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Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest 2013

Jul 5–7, 2013 · St. Charles, IL

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GILLY'S BBQ
677.1432 · Master Series — Overall
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BREW-B-Q
673.1426 · Master Series — Overall
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QUAU
668.5714 · Master Series — Overall

GILLY'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest on July 5, 2013 in St. Charles, IL, scoring 677.1432 in a field of 34 teams. BREW-B-Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.1426. Category winners: Chicken — BBQ Sauce Works - Church (174.2858); Pork Ribs — GILLY'S BBQ (175.4288); Pork — BREW-B-Q (176.5714); Brisket — QUAU (176.5714). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2014.

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 174.29
  • Pork Ribs 175.43
  • Pork 176.57
  • Brisket 176.57
130.29 176.57

Entries

34
4 judged meats

Top score

677.1432

Winning margin

4.0006
GC over RC

Field average

632.74
587.43677.14
median 633.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
3.4288 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

649.7142
587.43677.14
10th place overall

Field spread

89.7144
winner to last place

Most consistent

BREW-B-Q
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8570 pts — QUAU

How hot was the win?

Top 92%
beats 8% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,513
avg power rating going in · stronger than 9% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUAU
rated 1659 pre-contest

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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: BBQ Sauce Works - Church and Bone-Head BBQ Team tied on 174.2858 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM and BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ tied on 170.8570 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BEAR CAT SMOKERS and SECOND CITY SMOKE tied on 164.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 5–6 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

GILLY'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 25th.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 25th
  • Brisket 2nd

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
Jul 5, 2013 ← this one St. Charles, IL St. Charles, IL 34 677.1432 GILLY'S BBQ BREW-B-Q
Jul 11, 2014 St. Charles, IL St. Charles, IL 34 685.0968 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM iBQ'n

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken174.2858170.8570164.5714
Pork Ribs175.4288167.4286163.9998
Pork176.5714169.1428165.7142
Brisket176.5714162.8572161.1428

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

34 entries · top 677.1432 · median 633.1426

#TeamScore
1 GILLY'S BBQ 677.1432
2 BREW-B-Q 673.1426
3 QUAU 668.5714
4 iBQ'n 665.7146
5 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 659.4278
6 Bone-Head BBQ Team 658.8566
7 SECOND CITY SMOKE 657.1426
8 CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS 655.9998
9 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 650.8572
10 DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA 649.7142
11 BBQ Sauce Works - Church 647.4282
12 Two Bones BBQ 643.9996
13 SMOKY LINCS 641.7142
14 STOCKCAR BBQ 639.9998
15 FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ 638.8572
16 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 636
17 BARK 4 BBQ 633.1426
18 Risky Brisket 633.1426
19 Diddy Macks Smokin Stack 632.5714
20 SMOKIN LEPRECHAUNS 628.5712
21 BigDaddyOoweeeSmokin Bon 622.2854
22 Second City Swine BBQ 621.7146
23 CHERRY RED ROASTERS 617.1424
24 Smoke Wind and Fire 616
25 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 615.4284
26 ALL NIGHT SMOKERS 613.7138
27 SLY FOX BBQ 611.4280
28 BIG OX BBQ 608.5708
29 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 607.4288
30 SMOKEY JOEL/CUBBY BEAR 606.8572
31 ON THE MARK BBQ 600.5716
32 THE MISSING RIB 598.2858
33 2 SKINNY COOKS 594.2856
34 BC BBQ 587.4288

Chicken

34 entries · top 174.2858 · median 159.7143

#TeamScore
1 BBQ Sauce Works - Church 174.2858
2 Bone-Head BBQ Team 174.2858
3 GILLY'S BBQ 173.1430
4 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 170.8570
5 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 170.8570
6 BREW-B-Q 169.7142
7 iBQ'n 169.1428
8 QUAU 167.9998
9 DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA 165.1428
10 SECOND CITY SMOKE 164.5714
11 FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ 164.0002
12 BIG OX BBQ 163.9998
13 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 163.4290
14 Smoke Wind and Fire 163.4288
15 ALL NIGHT SMOKERS 163.4286
16 BigDaddyOoweeeSmokin Bon 161.7144
17 SLY FOX BBQ 160
18 CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS 159.4286
19 CHERRY RED ROASTERS 159.4284
20 Diddy Macks Smokin Stack 158.8572
21 Second City Swine BBQ 158.8572
22 BARK 4 BBQ 158.8570
23 SMOKY LINCS 157.1428
24 Two Bones BBQ 157.1426
25 STOCKCAR BBQ 156.5716
26 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 156
27 Risky Brisket 155.9998
28 THE MISSING RIB 155.4286
29 SMOKEY JOEL/CUBBY BEAR 155.4286
30 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 153.1428
31 SMOKIN LEPRECHAUNS 145.7142
32 ON THE MARK BBQ 141.7142
33 2 SKINNY COOKS 140.5712
34 BC BBQ 139.4286

