A first Grand Championship
2
tracked contests to get there
This was Hold My Beer and Watch This's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
901 Hot Wing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) (JUDGING FULL)
2024-11-02 · Memphis, TN · 📍 76 Waterworks Avenue
Reps: MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN
Grand Champion: Hold My Beer and Watch This (177.7028) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 901Q
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
152.54
median 169.70
177.70 🏆
Entries
15
0 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
177.7028
Winning margin
3.4284
GC over RC
Field average
168.47
152.54177.70
median 169.70 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Top-10 cutoff
167.4172
152.54177.70
10th place overall
Field spread
25.1656
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 92%
beats 8% of 59 Competitor Series wins in the data
Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
New Wing Order finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold My Beer and Watch This | |
| 2 | 901Q | |
| 3 | New Wing Order | |
| 4 | What the Cluck | |
| 5 | Burnin' Love | |
| 6 | Grateful Smokers | |
| 7 | Wingsutra | |
| 8 | Cluck If You Buck | |
| 9 | Whisky and Swine | |
| 10 | Game of Bones | |
| 11 | Pete's Magic Dragon Wings | |
| 12 | Mother Cluckers | |
| 13 | Pirates of the Capsaicin | |
| 14 | Pure Pleasure Smokers | |
| 15 | Wing Bling |
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.
Competitor Series — Wings
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold My Beer and Watch This | |
| 2 | 901Q | |
| 3 | New Wing Order | |
| 4 | What the Cluck | |
| 5 | Burnin' Love | |
| 6 | Grateful Smokers | |
| 7 | Wingsutra | |
| 8 | Cluck If You Buck | |
| 9 | Whisky and Swine | |
| 10 | Game of Bones | |
| 11 | Pete's Magic Dragon Wings | |
| 12 | Mother Cluckers | |
| 13 | Pirates of the Capsaicin | |
| 14 | Pure Pleasure Smokers | |
| 15 | Wing Bling |