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21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska

Aug 16–17, 2013 · LaPlatte, NE

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PHAT JACKS BBQ NE
703.9428 · Master Series — Overall
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WOODWARD BARBEQUE
699.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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JAESTAR BBQ
686.1940 · Master Series — Overall

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE won Grand Champion at the 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska on August 16, 2013 in LaPlatte, NE, scoring 703.9428 in a field of 43 teams. WOODWARD BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.4056. Category winners: Chicken — PHAT JACKS BBQ NE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ (177.7144); Pork — WOODWARD BARBEQUE (175.4172); Brisket — WOODWARD BARBEQUE (176.5600).

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 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 175.42
  • Brisket 176.56
135.95 180

Entries

43
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

703.9428

Winning margin

4.5372
GC over RC

Field average

653.27
596.49703.94
median 654.73 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
PHAT JACKS BBQ NE (Chicken)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.5368
596.49703.94
10th place overall

Field spread

107.4520
winner to last place

Most consistent

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE
avg finish 3 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — PHAT JACKS BBQ NE

How hot was the win?

Top 19%
beats 81% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,514
avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
rated 1683 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1560
  • top seed 1683

A first Grand Championship

6 tracked contests to get there

This was PHAT JACKS BBQ NE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: PORK PATROL BBQ and SMOKED tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: BIG DADDY'S BBQ and SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: PHAT JACKS BBQ NE and LEEPS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

WOODWARD BARBEQUE won Pork, Brisket — a double.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 4th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 3rd

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • PHAT JACKS BBQ NE · Chicken

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
Chicken180173.1200170.8456
Pork Ribs177.7144174.3200172
Pork175.4172172.6056171.4400
Brisket176.5600174.2628169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

43 entries · top 703.9428 · median 654.7312

#TeamScore
1 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 703.9428
2 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 699.4056
3 JAESTAR BBQ 686.1940
4 PORK PATROL BBQ 683.3828
5 LEEPS BBQ 680.4568
6 HELPING U BBQ 679.3484
7 ELWOOD BBQ 678.8456
8 PORK GONE WYLDE 678.2284
9 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 673.6228
10 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 672.5368
11 BABY BACK BBQ 672.5256
12 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 672.5028
13 Tattoo Bob's 671.9656
14 SMOKED 670.1828
15 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 668.9940
16 To the Tee BBQ 665.0856
17 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 664.5144
18 SMOKERS PURGATORY 663.9200
19 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 663.3944
20 The Smokin' Heads 663.3488
21 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 655.4284
22 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 654.7312
23 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 653.6344
24 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 652.5480
25 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 650.1716
26 Smokin Barbarians 646.1944
27 SSOB 644.0112
28 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 643.3148
29 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 641.6456
30 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 641.0400
31 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 637.5768
32 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 637.1200
33 OL" SMOKEY 637.1200
34 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 635.8744
35 THE FINGER LICKERS 631.4512
36 Sherwood 3 627.8744
37 Pig Season 627.3372
38 Bone-In BBQ 622.6624
39 Hog Heaven BBQ 614.2056
40 IOWA'S SMOKIN' BUDS 612.5488
41 Black Belt BBQ 610.1256
42 Pork University 605.0628
43 Claim House 596.4908

Chicken

43 entries · top 180 · median 165.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 180 🔥
2 Tattoo Bob's 177.7028
3 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 175.4172
4 PORK GONE WYLDE 174.8572
5 Smokin Barbarians 173.1200
6 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 173.1084
7 Sherwood 3 172.0344
8 ELWOOD BBQ 171.9656
9 The Smokin' Heads 171.4516
10 To the Tee BBQ 170.8456
11 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 170.8456
12 PORK PATROL BBQ 170.2972
13 SMOKERS PURGATORY 170.2628
14 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 169.7028
15 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 169.6912
16 SMOKED 169.1316
17 HELPING U BBQ 169.1200
18 JAESTAR BBQ 169.1084
19 LEEPS BBQ 167.9656
20 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 166.8688
21 BABY BACK BBQ 166.8572
22 Bone-In BBQ 165.7028
23 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 165.7028
24 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 165.1428
25 Pig Season 165.1084
26 THE FINGER LICKERS 164.6056
27 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 164.5372
28 Pork University 163.3712
29 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 162.8228
30 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 159.9544
31 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 159.3828
32 IOWA'S SMOKIN' BUDS 157.7372
33 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 157.6800
34 Hog Heaven BBQ 157.1544
35 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 155.4284
36 Black Belt BBQ 154.8572
37 SSOB 153.1084
38 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 151.9084
39 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 150.2056
40 OL" SMOKEY 149.7144
41 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 147.9312
42 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 146.2400
43 Claim House 143.9540

