A first Grand Championship
15
tracked contests to get there
This was GIVE IT TO GOD's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 15th tracked contest.
Benton County Fair BBQ Contest
2013-08-23 – 2013-08-24 · Ashland, MS · 📍 Ashland, MS
Grand Champion: GIVE IT TO GOD (695.9656) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RIVER CITY RUB
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.
645.63
median 679.91
695.97 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.86
- Pork Ribs 174.26
- Pork 179.44
- Brisket 177.70
155.37
179.44
Entries
20
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
695.9656
Winning margin
9.1772
GC over RC
Field average
675.37
645.63695.97
median 679.91 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.2628 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
680.4572
645.63695.97
10th place overall
Field spread
50.3316
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 49%
beats 51% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1523
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests
Storylines (5 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 statement win
9.1772
points clear of the field
Wider than 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.1772 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 1–2: 901Q and RIVER CITY RUB tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: RIVER CITY RUB and GIVE IT TO GOD tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: THE BLUE BLOODS and BC HEADACHE POWDER COOKING TEAM tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 2–3 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
GIVE IT TO GOD won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
GIVE IT TO GOD took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 17th.
- Chicken 17th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 1st
- 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 | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 172.0000 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 168.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 695.9656 · median 679.9144
Chicken
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.2686
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 174.2628 · median 168.8286
Pork
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.1142
Brisket
20 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.2686
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 — Beans
4 entries · top 170.8228 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PE LITTLE THRIGS | |
| 2 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 3 | HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW | |
| 4 | Tippah Bottom Hog Rustlers |
Master Series — Dessert
2 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PE LITTLE THRIGS | |
| 2 | Tippah Bottom Hog Rustlers |
Master Series — Sauce
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 901Q | |
| 2 | BIG ED'S MSU BBQ | |
| 3 | HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW | |
| 4 | Blackard | |
| 5 | PE LITTLE THRIGS | |
| 6 | Poker Porkers | |
| 7 | HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | |
| 8 | Down & Dirty Porkers | |
| 9 | Tippah Bottom Hog Rustlers | |
| 10 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 11 | Clancy's Barbecue Co. |