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Griller's Cup 2013

Jul 19–20, 2013 · Laramie, WY

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FLYBOY BBQ
680.4912 · Master Series — Overall
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STARS AND STRIPES BBQ
678.8572 · Master Series — Overall
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CHIBI-Q
678.7772 · Master Series — Overall

FLYBOY BBQ won Grand Champion at the Griller's Cup on July 19, 2013 in Laramie, WY, scoring 680.4912 in a field of 33 teams. STARS AND STRIPES BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.8572. Category winners: Chicken — BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES (176.5600); Pork Ribs — CHIBI-Q (179.4400); Pork — SMOKE N THE ROCKIES (175.4056); Brisket — STARS AND STRIPES BBQ (175.4400). This is the 1st of 4 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 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 175.41
  • Brisket 175.44
110.81 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2016 — this edition picked out.

2013-07-19 — 680.4912 (FLYBOY BBQ) 2014-07-16 — 690.2400 (THE CELTIC PIG) 2015-07-17 — 689.6800 (THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ) 2016-07-15 — 691.3944 (UTAH BBQ COMPANY) 680.49 2013 2016

Entries

33
4 judged meats · 8 ancillary

Top score

680.4912

Winning margin

1.6340
GC over RC

Field average

642.93
548.37680.49
median 648.45 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
4.5484 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.1484
548.37680.49
10th place overall

Field spread

132.1256
winner to last place

Most consistent

FLYBOY BBQ
avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.0228 pts — CHIBI-Q

How hot was the win?

Top 89%
beats 11% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.44 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,515
avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests

Top-rated in the field

MOE CASON BBQ
rated 1595 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

1.6340 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 76% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6340 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

  • FLYBOY BBQ
  • STARS AND STRIPES BBQ

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

FLYBOY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 13th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 4–5: SMOKE N THE ROCKIES and Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: GQUE and SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: GQUE and BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Brisket 8–9 · tie

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 19, 2013 ← this one Laramie, WY Laramie, WY 33 680.4912 FLYBOY BBQ STARS AND STRIPES BBQ
Jul 16, 2014 Laramie, WY Laramie, WY 82072 26 690.2400 THE CELTIC PIG FLYBOY BBQ
Jul 17, 2015 Laramie, WY Laramie, WY 82072 29 689.6800 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ JO-BAWB'S BBQ
Jul 15, 2016 Laramie, WY Laramie, WY 27 691.3944 UTAH BBQ COMPANY FLYBOY BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600171.9656168.5372
Pork Ribs179.4400173.1428167.9772
Pork175.4056170.8572169.1200
Brisket175.4400167.4172163.3944

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 680.4912 · median 648.4460

#TeamScore
1 FLYBOY BBQ 680.4912
2 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 678.8572
3 CHIBI-Q 678.7772
4 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 674.7428
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 674.2400
6 GQUE 674.1600
7 THE CELTIC PIG 672.4344
8 SMOKE N THE ROCKIES 670.8112
9 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 670.7312
10 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 666.1484
11 CARCASS COOKERS 662.1256
12 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 661.0172
13 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 658.6968
14 Trihydro Corporation 654.8348
15 GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT! 654.8228
16 COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING 652.4344
17 DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE 648.4460
18 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 647.4400
19 SWINE DOCTORS 647.2112
20 PEACE PIT BBQ 640.9600
21 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 638.2508
22 HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS 635.2224
23 MOE CASON BBQ 634.6056
24 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 631.7940
25 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 625.5088
26 WYOMING BS BBQ 624.4688
27 Brisket Boys 617.5888
28 BIRDMAN BBQ 617.0172
29 LOS NERDS 605.5544
30 BBQ Knight 598.7200
31 Turfy's BBQ 592.0572
32 Veebar Guest Ranch 578.2512
33 First Interstate Bank 548.3656

