The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South

Jul 12–13, 2013 · Gettysburg, PA

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APORKALYPSE NOW

664.5260 · Master Series — Overall

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3 EYZ BBQ

663.8856 · Master Series — Overall

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HAWG NATION BBQ

658.2628 · Master Series — Overall

APORKALYPSE NOW won Grand Champion at The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South on July 12, 2013 in Gettysburg, PA, scoring 664.5260 in a field of 29 teams. 3 EYZ BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 663.8856. Category winners: Chicken — 3 EYZ BBQ (171.9772); Pork Ribs — HAWG NATION BBQ (169.1772); Pork — APORKALYPSE NOW (170.8572); Brisket — DRILLING & GRILLING (174.8572).

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.

554.75 median 625.59 664.53 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 171.98
Pork Ribs 169.18
Pork 170.86
Brisket 174.86

129.73 174.86

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

664.5260

Winning margin

0.6404

GC over RC

Field average

621.14

554.75664.53

median 625.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

636.5368

554.75664.53

10th place overall

Field spread

109.7716

winner to last place

Most consistent

APORKALYPSE NOW

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 8.5600 pts — DRILLING & GRILLING

How hot was the win?

Top 98%

beats 2% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,517

avg power rating going in · stronger than 12% of contests

Top-rated in the field

3 EYZ BBQ

rated 1621 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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

0.6404 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 86% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6404 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.

APORKALYPSE NOW
3 EYZ BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: Chicken Chokers BBQ and TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ tied on 169.1772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: PORK BARREL BBQ and POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG tied on 159.9428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: HAWG NATION BBQ edged DEGUELLO BBQ by 0.0116.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116
Brisket 2–3 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

APORKALYPSE NOW took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 9th.

Chicken 6th
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 1st
Brisket 9th

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	171.9772	169.1772	164
Pork Ribs	169.1772	161.7716	159.9428
Pork	170.8572	162.8800	158.3428
Brisket	174.8572	164.5484	159.3940

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 664.5260 · median 625.5884

#	Team	Score
1	APORKALYPSE NOW	664.5260
2	3 EYZ BBQ	663.8856
3	HAWG NATION BBQ	658.2628
4	DEGUELLO BBQ	657.7368
5	Chicken Chokers BBQ	648.5600
6	APPLEWAY BBQ	645.7372
7	POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG	643.3028
8	SMOKIN FOR FUN	638.9716
9	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	638.1144
10	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	636.5368
11	DRILLING & GRILLING	635.8856
12	WILBUR'S REVENGE	627.8056
13	PORK BARREL BBQ	626.7196
14	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	626.2968
15	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	625.5884
16	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	623.8512
17	FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	623.3148
18	HOOS SMOKIN	615.8748
19	PIG PEN BBQ	613.0172
20	TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ	611.3604
21	BADLANDS BBQ	611.2568
22	BBQUINN	598.6740
23	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	597.5196
24	ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM	595.8748
25	WICKED BUZZ BBQ	594.2512
26	CAJUN JAX BBQ	587.2572
27	TRIPLE J SMOKIN	575.8852
28	Susquehanna Blue Smoke BBQ Team	572.3660
29	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	554.7544

Chicken

29 entries · top 171.9772 · median 161.6800

#	Team	Score
1	3 EYZ BBQ	171.9772
2	HAWG NATION BBQ	169.7372
3	DEGUELLO BBQ	169.7256
4	Chicken Chokers BBQ	169.1772
5	TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ	169.1772
6	APORKALYPSE NOW	168.5600
7	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	166.9028
8	ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM	165.7488
9	POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG	165.1428
10	APPLEWAY BBQ	164
11	TRIPLE J SMOKIN	162.8456
12	FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	162.8344
13	BBQUINN	162.2856
14	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	162.2400
15	WILBUR'S REVENGE	161.6800
16	BADLANDS BBQ	161.1200
17	DRILLING & GRILLING	159.3828
18	WICKED BUZZ BBQ	158.3084
19	SMOKIN FOR FUN	156.5944
20	PIG PEN BBQ	156.5028
21	PORK BARREL BBQ	155.9656
22	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	155.4056
23	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	154.7884
24	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	154.2172
25	HOOS SMOKIN	154.2056
26	Susquehanna Blue Smoke BBQ Team	153.6688
27	CAJUN JAX BBQ	149.6456
28	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	148.4684
29	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	141.1772

