Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge 2013

Aug 16–17, 2013 · Conifer, CO

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GQUE

682.2400 · Master Series — Overall

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SWINESTONE COWBOYS

678.2744 · Master Series — Overall

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CHIBI-Q

673.0512 · Master Series — Overall

GQUE won Grand Champion at the Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge on August 16, 2013 in Conifer, CO, scoring 682.2400 in a field of 33 teams. SWINESTONE COWBOYS took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2744. Category winners: Chicken — CHIBI-Q (176.5828); Pork Ribs — SWINESTONE COWBOYS (173.7372); Pork — CHIBI-Q (174.2628); Brisket — GQUE (176.5716). This is the 1st of 3 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.

567.11 median 643.90 682.24 🏆

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 173.74
Pork 174.26
Brisket 176.57

123.20 176.58

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2015 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

682.2400

Winning margin

3.9656

GC over RC

Field average

637.62

567.11682.24

median 643.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

2.2628 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

660.4576

567.11682.24

10th place overall

Field spread

115.1320

winner to last place

Most consistent

SWINESTONE COWBOYS

avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.0344 pts — SWINESTONE COWBOYS

How hot was the win?

Top 86%

beats 14% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.71 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

BUFFALO'S BBQ

rated 1632 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 3–4: 3 LIL' MACS BBQ and SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: GQUE and SHAKIN NOT STIRRED tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: WILD HOGS BBQ edged Cabin Creek Smokehouse by 0.0116.

Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 9–10 · 0.0116
Pork 3–4 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

CHIBI-Q won Chicken, Pork — a double.

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GQUE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.

Chicken 10th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 5th
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)

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 16, 2013 ← this one	Conifer, CO	Conifer, CO	33	682.2400	GQUE	SWINESTONE COWBOYS
Aug 15, 2014	Conifer, CO	Conifer, CO 80433	43	691.3716	PIGSKIN BBQ	GQUE
Aug 14, 2015	Conifer, CO	Conifer, CO 80433	31	693.0744	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	SWINESTONE COWBOYS

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5828	170.8572	166.8456
Pork Ribs	173.7372	169.1200	165.1200
Pork	174.2628	172	167.3828
Brisket	176.5716	171.9772	163.3944

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 682.2400 · median 643.8968

#	Team	Score
1	GQUE	682.2400
2	SWINESTONE COWBOYS	678.2744
3	CHIBI-Q	673.0512
4	FLYBOY BBQ	669.6800
5	GOLDEN TOAD	669.6688
6	BUFFALO'S BBQ	668.4568
7	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	667.9428
8	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	664.4796
9	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	663.9084
10	WILD HOGS BBQ	660.4576
11	THE CELTIC PIG	659.8396
12	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	655.3372
13	SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM	654.8344
14	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	650.1828
15	WOLFY AND THE HOG HEATERS	649.0284
16	WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ	648.4112
17	SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS	643.8968
18	SMOKE JUNKIES BBQ	640.5716
19	Q PIG BBQ	639.3144
20	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	634.2520
21	Rub 'em & Leave 'em	634.1144
22	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	633.6688
23	PIG FLOYD	623.9200
24	Cabin Creek Smokehouse	623.1772
25	HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	622.7312
26	SWINEOSAURUS BBQ	613.0288
27	GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!	611.8400
28	Lovejoy BBQ	605.7144
29	Brisket Boys BBQ	603.7600
30	Cowboy Joe's Catering	586.8456
31	BIG KAHUNA BBQ	574.3776
32	WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	567.3260
33	BONES BRIGADE	567.1080

Chicken

33 entries · top 176.5828 · median 162.2744

#	Team	Score
1	CHIBI-Q	176.5828
2	FLYBOY BBQ	173.1428
3	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	171.9772
4	SMOKE JUNKIES BBQ	171.4172
5	Rub 'em & Leave 'em	170.8572
6	BIG KAHUNA BBQ	169.1772
7	SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM	169.1544
8	WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ	168.5484
9	SWINESTONE COWBOYS	167.9884
10	GQUE	166.8456
11	WILD HOGS BBQ	166.2400
12	WOLFY AND THE HOG HEATERS	166.2400
13	PIG FLOYD	165.1428
14	Q PIG BBQ	165.1200
15	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	163.4628
16	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	162.8456
17	GOLDEN TOAD	162.2744
18	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	162.2628
19	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	162.2400
20	Brisket Boys BBQ	160.5600
21	BUFFALO'S BBQ	159.9312
22	THE CELTIC PIG	158.2284
23	GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!	157.0972
24	Cowboy Joe's Catering	156.5828
25	SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS	155.9884
26	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	155.9772
27	Cabin Creek Smokehouse	155.3484
28	HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	154.7772
29	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	153.6572
30	Lovejoy BBQ	152.6172
31	SWINEOSAURUS BBQ	151.4516
32	WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	146.2516
33	BONES BRIGADE	141.1312

