Reuniting After War BBQ Competition
2023-09-15 – 2023-09-16 · Bowling Green, KY · 📍 940 Morgantown Rd · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $11,000.00
Grand Champion: Glamping Grillers (698.2288) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
Entries
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Perfect 180s
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🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Glamping Grillers took the Grand Championship home to TN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY and Organizer Portal tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: UNDER THE RADAR and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: HOT COLE'S BBQ and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1598 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Glamping Grillers came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-16 | Bowling Green, KY | 940 Morgantown Rd | 24 | 707.3944 | Rooters-N-Tooters | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS |
| 2023-09-15 ← this one | Bowling Green, KY | 940 Morgantown Rd | 28 | 698.2288 | Glamping Grillers | Organizer Portal |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 176.0116 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 171.9772 | 170.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 698.2288 · median 675.6230
Chicken
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4058
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4056
Pork
28 entries · top 176.0116 · median 169.9944
Brisket
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9656