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3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs

2013-08-30 – 2013-08-31 · Warrens, WI · 📍 Warrens, WI

Grand Champion: SMOKEHOUSE 72 (686.8344) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ

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686.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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685.1772 · Master Series — Overall
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678.8000 · 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 174.30
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 176.56
134.25 179.44

Entries

37
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

686.8344

Winning margin

1.6572
GC over RC

Field average

643.94
582.17686.83
median 646.74 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
4.0344 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.4340
582.17686.83
10th place overall

Field spread

104.6632
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2744 pts — TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW

How hot was the win?

Top 78%
beats 22% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.51 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1516
avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1716 pre-contest

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 razor-thin finish

1.6572 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6572 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

  • SMOKEHOUSE 72
  • FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ

An upset on the books

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

SMOKEHOUSE 72 came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1504
  • top seed 1716

A first Grand Championship

5 tracked contests to get there

This was SMOKEHOUSE 72's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 8–9: QUAU and BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: BIG BOAR SMOKERS and Steer's Lookin At Que tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: QUAU edged BIG BOAR SMOKERS by 0.0112.

  • Pork 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · 0.0112
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKEHOUSE 72 took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 14th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 14th
  • Brisket 10th

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
Chicken174.2972170.2628165.1772
Pork Ribs179.4400167.4288165.0972
Pork178.8572172.5828168.5372
Brisket176.5600172.0228168.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 686.8344 · median 646.7432

#TeamScore
1 SMOKEHOUSE 72 686.8344
2 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 685.1772
3 QUAU 678.8000
4 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW 678.1828
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 674.8572
6 Hogline BBQ 672.5028
7 BIG CITY BBQ 668.4688
8 SMOKIN TURTLE BBQ 665.1888
9 BRINGIN' THE HEAT 659.3144
10 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 656.4340
11 BIG BOAR SMOKERS 656.0120
12 Steer's Lookin At Que 655.9544
13 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 654.8120
14 Pork Weasels 649.6344
15 Not Quite Yet BBQ 649.0972
16 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 647.9432
17 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 647.8400
18 TOPPGATOR BBQ 646.7544
19 A FINE SWINE 646.7432
20 BLUE PIG 645.0628
21 B.S. Barbeque 644.4344
22 HOG HEADS 643.9316
23 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 640.5488
24 HAPPY PIG BBQ 637.6344
25 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 637.0632
26 PRISON PIGS 634.7316
27 SMOKIN CROATIANS 634.2288
28 BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 633.6000
29 WW4 627.9544
30 Grass Roots 623.9088
31 The Cookshack BBQ 621.6568
32 Three Legged Pig 619.8968
33 BADGER BBQ 618.1944
34 Bone In BBQ 601.0404
35 BIGGIE AND BULL BBQ 599.8976
36 Res-Q-N BBQ 599.4172
37 Sweet Freedon BBQ 582.1712

Chicken

37 entries · top 174.2972 · median 160.5600

#TeamScore
1 SMOKEHOUSE 72 174.2972
2 PRISON PIGS 174.2628
3 Hogline BBQ 172.5600
4 HAPPY PIG BBQ 171.4172
5 QUAU 170.2628
6 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW 169.1200
7 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 168.0228
8 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 166.8800
9 A FINE SWINE 166.8344
10 SMOKIN CROATIANS 165.1772
11 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 164.5828
12 BIG CITY BBQ 164.5372
13 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 164.0232
14 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 163.3828
15 Pork Weasels 162.8228
16 B.S. Barbeque 162.2400
17 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 161.7144
18 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 161.6800
19 BIGGIE AND BULL BBQ 160.5600
20 SMOKIN TURTLE BBQ 160.5372
21 Not Quite Yet BBQ 160.5256
22 HOG HEADS 160.0000
23 Steer's Lookin At Que 159.9772
24 TOPPGATOR BBQ 159.9544
25 BLUE PIG 159.3600
26 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 158.2284
27 BIG BOAR SMOKERS 157.7144
28 Res-Q-N BBQ 157.1544
29 BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 157.1084
30 The Cookshack BBQ 155.4056
31 BRINGIN' THE HEAT 154.8344
32 Three Legged Pig 154.2628
33 BADGER BBQ 153.7028
34 WW4 152.0000
35 Sweet Freedon BBQ 150.2628
36 Bone In BBQ 146.8232
37 Grass Roots 145.6800

