In this edition
Every sanctioned contest scored in October 2019 — 1 Oct to 31 Oct.
Covering KCBS-sanctioned contests
October 2019 in BBQ
The recap: every contest scored, every story, every board
Inside
The Stories
By invitation only
Clark Crew BBQ won 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES), best of 97 invited teams; Shake 'n Bake BBQ took reserve. An invite-only field, so it leaves the power rating alone and goes straight into the record book.
- top score 705.1544
- 3 invitationals in Oct 2019
- not in the power rating
Score of the month
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
SLAPS BBQ put up 707.3828 at Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown — the highest overall of the month.
Hottest hand
BIG RAZ BBQ took 3 Grand Championships in October 2019.
First one ever
QUE U won their first Grand Championship at Central Illinois Bragging Rights (CIBR-BBQ), in their 38th contest in the data.
- 11 Oct
Upset of the month
The ratings gave them a 10% chance
Big Smoke BBQ Australia won Brew N Que-Perth 2019 over top-rated Burnin and Lootin as the ratings underdog.
Perfect 180s
Six judges, every card a 9: 34 perfect 180s were handed out in October 2019.
- Brisket ×13
- Chicken ×9
- Pork ×9
- Pork Ribs ×3
Closest call
House Divided edged Savage Smoke by 0.0224 at Fifth Annual Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES).
- Kosher Series
Back on top
HISTORIC BBQ won Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — their first Grand Championship since June 2014, after 68 contests without one.
- last won June 2014
- 68 contests in between
Contest record
SMOKE ON THIS put up 696.5028 at Squealin on the Square — the best overall in 5 editions of the contest on record, past the old mark of 694.7656.
- old record 694.7656
- 4 earlier editions
Near sweep
BIG RAZ BBQ won 3 of 4 meats at Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (chicken, pork ribs and pork), and the Grand Championship with them.
- Chicken
- Pork Ribs
- Pork
- and the GC
Biggest riser
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q gained 26 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
- 4 contests
- now #506 overall
State champions crowned
32 state championships were decided in October 2019. The biggest, Boo-B-Que (63 teams), went to Aporkalypse Now.
- Delaware
- Wisconsin
- Kansas
- Iowa
- Colorado
- Illinois
Best debut
House Divided finished 1st at Fifth Annual Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
- 254 new teams in Oct 2019
- field of 11
Best in the backyard
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q put up 355.4056 on the Backyard board at Roast N Boast — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
- 9 Backyard boards in Oct 2019
- won it
Biggest blowout
BIG RAZ BBQ won Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ by 19.4856 points over PADDY MCQ'S — the widest winning margin of the month.
- field of 26
Biggest field
31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) drew 97 teams, and Clark Crew BBQ won it.
- Lynchburg, TN
Milestone
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE cooked their 100th contest on record at Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A, with 18 Grand Championships along the way.
- 18 GCs along the way
Road warriors
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ cooked 5 contests in October 2019 — nobody hauled the rig further.
- best finish 1st
- 2 GCs
Won without a meat
CLARK CREW BBQ won 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) without winning a single meat — their best category finish was 2nd.
- field of 97
New on the calendar
31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) ran for the first time on record, drawing 97 teams, and Clark Crew BBQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
- 12 first editions in Oct 2019
- Lynchburg, TN
Always the reserve
Angry Jack BBQ finished second overall 2 times in October 2019 without a Grand Championship — one place short every time.
- 3 contests
Busiest weekend
13 sanctioned contests were cooked on 4 Oct alone.
- 4 Oct
Rep of the month
Alex Jr Brown repped 3 contests in October 2019 — somebody has to run the table.
The Boards
Highest overall scores (Master · /720)
Best of each meat (both series · /180)
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×9 💯 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q Roast N Boast |
180 |
| Pork Ribs ×3 💯 | Fat&Dumb BBQ National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) |
180 |
| Pork ×9 💯 | SHIG NINJA BBQ Roast N Boast |
180 |
| Brisket ×13 💯 | WeQ4U Jim Beam BBQ Classic |
180 |
Straight nines (perfect 180s)
…and 10 more in October 2019.
