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Up In Smoke on the Square 2013

Aug 23–24, 2013 · Lincoln, IL

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A BOY & HIS BBQ
689.6916 · Master Series — Overall
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Twyford's BBQ & Catering
685.8288 · Master Series — Overall
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ABLE ACRES BBQ
683.9312 · Master Series — Overall

A BOY & HIS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Up In Smoke on the Square on August 23, 2013 in Lincoln, IL, scoring 689.6916 in a field of 46 teams. Twyford's BBQ & Catering took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.8288. Category winners: Chicken — BONEHEAD BBQ (177.1428); Pork Ribs — A BOY & HIS BBQ (177.7144); Pork — GILLY'S BBQ (177.7372); Brisket — ONE2BBQ (177.7028). This is the 1st of 12 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 177.14
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 177.74
  • Brisket 177.70
20 177.74

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2013-08-23 — 689.6916 (A BOY & HIS BBQ) 2014-08-22 — 699.4400 (MONSTER-QUE) 2015-06-05 — 689.0740 (ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ) 2016-06-03 — 685.6800 (OUTSIDERS BBQ) 2017-06-02 — 695.8968 (IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE) 2018-06-01 — 687.3600 (SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM) 2019-05-31 — 682.8576 (The BBQ Bus) 689.69 2013 2019

Entries

46
4 judged meats

Top score

689.6916

Winning margin

3.8628
GC over RC

Field average

646.00
442.62689.69
median 655.09 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.0744
442.62689.69
10th place overall

Field spread

247.0744
winner to last place

Most consistent

A BOY & HIS BBQ
avg finish 8.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2516 pts — A BOY & HIS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 72%
beats 28% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.56 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,530
avg power rating going in · stronger than 22% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 1715 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

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

A Boy & His BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1549
  • top seed 1715

A first Grand Championship

10 tracked contests to get there

This was A BOY & HIS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

A BOY & HIS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 20th.

  • Chicken 20th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 4th

This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

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 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 46 689.6916 A BOY & HIS BBQ Twyford's BBQ & Catering
Aug 22, 2014 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 50 699.4400 MONSTER-QUE IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
Jun 5, 2015 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 40 689.0740 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS
Jun 3, 2016 Lincoln, IL Lincoln , IL 62656 52 685.6800 OUTSIDERS BBQ TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE
Jun 2, 2017 Lincoln, IL Kilkapool/Plilaski 32 695.8968 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE PORK PARADISE
Jun 1, 2018 Lincoln, IL Kilkapool/Plilaski 40 687.3600 SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM iBQ'n
May 31, 2019 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 36 682.8576 The BBQ Bus iBQ'n
Jun 4, 2021 Lincoln, IL — — — — —
Aug 25, 2023 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 26 346.8344 309 BBQ —
Aug 23, 2024 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 28 350.8688 Up From The Pits BBQ —
Aug 22, 2025 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 31 357.7144 Electro-Que-ted —
Aug 28, 2026 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 16 349.6916 Smokin E's BBQ —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1428174.3428170.8456
Pork Ribs177.7144174.2744170.8456
Pork177.7372174.3200171.4172
Brisket177.7028173.1656170.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

46 entries · top 689.6916 · median 655.0856

#TeamScore
1 A BOY & HIS BBQ 689.6916
2 Twyford's BBQ & Catering 685.8288
3 ABLE ACRES BBQ 683.9312
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 683.3716
5 GILLY'S BBQ 680.5372
6 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 680.0228
7 ONE2BBQ 679.3712
8 SMOKIN' BUTTS 678.8340
9 QUAU 677.6456
10 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 677.0744
11 GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM 676.5836
12 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 673.0628
13 PORK PATROL BBQ 672.4684
14 BONEHEAD BBQ 670.7888
15 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 670.2056
16 MONSTER-QUE 669.6800
17 LION 'BOUT THE Q 664.5600
18 ALL IN QUE 664.4916
19 Three Big Pigs 662.9256
20 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 661.0744
21 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 661.0172
22 Barbque Brew Crew 656.6060
23 SMOKY LINCS 656.5028
24 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 653.6684
25 Silver Bullet Smokers 650.7888
26 All Pork'd Up 647.9424
27 Skidro's Smokehaus 646.8224
28 RIB TIP TUESDAY 644.5028
29 Big Chief 643.9196
30 BELL'S FINEST BBQ 640.5600
31 Q LIVE CREW 637.6452
32 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 634.2972
33 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM 633.0512
34 Royal Oak 3 Smokin Stooges 632.4456
35 The Four Smokemen Of The A-Pork-alypse 631.2912
36 SWEET LOUIE'S 631.2572
37 SMOKIN FYRPIT 630.0688
38 PORK PARADISE 624.4456
39 SMOKIN BULLETS 610.6860
40 SALT CREEK SMOKERS 610.1600
41 KCBEER's Smoke Shack 606.7660
42 FAT BOYS BBQ 605.1888
43 LAZY DOG BBQ 603.2684
44 BARK 4 BBQ 595.3716
45 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 582.7888
46 SMOKE N' TUNES BBQ 442.6172

