A first Grand Championship
11
tracked contests to get there
This was BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show
Aug 9–10, 2013 · Brentwood, CA
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ won Grand Champion at the Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show on August 9, 2013 in Brentwood, CA, scoring 662.1600 in a field of 17 teams. SON OF SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 659.2916. Category winners: Chicken — BOWLING OVER PIGS (173.1428); Pork Ribs — BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (168.5256); Pork — SON OF SMOKE (169.7144); Brisket — BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (162.2516).
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.
133.73
median 603.35
662.16 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 173.14
- Pork Ribs 168.53
- Pork 169.71
- Brisket 162.25
20
173.14
Entries
17
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
662.1600
Winning margin
2.8684
GC over RC
Field average
571.15
133.73662.16
median 603.35 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
8.0112 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
585.5200
133.73662.16
10th place overall
Field spread
528.4340
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 99%
beats 1% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,507
avg power rating going in · stronger than 5% of contests
Storylines (4 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
0.0228
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 5–6: PORK DYNASTY edged TEAM BACON by 0.0228. Pork places 8–9: TEAM HATTON BBQ edged SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS by 0.0344. Pork places 2–3: GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ edged BOWLING OVER PIGS by 0.0572.
- Pork 5–6 · 0.0228
- Pork 8–9 · 0.0344
- Pork 2–3 · 0.0572
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.4112
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 1st
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1428 | 164.6172 | 152.1144 |
| Pork Ribs | 168.5256 | 160.5144 | 145.6800 |
| Pork | 169.7144 | 160.5600 | 158.2744 |
| Brisket | 162.2516 | 152.1144 | 143.9544 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 662.1600 · median 603.3492
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 2 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 3 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 4 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 5 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 6 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 7 | KAPTAIN KAVEMAN BBQ | |
| 8 | GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | |
| 9 | TEAM HATTON BBQ | |
| 10 | PORKTERA BBQ | |
| 11 | TEAM BACON | |
| 12 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ | |
| 13 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 14 | SAVORY SOUL | |
| 15 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS | |
| 17 | MOMO'S SMOKIN' BBQ |
Chicken
16 entries · top 173.1428 · median 153.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 2 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 3 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 5 | GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | |
| 6 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 7 | TEAM HATTON BBQ | |
| 8 | KAPTAIN KAVEMAN BBQ | |
| 9 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 10 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS | |
| 12 | SAVORY SOUL | |
| 13 | PORKTERA BBQ | |
| 14 | TEAM BACON | |
| 15 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 16 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 168.5256 · median 146.8000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 2 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 3 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 4 | KAPTAIN KAVEMAN BBQ | |
| 5 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 6 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 7 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 8 | PORKTERA BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS | |
| 10 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ | |
| 11 | TEAM BACON | |
| 12 | TEAM HATTON BBQ | |
| 13 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 14 | SAVORY SOUL | |
| 15 | GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | |
| 16 | MOMO'S SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 17 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ |
Pork
16 entries · top 169.7144 · median 158.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 2 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ | |
| 3 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 4 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 5 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 6 | TEAM BACON | |
| 7 | GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | |
| 8 | TEAM HATTON BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS | |
| 10 | KAPTAIN KAVEMAN BBQ | |
| 11 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 13 | PORKTERA BBQ | |
| 14 | SAVORY SOUL | |
| 15 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 16 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ |
Brisket
16 entries · top 162.2516 · median 145.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 2 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 3 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 4 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 5 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ | |
| 6 | KAPTAIN KAVEMAN BBQ | |
| 7 | GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 9 | TEAM HATTON BBQ | |
| 10 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 11 | PORKTERA BBQ | |
| 12 | TEAM BACON | |
| 13 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 14 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ | |
| 15 | SAVORY SOUL | |
| 16 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS |
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 — Chili
14 entries · top 160.0228 · median 143.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEHOUSE 10 | |
| 2 | MOMO'S SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 3 | GENE LAMAR FAMILY BBQ | |
| 4 | HOT MESS BBQ | |
| 5 | PORK DYNASTY | |
| 6 | BEANS AND BONES | |
| 7 | OUT TO LUNCH BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 9 | SON OF SMOKE | |
| 10 | NACHO MAMA'S | |
| 11 | BAD S. BBQ | |
| 12 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | |
| 13 | SMOKIN BBQ ADDICTS | |
| 14 | TEAM BACON |