On the move (power rating)
| Team | Rating | Oct 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q No. 506 in the power rankings |
1,675 | +26 |
| RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ No. 1,392 in the power rankings |
1,572 | +25 |
| Top Gun Barbecue No. 198 in the power rankings |
1,758 | +25 |
| BARREL FEVER BBQ No. 2,475 in the power rankings |
1,521 | +25 |
| BIG RAZ BBQ No. 99 in the power rankings |
1,810 | +24 |
| PADDY MCQ'S No. 70 in the power rankings |
1,826 | +23 |
| Cowboy Q No. 734 in the power rankings |
1,636 | +22 |
| The Real Squeal BBQ No. 1,025 in the power rankings |
1,603 | +22 |
| HAMTOWN SMOKERS No. 179 in the power rankings |
1,765 | +22 |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q No. 242 in the power rankings |
1,744 | +22 |
| Monty's BBQ | 1,466 | -21 |
| SLOWLY BUTT SMOKIN No. 2,558 in the power rankings |
1,518 | -22 |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS No. 438 in the power rankings |
1,690 | -22 |
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE No. 4,074 in the power rankings |
1,482 | -23 |
| UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ No. 534 in the power rankings |
1,671 | -25 |
Who showed up
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Under the Radar | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 5 | — | 2 |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | — | 2 |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 5 | — | 3 |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 5 | — | 9 |
| BIG RAZ BBQ | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| HAMTOWN SMOKERS | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 4 | — | 2 |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 4 | — | 2 |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 4 | — | 3 |
Who ran the table
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Jr Brown | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Rogers | 3 | 2 |
| Doug Reid | 3 | 1 |
| Janet Appleton | 3 | 3 |
| Louise Weidner | 3 | 2 |
| Peg Rogers | 3 | 2 |
| Sam Appleton | 3 | 3 |
| Wayne Harper | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Jones | 2 | 1 |
| Carol Bigler | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie Brinza | 2 | 2 |
| Debby Harwell | 2 | 2 |
| Don Harwell | 2 | 2 |
| Julie Cook | 2 | 1 |
| Karen Jane Williams | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Rose | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Voth | 2 | 2 |
| Lynda Voth | 2 | 2 |
| Merrialyce Alvarez | 2 | 2 |
| Michelle R Rose | 2 | 1 |
Where they cooked
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 5 | 141 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 81 |
| Georgia | 3 | 114 |
| Missouri | 3 | 90 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 74 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 60 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 139 |
| Virginia | 2 | 55 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 39 |
| Alabama | 2 | 37 |
| Delaware | 1 | 84 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 52 |
| Iowa | 1 | 49 |
| Colorado | 1 | 46 |
| Illinois | 1 | 43 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 43 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 36 |
| Ohio | 1 | 34 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 26 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 19 |
Best in the backyard (Backyard · /360)
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q Roast N Boast |
355.4056 |
| 2 | Thin Blue Southern Smoke Smokin' on the Square |
350.2972 |
| 3 | Groundhog Smokers Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
345.7028 |
| 4 | Beachin' Good Barbecue Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
340.5484 |
| 5 | REDBONES BBQ Roast N Boast |
340.5144 |
| 6 | TEAM BALLINGER Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
339.9656 |
| 7 | Flaps Up BBQ Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
338.2516 |
| 8 | Sweet Cheeks BBQ Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
338.2284 |
| 9 | BAMA-QUE Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) |
337.6800 |
| 10 | Twin States BBQ Roast N Boast |
337.6684 |
| 11 | PORKOLOGY - AR Smokin' on the Square |
336.6172 |
| 12 | PERFECTLY BLENDED Roast N Boast |
335.9772 |
By invitation (invite-only fields)
| Contest | Teams | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Oct 25, 2019 · Lynchburg, TN |
97 | Clark Crew BBQ |
| Royal Oak Invitational Only Oct 18, 2019 · Roswell, GA |
32 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 Oct 18, 2019 · Great Bend, KS |
7 | Clark Crew BBQ |
New to the circuit
First editions (new on the calendar)
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN |
97 | Clark Crew BBQ |
| Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE |
63 | Aporkalypse Now |
| Best of the Midwest Union Grove, WI |
52 | Hogline BBQ |
| Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) DeSoto, KS |
51 | Boomerang BBQ |
| Meat Scream BBQ Competition Westminster, CO |
46 | B-S BBQ Outlaws |
| Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ |
32 | Big Raz BBQ |
| Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA |
32 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, Australia |
30 | Big Smoke BBQ |
| Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ |
30 | Big Raz BBQ |
| Rock-N-Q on the planes Great Bend, KS |
28 | Tebo Creek BBQ |
| Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Greenfield, MA |
26 | Big Raz BBQ |
| Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships Palmview, Australia |
26 | The Bovine Technicians |
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