Smokin' on Oak 2013

Aug 23–24, 2013 · Bonner Springs, KS

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TRUEBUD BBQ

678.1944 · Master Series — Overall

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BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE

671.9084 · Master Series — Overall

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MOO COW

670.2516 · Master Series — Overall

TRUEBUD BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin' on Oak on August 23, 2013 in Bonner Springs, KS, scoring 678.1944 in a field of 38 teams. BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 671.9084. Category winners: Chicken — TRUEBUD BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOOTH SMOKE (176.5600); Pork — MOO COW (170.8572); Brisket — MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN (178.8572). This is the 1st of 5 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.

568.48 median 630.45 678.19 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176
Pork Ribs 176.56
Pork 170.86
Brisket 178.86

122.79 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

678.1944

Winning margin

6.2860

GC over RC

Field average

629.71

568.48678.19

median 630.45 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

2.8916 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

653.5888

568.48678.19

10th place overall

Field spread

109.7152

winner to last place

Most consistent

TEAM GETTING SAUCED

avg finish 8 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 3.4056 pts — TRUEBUD BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 91%

beats 9% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,508

avg power rating going in · stronger than 6% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TRUEBUD BBQ

rated 1727 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 8–9: FIGHTING DELFUEGOS and EATIN AINT CHEATIN tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Double D's R Smoking edged KC SMOKE DAWGS by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: SMOOTH SMOKE edged BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE by 0.0116.

Pork 8–9 · tie
Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116
Chicken 4–5 · 0.0116
Pork 4–5 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

TRUEBUD BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 30th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 30th
Brisket 5th

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 23, 2013 ← this one	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs, KS	38	678.1944	TRUEBUD BBQ	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE
Aug 22, 2014	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs, KS 66012	30	686.2740	MIDNIGHT STOKERS	KC SMOKE DAWGS
Aug 28, 2015	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs, KS 66012	42	702.8460	SLAPS BBQ	TRUEBUD BBQ
Aug 26, 2016	Bonner Springs, KS	3rd & Ceadar st Downtown Bonner Springs	37	694.7656	913 BBQ	TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS
Aug 18, 2017	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs, KS 66012	28	697.6912	SMOOTH SMOKE	KC SMOKE DAWGS

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176	170.8456	165.7140
Pork Ribs	176.5600	169.1544	167.4172
Pork	170.8572	167.9656	162.8456
Brisket	178.8572	172.5600	164

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 678.1944 · median 630.4458

#	Team	Score
1	TRUEBUD BBQ	678.1944
2	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	671.9084
3	MOO COW	670.2516
4	SMOOTH SMOKE	668.5028
5	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	665.7140
6	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	663.9428
7	STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ	658.7308
8	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	655.3600
9	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	654.8460
10	BLOWIN' SMOKE	653.5888
11	KC SMOKE DAWGS	650.1828
12	Sow Manilla Grilla	646.2860
13	CRAZY BONES BBQ	645.6684
14	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	642.8456
15	DUCE BROTHERS BBQ	642.7884
16	PACHAS BY THE POUND	638.6396
17	O.S.P. MEATHEADS	638.1712
18	Petrified Pig	637.7368
19	T'S SMOKIN PIT	632.4572
20	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	628.4344
21	Losing Effort BBQ	621.7488
22	Double D's R Smoking	621.6688
23	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	615.3256
24	SMOKIN WOLVES	614.1488
25	PR's BBQ	613.1432
26	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	611.8396
27	Get In My Belly BBQ	610.8572
28	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	607.9544
29	Fine Swine	607.9312
30	Partners - N - Crime	607.4176
31	2 Lo'-n-Slo' Guys	606.2284
32	HANG 'EM' HIGH	605.6120
33	THE HOGFATHER	605.0284
34	Downstream Smokers	598.6168
35	Irwin's Pit Crew BBQ	596.9716
36	Big Muddy BBQ	592.5372
37	SMOKE BREAK - KS	579.2804
38	River Valley Custom Smokers	568.4792

Chicken

38 entries · top 176 · median 160.5256

#	Team	Score
1	TRUEBUD BBQ	176
2	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	172.5944
3	Petrified Pig	172.0456
4	SMOOTH SMOKE	170.8572
5	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	170.8456
6	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	169.7144
7	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	168.5600
8	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	166.8800
9	DUCE BROTHERS BBQ	166.2628
10	STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ	165.7140
11	PACHAS BY THE POUND	165.7028
12	KC SMOKE DAWGS	164.5600
13	PR's BBQ	164.0116
14	CRAZY BONES BBQ	163.9884
15	Sow Manilla Grilla	162.8456
16	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	162.2972
17	T'S SMOKIN PIT	161.1200
18	BLOWIN' SMOKE	161.0972
19	Fine Swine	160.5484
20	MOO COW	160.5028
21	Double D's R Smoking	160
22	Partners - N - Crime	159.4516
23	THE HOGFATHER	158.8800
24	O.S.P. MEATHEADS	158.8456
25	Get In My Belly BBQ	155.4516
26	Big Muddy BBQ	155.4056
27	Losing Effort BBQ	154.2856
28	SMOKE BREAK - KS	153.6572
29	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	153.1428
30	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	153.1200
31	HANG 'EM' HIGH	151.4516
32	River Valley Custom Smokers	147.9768
33	SMOKIN WOLVES	147.9544
34	Irwin's Pit Crew BBQ	146.8800
35	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	146.8456
36	Downstream Smokers	141.6456
37	2 Lo'-n-Slo' Guys	141.1544
38	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	139.3600

