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Thunder in the Park

2013-08-31 – 2013-09-01 · Connersville, IN · 📍 Connersville, IN

Grand Champion: FOWL BUTT BBQ (686.7888) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ONE2BBQ

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686.7888 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
686.2400 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
681.6228 · 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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 175.41
  • Brisket 178.30
44.00 178.86

Entries

27
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

686.7888

Winning margin

0.5488
GC over RC

Field average

641.58
475.92686.79
median 661.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
4.0000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

662.7428
475.92686.79
10th place overall

Field spread

210.8688
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.4516 pts — FOWL BUTT BBQ

How hot was the win?

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

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1518
avg power rating going in · stronger than 13% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1629 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

0.5488 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5488 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

  • FOWL BUTT BBQ
  • ONE2BBQ

A first Grand Championship

12 tracked contests to get there

This was FOWL BUTT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 12th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: HOGAHOLICS and FOWL BUTT BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: MAC ATTACK BBQ and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PAPA WOOD BBQ and FOWL BUTT BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ONE2BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

FOWL BUTT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 18th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 18th
  • Pork 4th
  • 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)

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
Chicken178.2972174.2972165.7144
Pork Ribs178.8572171.9656167.4400
Pork175.4056168.5600166.8228
Brisket178.2972167.9772166.2744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 686.7888 · median 661.5884

#TeamScore
1 FOWL BUTT BBQ 686.7888
2 ONE2BBQ 686.2400
3 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 681.6228
4 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 681.6112
5 EXTRA MILE BBQ 673.0516
6 QUBED 671.9200
7 BONEHEAD BBQ 667.3256
8 WEQ4U 664.9480
9 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 662.7428
10 HOGAHOLICS 662.7428
11 SMOKE ON THIS 662.7200
12 THUNDER HOG BBQ 662.1256
13 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 661.6000
14 PAPA WOOD BBQ 661.5884
15 HISTORIC BBQ 658.1372
16 GATHER AROUND BBQ 653.6344
17 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 641.6112
18 MAC ATTACK BBQ 639.8056
19 Buddy's BBQ 636.5828
20 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 631.8052
21 Harley's HardWoodz 631.3600
22 J&D Custom Meats 625.6572
23 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 622.3888
24 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 619.3712
25 CARSONS BBQ 597.6800
26 BARK SHARK BBQ 501.6456
27 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 475.9200

Chicken

27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.9656

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 178.2972
2 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 176.5600
3 HOGAHOLICS 174.8572
4 FOWL BUTT BBQ 174.8572
5 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 174.2972
6 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 174.2628
7 QUBED 171.4056
8 BARK SHARK BBQ 169.1428
9 THUNDER HOG BBQ 166.2284
10 GATHER AROUND BBQ 165.7144
11 HISTORIC BBQ 165.6800
12 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 164.5484
13 SMOKE ON THIS 163.9656
14 WEQ4U 163.9656
15 J&D Custom Meats 163.4056
16 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 162.2400
17 PAPA WOOD BBQ 161.1200
18 BONEHEAD BBQ 161.0856
19 Harley's HardWoodz 160.5600
20 CARSONS BBQ 160.0000
21 MAC ATTACK BBQ 159.9428
22 EXTRA MILE BBQ 157.6456
23 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 154.8684
24 Buddy's BBQ 153.6684
25 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 150.2172
26 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 147.4516
27 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 138.7772

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 178.8572
2 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 177.1544
3 EXTRA MILE BBQ 175.4288
4 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 173.1084
5 WEQ4U 171.9656
6 MAC ATTACK BBQ 168.5372
7 SMOKE ON THIS 168.5372
8 BONEHEAD BBQ 168.0000
9 Harley's HardWoodz 167.4628
10 GATHER AROUND BBQ 167.4400
11 PAPA WOOD BBQ 167.4056
12 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 165.0972
13 THUNDER HOG BBQ 164.5488
14 BARK SHARK BBQ 164.5372
15 QUBED 163.9888
16 HISTORIC BBQ 163.9772
17 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 163.9656
18 FOWL BUTT BBQ 163.9544
19 HOGAHOLICS 161.6800
20 Buddy's BBQ 159.4516
21 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 159.3600
22 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 152.5256
23 CARSONS BBQ 151.4400
24 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 150.9032
25 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 146.2056
26 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 138.2856
27 J&D Custom Meats 135.9428