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.1772

#TeamScore
1 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 179.4400
2 SMOKEHOUSE 72 177.7600
3 Hogline BBQ 169.1544
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 168.5716
5 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 167.4288
6 BRINGIN' THE HEAT 166.8228
7 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 165.6800
8 B.S. Barbeque 165.1428
9 QUAU 165.1316
10 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW 165.0972
11 Steer's Lookin At Que 164.0000
12 SMOKIN TURTLE BBQ 163.4172
13 SMOKIN CROATIANS 163.4172
14 BIG CITY BBQ 162.8344
15 BADGER BBQ 162.2744
16 Not Quite Yet BBQ 161.7144
17 Pork Weasels 161.7028
18 A FINE SWINE 161.6800
19 The Cookshack BBQ 161.1772
20 BLUE PIG 160.5600
21 HOG HEADS 159.3944
22 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 158.2744
23 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 157.1544
24 Three Legged Pig 157.1312
25 Bone In BBQ 157.1200
26 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 156.5716
27 TOPPGATOR BBQ 154.2400
28 BIG BOAR SMOKERS 153.7260
29 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 152.5028
30 BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 149.6916
31 WW4 147.3600
32 BIGGIE AND BULL BBQ 144.5604
33 Grass Roots 144.5260
34 HAPPY PIG BBQ 143.3944
35 PRISON PIGS 141.6688
36 Res-Q-N BBQ 136.5256
37 Sweet Freedon BBQ 136.5144

Pork

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8456

#TeamScore
1 BIG CITY BBQ 178.8572
2 BRINGIN' THE HEAT 177.7144
3 SMOKIN TURTLE BBQ 177.2000
4 Pork Weasels 174.8572
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 172.5828
6 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 172.5600
7 BIG BOAR SMOKERS 170.2972
8 QUAU 169.1200
9 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 169.1200
10 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 168.5372
11 BADGER BBQ 167.9656
12 PRISON PIGS 167.4056
13 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW 167.4056
14 SMOKEHOUSE 72 166.2400
15 Not Quite Yet BBQ 165.7144
16 HOG HEADS 165.1200
17 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 165.1200
18 BLUE PIG 163.4056
19 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 162.8456
20 Grass Roots 162.8228
21 HAPPY PIG BBQ 162.8228
22 Hogline BBQ 162.2628
23 TOPPGATOR BBQ 161.7028
24 B.S. Barbeque 161.0972
25 WW4 160.5600
26 A FINE SWINE 159.9888
27 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 159.9772
28 Bone In BBQ 159.4172
29 Three Legged Pig 158.2628
30 Steer's Lookin At Que 157.7028
31 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 156.5372
32 Res-Q-N BBQ 155.4400
33 BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 155.3828
34 Sweet Freedon BBQ 154.8112
35 BIGGIE AND BULL BBQ 152.5028
36 The Cookshack BBQ 151.9428
37 SMOKIN CROATIANS 149.0856

Brisket

37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1428

#TeamScore
1 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW 176.5600
2 QUAU 174.2856
3 BIG BOAR SMOKERS 174.2744
4 Steer's Lookin At Que 174.2744
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 172.0228
6 BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 171.4172
7 Grass Roots 170.8800
8 TOPPGATOR BBQ 170.8572
9 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 168.5944
10 SMOKEHOUSE 72 168.5372
11 Hogline BBQ 168.5256
12 WW4 168.0344
13 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 167.4056
14 Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE 165.6800
15 SMOKIN TURTLE BBQ 164.0344
16 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 162.8344
17 BIG CITY BBQ 162.2400
18 BLUE PIG 161.7372
19 Not Quite Yet BBQ 161.1428
20 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 160.5372
21 HAPPY PIG BBQ 160.0000
22 BRINGIN' THE HEAT 159.9428
23 HOG HEADS 159.4172
24 A FINE SWINE 158.2400
25 SMOKIN CROATIANS 156.5488
26 B.S. Barbeque 155.9544
27 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 153.6688
28 The Cookshack BBQ 153.1312
29 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 152.5144
30 PRISON PIGS 151.3944
31 Res-Q-N BBQ 150.2972
32 Pork Weasels 150.2516
33 Three Legged Pig 150.2400
34 BIGGIE AND BULL BBQ 142.2744
35 Sweet Freedon BBQ 140.5828
36 Bone In BBQ 137.6800
37 BADGER BBQ 134.2516

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 — Desert

10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK 180.0000 🔥
2 Big Tim BBQ Buddies 180.0000 🔥
3 QUES YOUR DADDY BBQ 177.7144
4 Hogline BBQ 177.7144
5 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 173.1084
6 SMOKIN CROATIANS 170.8456
7 BLUE PIG 169.7028
8 Three Legged Pig 169.1200
9 TOPPGATOR BBQ 164.6172
10 Bone In BBQ 154.9028

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