Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival

2023-05-19 – 2023-05-20 · Sevierville, TN · 📍 110 Gary Wade Blvd · State championship

Reps: CONNIE AMIDEI, JONATHAN AMIDEI · Prize money: $15,060.00

Grand Champion: Piglitically Incorrect BBQ (698.8228) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNDER THE RADAR

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PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ

698.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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UNDER THE RADAR

697.6572 · Master Series — Overall

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ELITE BBQ SMOKERS

697.0744 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

698.8228

Winning margin

1.1656

GC over RC

Field average

668.79

median 676.43

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Red Rock Cafe (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

0.0116 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7312

10th place overall

Field spread

98.1140

winner to last place

Prize money

$15,060.00

on the line

Most consistent

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ

avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.7028 pts — Red Rock Cafe

How hot was the win?

Top 54%

beats 46% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

50%

of the 32 teams with a home region came from outside TN

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1561

avg power rating going in · stronger than 66% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Under the Radar

rated 1772 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: One Eyed Pig BBQ and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: MUDVILLE BBQ and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and ELITE BBQ SMOKERS tied on 177.7028 — 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2023-05-19 ← this one	Sevierville, TN	110 Gary Wade Blvd	32	698.8228	Piglitically Incorrect BBQ	UNDER THE RADAR
2024-05-17	Sevierville, TN	125 Court Ave.	31	707.3828	Rooters-N-Tooters	BLUE CHIP BBQ
2025-05-16	Sevierville, TN	209 Court Ave	33	694.7656	HalaQyah BBQ	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ
2026-05-15	Sevierville, TN	209 Court Ave	33	698.2056	Glamping Grillers	Blue Smoke Q
2027-05-14	Sevierville, TN	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	177.7028	171.9772
Pork Ribs	177.7372	174.8572	170.8344
Pork	180.0000	175.4172	170.8344
Brisket	177.7144	172.5600	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 698.8228 · median 676.4282

#	Team	Score
1	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	698.8228
2	UNDER THE RADAR	697.6572
3	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	697.0744
4	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	695.9544
5	One Eyed Pig BBQ	694.2288
6	Red Rock Cafe	693.6572
7	CONTAGIOUS Q	693.6228
8	BLUE CHIP BBQ	689.6228
9	MUDVILLE BBQ	688.4684
10	HIGH ON THE HAWG	686.7312
11	TASTE OF GRACE	684.4568
12	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	683.9316
13	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	679.8512
14	BLIND HOG BBQ	679.2912
15	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	677.0056
16	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	676.9824
17	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	675.8740
18	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	673.5772
19	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	670.1140
20	THIRD SWINES CHARM	670.1140
21	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	669.5772
22	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	669.0172
23	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	665.5312
24	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	663.8056
25	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	654.0796
26	ROUX BBQ	642.1484
27	Pit Papi	633.5316
28	Fat Hawg BBQ	632.9488
29	Big Alz BBQ	626.1488
30	Bunny's BBQ	622.7660
31	Carolina Rib King - Vendor	614.1260
32	Off The Bone BBQ - Vendor	600.7088

Chicken

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.8228

#	Team	Score
1	One Eyed Pig BBQ	177.7144
2	CONTAGIOUS Q	177.7144
3	MUDVILLE BBQ	177.7028
4	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	177.7028
5	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	177.7028
6	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	175.4172
7	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	174.2744
8	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	174.2628
9	HIGH ON THE HAWG	173.1084
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	171.9772
11	THIRD SWINES CHARM	171.9772
12	UNDER THE RADAR	171.9656
13	Red Rock Cafe	170.8228
14	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	169.6800
15	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	169.6684
16	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	169.1084
17	BLUE CHIP BBQ	168.5372
18	BLIND HOG BBQ	168.5256
19	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	168.5256
20	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	168.5256
21	ROUX BBQ	168.5140
22	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	167.9656
23	TASTE OF GRACE	167.9656
24	Big Alz BBQ	167.4172
25	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	165.6800
26	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	164.5256
27	Fat Hawg BBQ	163.9428
28	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	162.8228
29	Off The Bone BBQ - Vendor	155.4744
30	Pit Papi	153.6572
31	Bunny's BBQ	153.0856
32	Carolina Rib King - Vendor	150.2516

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.6858

#	Team	Score
1	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	177.7372
2	One Eyed Pig BBQ	176.5600
3	BLUE CHIP BBQ	176.0000
4	Red Rock Cafe	175.4516
5	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	174.8572
6	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	173.1316
7	CONTAGIOUS Q	173.1200
8	BLIND HOG BBQ	173.1200
9	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	171.4172
10	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	170.8344
11	TASTE OF GRACE	170.8228
12	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	169.7028
13	MUDVILLE BBQ	169.6800
14	UNDER THE RADAR	169.6800
15	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	168.5256
16	THIRD SWINES CHARM	167.9772
17	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	167.3944
18	HIGH ON THE HAWG	167.3828
19	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	166.2400
20	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	165.6800
21	Fat Hawg BBQ	165.1200
22	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	164.5372
23	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	163.9428
24	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	163.3944
25	Off The Bone BBQ - Vendor	162.9260
26	Pit Papi	160.5144
27	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	158.2056
28	Carolina Rib King - Vendor	157.6916
29	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	153.6228
30	Big Alz BBQ	153.0744
31	Bunny's BBQ	152.5716
32	ROUX BBQ	151.9544

