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2013-07-04 – 2013-07-06 · Lake Placid, NY · 📍 Lake Placid, NY

Grand Champion: Q HAVEN BBQ (646.8570) · 28 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ

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Q HAVEN BBQ
646.8570 · Master Series — Overall
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BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ
645.7138 · Master Series — Overall
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BIG GUNS BBQ
638.8572 · Master Series — Overall

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 176.00
  • Pork Ribs 165.71
  • Pork 169.71
  • Brisket 165.14
130.86 176.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2023 — this edition picked out.

2013-07-04 — 646.8570 (Q HAVEN BBQ) 2014-07-04 — 657.1200 (MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ) 2015-07-03 — 661.6800 (SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA) 2016-07-02 — 658.2856 (MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ) 2017-07-07 — 669.7028 (PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES) 2018-07-06 — 661.0972 (GOOD SMOKE BBQ) 2019-07-05 — 677.1540 (Hot Wachula's) 2021-09-03 — 699.4628 (Top Gun barbecue) 2022-09-02 — 679.4060 (Chunky BBQ) 2023-09-01 — 690.8116 (Paddy McQ's) 646.86 2013 2023

Entries

28
4 judged meats

Top score

646.8570

Winning margin

1.1432
GC over RC

Field average

603.49
555.43646.86
median 605.43 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
4.5712 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

614.2852
555.43646.86
10th place overall

Field spread

91.4290
winner to last place

Most consistent

Q HAVEN BBQ
avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 6.8570 pts — SWEDISH PIG

How hot was the win?

Top 100%
beats 0% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 6% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GOOD SMOKE BBQ
rated 1551 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

1.1432 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 81% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1432 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.

  • Q HAVEN BBQ
  • BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Q HAVEN BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 6th
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 6th

A first Grand Championship

3 tracked contests to get there

This was Q HAVEN BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 11 tracked editions

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2016

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 2–3: Bastey Boys and Belted Cow BBQ tied on 164.5712 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Q HAVEN BBQ edged Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill by 0.0002. Brisket places 4–5: Desperados BBQ edged DIVA Q by 0.0002.

  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0002
  • Brisket 4–5 · 0.0002
  • Brisket 7–8 · 0.0002

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-07-04 ← this one Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 28 646.8570 Q HAVEN BBQ BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ
2014-07-04 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 12946 27 657.1200 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
2015-07-03 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 12946 31 661.6800 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA QUAU
2016-07-02 Lake Placid, NY Lake Placid, NY 28 658.2856 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2017-07-07 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 40 669.7028 PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES BLACK HART BBQ
2018-07-06 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 39 661.0972 GOOD SMOKE BBQ SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
2019-07-05 Lake Placid, NY 32 School St 32 677.1540 Hot Wachula's GOOD SMOKE BBQ
2021-09-03 Lake Placid, NY Shipman Youth Center 15 699.4628 Top Gun barbecue THE PIG'S PAJAMAS
2022-09-02 Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road 22 679.4060 Chunky BBQ BOGGS HOG BBQ
2022-09-02 Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road — — — —
2023-09-01 Lake Placid, NY 5514 Cascade Road 18 690.8116 Paddy McQ's Dirt Bag Barbeque

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.0000164.0000154.8568
Pork Ribs165.7142161.1430154.8574
Pork169.7140165.1424157.7142
Brisket165.1430158.8570153.7144

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

28 entries · top 646.8570 · median 605.4280

#TeamScore
1 Q HAVEN BBQ 646.8570
2 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ 645.7138
3 BIG GUNS BBQ 638.8572
4 FATTY MAC BARBECUE 637.7142
5 Bastey Boys 637.1426
6 Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill 627.4276
7 FOWL BUTT BBQ 626.8558
8 SWEDISH PIG 625.1426
9 GOOD SMOKE BBQ 618.8564
10 BOAR-N-Q 614.2852
11 TEAM EATAPEDIA 613.7132
12 Belted Cow BBQ 609.7136
13 HOGBUTTS BBQ 609.1424
14 All Fired UpandKickingAs 605.7136
15 DIVA Q 605.1424
16 Desperados BBQ 600.5714
17 BEERBEQUE 598.8564
18 Cousins BBQ 596.5710
19 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 594.8568
20 Locked-N-Loaded 594.8568
21 V-LICIOUS BBQ 592.5710
22 2 BQ'D 584.5712
23 NY PHAT DADDY'S 572.0000
24 STRUGGLETOWN BBQ 567.4276
25 Hoofty Hogs 566.2848
26 Make' em Squeal 555.9998
27 Wyatts & the Barbie Q's 555.4280
28 3BQ 555.4280

