Racing For The BBQ 2013

Jul 26–27, 2013 · Lee's Summit, MO

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GETTIN' SAUCED

695.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ

684.4912 · Master Series — Overall

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HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE

682.8116 · Master Series — Overall

GETTIN' SAUCED won Grand Champion at the Racing For The BBQ on July 26, 2013 in Lee's Summit, MO, scoring 695.9656 in a field of 58 teams. BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.4912. Category winners: Chicken — DIRT ROAD BBQ (176.5828); Pork Ribs — HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE (176.5944); Pork — Gen U Wine Swine (177.7028); Brisket — P.B.&J Smokin Old Men (174.2628). This is the 1st of 6 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.

603.43 median 657.04 695.97 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.58
Pork Ribs 176.59
Pork 177.70
Brisket 174.26

138.30 177.70

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

695.9656

Winning margin

11.4744

GC over RC

Field average

652.94

603.43695.97

median 657.04 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.9200

603.43695.97

10th place overall

Field spread

92.5372

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' SAUCED

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 0.5828 pts — DIRT ROAD BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 50%

beats 50% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.49 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,517

avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TRUEBUD BBQ

rated 1700 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

An upset on the books

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

GETTIN' SAUCED came in rated below the field's top team, TRUEBUD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1530
top seed 1700

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

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

A first Grand Championship

5 tracked contests to get there

This was GETTIN' SAUCED's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.

A statement win

11.4744 points clear of the field

Wider than 91% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The champion won by 11.4744 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 6 tracked editions

SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

2016
2018

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 4–5: PELLET ENVY and BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Gen U Wine Swine and TRUEBUD BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: GETTIN' SAUCED and HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 1–2 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · 0.0112

One of the big ones

58 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data

58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Jul 26, 2013 ← this one	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit, MO	58	695.9656	GETTIN' SAUCED	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ
Jul 25, 2014	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit, MO 64086	54	687.3368	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	GETTIN' SAUCED
Jul 24, 2015	Lees Summit, MO	Lees Summit, MO 64126	63	696.0344	Smoke Masters Mafia	GETTIN' BASTED
Jul 29, 2016	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	54	695.9540	SLAPS BBQ	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY
Jul 28, 2017	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	54	697.7028	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	3 PIGS SMOKIN
Jul 27, 2018	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	66	701.1200	SLAPS BBQ	DIRT ROAD BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5828	171.9884	170.8456
Pork Ribs	176.5944	173.7028	171.9656
Pork	177.7028	173.1200	170.8572
Brisket	174.2628	171.4056	168.5712

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

58 entries · top 695.9656 · median 657.0400

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' SAUCED	695.9656
2	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	684.4912
3	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	682.8116
4	TRUEBUD BBQ	682.2400
5	PELLET ENVY	680
6	Bonemaker Outdoors	678.2288
7	DIRT ROAD BBQ	674.7424
8	K.C. CAN CREW	672.5140
9	THE MEATLES	672.0004
10	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	671.9200
11	P.B.&J Smokin Old Men	670.1600
12	HOGGY STYLE	667.9428
13	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	667.8972
14	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	667.8856
15	SLAPS BBQ	666.8340
16	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	666.1824
17	Gen U Wine Swine	666.1484
18	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	665.7144
19	SMOKE ON THE WATER	665.6572
20	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	665.0512
21	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	664.4684
22	Smooth Smoke-Liberty Bank	664.4344
23	IN THE KEY OF QUE	660.4568
24	LIL' FIDDLER'S	659.8856
25	Coaches Decision BBQ	659.3828
26	PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS	659.2452
27	PURE SMOKE	658.9600
28	50 SHADES OF QUE	657.7376
29	Getting Basted	657.5656
30	SMOKIN R BUTTS	656.5144
31	CHOP QUEY	656.4224
32	A Cut Above	654.1828
33	Bare Bones BBQ Team	654.1484
34	Fubar-B-Q	653.6228
35	HANG 'EM' HIGH	652.4912
36	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	651.9312
37	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	648.3656
38	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	647.9088
39	KC Q	642.7884
40	PARK AVENUE PORK	642.7088
41	James Brothers BBQ	642.2172
42	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	642.1712
43	SONS OF A BRISKET	639.8856
44	SPLITLOG SMOKERS	638.7888
45	U Know BBQ	634.7084
46	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	634.2288
47	BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG	634.1372
48	MASTERQUE	633.5312
49	Killer B'Z BBQ	628.9940
50	DUNN UP BBQ	627.3712
51	UTB BBQ	627.3372
52	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	626.2056
53	BUTT BROS BBQ	625.0400
54	Wheelie -Bar-B-Q	622.8228
55	SMKN Q MO	619.9316
56	PORK N SUMP N KC	613.6912
57	ALL SMOKED OUT BBQ	608.5484
58	NAKED, SAUCED & QUE'N	603.4284

