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Smokin on Route 66 2013

Aug 2–3, 2013 · Miami, OK

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694.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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688.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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687.9204 · Master Series — Overall

CAVEMAN CUISINE won Grand Champion at the Smokin on Route 66 on August 2, 2013 in Miami, OK, scoring 694.7884 in a field of 17 teams. LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5028. Category winners: Chicken — MIKE (178.2972); Pork Ribs — LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ (176.0000); Pork — BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO (173.7028); Brisket — DAND BBQ (178.8572). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.

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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 176
  • Pork 173.70
  • Brisket 178.86
142.17 178.86

Entries

17
4 judged meats

Top score

694.7884

Winning margin

6.2856
GC over RC

Field average

661.46
618.16694.79
median 662.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
5.1312 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

660.4568
618.16694.79
10th place overall

Field spread

76.6280
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.0112 pts — LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 56%
beats 44% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

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

Field strength

1,541
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1665 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CAVEMAN CUISINE 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 3rd
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 4th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 6–7: SPICY SPITFIRE and Smokin Meats Pig tied on 167.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: DAND BBQ and HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: LOTTA BULL BBQ edged MAC'S BARBEQUE by 0.0116.

  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Brisket 1–2 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · 0.0116
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0228

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
Aug 2, 2013 ← this one Miami, OK Miami, OK 17 694.7884 CAVEMAN CUISINE LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ
Jul 31, 2015 Miami, OK Miami, OK 74254 17 682.2168 FIRE DANCER BBQ DIRT ROAD BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972173.1200168.5372
Pork Ribs176168.5600164
Pork173.7028168.5716163.4056
Brisket178.8572170.8572162.2744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

17 entries · top 694.7884 · median 662.2056

#TeamScore
1 CAVEMAN CUISINE 694.7884
2 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 688.5028
3 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 687.9204
4 LOTTA BULL BBQ 674.7888
5 MIKE 673.6228
6 DAND BBQ 670.1944
7 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 667.9772
8 TNK BBQ 664.4572
9 Smokin Meats Pig 662.2056
10 SPICY SPITFIRE 660.4568
11 PUPP'S BBQ 653.6000
12 KNOW BULL 652.4456
13 FATTMIKES BBQ 651.9428
14 MAC'S BARBEQUE 649.5540
15 United Smokers of America 640.0344
16 It's a League Game, Smokey 634.1596
17 T-TOWN QUE 618.1604

Chicken

17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 MIKE 178.2972
2 CAVEMAN CUISINE 177.7028
3 FATTMIKES BBQ 177.1428
4 TNK BBQ 175.4172
5 Smokin Meats Pig 173.1200
6 United Smokers of America 172
7 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 171.4056
8 KNOW BULL 170.2628
9 LOTTA BULL BBQ 169.6800
10 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 168.5372
11 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 168.5256
12 SPICY SPITFIRE 167.3940
13 DAND BBQ 164.5372
14 PUPP'S BBQ 162.8000
15 MAC'S BARBEQUE 161.1084
16 It's a League Game, Smokey 158.8456
17 T-TOWN QUE 157.7488

Pork Ribs

17 entries · top 176 · median 164.5600

#TeamScore
1 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 176
2 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 171.9888
3 CAVEMAN CUISINE 170.8228
4 LOTTA BULL BBQ 170.2628
5 PUPP'S BBQ 168.5600
6 SPICY SPITFIRE 167.4056
7 Smokin Meats Pig 167.4056
8 MAC'S BARBEQUE 167.3828
9 T-TOWN QUE 164.5600
10 It's a League Game, Smokey 164
11 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 163.4172
12 DAND BBQ 161.6800
13 MIKE 161.0972
14 United Smokers of America 160.5944
15 TNK BBQ 160.5372
16 KNOW BULL 158.8000
17 FATTMIKES BBQ 152.5372

Pork

17 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 173.7028
2 CAVEMAN CUISINE 172
3 SPICY SPITFIRE 170.8572
4 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 169.6800
5 LOTTA BULL BBQ 168.5716
6 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 168.5488
7 MIKE 168.5256
8 TNK BBQ 167.3828
9 DAND BBQ 165.1200
10 KNOW BULL 163.4056
11 FATTMIKES BBQ 159.9884
12 It's a League Game, Smokey 159.9312
13 Smokin Meats Pig 159.3828
14 United Smokers of America 156
15 MAC'S BARBEQUE 154.8000
16 T-TOWN QUE 153.6800
17 PUPP'S BBQ 151.3828

Brisket

17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2972

#TeamScore
1 DAND BBQ 178.8572
2 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 178.8572
3 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 174.2856
4 CAVEMAN CUISINE 174.2628
5 PUPP'S BBQ 170.8572
6 LOTTA BULL BBQ 166.2744
7 MAC'S BARBEQUE 166.2628
8 MIKE 165.7028
9 Smokin Meats Pig 162.2972
10 FATTMIKES BBQ 162.2744
11 TNK BBQ 161.1200
12 KNOW BULL 159.9772
13 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 159.4516
14 SPICY SPITFIRE 154.8000
15 United Smokers of America 151.4400
16 It's a League Game, Smokey 151.3828
17 T-TOWN QUE 142.1716

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