Pork

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Red Rock Cafe	180.0000 🔥
2	UNDER THE RADAR	178.2972
3	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	177.1428
4	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	175.4172
5	HIGH ON THE HAWG	175.4172
6	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	174.2744
7	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	174.2628
8	TASTE OF GRACE	173.1084
9	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	170.8344
10	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	170.8344
11	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	170.8112
12	MUDVILLE BBQ	170.2744
13	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	169.6800
14	BLUE CHIP BBQ	169.6800
15	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	169.6684
16	One Eyed Pig BBQ	168.5372
17	THIRD SWINES CHARM	168.5140
18	BLIND HOG BBQ	167.9772
19	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	167.3944
20	CONTAGIOUS Q	167.3828
21	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	166.2284
22	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	165.6684
23	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	165.6684
24	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	164.5488
25	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	163.9428
26	ROUX BBQ	162.2628
27	Carolina Rib King - Vendor	161.6572
28	Bunny's BBQ	157.0972
29	Big Alz BBQ	156.5600
30	Pit Papi	156.5028
31	Fat Hawg BBQ	152.5372
32	Off The Bone BBQ - Vendor	135.9540

Brisket

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.0970

#	Team	Score
1	UNDER THE RADAR	177.7144
2	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	177.7144
3	CONTAGIOUS Q	175.4056
4	BLUE CHIP BBQ	175.4056
5	TASTE OF GRACE	172.5600
6	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	172.5484
7	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	171.9772
8	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	171.9656
9	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	171.9656
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	171.9656
11	One Eyed Pig BBQ	171.4172
12	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	170.8228
13	HIGH ON THE HAWG	170.8228
14	MUDVILLE BBQ	170.8112
15	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	170.2628
16	BLIND HOG BBQ	169.6684
17	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	168.5256
18	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	167.9656
19	Red Rock Cafe	167.3828
20	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	166.2400
21	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	166.2400
22	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	165.0856
23	Pit Papi	162.8572
24	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	162.8344
25	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	161.6456
26	THIRD SWINES CHARM	161.6456
27	Bunny's BBQ	160.0116
28	ROUX BBQ	159.4172
29	Fat Hawg BBQ	151.3488
30	Big Alz BBQ	149.0972
31	Off The Bone BBQ - Vendor	146.3544
32	Carolina Rib King - Vendor	144.5256

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Ancillary — Bushes Beans

30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 158.2744

#	Team	Score
1	Pit Papi	176.5600
2	One Eyed Pig BBQ	174.2972
3	Big Alz BBQ	169.6800
4	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	169.1428
5	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	169.1200
6	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	167.9772
7	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	167.4400
8	MUDVILLE BBQ	166.8800
9	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	166.2972
10	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	165.1428
11	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	164.5600
12	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	164.5256
13	BLUE CHIP BBQ	163.5200
14	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	161.1544
15	Red Rock Cafe	158.8688
16	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	157.6800
17	ROUX BBQ	155.9884
18	UNDER THE RADAR	155.4628
19	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	154.2856
20	THIRD SWINES CHARM	152.6400
21	HIGH ON THE HAWG	152.6172
22	Bunny's BBQ	152.5600
23	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	152.4684
24	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	151.4400
25	Fat Hawg BBQ	150.8000
26	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	149.7144
27	BLIND HOG BBQ	143.4400
28	CONTAGIOUS Q	141.8172
29	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	141.1656
30	TASTE OF GRACE	138.2628

Ancillary — Dessert

15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	178.8800
3	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	174.8572
4	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	174.2628
5	HIGH ON THE HAWG	173.7028
6	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	172.5600
7	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	171.4400
8	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	170.8344
9	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	169.1428
10	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	168.0344
11	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	166.2972
12	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	161.1200
13	Fat Hawg BBQ	159.4400
14	Big Alz BBQ	153.0972
15	Bunny's BBQ	148.0344

Ancillary — Swaggerty Sausage

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	180.0000 🔥
2	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	175.4056
3	BLIND HOG BBQ	174.2972
4	HIGH ON THE HAWG	172.5600
5	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	169.1656
6	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	165.6916
7	ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	165.1428
8	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	163.9428
9	BLUE CHIP BBQ	163.9428
10	PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	163.4516
11	Red Rock Cafe	162.3084
12	UNDER THE RADAR	161.8172
13	CONTAGIOUS Q	161.7600
14	ROUX BBQ	161.1772
15	One Eyed Pig BBQ	160.5256
16	Sons of Smoke - Vendor	158.2972
17	Pit Papi	157.7600
18	TASTE OF GRACE	157.1428
19	THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	157.1200
20	MUDVILLE BBQ	155.3828
21	Bunny's BBQ	154.8000
22	THIRD SWINES CHARM	154.7884
23	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	154.1940
24	Big Alz BBQ	153.7256
25	RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	153.2000
26	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	153.0628
27	Kick Em In The Butt BBQ	146.8572
28	K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	146.2628
29	Fat Hawg BBQ	142.8572
30	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	133.7828

Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival

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?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

📸 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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

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

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Bushes Beans

Ancillary — Dessert

Ancillary — Swaggerty Sausage