A statement win
9.7488
points clear of the field
Wider than 86% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7488 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
Q the Lou
2013-09-13 – 2013-09-14 · Litchfield, IL · 📍 Litchfield, IL
Grand Champion: ONE2BBQ (684.0572) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALL IN QUE
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.
447.39
median 636.58
684.06 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 173.73
- Pork Ribs 175.41
- Pork 176.58
- Brisket 173.17
20.00
176.58
Entries
25
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
684.0572
Winning margin
9.7488
GC over RC
Field average
624.74
447.39684.06
median 636.58 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.0112 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
642.7196
447.39684.06
10th place overall
Field spread
236.6628
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 83%
beats 17% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 3 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 6–7: THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS and MONSTER-QUE tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ and MONSTER-QUE tied on 164.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKY LINCS edged SMOKEY'S Q by 0.0116.
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
ONE2BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
ONE2BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 4th
- Pork 6th
- 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)
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7256 | 169.7144 | 162.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4056 | 167.3828 | 162.8572 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 170.8228 | 164.5484 |
| Brisket | 173.1656 | 168.5372 | 161.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 684.0572 · median 636.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 2 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 3 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 5 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 6 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 7 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 8 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 9 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ | |
| 11 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 12 | SMOKEY'S Q | |
| 13 | GRILLA MANIACS | |
| 14 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKY LINCS | |
| 16 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 17 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 18 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 19 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 20 | RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT | |
| 21 | Born Again | |
| 22 | Fat Boys | |
| 23 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER | |
| 24 | Deliverance Grill Team | |
| 25 | Mike & Mike Q |
Chicken
25 entries · top 173.7256 · median 161.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 2 | GRILLA MANIACS | |
| 3 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 5 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 6 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 7 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 8 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKY LINCS | |
| 10 | SMOKEY'S Q | |
| 11 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 12 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 13 | Born Again | |
| 14 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 15 | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ | |
| 16 | Fat Boys | |
| 17 | RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT | |
| 18 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 19 | Deliverance Grill Team | |
| 20 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 21 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 22 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 23 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER | |
| 24 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 25 | Mike & Mike Q |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 160.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 3 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 4 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 5 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 6 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 7 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 8 | GRILLA MANIACS | |
| 9 | SMOKEY'S Q | |
| 10 | SMOKY LINCS | |
| 11 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 12 | Mike & Mike Q | |
| 13 | RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT | |
| 14 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 15 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 16 | Fat Boys | |
| 17 | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ | |
| 18 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 19 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 20 | Born Again | |
| 21 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 22 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 23 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 24 | Deliverance Grill Team | |
| 25 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER |
Pork
25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 3 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 4 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 5 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 6 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 7 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 8 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 9 | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ | |
| 10 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 11 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 12 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 13 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 14 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 15 | RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT | |
| 16 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKY LINCS | |
| 18 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKEY'S Q | |
| 20 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER | |
| 21 | Born Again | |
| 22 | Deliverance Grill Team | |
| 23 | GRILLA MANIACS | |
| 24 | Mike & Mike Q | |
| 25 | Fat Boys |
Brisket
25 entries · top 173.1656 · median 157.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 3 | MONSTER-QUE | |
| 4 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 5 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 6 | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ | |
| 7 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 8 | SMOKEY'S Q | |
| 9 | GILLY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 11 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 12 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 13 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 14 | GRILLA MANIACS | |
| 15 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 16 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | |
| 17 | Born Again | |
| 18 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 19 | Fat Boys | |
| 20 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKY LINCS | |
| 22 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER | |
| 23 | RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT | |
| 24 | Deliverance Grill Team | |
| 25 | Mike & Mike Q |
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 — Wings
8 entries · top 172.0344 · median 155.7316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 2 | Big O' Dang O' BBQ | |
| 3 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 4 | I QUE & BREW | |
| 5 | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE | |
| 6 | FAT DICKS BBQ | |
| 7 | EVERY MAN A SMOKER | |
| 8 | MONSTER-QUE |