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Bootleggin' BBQ 2013

Aug 23–24, 2013 · Garden City, CO

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674.8116 · Master Series — Overall
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673.7144 · Master Series — Overall
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670.3660 · Master Series — Overall

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES won Grand Champion at the Bootleggin' BBQ on August 23, 2013 in Garden City, CO, scoring 674.8116 in a field of 16 teams. PORKY'S PIT CREW took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.7144. Category winners: Chicken — BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES (176.5600); Pork Ribs — GRILLIN' BEAVERS (177.1544); Pork — PEACE PIT BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — PORKY'S PIT CREW (175.4400). 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 175.44
141.14 177.71

Entries

16
4 judged meats

Top score

674.8116

Winning margin

1.0972
GC over RC

Field average

650.70
602.85674.81
median 660.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
7.9772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

654.6740
602.85674.81
10th place overall

Field spread

71.9664
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 4 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 6.8800 pts — GRILLIN' BEAVERS

How hot was the win?

Top 94%
beats 6% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,524
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1609 pre-contest

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.

A razor-thin finish

1.0972 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 84% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0972 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.

  • BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES
  • PORKY'S PIT CREW

A first Grand Championship

10 tracked contests to get there

This was BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: GQUE and CHIBI-Q tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW edged GQUE by 0.0116. Brisket places 7–8: LITTLE JOE'S BBQ edged PEACE PIT BBQ by 0.0120.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
  • Brisket 7–8 · 0.0120
  • Chicken 6–7 · 0.0232

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 11th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 11th
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 2nd

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 23, 2013 ← this one Garden City, CO Garden City, CO 16 674.8116 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES PORKY'S PIT CREW
Aug 22, 2014 Garden City, CO Garden City, CO 80631 17 697.6572 BACKDRAFT BBQ CRAZY COYOTE

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600168.5828163.3944
Pork Ribs177.1544165.6800157.1316
Pork177.7144169.6800166.2628
Brisket175.4400163.9428160.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

16 entries · top 674.8116 · median 660.7716

#TeamScore
1 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 674.8116
2 PORKY'S PIT CREW 673.7144
3 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 670.3660
4 CHIBI-Q 667.3600
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 664.9832
6 PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW 662.8344
7 SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS 661.6572
8 GQUE 661.0172
9 PEACE PIT BBQ 660.5260
10 WE BE SMOKIN 654.6740
11 BEDROCK BBQ 643.8856
12 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 641.0404
13 DAKOTA BBQ 641.0284
14 FikaniQ 615.2680
15 Rubbin' BUTTZ BBQ 615.2572
16 CWC Smoke 602.8452

Chicken

16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.2284

#TeamScore
1 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 176.5600
2 BACKDRAFT BBQ 171.9772
3 GQUE 170.8344
4 CHIBI-Q 170.8344
5 PORKY'S PIT CREW 168.5828
6 SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS 165.1316
7 WE BE SMOKIN 165.1084
8 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 164.5256
9 DAKOTA BBQ 163.9312
10 PEACE PIT BBQ 163.3944
11 PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW 162.2972
12 BEDROCK BBQ 158.8228
13 CWC Smoke 157.1656
14 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 154.8800
15 FikaniQ 154.8572
16 Rubbin' BUTTZ BBQ 153.1200

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.4058

#TeamScore
1 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 177.1544
2 GQUE 170.2744
3 CHIBI-Q 167.9772
4 PORKY'S PIT CREW 167.4516
5 SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS 165.6800
6 FikaniQ 163.9540
7 BACKDRAFT BBQ 162.8116
8 WE BE SMOKIN 162.2400
9 PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW 160.5716
10 PEACE PIT BBQ 157.1316
11 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 154.8344
12 Rubbin' BUTTZ BBQ 154.8344
13 BEDROCK BBQ 154.8000
14 DAKOTA BBQ 153.7028
15 CWC Smoke 153.6912
16 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 153.1316

Pork

16 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.1256

#TeamScore
1 PEACE PIT BBQ 177.7144
2 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 172.5600
3 WE BE SMOKIN 171.9656
4 SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS 170.2856
5 PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW 169.6800
6 GQUE 169.6684
7 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 169.1544
8 CHIBI-Q 167.4056
9 BEDROCK BBQ 166.8456
10 DAKOTA BBQ 166.2628
11 BACKDRAFT BBQ 166.2516
12 PORKY'S PIT CREW 162.2400
13 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 161.0856
14 Rubbin' BUTTZ BBQ 155.9312
15 FikaniQ 154.7884
16 CWC Smoke 141.1428

Brisket

16 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.7142

#TeamScore
1 PORKY'S PIT CREW 175.4400
2 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 170.8572
3 PRAIRIE DOG PIT CREW 170.2856
4 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 169.1772
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 163.9428
6 BEDROCK BBQ 163.4172
7 LITTLE JOE'S BBQ 162.2976
8 PEACE PIT BBQ 162.2856
9 CHIBI-Q 161.1428
10 SWEET HEART CITY SMOKERS 160.5600
11 DAKOTA BBQ 157.1316
12 WE BE SMOKIN 155.3600
13 Rubbin' BUTTZ BBQ 151.3716
14 CWC Smoke 150.8456
15 GQUE 150.2400
16 FikaniQ 141.6684

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