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Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ

2013-08-23 – 2013-08-24 · Emporia, KS · 📍 Emporia, KS

Grand Champion: FRONT DOOR GANG (696.0000) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 R BUTTS R SMOKIN

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FRONT DOOR GANG
696.0000 · Master Series — Overall
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R BUTTS R SMOKIN
690.8572 · Master Series — Overall
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HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
689.0512 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 177.15
  • Pork Ribs 174.29
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 179.44
131.38 179.44

Entries

26
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

696.0000

Winning margin

5.1428
GC over RC

Field average

654.61
593.12696.00
median 653.93 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.2972
593.12696.00
10th place overall

Field spread

102.8800
winner to last place

Most consistent

FRONT DOOR GANG
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 5.1428 pts — HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 48%
beats 52% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1525
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
rated 1688 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.

An upset on the books

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

FRONT DOOR GANG came in rated below the field's top team, HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1558
  • top seed 1688

A first Grand Championship

9 tracked contests to get there

This was FRONT DOOR GANG's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: BLUE BUCKET BBQ and WILDCATTERS Q CREW tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: WILDCATTERS Q CREW and K.C. CAN CREW tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: THE SMOKING HILLS and HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 8–9 · 0.0228

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

FRONT DOOR GANG took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 5th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 5th
  • 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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544174.8456170.2972
Pork Ribs174.2856170.8344166.8228
Pork178.8572173.1084167.4400
Brisket179.4400172.0000166.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 696.0000 · median 653.9256

#TeamScore
1 FRONT DOOR GANG 696.0000
2 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 690.8572
3 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 689.0512
4 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 685.6000
5 K.C. CAN CREW 683.3828
6 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 682.2172
7 THE SMOKING HILLS 681.0512
8 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 674.7996
9 LIL' FIDDLER'S 673.0512
10 Snail's Slow Smokin 670.2972
11 RIBS N BIBS 666.2516
12 STINKY PIGGY BBQ 665.5888
13 LAZY BUTT BBQ 656.4684
14 Brady's Smoke House 651.3828
15 Barley Q 649.6228
16 WHEAT STATE SMOKERS 649.5996
17 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 646.3312
18 Old Old 50 BBQ 643.8860
19 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 643.3372
20 Big D" and the Briquettes BBQ 638.7428
21 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 631.4172
22 Grease Fire 631.2796
23 Choo-Choo BBQ 624.4684
24 Frontier Farm Credit Crop Insurance 605.5548
25 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 596.5376
26 Hillbilly Smoke Club 593.1200

Chicken

26 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.5714

#TeamScore
1 FRONT DOOR GANG 177.1544
2 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 176.5600
3 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 176.5600
4 K.C. CAN CREW 176.5600
5 THE SMOKING HILLS 174.8456
6 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 173.7028
7 Barley Q 170.8800
8 STINKY PIGGY BBQ 170.8344
9 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 170.8112
10 Big D" and the Briquettes BBQ 170.2972
11 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 169.7372
12 RIBS N BIBS 168.5828
13 Snail's Slow Smokin 166.8800
14 WHEAT STATE SMOKERS 166.2628
15 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 166.2516
16 Brady's Smoke House 164.5600
17 Old Old 50 BBQ 164.5600
18 LIL' FIDDLER'S 163.9772
19 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 163.3828
20 Grease Fire 161.0856
21 Hillbilly Smoke Club 158.2856
22 LAZY BUTT BBQ 158.2628
23 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 155.4284
24 Choo-Choo BBQ 153.1656
25 Frontier Farm Credit Crop Insurance 151.4172
26 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 131.3832