Pork Ribs

34 entries · top 175.4288 · median 159.1429

#TeamScore
1 GILLY'S BBQ 175.4288
2 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 173.7144
3 SMOKIN LEPRECHAUNS 170.8572
4 CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS 170.2856
5 Smoke Wind and Fire 167.4286
6 iBQ'n 166.8572
7 STOCKCAR BBQ 165.1428
8 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 164.5714
9 SECOND CITY SMOKE 164.5714
10 BREW-B-Q 163.9998
11 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 161.7140
12 FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ 160.5714
13 Two Bones BBQ 160.5714
14 Diddy Macks Smokin Stack 160.5714
15 Risky Brisket 160.0002
16 BBQ Sauce Works - Church 160
17 Bone-Head BBQ Team 159.4286
18 BIG OX BBQ 158.8572
19 SMOKEY JOEL/CUBBY BEAR 158.2858
20 BC BBQ 157.7140
21 QUAU 156.5716
22 BARK 4 BBQ 156.5712
23 ALL NIGHT SMOKERS 156
24 ON THE MARK BBQ 154.2860
25 CHERRY RED ROASTERS 154.2858
26 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 154.2854
27 Second City Swine BBQ 152.5718
28 2 SKINNY COOKS 152.5716
29 DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA 152.5716
30 SMOKY LINCS 150.2858
31 BigDaddyOoweeeSmokin Bon 150.2856
32 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 148.5714
33 THE MISSING RIB 146.8572
34 SLY FOX BBQ 139.4284

Pork

34 entries · top 176.5714 · median 160.8571

#TeamScore
1 BREW-B-Q 176.5714
2 SECOND CITY SMOKE 176
3 SMOKY LINCS 172.5714
4 BBQ Sauce Works - Church 170.8570
5 CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS 169.1428
6 Risky Brisket 168.5714
7 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 168.5712
8 iBQ'n 168.0002
9 QUAU 167.4286
10 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 165.7142
11 Two Bones BBQ 165.1428
12 ALL NIGHT SMOKERS 163.9998
13 Bone-Head BBQ Team 163.9996
14 SMOKIN LEPRECHAUNS 162.8570
15 BigDaddyOoweeeSmokin Bon 161.7144
16 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 161.1430
17 ON THE MARK BBQ 161.1428
18 Diddy Macks Smokin Stack 160.5714
19 DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA 159.9998
20 CHERRY RED ROASTERS 159.9996
21 FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ 158.2854
22 SLY FOX BBQ 158.2854
23 Second City Swine BBQ 155.9998
24 BARK 4 BBQ 154.8572
25 GILLY'S BBQ 154.8570
26 STOCKCAR BBQ 154.8568
27 THE MISSING RIB 152
28 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 151.4284
29 BC BBQ 149.7144
30 SMOKEY JOEL/CUBBY BEAR 146.2856
31 2 SKINNY COOKS 145.1428
32 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 144.5716
33 Smoke Wind and Fire 141.7142
34 BIG OX BBQ 137.1424

Brisket

34 entries · top 176.5714 · median 153.1428

#TeamScore
1 QUAU 176.5714
2 GILLY'S BBQ 173.7144
3 DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA 172
4 STOCKCAR BBQ 163.4286
5 BREW-B-Q 162.8572
6 BARK 4 BBQ 162.8572
7 iBQ'n 161.7144
8 SMOKY LINCS 161.7142
9 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 161.1430
10 Two Bones BBQ 161.1428
11 Bone-Head BBQ Team 161.1426
12 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 158.2856
13 CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS 157.1428
14 FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ 156.0002
15 2 SKINNY COOKS 156
16 Second City Swine BBQ 154.2858
17 SLY FOX BBQ 153.7142
18 Diddy Macks Smokin Stack 152.5714
19 PAPA'S SMOKIN' SEVEN 152.5714
20 SECOND CITY SMOKE 151.9998
21 SMOKIN LEPRECHAUNS 149.1428
22 BIG OX BBQ 148.5714
23 Risky Brisket 148.5712
24 BigDaddyOoweeeSmokin Bon 148.5710
25 SMOKEY JOEL/CUBBY BEAR 146.8572
26 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 145.1428
27 THE MISSING RIB 144
28 ON THE MARK BBQ 143.4286
29 BEAR CAT SMOKERS 143.4286
30 CHERRY RED ROASTERS 143.4286
31 Smoke Wind and Fire 143.4284
32 BBQ Sauce Works - Church 142.2854
33 BC BBQ 140.5718
34 ALL NIGHT SMOKERS 130.2854

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