

Grand Champion: Chicken Fried BBQ (698.8228) · 28 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGGIN' WHISKEY

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CHICKEN FRIED BBQ
698.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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PIGGIN' WHISKEY
697.6456 · Master Series — Overall
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FIRE DANCER BBQ
696.5028 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

28
4 judged meats

Top score

698.8228

Winning margin

1.1772
GC over RC

Field average

680.80
median 683.91

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ (Chicken), CHICKEN FRIED BBQ (Pork Ribs), PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.9428
10th place overall

Field spread

57.8632
winner to last place

Most consistent

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ
avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1428 pts — CHICKEN FRIED BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 54%
beats 46% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

57%
of the 28 teams with a home region came from outside MS

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1589
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TRIPLE H BBQ
rated 1830 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🧹 A double category winner

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 2–3: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and GENERAL LEE SMOKING tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and Rankin County BBQ Company tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Rankin County BBQ Company and BLIND HOG BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000177.1428175.4172
Pork Ribs180.0000176.5600174.8572
Pork179.4400174.2628170.8572
Brisket178.8572175.4172173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

28 entries · top 698.8228 · median 683.9142

#TeamScore
1 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 698.8228
2 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 697.6456
3 FIRE DANCER BBQ 696.5028
4 Crossed Rifles BBQ 696.4912
5 TRIPLE H BBQ 694.7768
6 Poppa Pig 694.7656
7 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 694.2400
8 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 693.6456
9 Smokin N The Bandits 689.6684
10 HIGH ON THE HAWG 687.9428
11 Kith n' Kin 687.3716
12 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 687.3600
13 Glamping Grillers 685.0512
14 RAZORRACKS 685.0284
15 Superior Smoke 682.8000
16 Rankin County BBQ Company 681.6228
17 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 679.8968
18 East Texas Smokers 679.8856
19 Shig Walking 675.9312
20 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 675.8512
21 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 672.4916
22 BLIND HOG BBQ 671.8284
23 Kings of Smoke 669.0168
24 Snuff The Rooster BBQ 668.4684
25 2nd Hand Smoke 667.2800
26 Grills of Mississippi 659.2916
27 The Smoke Show 647.8404
28 Kuntry Boyz 640.9596

Chicken

28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 178.8572
3 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 178.8572
4 FIRE DANCER BBQ 177.7028
5 HIGH ON THE HAWG 177.1428
6 Kith n' Kin 176.5716
7 Glamping Grillers 176.0000
8 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 175.4172
9 Rankin County BBQ Company 175.4172
10 BLIND HOG BBQ 175.4172
11 TRIPLE H BBQ 175.4056
12 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 175.4056
13 Smokin N The Bandits 174.8456
14 The Smoke Show 173.1200
15 Superior Smoke 172.5600
16 Crossed Rifles BBQ 172.5484
17 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 171.9656
18 2nd Hand Smoke 169.6800
19 Poppa Pig 169.6684
20 RAZORRACKS 169.1200
21 Grills of Mississippi 168.5600
22 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 167.9656
23 Snuff The Rooster BBQ 166.2284
24 Kuntry Boyz 165.6800
25 Kings of Smoke 165.6684
26 Shig Walking 161.6912
27 East Texas Smokers 160.5028
28 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 159.3712

Pork Ribs

28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 RAZORRACKS 177.7028
4 Smokin N The Bandits 177.1544
5 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176.5600
6 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 176.0000
7 HIGH ON THE HAWG 175.4172
8 Shig Walking 175.4172
9 East Texas Smokers 175.4172
10 Grills of Mississippi 174.8572
11 TRIPLE H BBQ 174.2628
12 Poppa Pig 173.1200
13 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 173.1200
14 Glamping Grillers 172.5600
15 Kings of Smoke 172.5600
16 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 171.4056
17 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 170.8344
18 Crossed Rifles BBQ 170.8228
19 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 170.2972
20 2nd Hand Smoke 169.6800
21 Snuff The Rooster BBQ 168.5600
22 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 168.5372
23 Superior Smoke 166.8572
24 The Smoke Show 164.5372
25 Rankin County BBQ Company 163.4056
26 Kith n' Kin 162.8228
27 BLIND HOG BBQ 155.9084
28 Kuntry Boyz 155.3484

Pork

28 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2570

#TeamScore
1 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 179.4400
2 Poppa Pig 178.8572
3 Crossed Rifles BBQ 176.5600
4 Rankin County BBQ Company 174.2744
5 2nd Hand Smoke 174.2628
6 FIRE DANCER BBQ 173.1200
7 Superior Smoke 173.1200
8 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 173.1084
9 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 172.5600
10 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 170.8572
11 TRIPLE H BBQ 170.8456
12 HIGH ON THE HAWG 170.8456
13 Kings of Smoke 170.8228
14 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 170.8112
15 East Texas Smokers 169.7028
16 RAZORRACKS 169.6800
17 Kith n' Kin 169.1200
18 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 168.5600
19 Smokin N The Bandits 167.9656
20 Kuntry Boyz 167.4056
21 The Smoke Show 166.8344
22 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 165.7028
23 BLIND HOG BBQ 165.0856
24 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 164.5600
25 Glamping Grillers 164.5256
26 Grills of Mississippi 163.4060
27 Shig Walking 162.8228
28 Snuff The Rooster BBQ 159.4172

Brisket

28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428

#TeamScore
1 Kith n' Kin 178.8572
2 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 177.7144
3 Crossed Rifles BBQ 176.5600
4 Shig Walking 176.0000
5 BLIND HOG BBQ 175.4172
6 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 174.2628
7 East Texas Smokers 174.2628
8 TRIPLE H BBQ 174.2628
9 Snuff The Rooster BBQ 174.2628
10 Poppa Pig 173.1200
11 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 172.5600
12 Glamping Grillers 171.9656
13 GENERAL LEE SMOKING 170.8228
14 PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 170.8228
15 Superior Smoke 170.2628
16 Smokin N The Bandits 169.7028
17 MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 169.6800
18 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.1200
19 RAZORRACKS 168.5256
20 Rankin County BBQ Company 168.5256
21 BEER-B-QUE BOYS 166.2400
22 HIGH ON THE HAWG 164.5372
23 Kings of Smoke 159.9656
24 UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ 154.2172
25 2nd Hand Smoke 153.6572
26 Kuntry Boyz 152.5256
27 Grills of Mississippi 152.4684
28 The Smoke Show 143.3488

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