Chicken

33 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.7144

#TeamScore
1 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 176.5600
2 BACKDRAFT BBQ 172.5484
3 SMOKE N THE ROCKIES 172
4 CHIBI-Q 171.9772
5 FLYBOY BBQ 171.9656
6 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 171.4172
7 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 171.4056
8 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 169.1316
9 COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING 169.1200
10 Trihydro Corporation 168.5372
11 GQUE 167.3828
12 PEACE PIT BBQ 165.1200
13 THE CELTIC PIG 164.5372
14 CARCASS COOKERS 163.9544
15 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 162.8000
16 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 162.2400
17 GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT! 161.7144
18 Brisket Boys 160.0344
19 DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE 159.9544
20 WYOMING BS BBQ 159.4056
21 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 159.3600
22 HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS 157.6568
23 Turfy's BBQ 156.5828
24 SWINE DOCTORS 155.9312
25 MOE CASON BBQ 155.9200
26 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 155.4056
27 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 155.3940
28 BBQ Knight 154.8456
29 BIRDMAN BBQ 154.2972
30 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 154.2056
31 LOS NERDS 153.6456
32 Veebar Guest Ranch 149.6912
33 First Interstate Bank 141.6456

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.3088

#TeamScore
1 CHIBI-Q 179.4400
2 THE CELTIC PIG 175.4172
3 CARCASS COOKERS 175.4056
4 SMOKE N THE ROCKIES 173.1428
5 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 173.1428
6 GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT! 172
7 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 171.9884
8 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 169.7028
9 PEACE PIT BBQ 169.1544
10 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.9772
11 GQUE 167.3944
12 SWINE DOCTORS 166.8228
13 FLYBOY BBQ 166.2628
14 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 165.6800
15 BIRDMAN BBQ 164.5256
16 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 162.8344
17 Trihydro Corporation 162.3088
18 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 162.2744
19 HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS 159.9428
20 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 159.9312
21 LOS NERDS 158.2744
22 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 158.2628
23 MOE CASON BBQ 158.2172
24 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 158.2172
25 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 157.7260
26 DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE 154.8116
27 COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING 153.6572
28 Turfy's BBQ 150.2744
29 WYOMING BS BBQ 149.6460
30 Veebar Guest Ranch 145.1544
31 First Interstate Bank 139.3600
32 BBQ Knight 137.0400
33 Brisket Boys 136.4800

Pork

33 entries · top 175.4056 · median 161.7484

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE N THE ROCKIES 175.4056
2 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 172
3 GQUE 171.9656
4 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 171.9656
5 DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE 170.8572
6 FLYBOY BBQ 170.8344
7 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 170.8228
8 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 169.7028
9 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 169.1656
10 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 169.1200
11 THE CELTIC PIG 168.5256
12 COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING 167.9772
13 BACKDRAFT BBQ 166.2972
14 Brisket Boys 164
15 MOE CASON BBQ 162.8228
16 BBQ Knight 162.2972
17 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 161.7484
18 WYOMING BS BBQ 161.7256
19 HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS 161.7028
20 Trihydro Corporation 160.5944
21 SWINE DOCTORS 160.5028
22 CARCASS COOKERS 159.9428
23 GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT! 158.8228
24 CHIBI-Q 158.8000
25 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 157.1544
26 First Interstate Bank 156.5484
27 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 156
28 LOS NERDS 155.9772
29 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 154.7772
30 PEACE PIT BBQ 154.2056
31 Veebar Guest Ranch 147.4056
32 BIRDMAN BBQ 146.2744
33 Turfy's BBQ 139.4400