Pork Ribs

43 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5600

#TeamScore
1 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 177.7144
2 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 176.5828
3 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 175.4628
4 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 175.4172
5 ELWOOD BBQ 174.3200
6 HELPING U BBQ 174.2628
7 PORK PATROL BBQ 173.7028
8 SMOKED 173.7028
9 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 173.1428
10 BABY BACK BBQ 172
11 JAESTAR BBQ 171.9656
12 LEEPS BBQ 171.4056
13 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 170.8456
14 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 170.8228
15 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 170.2628
16 To the Tee BBQ 169.1200
17 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 168
18 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 167.4172
19 SMOKERS PURGATORY 166.8344
20 Tattoo Bob's 166.2972
21 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 164.5600
22 PORK GONE WYLDE 164.5600
23 SSOB 164
24 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 163.9888
25 OL" SMOKEY 163.4400
26 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 161.1200
27 THE FINGER LICKERS 160.5484
28 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 159.9428
29 The Smokin' Heads 159.3828
30 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 154.8572
31 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 154.8116
32 Pork University 153.7144
33 Hog Heaven BBQ 151.9428
34 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 151.9428
35 Sherwood 3 151.9316
36 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 151.3828
37 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 150.7884
38 Pig Season 149.1316
39 Bone-In BBQ 148.5028
40 Smokin Barbarians 147.4288
41 Claim House 144.5256
42 Black Belt BBQ 143.3372
43 IOWA'S SMOKIN' BUDS 135.9544

Pork

43 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 175.4172
2 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 174.8800
3 BABY BACK BBQ 174.2856
4 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 174.2628
5 SSOB 172.6056
6 JAESTAR BBQ 172.5600
7 PORK GONE WYLDE 171.9884
8 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 171.9656
9 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 171.4400
10 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 171.4400
11 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 171.4056
12 The Smokin' Heads 170.8228
13 IOWA'S SMOKIN' BUDS 169.7028
14 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 169.1428
15 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 169.1428
16 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 169.1200
17 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 169.1200
18 ELWOOD BBQ 168.5600
19 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 168
20 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 167.9772
21 PORK PATROL BBQ 167.4172
22 SMOKED 167.3828
23 SMOKERS PURGATORY 166.8456
24 Tattoo Bob's 166.8456
25 LEEPS BBQ 166.8228
26 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 166.2972
27 Black Belt BBQ 165.7028
28 HELPING U BBQ 165.6800
29 Pig Season 163.9888
30 OL" SMOKEY 162.8684
31 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 162.8572
32 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 161.6684
33 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 160.5944
34 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 159.4284
35 Smokin Barbarians 159.3712
36 To the Tee BBQ 158.8456
37 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 156.5600
38 Sherwood 3 155.3484
39 Bone-In BBQ 151.3712
40 Claim House 150.3084
41 Hog Heaven BBQ 147.3712
42 THE FINGER LICKERS 146.2972
43 Pork University 135.9772

Brisket

43 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.0972

#TeamScore
1 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 176.5600
2 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 175.4172
3 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 174.2628
4 LEEPS BBQ 174.2628
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 174.2628
6 JAESTAR BBQ 172.5600
7 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 172
8 PORK PATROL BBQ 171.9656
9 HELPING U BBQ 170.2856
10 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 169.7028
11 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 169.1200
12 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 168.5944
13 PORK GONE WYLDE 166.8228
14 To the Tee BBQ 166.2744
15 Smokin Barbarians 166.2744
16 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 164.6056
17 ELWOOD BBQ 164
18 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 162.8228
19 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 162.8116
20 The Smokin' Heads 161.6916
21 Tattoo Bob's 161.1200
22 OL" SMOKEY 161.0972
23 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 160.5372
24 THE FINGER LICKERS 160
25 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 159.9888
26 SMOKERS PURGATORY 159.9772
27 SMOKED 159.9656
28 BABY BACK BBQ 159.3828
29 Hog Heaven BBQ 157.7372
30 Claim House 157.7028
31 Bone-In BBQ 157.0856
32 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 156
33 SSOB 154.2972
34 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 153.6572
35 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 152.5712
36 Pork University 152
37 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 151.9200
38 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 150.8344
39 IOWA'S SMOKIN' BUDS 149.1544
40 Pig Season 149.1084
41 Sherwood 3 148.5600
42 Black Belt BBQ 146.2284
43 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 143.9772

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 — Bacon

15 entries · top 180 · median 166.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Old Lincoln Hwy Bar-B-Que 180 🔥
2 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 174.8800
3 HELPING U BBQ 173.7028
4 The Smokin' Heads 170.8228
5 THE FINGER LICKERS 170.2628
6 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 166.8800
7 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 166.8228
8 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 166.2744
9 HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 163.9428
10 BODACIOUS BUTTS AND BONES 163.4400
11 Pork University 163.4056
12 Tattoo Bob's 159.9656
13 SLOBBERIN MOUTH BBQ 153.0856
14 Hog Heaven BBQ 151.8628
15 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 132.4800

Master Series — Dessert

11 entries · top 180 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 180 🔥
2 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 177.7144
3 Bone-In BBQ 177.7028
4 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 177.1428
5 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 176.0228
6 BIG DADDY'S BBQ 173.7028
7 SMOKERS PURGATORY 173.1084
8 BABY BACK BBQ 172.5484
9 HELPING U BBQ 170.8456
10 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 169.1428
11 Pork University 162.2400

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