Chicken

58 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.0058

#	Team	Score
1	DIRT ROAD BBQ	176.5828
2	GETTIN' SAUCED	176
3	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	174.8456
4	Bonemaker Outdoors	173.1200
5	K.C. CAN CREW	171.9884
6	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	171.9772
7	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	171.9656
8	KC Q	170.9028
9	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	170.8684
10	TRUEBUD BBQ	170.8456
11	THE MEATLES	170.3088
12	PELLET ENVY	170.2972
13	Bare Bones BBQ Team	170.2628
14	Coaches Decision BBQ	170.2628
15	LIL' FIDDLER'S	169.6800
16	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.1200
17	SMOKE ON THE WATER	168.5372
18	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	168.5256
19	Gen U Wine Swine	168.5256
20	MASTERQUE	168.5140
21	SMOKIN R BUTTS	167.3828
22	HANG 'EM' HIGH	167.3828
23	CHOP QUEY	166.2512
24	Getting Basted	166.2400
25	IN THE KEY OF QUE	166.2400
26	SLAPS BBQ	164.5828
27	UTB BBQ	164.5256
28	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	164.5256
29	50 SHADES OF QUE	164.0116
30	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	164
31	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	163.9656
32	BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG	163.9428
33	PURE SMOKE	163.4628
34	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	163.3828
35	SONS OF A BRISKET	163.3828
36	SPLITLOG SMOKERS	162.8800
37	Fubar-B-Q	162.8228
38	PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS	162.7884
39	James Brothers BBQ	162.2744
40	P.B.&J Smokin Old Men	162.2400
41	Wheelie -Bar-B-Q	161.7256
42	SMKN Q MO	161.7144
43	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	161.1312
44	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	161.1200
45	HOGGY STYLE	160.5256
46	Smooth Smoke-Liberty Bank	160.5144
47	PARK AVENUE PORK	160.4912
48	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	156.5372
49	DUNN UP BBQ	155.4172
50	A Cut Above	155.3600
51	Killer B'Z BBQ	154.8000
52	U Know BBQ	154.2628
53	PORK N SUMP N KC	152.4912
54	NAKED, SAUCED & QUE'N	151.9656
55	BUTT BROS BBQ	151.9544
56	ALL SMOKED OUT BBQ	151.4056
57	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	151.3600
58	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	149.6688

Pork Ribs

58 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.4458

#	Team	Score
1	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	176.5944
2	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	176.5828
3	SLAPS BBQ	174.2628
4	PELLET ENVY	173.7028
5	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	173.7028
6	GETTIN' SAUCED	173.1428
7	HOGGY STYLE	172.5600
8	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	172.5484
9	A Cut Above	172.0344
10	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	171.9656
11	PURE SMOKE	171.4744
12	Smooth Smoke-Liberty Bank	171.4172
13	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	170.8572
14	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	170.2628
15	DIRT ROAD BBQ	169.6684
16	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	169.1428
17	P.B.&J Smokin Old Men	168.5372
18	THE MEATLES	168
19	Bonemaker Outdoors	167.9772
20	UTB BBQ	166.8800
21	TRUEBUD BBQ	166.8572
22	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	166.2744
23	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	165.0972
24	Getting Basted	164.5372
25	PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS	164.5256
26	IN THE KEY OF QUE	164
27	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	163.9772
28	Fubar-B-Q	163.9656
29	U Know BBQ	163.4516
30	ALL SMOKED OUT BBQ	163.4400
31	KC Q	163.3944
32	James Brothers BBQ	162.8572
33	K.C. CAN CREW	162.8456
34	SPLITLOG SMOKERS	162.8344
35	Killer B'Z BBQ	162.8112
36	PARK AVENUE PORK	161.7260
37	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	161.0972
38	SONS OF A BRISKET	160.5372
39	DUNN UP BBQ	160
40	BUTT BROS BBQ	159.9656
41	CHOP QUEY	159.9428
42	SMOKE ON THE WATER	159.4288
43	HANG 'EM' HIGH	159.4172
44	LIL' FIDDLER'S	159.4172
45	BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG	159.3828
46	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	158.9144
47	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	158.8684
48	Coaches Decision BBQ	158.2744
49	Bare Bones BBQ Team	157.0856
50	SMOKIN R BUTTS	156.5488
51	MASTERQUE	155.9888
52	Gen U Wine Swine	154.8000
53	Wheelie -Bar-B-Q	153.1544
54	50 SHADES OF QUE	150.2744
55	NAKED, SAUCED & QUE'N	149.1428
56	SMKN Q MO	143.9772
57	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	142.2400
58	PORK N SUMP N KC	138.2972