Chicken

46 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.6742

#TeamScore
1 BONEHEAD BBQ 177.1428
2 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 175.4400
3 PORK PATROL BBQ 175.4172
4 MONSTER-QUE 174.8572
5 Three Big Pigs 174.3428
6 Barbque Brew Crew 173.7372
7 ABLE ACRES BBQ 173.1428
8 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 172.5600
9 All Pork'd Up 171.4284
10 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 170.8456
11 Twyford's BBQ & Catering 170.2744
12 ONE2BBQ 170.2628
13 GILLY'S BBQ 169.6800
14 GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM 169.1660
15 Skidro's Smokehaus 168.5944
16 Silver Bullet Smokers 168.5600
17 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 167.4400
18 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 166.8228
19 SMOKIN FYRPIT 166.8112
20 A BOY & HIS BBQ 166.2744
21 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 165.0972
22 SMOKIN' BUTTS 164
23 QUAU 163.9656
24 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 163.3828
25 PORK PARADISE 162.8572
26 BELL'S FINEST BBQ 162.8456
27 ALL IN QUE 162.2516
28 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 162.2400
29 SMOKY LINCS 162.2400
30 Royal Oak 3 Smokin Stooges 161.6916
31 Big Chief 161.0856
32 SMOKIN BULLETS 160.5716
33 KCBEER's Smoke Shack 159.4172
34 LION 'BOUT THE Q 158.8344
35 Q LIVE CREW 158.8340
36 SALT CREEK SMOKERS 158.7768
37 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 157.7028
38 SMOKE N' TUNES BBQ 157.1772
39 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 157.1200
40 LAZY DOG BBQ 155.4172
41 RIB TIP TUESDAY 155.3600
42 The Four Smokemen Of The A-Pork-alypse 154.2512
43 FAT BOYS BBQ 153.1428
44 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM 151.4172
45 SWEET LOUIE'S 150.2400
46 BARK 4 BBQ 144.5484

Pork Ribs

46 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.6914

#TeamScore
1 A BOY & HIS BBQ 177.7144
2 Twyford's BBQ & Catering 175.4628
3 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 174.3200
4 PORK PATROL BBQ 174.2856
5 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.2744
6 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 172.0344
7 ONE2BBQ 172.0228
8 SMOKIN' BUTTS 171.4284
9 QUAU 171.4056
10 ABLE ACRES BBQ 170.8456
11 Three Big Pigs 169.7372
12 GILLY'S BBQ 169.6800
13 Barbque Brew Crew 169.2000
14 Silver Bullet Smokers 169.1660
15 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 169.1200
16 SMOKY LINCS 168
17 ALL IN QUE 165.6800
18 BELL'S FINEST BBQ 164.0344
19 LION 'BOUT THE Q 164
20 RIB TIP TUESDAY 163.9772
21 GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM 162.8688
22 BONEHEAD BBQ 162.2744
23 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 161.7028
24 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM 161.6800
25 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 161.6800
26 Big Chief 161.1200
27 Skidro's Smokehaus 161.1084
28 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 160
29 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 159.3716
30 SWEET LOUIE'S 158.8000
31 All Pork'd Up 157.7256
32 Q LIVE CREW 157.7028
33 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 157.0972
34 LAZY DOG BBQ 155.9772
35 Royal Oak 3 Smokin Stooges 155.3712
36 SALT CREEK SMOKERS 154.8232
37 SMOKIN FYRPIT 150.1944
38 FAT BOYS BBQ 149.7260
39 BARK 4 BBQ 149.1432
40 PORK PARADISE 148.5484
41 MONSTER-QUE 147.9544
42 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 142.8228
43 KCBEER's Smoke Shack 140.5372
44 The Four Smokemen Of The A-Pork-alypse 139.3600
45 SMOKE N' TUNES BBQ 128.9256
46 SMOKIN BULLETS 125.0516