Chicken

28 entries · top 176.0000 · median 151.7142

#TeamScore
1 SWEDISH PIG 176.0000
2 Bastey Boys 169.1430
3 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ 167.9998
4 BIG GUNS BBQ 165.7142
5 FATTY MAC BARBECUE 164.0000
6 Q HAVEN BBQ 163.4284
7 Locked-N-Loaded 158.8570
8 HOGBUTTS BBQ 157.7138
9 Hoofty Hogs 155.9998
10 GOOD SMOKE BBQ 154.8568
11 Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill 154.8566
12 Cousins BBQ 153.7142
13 NY PHAT DADDY'S 153.1428
14 Desperados BBQ 152.0000
15 All Fired UpandKickingAs 151.4284
16 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 151.4284
17 TEAM EATAPEDIA 151.4282
18 FOWL BUTT BBQ 151.4282
19 2 BQ'D 149.7144
20 DIVA Q 146.8572
21 BEERBEQUE 146.8570
22 STRUGGLETOWN BBQ 145.1428
23 V-LICIOUS BBQ 145.1426
24 BOAR-N-Q 144.5716
25 3BQ 141.7142
26 Wyatts & the Barbie Q's 139.4282
27 Belted Cow BBQ 139.4282
28 Make' em Squeal 136.5714

Pork Ribs

28 entries · top 165.7142 · median 149.7144

#TeamScore
1 TEAM EATAPEDIA 165.7142
2 Bastey Boys 164.5712
3 Belted Cow BBQ 164.5712
4 FOWL BUTT BBQ 162.2854
5 Q HAVEN BBQ 161.1430
6 Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill 161.1428
7 GOOD SMOKE BBQ 160.5714
8 BOAR-N-Q 158.8568
9 SWEDISH PIG 156.5714
10 All Fired UpandKickingAs 154.8574
11 FATTY MAC BARBECUE 153.7142
12 BIG GUNS BBQ 152.5716
13 HOGBUTTS BBQ 150.8572
14 V-LICIOUS BBQ 149.7144
15 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ 149.7144
16 BEERBEQUE 149.1430
17 Locked-N-Loaded 148.5712
18 NY PHAT DADDY'S 147.4286
19 2 BQ'D 144.5716
20 Make' em Squeal 144.5714
21 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 144.5712
22 Desperados BBQ 141.7144
23 STRUGGLETOWN BBQ 139.4284
24 DIVA Q 138.2856
25 Cousins BBQ 134.8570
26 Hoofty Hogs 134.8570
27 3BQ 132.5714
28 Wyatts & the Barbie Q's 131.4286

Pork

28 entries · top 169.7140 · median 148.8570

#TeamScore
1 Cousins BBQ 169.7140
2 BIG GUNS BBQ 166.8570
3 Q HAVEN BBQ 166.2856
4 BOAR-N-Q 165.1428
5 FOWL BUTT BBQ 165.1424
6 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ 162.8570
7 DIVA Q 161.1426
8 GOOD SMOKE BBQ 160.5712
9 TEAM EATAPEDIA 159.9996
10 FATTY MAC BARBECUE 157.7142
11 Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill 156.5714
12 HOGBUTTS BBQ 155.4286
13 Belted Cow BBQ 150.8572
14 SWEDISH PIG 149.1430
15 BEERBEQUE 148.5710
16 Desperados BBQ 147.9998
17 All Fired UpandKickingAs 147.4280
18 Wyatts & the Barbie Q's 146.8568
19 V-LICIOUS BBQ 146.2854
20 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 145.7142
21 Locked-N-Loaded 144.5714
22 3BQ 142.8570
23 STRUGGLETOWN BBQ 142.2854
24 2 BQ'D 141.1426
25 Hoofty Hogs 138.8568
26 Bastey Boys 138.2854
27 NY PHAT DADDY'S 137.7144
28 Make' em Squeal 130.8572

Brisket

28 entries · top 165.1430 · median 148.5712

#TeamScore
1 Bastey Boys 165.1430
2 BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ 165.1426
3 FATTY MAC BARBECUE 162.2858
4 Desperados BBQ 158.8572
5 DIVA Q 158.8570
6 Q HAVEN BBQ 156.0000
7 Belted Cow BBQ 154.8570
8 Smokin Boys N' Hot Grill 154.8568
9 BEERBEQUE 154.2854
10 BIG GUNS BBQ 153.7144
11 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 153.1430
12 All Fired UpandKickingAs 151.9998
13 V-LICIOUS BBQ 151.4286
14 2 BQ'D 149.1426
15 FOWL BUTT BBQ 147.9998
16 BOAR-N-Q 145.7140
17 HOGBUTTS BBQ 145.1428
18 Make' em Squeal 143.9998
19 SWEDISH PIG 143.4282
20 Locked-N-Loaded 142.8572
21 GOOD SMOKE BBQ 142.8570
22 STRUGGLETOWN BBQ 140.5710
23 Cousins BBQ 138.2858
24 3BQ 138.2854
25 Wyatts & the Barbie Q's 137.7144
26 Hoofty Hogs 136.5712
27 TEAM EATAPEDIA 136.5712
28 NY PHAT DADDY'S 133.7142

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