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 174.2856 · median 163.1144

#TeamScore
1 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 174.2856
2 FRONT DOOR GANG 173.7372
3 THE SMOKING HILLS 173.1200
4 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 173.1200
5 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 170.8344
6 LIL' FIDDLER'S 170.2744
7 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 167.4516
8 LAZY BUTT BBQ 167.4172
9 K.C. CAN CREW 166.8572
10 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 166.8228
11 Choo-Choo BBQ 164.5828
12 Frontier Farm Credit Crop Insurance 163.9888
13 STINKY PIGGY BBQ 163.3944
14 Snail's Slow Smokin 162.8344
15 Old Old 50 BBQ 161.7144
16 Brady's Smoke House 161.7028
17 Grease Fire 158.8572
18 WHEAT STATE SMOKERS 158.2056
19 RIBS N BIBS 157.6688
20 Big D" and the Briquettes BBQ 156.5372
21 Barley Q 156.5260
22 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 156.5256
23 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 154.2744
24 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 153.1200
25 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 152.5600
26 Hillbilly Smoke Club 137.1200

Pork

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9600

#TeamScore
1 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 178.8572
2 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 175.4172
3 Snail's Slow Smokin 174.3200
4 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 173.7600
5 FRONT DOOR GANG 173.1084
6 STINKY PIGGY BBQ 172.5600
7 LAZY BUTT BBQ 171.9656
8 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 170.8112
9 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 169.1772
10 Brady's Smoke House 167.4400
11 RIBS N BIBS 167.4172
12 LIL' FIDDLER'S 166.2512
13 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 166.2400
14 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 165.6800
15 THE SMOKING HILLS 165.6800
16 K.C. CAN CREW 165.6684
17 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 162.8800
18 WHEAT STATE SMOKERS 162.8456
19 Barley Q 162.7996
20 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 162.3200
21 Grease Fire 159.3712
22 Old Old 50 BBQ 157.0972
23 Big D" and the Briquettes BBQ 153.0856
24 Choo-Choo BBQ 153.0628
25 Frontier Farm Credit Crop Insurance 143.9428
26 Hillbilly Smoke Club 133.7028

Brisket

26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.4000

#TeamScore
1 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 179.4400
2 K.C. CAN CREW 174.2972
3 RIBS N BIBS 172.5828
4 LIL' FIDDLER'S 172.5484
5 FRONT DOOR GANG 172.0000
6 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 171.9656
7 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 170.8456
8 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 167.4284
9 THE SMOKING HILLS 167.4056
10 Snail's Slow Smokin 166.2628
11 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 164.0228
12 Hillbilly Smoke Club 164.0116
13 WHEAT STATE SMOKERS 162.2856
14 Old Old 50 BBQ 160.5144
15 Barley Q 159.4172
16 Big D" and the Briquettes BBQ 158.8228
17 LAZY BUTT BBQ 158.8228
18 STINKY PIGGY BBQ 158.8000
19 Brady's Smoke House 157.6800
20 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 155.9544
21 Choo-Choo BBQ 153.6572
22 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 152.5944
23 Grease Fire 151.9656
24 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 151.3828
25 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 148.5600
26 Frontier Farm Credit Crop Insurance 146.2060

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 — Cook'S Choice

14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 180.0000 🔥
2 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 179.4400
4 THE SMOKING HILLS 179.4400
5 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 179.4400
6 Hillbilly Smoke Club 175.4400
7 Grease Fire 175.4056
8 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 174.8800
9 RIBS N BIBS 174.8572
10 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 173.1428
11 Old Old 50 BBQ 169.7028
12 Choo-Choo BBQ 164.0800
13 FRONT DOOR GANG 162.8916
14 LAZY BUTT BBQ 162.8684

Master Series — Miscellaneous Beef

15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 WILDCATTERS Q CREW 180.0000 🔥
2 Choo-Choo BBQ 174.2744
3 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 174.2628
4 LAZY BUTT BBQ 172.0228
5 Waters True Value/Oink and Moo 172.0000
6 ROUGHNECKS BBQ 171.4628
7 FRONT DOOR GANG 170.2972
8 SMOKIN IN THE PITS 169.6800
9 K.C. CAN CREW 169.1316
10 RIBS N BIBS 168.0228
11 Hillbilly Smoke Club 166.2856
12 Grease Fire 166.2628
13 THE SMOKING HILLS 163.3828
14 Old Old 50 BBQ 152.5716
15 MIKE'S MAGIC SMOKE 142.7772

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