Pork

46 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.5314

#TeamScore
1 GILLY'S BBQ 177.7372
2 GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM 177.7144
3 SMOKIN' BUTTS 176.5828
4 RIB TIP TUESDAY 174.8800
5 LION 'BOUT THE Q 174.3200
6 MONSTER-QUE 173.7028
7 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 172.5828
8 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 172.5716
9 QUAU 172.5600
10 A BOY & HIS BBQ 171.4172
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 170.8456
12 The Four Smokemen Of The A-Pork-alypse 170.2628
13 ABLE ACRES BBQ 169.6800
14 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 168.0116
15 SMOKY LINCS 167.4628
16 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 167.3944
17 SWEET LOUIE'S 165.7028
18 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 165.7028
19 Big Chief 165.1656
20 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 165.1656
21 SMOKIN FYRPIT 165.1544
22 Three Big Pigs 164.5828
23 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 164.5372
24 SMOKIN BULLETS 164.5256
25 PORK PATROL BBQ 163.9428
26 Twyford's BBQ & Catering 163.4744
27 Barbque Brew Crew 163.4172
28 All Pork'd Up 162.2628
29 Skidro's Smokehaus 162.2512
30 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 161.7600
31 ALL IN QUE 161.7028
32 PORK PARADISE 160.5372
33 BONEHEAD BBQ 160.5372
34 ONE2BBQ 159.3828
35 Q LIVE CREW 158.3316
36 BELL'S FINEST BBQ 158.2628
37 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM 157.1428
38 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 156.5944
39 SALT CREEK SMOKERS 156.5600
40 Royal Oak 3 Smokin Stooges 155.9656
41 BARK 4 BBQ 153.1200
42 KCBEER's Smoke Shack 152.5372
43 LAZY DOG BBQ 150.2168
44 Silver Bullet Smokers 147.3828
45 FAT BOYS BBQ 145.7372
46 SMOKE N' TUNES BBQ 136.5144

Brisket

46 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.6570

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 177.7028
2 Twyford's BBQ & Catering 176.6172
3 ALL IN QUE 174.8572
4 A BOY & HIS BBQ 174.2856
5 MONSTER-QUE 173.1656
6 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1428
7 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 173.1200
8 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 172.5600
9 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 170.8456
10 BONEHEAD BBQ 170.8344
11 ABLE ACRES BBQ 170.2628
12 QUAU 169.7144
13 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 168.5484
14 The Four Smokemen Of The A-Pork-alypse 167.4172
15 LION 'BOUT THE Q 167.4056
16 GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM 166.8344
17 SMOKIN' BUTTS 166.8228
18 Silver Bullet Smokers 165.6800
19 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 164.5600
20 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 164.5372
21 GILLY'S BBQ 163.4400
22 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM 162.8112
23 Q LIVE CREW 162.7768
24 SMOKIN BULLETS 160.5372
25 Royal Oak 3 Smokin Stooges 159.4172
26 PORK PATROL BBQ 158.8228
27 SMOKY LINCS 158.8000
28 FAT BOYS BBQ 156.5828
29 Big Chief 156.5484
30 All Pork'd Up 156.5256
31 SWEET LOUIE'S 156.5144
32 BELL'S FINEST BBQ 155.4172
33 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 155.4172
34 Skidro's Smokehaus 154.8684
35 KCBEER's Smoke Shack 154.2744
36 Three Big Pigs 154.2628
37 PORK PARADISE 152.5028
38 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 151.9428
39 RIB TIP TUESDAY 150.2856
40 Barbque Brew Crew 150.2516
41 BARK 4 BBQ 148.5600
42 SMOKIN FYRPIT 147.9088
43 LAZY DOG BBQ 141.6572
44 SALT CREEK SMOKERS 140
45 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 125.6688
46 SMOKE N' TUNES BBQ 20

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