In this edition
Every sanctioned contest scored in July 2019 — 1 Jul to 31 Jul.
Covering KCBS-sanctioned contests
July 2019 in BBQ
The recap: every contest scored, every story, every board
Inside
The Stories
Score of the month
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
BIG POPPA SMOKERS put up 708.0344 at Clayton BBQ Cook-off — the highest overall of the month.
Hottest hand
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE took 2 Grand Championships in July 2019.
First one ever
Smokin Gringos BBQ won their first Grand Championship at SC Festival of Discovery, in their 40th contest in the data.
- 12 Jul
Title defended
iBQ'n@TheBBQSuperStore.com won Bordertown BBQ Brawl again — back-to-back Grand Championships at the same contest.
- 2018–2019
- field of 28
Upset of the month
The ratings gave them a 11% chance
Smokin Gringos BBQ won SC Festival of Discovery over top-rated Organizer Portal as the ratings underdog.
Perfect 180s
Six judges, every card a 9: 25 perfect 180s were handed out in July 2019.
- Chicken ×8
- Brisket ×8
- Pork ×7
- Pork Ribs ×2
Closest call
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS edged CLARK CREW BBQ by 0.0228 at Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1.
- Master Series
Back on top
Team Meat Coma won Smoke in the Grove — their first Grand Championship since August 2014, after 31 contests without one.
- last won August 2014
- 31 contests in between
Contest record
HOT WACHULA'S put up 677.1540 at I Love Barbecue & Music Festival — the best overall in 7 editions of the contest on record, past the old mark of 669.7028.
- old record 669.7028
- 6 earlier editions
Near sweep
GETTIN' BASTED won 3 of 4 meats at Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show (chicken, pork and brisket), and the Grand Championship with them.
- Chicken
- Pork
- Brisket
- and the GC
Biggest riser
JaBs BBQ gained 42 rating points across 3 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
- 3 contests
- now #387 overall
State champions crowned
34 state championships were decided in July 2019. The biggest, SC Festival of Discovery (83 teams), went to SMOKIN' GRINGOS.
- South Carolina
- New Jersey
- Kansas
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- South Dakota
Best debut
RACK STREET BOYZ finished 1st at Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
- 242 new teams in Jul 2019
- field of 10
Best in the backyard
Tent City put up 346.2400 on the Backyard board at Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
- 9 Backyard boards in Jul 2019
- won it
Biggest blowout
Heavy Smoke BBQ won Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown by 17.7600 points over SMOKE FREAKS — the widest winning margin of the month.
- field of 40
Biggest field
SC Festival of Discovery drew 83 teams, and SMOKIN' GRINGOS won it.
- Greenwood, SC
Milestone
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ cooked their 200th contest on record at Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ, with 30 Grand Championships along the way.
- 30 GCs along the way
Road warriors
4 LEGS UP BBQ cooked 5 contests in July 2019 — nobody hauled the rig further.
- best finish 2nd
Won without a meat
Smokin Gringos BBQ won SC Festival of Discovery without winning a single meat — their best category finish was 3rd.
- field of 83
New on the calendar
4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ran for the first time on record, drawing 44 teams, and BBQ SunCity Szeged won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
- 12 first editions in Jul 2019
- Bad Bellingen, 79415
Busiest weekend
11 sanctioned contests were cooked on 12 Jul alone.
- 12 Jul
Rep of the month
Ian Schmidt repped 3 contests in July 2019 — somebody has to run the table.
The Boards
Highest overall scores (Master · /720)
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS Clayton BBQ Cook-off |
708.0344 |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show |
707.4400 |
| 3 | BOOMERANG BBQ Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest |
706.8344 |
| 4 | CLARK CREW BBQ Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition |
706.2976 |
| 5 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In |
706.2400 |
| 6 | DIRT ROAD BBQ Smokin on the Summit |
705.6916 |
| 7 | HIGH i QUE Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest |
704.5484 |
| 8 | Heavy Smoke BBQ Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown |
704.5372 |
| 9 | Under the Radar Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In |
703.4060 |
| 10 | DIRT ROAD BBQ Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest |
702.8000 |
| 11 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition |
702.2744 |
| 12 | BUFFALO'S BBQ Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest |
701.1084 |
| 13 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ Smokin on the Summit |
699.9656 |
| 14 | The Specialists Downtown BBQ Showdown |
699.9656 |
| 15 | Heavy Smoke BBQ Effingham -Jam |
699.9656 |
Best of each meat (both series · /180)
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×8 💯 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In |
180 |
| Pork Ribs ×2 💯 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In |
180 |
| Pork ×7 💯 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) |
180 |
| Brisket ×8 💯 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS Clayton BBQ Cook-off |
180 |
Straight nines (perfect 180s)
…and 1 more in July 2019.