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 156.5428

#	Team	Score
1	SMOOTH SMOKE	176.5600
2	TRUEBUD BBQ	175.4288
3	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	172.5600
4	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	171.4284
5	BLOWIN' SMOKE	169.1544
6	Double D's R Smoking	168.5716
7	KC SMOKE DAWGS	168.5600
8	STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ	167.9772
9	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	167.4400
10	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	167.4172
11	Partners - N - Crime	165.1544
12	O.S.P. MEATHEADS	163.9428
13	SMOKIN WOLVES	163.4172
14	MOO COW	162.2972
15	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	161.6916
16	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	161.1200
17	Petrified Pig	158.8684
18	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	157.1316
19	DUCE BROTHERS BBQ	157.1200
20	Downstream Smokers	155.9656
21	Losing Effort BBQ	153.6572
22	2 Lo'-n-Slo' Guys	153.6572
23	Sow Manilla Grilla	151.9660
24	T'S SMOKIN PIT	150.8116
25	PACHAS BY THE POUND	149.0628
26	Big Muddy BBQ	148
27	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	146.2284
28	Fine Swine	145.7028
29	SMOKE BREAK - KS	145.6916
30	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	145.0972
31	Get In My Belly BBQ	144.5828
32	CRAZY BONES BBQ	144.5600
33	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	142.8116
34	THE HOGFATHER	138.2400
35	Irwin's Pit Crew BBQ	134.7544
36	HANG 'EM' HIGH	134.2060
37	River Valley Custom Smokers	131.9656
38	PR's BBQ	127.4172

Pork

38 entries · top 170.8572 · median 159.6914

#	Team	Score
1	MOO COW	170.8572
2	T'S SMOKIN PIT	170.2856
3	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	170.2628
4	O.S.P. MEATHEADS	167.9772
5	PACHAS BY THE POUND	167.9656
6	Sow Manilla Grilla	167.4744
7	CRAZY BONES BBQ	166.8228
8	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	165.1200
9	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	165.1200
10	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	162.8456
11	Petrified Pig	162.2856
12	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	161.7256
13	PR's BBQ	161.7144
14	Losing Effort BBQ	160.5944
15	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	160.5484
16	BLOWIN' SMOKE	160.5372
17	Irwin's Pit Crew BBQ	160.5256
18	2 Lo'-n-Slo' Guys	160.0112
19	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	159.9428
20	Fine Swine	159.4400
21	DUCE BROTHERS BBQ	159.4284
22	KC SMOKE DAWGS	157.6800
23	SMOKE BREAK - KS	157.1428
24	SMOOTH SMOKE	157.1200
25	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	157.1084
26	HANG 'EM' HIGH	155.3828
27	Downstream Smokers	155.3600
28	SMOKIN WOLVES	154.8000
29	Get In My Belly BBQ	154.2628
30	TRUEBUD BBQ	154.2056
31	STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ	151.9312
32	THE HOGFATHER	150.8228
33	Double D's R Smoking	149.1200
34	Partners - N - Crime	145.1200
35	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	145.0628
36	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	144.0228
37	River Valley Custom Smokers	141.1428
38	Big Muddy BBQ	139.4744

Brisket

38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 157.3828

#	Team	Score
1	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	178.8572
2	MOO COW	176.5944
3	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	173.7028
4	STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ	173.1084
5	TRUEBUD BBQ	172.5600
6	CRAZY BONES BBQ	170.2972
7	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	167.4056
8	HANG 'EM' HIGH	164.5716
9	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	164.5484
10	Sow Manilla Grilla	164
11	SMOOTH SMOKE	163.9656
12	BLOWIN' SMOKE	162.8000
13	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	162.2400
14	PR's BBQ	160
15	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	160
16	DUCE BROTHERS BBQ	159.9772
17	KC SMOKE DAWGS	159.3828
18	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	157.7372
19	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	157.6800
20	THE HOGFATHER	157.0856
21	Get In My Belly BBQ	156.5600
22	PACHAS BY THE POUND	155.9084
23	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	155.3944
24	Irwin's Pit Crew BBQ	154.8116
25	Losing Effort BBQ	153.2116
26	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	152.5600
27	2 Lo'-n-Slo' Guys	151.4056
28	T'S SMOKIN PIT	150.2400
29	Big Muddy BBQ	149.6572
30	SMOKIN WOLVES	147.9772
31	O.S.P. MEATHEADS	147.4056
32	River Valley Custom Smokers	147.3940
33	Downstream Smokers	145.6456
34	Petrified Pig	144.5372
35	Double D's R Smoking	143.9772
36	Fine Swine	142.2400
37	Partners - N - Crime	137.6916
38	SMOKE BREAK - KS	122.7888

Smokin' on Oak 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 (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

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