Smokin' on the Water

2013-08-23 – 2013-08-24 · Lakeport, CA · 📍 Lakeport, CA

Grand Champion: BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (690.8572) · 20 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS

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BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

690.8572 · Master Series — Overall

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HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS

683.9316 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN YANKEES

678.3316 · Master Series — Overall

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.

522.89 median 655.38 690.86 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 178.32
Pork 174.26
Brisket 180.00 🔥

20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

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

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

690.8572

Winning margin

6.9256

GC over RC

Field average

648.11

522.89690.86

median 655.38 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

SMOKIN YANKEES (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.4912

522.89690.86

10th place overall

Field spread

167.9656

winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4172 pts — SMOKIN YANKEES

How hot was the win?

Top 67%

beats 33% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

0 of 37 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1523

avg power rating going in · stronger than 16% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

rated 1607 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.

A new contest record

690.8572 highest overall ever cooked here

690.8572 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 682.8570 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ set in 2013.

old record 682.8570
set 2013 by BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

2013
2015

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 8–9: Mr. Applejacks and HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS edged PIG LOVE by 0.0228. Pork places 7–8: TOO ASHAMED TO NAME edged Smokey and the Pirate by 0.0228.

Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
Pork 3–4 · 0.0228
Pork 7–8 · 0.0228
Brisket 9–10 · 0.0228

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 6th
Brisket 10th

A contest record in chicken

177.1428 best chicken ever cooked here

TOO ASHAMED TO NAME turned in 177.1428 in chicken — past the 174.2858 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.2858
across 1 past editions

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.

SMOKIN YANKEES · Brisket

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
2013-05-04	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN	37	682.8570	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
2013-08-23 ← this one	Lakeport, CA	Lakeport, CA	20	690.8572	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS
2014-05-03	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN 47353	43	701.7372	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	ONE2BBQ
2014-08-22	Lakeport, CA	Lakeport, CA 95453	17	685.6452	SON OF SMOKE	Smokey and the Pirate
2015-05-02	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN 47353	36	695.9660	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	170.2628	165.1656
Pork Ribs	178.3200	169.1544	165.1544
Pork	174.2628	170.8228	163.9544
Brisket	180.0000	173.7600	170.2744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

20 entries · top 690.8572 · median 655.3828

#	Team	Score
1	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	690.8572
2	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS	683.9316
3	SMOKIN YANKEES	678.3316
4	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	677.7256
5	SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL	675.4748
6	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	674.2860
7	Mr. Applejacks	673.1088
8	Eads Downhome	672.0232
9	SON OF SMOKE	662.7884
10	BIG O & MO BBQ	656.4912
11	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	654.2744
12	Smokey and the Pirate	654.1488
13	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	649.1316
14	IRON BULL BBQ	633.5652
15	BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS	627.9884
16	PORK DYNASTY	627.2684
17	MEMPHIS MAFIA	623.4284
18	JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	620.5484
19	SWINED & DINED	603.9652
20	PIG LOVE	522.8916

Chicken

20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1598

#	Team	Score
1	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	177.1428
2	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	174.2628
3	Mr. Applejacks	172.5600
4	Eads Downhome	172.0116
5	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS	170.2628
6	SON OF SMOKE	168.5484
7	PIG LOVE	168.0000
8	BIG O & MO BBQ	167.4628
9	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	166.8344
10	PORK DYNASTY	165.1656
11	SWINED & DINED	165.1540
12	SMOKIN YANKEES	164.0000
13	IRON BULL BBQ	163.9884
14	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	163.4172
15	JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	161.7028
16	SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL	157.7144
17	Smokey and the Pirate	157.6688
18	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	154.2400
19	MEMPHIS MAFIA	151.4284
20	BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS	146.2400

Pork Ribs

20 entries · top 178.3200 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	178.3200
2	Smokey and the Pirate	176.5600
3	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	176.0116
4	SMOKIN YANKEES	175.4400
5	BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS	169.1544
6	JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	168.5828
7	SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL	167.4632
8	Mr. Applejacks	167.4172
9	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS	167.4172
10	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	165.1544
11	IRON BULL BBQ	165.0856
12	Eads Downhome	161.7144
13	SON OF SMOKE	158.8800
14	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	157.1544
15	BIG O & MO BBQ	156.5256
16	SWINED & DINED	154.2628
17	MEMPHIS MAFIA	151.4744
18	PORK DYNASTY	148.5256
19	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	142.8572
20	PIG LOVE	20.0000

Pork

20 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.4058

#	Team	Score
1	SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL	174.2628
2	Eads Downhome	173.1772
3	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	172.5828
4	PIG LOVE	172.5600
5	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS	170.8228
6	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	168.0000
7	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	167.4056
8	Smokey and the Pirate	167.3828
9	MEMPHIS MAFIA	164.5828
10	SON OF SMOKE	163.9544
11	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	162.8572
12	PORK DYNASTY	162.8000
13	Mr. Applejacks	162.2972
14	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	161.0972
15	BIG O & MO BBQ	160.5372
16	SMOKIN YANKEES	158.8916
17	IRON BULL BBQ	149.6340
18	BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS	149.1656
19	SWINED & DINED	142.2628
20	JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	141.1084

Brisket

20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1486 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN YANKEES	180.0000 🔥
2	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	176.5828
3	SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL	176.0344
4	HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS	175.4288
5	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	173.7600
6	BIG O & MO BBQ	171.9656
7	SON OF SMOKE	171.4056
8	Mr. Applejacks	170.8344
9	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	170.2972
10	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	170.2744
11	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	168.0228
12	Eads Downhome	165.1200
13	BBQ BOB & THE SMOKIN' BANDITOS	163.4284
14	PIG LOVE	162.3316
15	MEMPHIS MAFIA	155.9428
16	IRON BULL BBQ	154.8572
17	Smokey and the Pirate	152.5372
18	PORK DYNASTY	150.7772
19	JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	149.1544
20	SWINED & DINED	142.2856

Smokin' on the Water

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

A perfect score on the table

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