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Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off

Jul 19–20, 2013 · Unicoi, TN

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ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
691.3828 · Master Series — Overall
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KILLER B'S BBQ
689.0740 · Master Series — Overall
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ASH KICKERS BBQ
688.5484 · Master Series — Overall

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won Grand Champion at the Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off on July 19, 2013 in Unicoi, TN, scoring 691.3828 in a field of 20 teams. KILLER B'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0740. Category winners: Chicken — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (175.4056); Pork Ribs — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (177.1544); Pork — ASH KICKERS BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — KILLER B'S BBQ (175.4400).

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 175.41
  • Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Pork 177.14
  • Brisket 175.44
20 177.15

Entries

20
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

691.3828

Winning margin

2.3088
GC over RC

Field average

655.93
509.62691.38
median 665.63 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.3200 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.2172
509.62691.38
10th place overall

Field spread

181.7600
winner to last place

Most consistent

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.7372 pts — ASH KICKERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 67%
beats 33% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

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

Field strength

1,524
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Killer B's BBQ
rated 1625 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: BIG ON THE PIG and UNCULTURED SWINE tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: KILLER B'S BBQ and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 11th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 11th
  • Brisket 5th

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken175.4056171.9656168.5828
Pork Ribs177.1544169.1200165.1200
Pork177.1428172.5600166.2516
Brisket175.4400173.1200169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

20 entries · top 691.3828 · median 665.6344

#TeamScore
1 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 691.3828
2 KILLER B'S BBQ 689.0740
3 ASH KICKERS BBQ 688.5484
4 UNCULTURED SWINE 683.3368
5 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 679.3828
6 SMOKE ON THIS 677.1088
7 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 675.8856
8 THE BLUE BLOODS 670.1600
9 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 666.7768
10 BIG ON THE PIG 666.2172
11 Pig in a Poke 665.0516
12 THE NOLICHUCKY BULLETS 663.9200
13 WE B QUE'N 659.3484
14 CONTAGIOUS Q 657.5544
15 LAST SMOKER STANDING 653.6460
16 HOUSE OF Q 652.9940
17 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 637.4856
18 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 630.1480
19 THE PASSION OF SWINE 600.9484
20 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 509.6228

Chicken

20 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.0058

#TeamScore
1 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 175.4056
2 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 174.2856
3 ASH KICKERS BBQ 173.1200
4 BIG ON THE PIG 171.9656
5 UNCULTURED SWINE 171.9656
6 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 171.4056
7 Pig in a Poke 169.7028
8 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.6800
9 THE NOLICHUCKY BULLETS 169.1200
10 SMOKE ON THIS 168.5828
11 LAST SMOKER STANDING 167.4288
12 THE BLUE BLOODS 166.8344
13 WE B QUE'N 164.5600
14 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 163.9312
15 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 163.4284
16 KILLER B'S BBQ 162.2284
17 HOUSE OF Q 161.1200
18 THE PASSION OF SWINE 158.2400
19 CONTAGIOUS Q 156.5372
20 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 147.3256

Pork Ribs

20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.8344

#TeamScore
1 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 177.1544
2 KILLER B'S BBQ 176
3 UNCULTURED SWINE 171.4056
4 SMOKE ON THIS 169.1316
5 WE B QUE'N 169.1200
6 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 167.4400
7 ASH KICKERS BBQ 167.4172
8 LAST SMOKER STANDING 166.8228
9 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 165.1544
10 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 165.1200
11 BIG ON THE PIG 164.5488
12 Pig in a Poke 163.9544
13 THE NOLICHUCKY BULLETS 162.8228
14 CONTAGIOUS Q 162.8000
15 THE BLUE BLOODS 161.6572
16 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 161.1200
17 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 157.6572
18 HOUSE OF Q 157.0512
19 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 150.8000
20 THE PASSION OF SWINE 148.5600

Pork

20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9772

#TeamScore
1 ASH KICKERS BBQ 177.1428
2 KILLER B'S BBQ 175.4056
3 CONTAGIOUS Q 175.4056
4 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 172.5600
5 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 172.5600
6 Pig in a Poke 169.7028
7 THE BLUE BLOODS 168.5600
8 UNCULTURED SWINE 167.3828
9 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 166.8344
10 SMOKE ON THIS 166.2516
11 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 165.7028
12 BIG ON THE PIG 165.6800
13 HOUSE OF Q 165.1428
14 WE B QUE'N 164.0228
15 THE NOLICHUCKY BULLETS 162.2628
16 LAST SMOKER STANDING 161.1316
17 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 156.5256
18 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 154.8340
19 THE PASSION OF SWINE 150.7884
20 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 20

Brisket

20 entries · top 175.4400 · median 169.6914

#TeamScore
1 KILLER B'S BBQ 175.4400
2 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 174.8456
3 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 174.2744
4 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1428
5 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE 173.1200
6 THE BLUE BLOODS 173.1084
7 UNCULTURED SWINE 172.5828
8 ASH KICKERS BBQ 170.8684
9 THE NOLICHUCKY BULLETS 169.7144
10 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.7028
11 HOUSE OF Q 169.6800
12 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 165.6684
13 BIG ON THE PIG 164.0228
14 CONTAGIOUS Q 162.8116
15 Pig in a Poke 161.6916
16 WE B QUE'N 161.6456
17 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 161.0856
18 LAST SMOKER STANDING 158.2628
19 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 153.0628
20 THE PASSION OF SWINE 143.3600

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 Butt

4 entries · top 171.4056 · median 165.9714

#TeamScore
1 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 171.4056
2 Pig in a Poke 166.2744
3 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 165.6684
4 SMOKE ON THIS 161.6800

Master Series — Dessert

8 entries · top 171.4172 · median 161.9942

#TeamScore
1 THE BLUE BLOODS 171.4172
2 THE PASSION OF SWINE 170.3200
3 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 163.9772
4 KILLER B'S BBQ 163.4056
5 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 160.5828
6 SMOKE ON THIS 157.1428
7 DEADHEAD SMOKERS 152.0116
8 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 145.1084

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