Pork

58 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5542

#	Team	Score
1	Gen U Wine Swine	177.7028
2	TRUEBUD BBQ	177.7028
3	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	176.5944
4	50 SHADES OF QUE	176
5	GETTIN' SAUCED	173.1200
6	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	172.0228
7	Smooth Smoke-Liberty Bank	171.9772
8	SMOKE ON THE WATER	171.4284
9	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	171.4056
10	THE MEATLES	170.8572
11	K.C. CAN CREW	170.2628
12	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	169.7028
13	Bonemaker Outdoors	169.6800
14	SMOKIN R BUTTS	168.5828
15	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	168.5716
16	PELLET ENVY	168.5600
17	DIRT ROAD BBQ	168.5256
18	HOGGY STYLE	168.0344
19	PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS	167.9656
20	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	167.4056
21	PURE SMOKE	166.8800
22	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	166.2744
23	SMKN Q MO	166.2744
24	Fubar-B-Q	165.7372
25	CHOP QUEY	165.7028
26	P.B.&J Smokin Old Men	165.1200
27	PARK AVENUE PORK	165.1200
28	LIL' FIDDLER'S	165.1084
29	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	165.0856
30	Coaches Decision BBQ	164.0228
31	Getting Basted	163.9656
32	Bare Bones BBQ Team	163.3828
33	SLAPS BBQ	162.8572
34	A Cut Above	161.7028
35	IN THE KEY OF QUE	161.6456
36	SONS OF A BRISKET	161.1428
37	KC Q	161.1084
38	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	161.0972
39	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	161.0856
40	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	160.5372
41	MASTERQUE	160.5256
42	SPLITLOG SMOKERS	158.2628
43	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	158.2400
44	PORK N SUMP N KC	157.7256
45	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	157.1084
46	Killer B'Z BBQ	155.9312
47	BUTT BROS BBQ	155.4172
48	HANG 'EM' HIGH	154.8456
49	BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG	154.8344
50	Wheelie -Bar-B-Q	153.1428
51	UTB BBQ	153.1312
52	U Know BBQ	151.3256
53	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	150.2628
54	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	150.2628
55	DUNN UP BBQ	149.6912
56	NAKED, SAUCED & QUE'N	149.1656
57	James Brothers BBQ	145.6800
58	ALL SMOKED OUT BBQ	141.1428

Brisket

58 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.8056

#	Team	Score
1	P.B.&J Smokin Old Men	174.2628
2	GETTIN' SAUCED	173.7028
3	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	173.7028
4	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	173.1084
5	James Brothers BBQ	171.4056
6	HANG 'EM' HIGH	170.8456
7	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	169.7028
8	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	169.6800
9	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	169.1200
10	IN THE KEY OF QUE	168.5712
11	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	168.5256
12	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	167.9656
13	50 SHADES OF QUE	167.4516
14	Bonemaker Outdoors	167.4516
15	PELLET ENVY	167.4400
16	K.C. CAN CREW	167.4172
17	TRUEBUD BBQ	166.8344
18	Coaches Decision BBQ	166.8228
19	HOGGY STYLE	166.8228
20	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	166.3544
21	SMOKE ON THE WATER	166.2628
22	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	166.2516
23	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	166.2400
24	LIL' FIDDLER'S	165.6800
25	U Know BBQ	165.6684
26	PORK N SUMP N KC	165.1772
27	SLAPS BBQ	165.1312
28	Gen U Wine Swine	165.1200
29	A Cut Above	165.0856
30	CHOP QUEY	164.5256
31	SMOKIN R BUTTS	164
32	PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS	163.9656
33	Bare Bones BBQ Team	163.4172
34	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	162.8688
35	THE MEATLES	162.8344
36	Getting Basted	162.8228
37	DUNN UP BBQ	162.2628
38	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	161.6800
39	Fubar-B-Q	161.0972
40	Smooth Smoke-Liberty Bank	160.5256
41	DIRT ROAD BBQ	159.9656
42	BUTT BROS BBQ	157.7028
43	PURE SMOKE	157.1428
44	BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG	155.9772
45	Killer B'Z BBQ	155.4516
46	PARK AVENUE PORK	155.3716
47	SONS OF A BRISKET	154.8228
48	SPLITLOG SMOKERS	154.8116
49	Wheelie -Bar-B-Q	154.8000
50	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	154.2516
51	NAKED, SAUCED & QUE'N	153.1544
52	ALL SMOKED OUT BBQ	152.5600
53	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	151.9428
54	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	149.0628
55	MASTERQUE	148.5028
56	SMKN Q MO	147.9656
57	KC Q	147.3828
58	UTB BBQ	142.8004

Racing For The BBQ 2013

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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 (7 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

A statement win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

One of the big ones

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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