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 169.1772 · median 153.1544

#	Team	Score
1	HAWG NATION BBQ	169.1772
2	3 EYZ BBQ	165.7256
3	APORKALYPSE NOW	165.1660
4	SMOKIN FOR FUN	164.6172
5	APPLEWAY BBQ	161.7716
6	Chicken Chokers BBQ	161.7372
7	FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	161.7144
8	DEGUELLO BBQ	160.5828
9	PORK BARREL BBQ	159.9428
10	POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG	159.9428
11	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	154.8228
12	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	153.7028
13	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	153.6916
14	BBQUINN	153.6800
15	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	153.1544
16	WILBUR'S REVENGE	151.9428
17	TRIPLE J SMOKIN	149.1084
18	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	148.5484
19	CAJUN JAX BBQ	148.5372
20	PIG PEN BBQ	146.7772
21	HOOS SMOKIN	144.5720
22	WICKED BUZZ BBQ	144.5600
23	BADLANDS BBQ	144.5484
24	DRILLING & GRILLING	143.3828
25	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	143.3828
26	ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM	138.2056
27	Susquehanna Blue Smoke BBQ Team	135.3828
28	TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ	135.3488
29	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	133.0856

Pork

29 entries · top 170.8572 · median 156.5600

#	Team	Score
1	APORKALYPSE NOW	170.8572
2	3 EYZ BBQ	168.5372
3	POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG	165.1200
4	Chicken Chokers BBQ	164.5484
5	DEGUELLO BBQ	162.8800
6	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	162.8228
7	FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	160.5716
8	SMOKIN FOR FUN	160.0572
9	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	158.8456
10	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	158.3428
11	DRILLING & GRILLING	158.2628
12	TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ	158.2172
13	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	157.7140
14	PORK BARREL BBQ	157.6800
15	HOOS SMOKIN	156.5600
16	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	156
17	APPLEWAY BBQ	155.4056
18	CAJUN JAX BBQ	155.3828
19	WILBUR'S REVENGE	155.3600
20	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	153.6684
21	HAWG NATION BBQ	153.0628
22	BADLANDS BBQ	151.3712
23	PIG PEN BBQ	150.9028
24	Susquehanna Blue Smoke BBQ Team	150.8000
25	ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM	145.1316
26	BBQUINN	143.9084
27	WICKED BUZZ BBQ	134.2284
28	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	131.9772
29	TRIPLE J SMOKIN	129.7256

Brisket

29 entries · top 174.8572 · median 157.6456

#	Team	Score
1	DRILLING & GRILLING	174.8572
2	SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE	166.2972
3	HAWG NATION BBQ	166.2856
4	APPLEWAY BBQ	164.5600
5	DEGUELLO BBQ	164.5484
6	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	162.2628
7	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	162.2400
8	HOOS SMOKIN	160.5372
9	APORKALYPSE NOW	159.9428
10	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	159.3940
11	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	159.3600
12	PIG PEN BBQ	158.8344
13	WILBUR'S REVENGE	158.8228
14	SMOKIN FOR FUN	157.7028
15	3 EYZ BBQ	157.6456
16	WICKED BUZZ BBQ	157.1544
17	BADLANDS BBQ	154.2172
18	PORK BARREL BBQ	153.1312
19	Chicken Chokers BBQ	153.0972
20	POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG	153.0972
21	TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ	148.6172
22	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	148.5144
23	ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM	146.7888
24	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	141.6344
25	BBQUINN	138.8000
26	FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	138.1944
27	TRIPLE J SMOKIN	134.2056
28	CAJUN JAX BBQ	133.6916
29	Susquehanna Blue Smoke BBQ Team	132.5144

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.

Master Series — Anything But

8 entries · top 166.2628 · median 155.1372

#	Team	Score
1	3 EYZ BBQ	166.2628
2	BIG CHIPPERS BBQ	161.7372
3	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	160.1032
4	BBQUINN	156
5	NOTHING BUTT SMOKE PSCA	154.2744
6	BARN FIRE SMOKERS	153.2116
7	ZIGGY'S CAVEMAN BBQ	142.3088
8	Lincoln's Sparrow Eatery	141.1772

The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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)

Score distribution

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)

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Anything But