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 173.7372 · median 162.8572

#	Team	Score
1	SWINESTONE COWBOYS	173.7372
2	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	169.7028
3	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	169.6800
4	SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS	169.6800
5	FLYBOY BBQ	169.1200
6	Lovejoy BBQ	166.9144
7	GQUE	166.8228
8	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	166.8228
9	GOLDEN TOAD	166.2972
10	Rub 'em & Leave 'em	165.1200
11	BUFFALO'S BBQ	164.5600
12	THE CELTIC PIG	164.5256
13	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	163.9428
14	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	163.4516
15	WILD HOGS BBQ	163.4288
16	GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!	163.4284
17	SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM	162.8572
18	CHIBI-Q	162.8228
19	WOLFY AND THE HOG HEATERS	161.7028
20	WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ	161.6800
21	SMOKE JUNKIES BBQ	161.0972
22	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	158.2516
23	BONES BRIGADE	157.6568
24	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	157.1316
25	Cabin Creek Smokehouse	155.9772
26	Q PIG BBQ	155.9544
27	PIG FLOYD	152.0116
28	Brisket Boys BBQ	146.8000
29	HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	145.7256
30	SWINEOSAURUS BBQ	145.6344
31	Cowboy Joe's Catering	143.9772
32	WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	141.0972
33	BIG KAHUNA BBQ	130.3088

Pork

33 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.3944

#	Team	Score
1	CHIBI-Q	174.2628
2	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	173.1772
3	SWINESTONE COWBOYS	173.1200
4	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	173.1084
5	GQUE	172
6	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	170.2856
7	BUFFALO'S BBQ	169.6800
8	GOLDEN TOAD	169.1200
9	WILD HOGS BBQ	167.3944
10	Cabin Creek Smokehouse	167.3828
11	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	166.8456
12	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	166.2972
13	THE CELTIC PIG	166.2628
14	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	165.1428
15	PIG FLOYD	165.0856
16	WOLFY AND THE HOG HEATERS	164.5484
17	FLYBOY BBQ	163.3944
18	Rub 'em & Leave 'em	163.3828
19	SMOKE JUNKIES BBQ	162.8684
20	HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	161.7028
21	Q PIG BBQ	160.5484
22	SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM	160.5484
23	SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS	159.4284
24	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	158.8228
25	SWINEOSAURUS BBQ	157.6684
26	WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ	155.3600
27	Lovejoy BBQ	154.9600
28	GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!	154.8000
29	Cowboy Joe's Catering	149.1428
30	WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	146.8572
31	BIG KAHUNA BBQ	144
32	Brisket Boys BBQ	143.8856
33	BONES BRIGADE	123.2000

Brisket

33 entries · top 176.5716 · median 158.2744

#	Team	Score
1	GQUE	176.5716
2	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	174.3200
3	BUFFALO'S BBQ	174.2856
4	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	173.1084
5	GOLDEN TOAD	171.9772
6	THE CELTIC PIG	170.8228
7	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	168.5600
8	FLYBOY BBQ	164.0228
9	SWINESTONE COWBOYS	163.4288
10	WILD HOGS BBQ	163.3944
11	WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ	162.8228
12	SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM	162.2744
13	HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	160.5256
14	CHIBI-Q	159.3828
15	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	158.8572
16	SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS	158.8000
17	SWINEOSAURUS BBQ	158.2744
18	Q PIG BBQ	157.6916
19	WOLFY AND THE HOG HEATERS	156.5372
20	Brisket Boys BBQ	152.5144
21	3 LIL' MACS BBQ	151.9656
22	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	146.2288
23	SMOKE JUNKIES BBQ	145.1888
24	BONES BRIGADE	145.1200
25	Cabin Creek Smokehouse	144.4688
26	PIG FLOYD	141.6800
27	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	141.6460
28	Cowboy Joe's Catering	137.1428
29	GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!	136.5144
30	Rub 'em & Leave 'em	134.7544
31	WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	133.1200
32	Lovejoy BBQ	131.2228
33	BIG KAHUNA BBQ	130.8916

Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge 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 (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

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