United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ 2013

Aug 2–3, 2013 · Liberal, KS

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THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ

678.2056 · Master Series — Overall

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WILDCATTERS Q CREW

678.1824 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKERS WILD

677.1312 · Master Series — Overall

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ won Grand Champion at the United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ on August 2, 2013 in Liberal, KS, scoring 678.2056 in a field of 25 teams. WILDCATTERS Q CREW took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.1824. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKERS WILD (174.2972); Pork Ribs — WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY (174.2744); Pork — TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ (176.5944); Brisket — BUTCHER BBQ (174.2972). This is the 1st of 2 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.

483.99 median 655.87 678.21 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.30
Pork Ribs 174.27
Pork 176.59
Brisket 174.30

20 176.59

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

678.2056

Winning margin

0.0232

GC over RC

Field average

644.71

483.99678.21

median 655.87 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.3484

483.99678.21

10th place overall

Field spread

194.2168

winner to last place

Most consistent

WILDCATTERS Q CREW

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 4.0344 pts — TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 91%

beats 9% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,537

avg power rating going in · stronger than 27% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY

rated 1652 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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

0.0232 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ
WILDCATTERS Q CREW

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

Chicken 18th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 6th
Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

20 tracked contests to get there

This was THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.

A knife fight at the top

3.3940 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.3940 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

1st THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ
2nd WILDCATTERS Q CREW
3rd SMOKERS WILD
4th CORN FED BBQ
5th WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 2–3: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: B W SMOKE and SMOKERS WILD tied on 168.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 9–10 · 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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Aug 2, 2013 ← this one	Liberal, KS	Liberal, KS	25	678.2056	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	WILDCATTERS Q CREW
Aug 1, 2014	Liberal, KS	Liberal, KS 67901	25	693.0740	CLARK CREW BBQ	BARRY & ERICA

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	174.2972	168.5256	164.0228
Pork Ribs	174.2744	170.8572	168.5828
Pork	176.5944	170.2628	168.5944
Brisket	174.2972	169.1544	166.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 678.2056 · median 655.8744

#	Team	Score
1	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	678.2056
2	WILDCATTERS Q CREW	678.1824
3	SMOKERS WILD	677.1312
4	CORN FED BBQ	676.5368
5	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	674.8116
6	4 LEGS UP BBQ	674.2400
7	IRON WHEEL COOKERS	671.9884
8	TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	669.6684
9	BUTCHER BBQ	666.7656
10	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	663.3484
11	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	659.4172
12	OKLAHOMA SMOKE	657.0972
13	BACKDRAFT BBQ	655.8744
14	DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	654.8116
15	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	648.0116
16	BIG OL' BOYS BAR-BQ	645.0516
17	SMOKIN ARMADILLOS	642.2288
18	B W SMOKE	636.0116
19	T C SMOKERS	632.5488
20	MAKE ROOM FOR THE LEGEND	623.9540
21	OKLAHOMA SMOKE II	619.4744
22	CORONADO Q CREW	618.8112
23	BIG BAD DAD BBQ	614.7656
24	FISTFULL OF BBQ	594.7428
25	Bubba Bill's Bar-B-Q	483.9888

Chicken

25 entries · top 174.2972 · median 162.2744

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKERS WILD	174.2972
2	CORN FED BBQ	171.9884
3	IRON WHEEL COOKERS	171.4628
4	SMOKIN ARMADILLOS	169.7488
5	WILDCATTERS Q CREW	168.5256
6	MAKE ROOM FOR THE LEGEND	166.8800
7	BUTCHER BBQ	166.8228
8	BACKDRAFT BBQ	166.2744
9	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	164.5828
10	CORONADO Q CREW	164.0228
11	B W SMOKE	163.4060
12	DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	162.8228
13	4 LEGS UP BBQ	162.2744
14	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	162.2628
15	T C SMOKERS	162.2628
16	TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	162.2512
17	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	161.1544
18	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	161.1428
19	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	161.1200
20	BIG BAD DAD BBQ	159.4284
21	BIG OL' BOYS BAR-BQ	159.3944
22	OKLAHOMA SMOKE	158.2744
23	OKLAHOMA SMOKE II	155.9772
24	FISTFULL OF BBQ	147.4172
25	Bubba Bill's Bar-B-Q	20

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 174.2744 · median 163.4056

#	Team	Score
1	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	174.2744
2	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	173.1200
3	TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	173.1200
4	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172
5	OKLAHOMA SMOKE	170.8572
6	WILDCATTERS Q CREW	170.8456
7	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	169.7372
8	BACKDRAFT BBQ	169.1200
9	B W SMOKE	168.5828
10	SMOKERS WILD	168.5828
11	IRON WHEEL COOKERS	166.8228
12	BUTCHER BBQ	165.7028
13	CORN FED BBQ	163.4056
14	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	163.4056
15	BIG OL' BOYS BAR-BQ	160.5372
16	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	159.9888
17	SMOKIN ARMADILLOS	159.3944
18	CORONADO Q CREW	158.8572
19	MAKE ROOM FOR THE LEGEND	158.8572
20	Bubba Bill's Bar-B-Q	156
21	OKLAHOMA SMOKE II	155.4516
22	DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	154.2400
23	T C SMOKERS	153.7028
24	BIG BAD DAD BBQ	149.1200
25	FISTFULL OF BBQ	142.8228

Pork

25 entries · top 176.5944 · median 161.1084

#	Team	Score
1	TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	176.5944
2	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.5600
3	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	172.5600
4	WILDCATTERS Q CREW	170.8456
5	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	170.2628
6	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	169.6800
7	OKLAHOMA SMOKE	169.1312
8	IRON WHEEL COOKERS	169.1200
9	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	168.5944
10	DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	168.5944
11	CORN FED BBQ	168
12	BIG OL' BOYS BAR-BQ	162.8572
13	SMOKERS WILD	161.1084
14	BIG BAD DAD BBQ	160.5372
15	BUTCHER BBQ	159.9428
16	OKLAHOMA SMOKE II	159.4628
17	BACKDRAFT BBQ	158.8000
18	SMOKIN ARMADILLOS	157.6912
19	T C SMOKERS	156.5944
20	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	156.5600
21	FISTFULL OF BBQ	155.9656
22	Bubba Bill's Bar-B-Q	154.2856
23	CORONADO Q CREW	153.0856
24	MAKE ROOM FOR THE LEGEND	151.3940
25	B W SMOKE	147.9884

Brisket

25 entries · top 174.2972 · median 161.6800

#	Team	Score
1	BUTCHER BBQ	174.2972
2	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	174.2628
3	CORN FED BBQ	173.1428
4	SMOKERS WILD	173.1428
5	DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	169.1544
6	WILDCATTERS Q CREW	167.9656
7	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	167.4172
8	4 LEGS UP BBQ	167.4056
9	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	166.8800
10	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	166.8228
11	IRON WHEEL COOKERS	164.5828
12	BIG OL' BOYS BAR-BQ	162.2628
13	BACKDRAFT BBQ	161.6800
14	T C SMOKERS	159.9888
15	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	159.9656
16	OKLAHOMA SMOKE	158.8344
17	TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	157.7028
18	B W SMOKE	156.0344
19	SMOKIN ARMADILLOS	155.3944
20	Bubba Bill's Bar-B-Q	153.7032
21	OKLAHOMA SMOKE II	148.5828
22	FISTFULL OF BBQ	148.5372
23	MAKE ROOM FOR THE LEGEND	146.8228
24	BIG BAD DAD BBQ	145.6800
25	CORONADO Q CREW	142.8456

United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ 2013

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 (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

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