Every sanctioned contest scored in April 2021 — 1 Apr to 30 Apr.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN put up 709.1200 at Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge — the highest overall of the month.
Top Gun Barbecue took 3 Grand Championships in April 2021.
Pig Destroyer won their first Grand Championship at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY), in their 9th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 8% chance
Team GMG won High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off over top-rated BOOMERANG BBQ as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 27 perfect 180s were handed out in April 2021.
Boom Chicka Cow Cow edged BnB BBQ by 0.5484 at 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ.
SWEET & SAVORY BBQ gained 46 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Dogpatch Que finished 1st at Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Pig Destroyer put up 517.6684 on the Backyard board at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
Smoke in the Spring drew 105 teams, and Piggin Whiskey O.G. won it.
Rogue Hog BBQ cooked 6 contests in April 2021 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 ran for the first time on record, drawing 47 teams, and Top Gun Barbecue won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
8 sanctioned contests were cooked on 23 Apr alone.
LOUISE WEIDNER repped 6 contests in April 2021 — somebody has to run the table.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge |
709.1200 |
| 2 | Piggin' Whiskey Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) |
705.6800 |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G Smoke in the Spring |
703.4400 |
| 4 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK Ozarks BBQ Fest |
702.8456 |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge |
702.8116 |
| 6 | THE PIT CREW GA Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival |
702.2860 |
| 7 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 |
702.2400 |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ Ozarks BBQ Fest |
702.2400 |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD Smoke in the Spring |
701.7028 |
| 10 | SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ Ozarks BBQ Fest |
701.7028 |
| 11 | Top Gun Barbecue Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 |
701.6688 |
| 12 | Team GMG High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off |
701.1200 |
| 13 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 |
701.0972 |
| 14 | Top Gun Barbecue Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 |
700.5600 |
| 15 | One2BBQ Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) |
700.5256 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×8 💯 | KC SMOKE DAWGS Smoke in the Spring |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×8 💯 | Happy Grillmore Smoke in the Spring |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×9 💯 | SLAPS BBQ Smoke in the Spring |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×2 💯 | Top Gun Barbecue Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 |
180.0000 |
…and 3 more in April 2021.
| Team | Rating | Apr 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| SWEET & SAVORY BBQ #569 | 1,662 | +46 |
| Ham Squad #124 | 1,789 | +45 |
| Kane's BBQ #423 | 1,692 | +42 |
| Weber's Backyard BBQ #315 | 1,719 | +31 |
| Top Gun Barbecue #198 | 1,757 | +29 |
| The Real Squeal BBQ #1016 | 1,603 | +28 |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ #162 | 1,772 | +27 |
| Meat Candy Q #66 | 1,828 | +25 |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ #855 | 1,621 | +25 |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM #83 | 1,816 | +25 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ #168 | 1,769 | -23 |
| Mountain Shine BBQ | 1,464 | -23 |
| M2BBQ Team | 1,454 | -25 |
| iBQ'n #161 | 1,773 | -25 |
| DRILLING & GRILLING #462 | 1,686 | -32 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 6 | — | 2 |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 6 | — | 2 |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 6 | — | 2 |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 6 | — | 5 |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 6 | — | 8 |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 6 | — | 11 |
| LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | 5 | — | 4 |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 5 | — | 4 |
| Top Gun Barbecue | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Grandpa Val's BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ham Squad | 4 | — | 2 |
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | 4 | — | 4 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 4 | — | 7 |
| SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | 4 | — | 16 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| LOUISE WEIDNER | 6 | 2 |
| JEFF CHAMBERS | 4 | 1 |
| ROBERT MCKEE | 3 | 2 |
| BILL JONES | 2 | 1 |
| BOB MCKINNON | 2 | 2 |
| CHARLIE BRINZA | 2 | 1 |
| DAVE ROGERS | 2 | 1 |
| JANET APPLETON | 2 | 1 |
| JEANNE TITUS | 2 | 1 |
| KATHLEEN MCINTOSH | 2 | 1 |
| KELLY MCINTOSH | 2 | 1 |
| PEG ROGERS | 2 | 1 |
| SAM APPLETON | 2 | 1 |
| TERRI MCKINNON | 2 | 2 |
| ALAN ROTHROCK | 1 | 1 |
| ALEX JR BROWN | 1 | 1 |
| ALFRED T BOWEN | 1 | 1 |
| CAROL BIGLER | 1 | 1 |
| CAROLYN WELLS | 1 | 1 |
| CHERE AMEND | 1 | 1 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 4 | 64 |
| Alabama | 3 | 118 |
| Kansas | 2 | 144 |
| Missouri | 2 | 82 |
| Maryland | 2 | 81 |
| California | 2 | 50 |
| Florida | 1 | 62 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 46 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 44 |
| Ohio | 1 | 37 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 27 |
| Texas | 1 | 22 |
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig Destroyer Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
517.6684 |
| 2 | The Real Squeal BBQ Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
515.9660 |
| 3 | LEE LA Q Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
511.9084 |
| 4 | HELL ON SQUEALS Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
510.2404 |
| 5 | TFS PIT VIPERS Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
502.2060 |
| 6 | REDBONES BBQ Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
502.2056 |
| 7 | Twin States BBQ Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
502.1944 |
| 8 | RIBLIFE Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
500.5372 |
| 9 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
498.6968 |
| 10 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
497.5540 |
| 11 | Jury's Out Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
496.4920 |
| 12 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) |
495.3372 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD |
47 | Top Gun Barbecue |
| WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO |
45 | T-Mac Smokin |
| Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) Collierville, TN |
44 | Piggin' Whiskey |
| The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 Hollister, CA |
41 | Hickory and Spice BBQ |
| 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK |
41 | Boom Chicka Cow Cow |
| Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival Jacksonville, FL |
40 | The Pit Crew |
| Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL |
38 | chicken fried bbq |
| Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD |
34 | Top Gun Barbecue |
| Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL |
29 | RIB LIFE |
| Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge Roebuck, SC |
27 | Rooters-N-Tooters |
| The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 Hollister, CA |
26 | Big Poppa Smokers |
| Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose, |
22 | JUSTICE BBQ |
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