Brisket

33 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.6800

#TeamScore
1 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 175.4400
2 FLYBOY BBQ 171.4284
3 CHIBI-Q 168.5600
4 GQUE 167.4172
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.4172
6 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 165.1200
7 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 165.0856
8 SWINE DOCTORS 163.9544
9 THE CELTIC PIG 163.9544
10 Trihydro Corporation 163.3944
11 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 162.8456
12 CARCASS COOKERS 162.8228
13 DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE 162.8228
14 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 162.8000
15 GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT! 162.2856
16 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 161.7372
17 COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING 161.6800
18 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 159.9540
19 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 158.8000
20 MOE CASON BBQ 157.6456
21 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 157.6456
22 Brisket Boys 157.0744
23 HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS 155.9200
24 WYOMING BS BBQ 153.6916
25 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 153.6228
26 PEACE PIT BBQ 152.4800
27 BIRDMAN BBQ 151.9200
28 SMOKE N THE ROCKIES 150.2628
29 Turfy's BBQ 145.7600
30 BBQ Knight 144.5372
31 LOS NERDS 137.6572
32 Veebar Guest Ranch 136
33 First Interstate Bank 110.8116

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 — Backyard Overall

8 entries · top 857.8172 · median 785.1486

#TeamScore
1 Trihydro Corporation 857.8172
2 Wyoming State Bank 806.6860
3 Veebar Guest Ranch 792.0572
4 First Interstate Bank 788.5712
5 Turfy's BBQ 781.7260
6 Chubbys 766.0912
7 Capital West Bank 670.7656
8 Student Veterans of America 145.7260

Master Series — Beef Backyard

8 entries · top 166.2856 · median 151.0972

#TeamScore
1 Trihydro Corporation 166.2856
2 First Interstate Bank 163.5200
3 Chubbys 162.8572
4 Turfy's BBQ 151.3944
5 Wyoming State Bank 150.8000
6 Veebar Guest Ranch 149.1656
7 Student Veterans of America 145.7260
8 Capital West Bank 20

Master Series — Dessert

2 entries · top 176.0228 · median 169.4342

#TeamScore
1 Veebar Guest Ranch 176.0228
2 Trihydro Corporation 162.8456

Master Series — Other Backyard

7 entries · top 173.1428 · median 163.4516

#TeamScore
1 Wyoming State Bank 173.1428
2 Trihydro Corporation 170.2972
3 Capital West Bank 164.5256
4 Veebar Guest Ranch 163.4516
5 Turfy's BBQ 152.5716
6 Chubbys 146.7996
7 First Interstate Bank 146.2284

Master Series — Pork Backyard

7 entries · top 166.8800 · median 151.9544

#TeamScore
1 Trihydro Corporation 166.8800
2 Wyoming State Bank 154.2288
3 Turfy's BBQ 152.5488
4 First Interstate Bank 151.9544
5 Capital West Bank 151.9544
6 Chubbys 149.6572
7 Veebar Guest Ranch 146.2400

Master Series — Poultry Backyard

7 entries · top 176.0572 · median 161.1200

#TeamScore
1 Trihydro Corporation 176.0572
2 Wyoming State Bank 169.1200
3 Turfy's BBQ 161.1656
4 First Interstate Bank 161.1200
5 Capital West Bank 160.5828
6 Veebar Guest Ranch 158.3200
7 Chubbys 154.8344

Master Series — Sauce

15 entries · top 173.7600 · median 164.5256

#TeamScore
1 Backdraft #2 Sauce 173.7600
2 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 171.9884
3 BACKDRAFT BBQ 170.2856
4 Veebar Guest Ranch 170.2856
5 BIRDMAN BBQ 167.9540
6 Trihydro Corporation 166.8572
7 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 165.7028
8 Trihydro Corporation Sauce #3 164.5256
9 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 160
10 Birdman BBQ Sauce #2 158.7768
11 Trihydro Corporation Sauce 2 158.2396
12 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 158.2284
13 Over the Fence and Woodshack BBQ 157.1084
14 Birdman Sauce #3 153.5996
15 BBQ Knight 147.3256

Master Series — Seafood Backyard

7 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.7484

#TeamScore
1 Trihydro Corporation 178.2972
2 Veebar Guest Ranch 174.8800
3 Capital West Bank 173.7028
4 First Interstate Bank 165.7484
5 Turfy's BBQ 164.0456
6 Wyoming State Bank 159.3944
7 Chubbys 151.9428

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