Pork

26 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.6856

#TeamScore
1 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 175.4056
2 BONEHEAD BBQ 172.5600
3 PAPA WOOD BBQ 169.6800
4 FOWL BUTT BBQ 169.6800
5 QUBED 168.5600
6 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 168.5600
7 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 168.0116
8 HISTORIC BBQ 167.9772
9 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 167.9656
10 HOGAHOLICS 166.8228
11 GATHER AROUND BBQ 165.7144
12 EXTRA MILE BBQ 165.1316
13 SMOKE ON THIS 163.9428
14 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 163.4284
15 THUNDER HOG BBQ 163.3712
16 MAC ATTACK BBQ 162.8228
17 Buddy's BBQ 162.2744
18 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 162.2284
19 WEQ4U 161.6456
20 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 159.4744
21 ONE2BBQ 159.3600
22 J&D Custom Meats 157.7372
23 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 157.6568
24 Harley's HardWoodz 152.4912
25 CARSONS BBQ 142.2400
26 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 44.0000

Brisket

27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6684

#TeamScore
1 FOWL BUTT BBQ 178.2972
2 EXTRA MILE BBQ 174.8456
3 ONE2BBQ 169.7256
4 J&D Custom Meats 168.5716
5 THUNDER HOG BBQ 167.9772
6 QUBED 167.9656
7 BARK SHARK BBQ 167.9656
8 WEQ4U 167.3712
9 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 166.8572
10 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 166.2744
11 SMOKE ON THIS 166.2744
12 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 165.7028
13 BONEHEAD BBQ 165.6800
14 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 165.6684
15 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 164.5600
16 PAPA WOOD BBQ 163.3828
17 Buddy's BBQ 161.1884
18 HISTORIC BBQ 160.5028
19 HOGAHOLICS 159.3828
20 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 157.1428
21 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 155.9656
22 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 154.8572
23 GATHER AROUND BBQ 154.7656
24 Harley's HardWoodz 150.8460
25 MAC ATTACK BBQ 148.5028
26 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 145.0856
27 CARSONS BBQ 144.0000

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 — Anything Butt

11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6800

#TeamScore
1 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 178.8572
2 HISTORIC BBQ 176.5600
3 PAPA WOOD BBQ 168.5372
4 MAC ATTACK BBQ 168.5256
5 J&D Custom Meats 167.9772
6 GATHER AROUND BBQ 165.6800
7 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 164.5372
8 BONEHEAD BBQ 162.8344
9 CARSONS BBQ 162.2856
10 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 153.6800
11 EXTRA MILE BBQ 150.7656

Master Series — Sauce

20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.1142

#TeamScore
1 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 177.1544
2 Wilber's Last Ride BBQ 176.0000
3 MAC ATTACK BBQ 176.0000
4 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 171.9656
5 EXTRA MILE BBQ 170.8456
6 Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks 169.6684
7 GATHER AROUND BBQ 167.3828
8 BONEHEAD BBQ 166.8228
9 PAPA WOOD BBQ 166.8112
10 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 165.1200
11 THUNDER HOG BBQ 165.1084
12 Dip N Dot BBQ Team 163.9312
13 Buddy's BBQ 162.8684
14 SMOKE ON THIS 162.2628
15 J&D Custom Meats 160.5484
16 Liberty Lions Club BBQ 159.9656
17 CARSONS BBQ 159.4056
18 HISTORIC BBQ 151.3828
19 BACK YARD BANDITS BBQ 149.6224
20 WEQ4U 148.5028

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