On the move (power rating)
| Team | Rating | Jul 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| JaBs BBQ No. 387 in the power rankings |
1,702 | +42 |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ No. 112 in the power rankings |
1,800 | +41 |
| The Pig's Pajamas No. 568 in the power rankings |
1,664 | +30 |
| Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow No. 474 in the power rankings |
1,683 | +26 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ No. 129 in the power rankings |
1,788 | +26 |
| BIG RAZ BBQ No. 99 in the power rankings |
1,810 | +25 |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ No. 262 in the power rankings |
1,737 | +25 |
| SMOKIN' TEX BBQ No. 733 in the power rankings |
1,636 | +24 |
| CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. No. 68 in the power rankings |
1,828 | +24 |
| BAR-B-Q'S-2GO No. 642 in the power rankings |
1,652 | +23 |
| Second Hand Smoke SLV No. 3,452 in the power rankings |
1,494 | -20 |
| SMOKE SHOW No. 2,048 in the power rankings |
1,537 | -20 |
| Southern Comfort Barbecue | 1,479 | -21 |
| RedJaz BBQ No. 5,475 in the power rankings |
1,452 | -22 |
| BBQBrewCrew No. 6,467 in the power rankings |
1,358 | -22 |
Who showed up
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| Carrol Lou's Smokehouse | 5 | — | 3 |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| RAZORRACKS | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| SLAPS BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | 4 | — | 6 |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| BIG RAZ BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| BOOMERANG BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Who ran the table
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Schmidt | 3 | 2 |
| Julie Poe | 3 | 2 |
| Alex Jr Brown | 2 | 2 |
| Carol Bigler | 2 | 2 |
| Dena Milhous | 2 | 2 |
| Don Lovely | 2 | 2 |
| Don Muller | 2 | 2 |
| Julie Cook | 2 | 2 |
| Kathleen McIntosh | 2 | 2 |
| Kelly McIntosh | 2 | 2 |
| Leslie Lovely | 2 | 2 |
| Nancy Muller | 2 | 2 |
| Phil Morrow Phb | 2 | 1 |
| Randy G Bigler | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Milhous | 2 | 2 |
| Rosemary Morrow | 2 | 1 |
| Rusty Cook | 2 | 2 |
| Becky Druetzler | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Jones | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Black | 1 | — |
Where they cooked
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 6 | 147 |
| Kansas | 3 | 159 |
| Illinois | 3 | 97 |
| California | 3 | 87 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 58 |
| Ohio | 3 | 56 |
| New York | 2 | 54 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 95 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 84 |
| Alabama | 1 | 67 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 64 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 40 |
| Georgia | 1 | 34 |
| Iowa | 1 | 33 |
| Vermont | 1 | 33 |
| Virginia | 1 | 32 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 29 |
| Michigan | 1 | 28 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 28 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 25 |
Best in the backyard (Backyard · /360)
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tent City Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
346.2400 |
| 2 | REDBONES BBQ Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
343.9656 |
| 3 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
342.8228 |
| 4 | BEER PRESSURE Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
342.8000 |
| 5 | 4th Little Pig Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
342.2632 |
| 6 | Sweet Cheeks BBQ Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
341.7032 |
| 7 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ Smoke in the Grove |
341.1888 |
| 8 | NATTY QUE Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
340.5832 |
| 9 | Smoke, Fire & Brew Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown |
339.4400 |
| 10 | RACK STREET BOYZ Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) |
338.3428 |
| 11 | PORK-Q-PINE Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off |
338.2516 |
| 12 | 337 BBQ Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) |
336.6972 |
New to the circuit
First editions (new on the calendar)
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, Germany |
44 | BBQ SunCity Szeged |
| Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition Dodge City, KS |
39 | Clark Crew BBQ |
| Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI |
37 | B-S BBQ Outlaws |
| 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO |
35 | Drop the Mike BBQ |
| Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY |
34 | Insane Swine |
| Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show Osceola, MO |
27 | Gettin Basted |
| Smoke & Hops Harmony, CA |
26 | Big Poppa Smokers |
| Piggin in the Park Jasper, GA |
25 | PIG-CHICKA-COW-COW |
| Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY |
25 | CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO. |
| Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival Hannibal, MO |
18 | Razor Racks |
| Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew Dallas, OR |
16 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ |
| Rumble on the River Morris MB, Canada |
15 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ |
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