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Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show 2013

Sep 27–28, 2013 · Omaha, NE

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THE SMOKING HILLS
690.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
681.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q
681.1200 · Master Series — Overall

THE SMOKING HILLS won Grand Champion at the Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show on September 27, 2013 in Omaha, NE, scoring 690.2400 in a field of 56 teams. GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.6684. Category winners: Chicken — GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA (178.8572); Pork Ribs — CHARCOAL LOUNGERS (179.4400); Pork — 4 LEGS UP BBQ (174.2628); Brisket — WORTH THE WAIT BBQ (176.0344). This is the 1st of 2 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 174.26
  • Brisket 176.03
125.67 179.44

Entries

56
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

690.2400

Winning margin

8.5716
GC over RC

Field average

642.83
459.99690.24
median 649.37 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8916 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.8000
459.99690.24
10th place overall

Field spread

230.2516
winner to last place

Most consistent

THE SMOKING HILLS
avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA

How hot was the win?

Top 70%
beats 30% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,529
avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Pig Skin BBQ
rated 1691 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE SMOKING HILLS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 6th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: ELWOOD BBQ and Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q and 4:20 Q tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SHAKIN NOT STIRRED and SPITFIRE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie

One of the big ones

56 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data

56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data.

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
Sep 27, 2013 ← this one Omaha, NE Omaha, NE 56 690.2400 THE SMOKING HILLS GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
Sep 26, 2014 Omaha, NE Omaha, NE 68102 47 686.8000 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572173.1316171.4400
Pork Ribs179.4400174.8800170.8800
Pork174.2628170.8456169.1200
Brisket176.0344173.1428170.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 690.2400 · median 649.3660

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKING HILLS 690.2400
2 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 681.6684
3 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 681.1200
4 BIG T'Z Q CRU 680.5372
5 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 679.3024
6 IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ 678.1940
7 4 LEGS UP BBQ 677.0516
8 WHEN PIGS DIE 676.5372
9 TWSS BBQ 675.4400
10 PIGSKIN BBQ 674.8000
11 SPITFIRE 673.6456
12 SMOKEHOUSE 72 669.6912
13 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 669.6228
14 IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ 669.0168
15 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 666.2168
16 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 664.5140
17 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 664.5032
18 SHAKIN NOT STIRRED 663.9428
19 4:20 Q 662.8116
20 COUNTRY ROADS NE 662.8112
21 LEEPS BBQ 662.2628
22 PORK PATROL BBQ 662.2056
23 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 660.4684
24 HELPING U BBQ 658.7884
25 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 655.4172
26 ELWOOD BBQ 654.7196
27 BS BBQ 653.6572
28 Smokin' Lefty's 649.6572
29 Big Stacks BBQ 649.0748
30 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 646.2168
31 Peony Park 90th St 641.0744
32 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 640.5716
33 SHORT CREW BBQ 640.5144
34 WELL SAUCED BBQ 639.9772
35 Smith BBQ Co 639.9084
36 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 636.3660
37 Circle Jerks BBQ 634.2516
38 The Claim House 634.2512
39 SWEET RACKS BBQ 633.6228
40 QUICK BUCK HOG CO. 629.6912
41 PULLED FROM THE PIT BBQ 621.6344
42 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 621.0284
43 High Life BBQ 620.4452
44 The Buttheads 619.9092
45 Desperate Husbands BBQ 617.0516
46 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 614.1256
47 Smokin Barbarians 613.6000
48 Off the Pits 611.9200
49 Borrowed Smoke BBQ 611.8740
50 Hyvee Hickory House 611.2460
51 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 610.7088
52 ZMOKIN BBQ 609.0168
53 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 593.0172
54 Linden Market BBQ 590.3776
55 BLAZED AND INFUSED 587.9316
56 Rauchmeister Rolf 459.9884

Chicken

56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8458

#TeamScore
1 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 178.8572
2 PORK PATROL BBQ 176.5600
3 IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ 173.7256
4 SMOKEHOUSE 72 173.1656
5 THE SMOKING HILLS 173.1316
6 SPITFIRE 172.5600
7 ELWOOD BBQ 172
8 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 172
9 4:20 Q 172
10 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 171.4400
11 BS BBQ 170.2512
12 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 169.7144
13 LEEPS BBQ 169.1656
14 The Claim House 169.1428
15 HELPING U BBQ 169.1428
16 PIGSKIN BBQ 169.1200
17 QUICK BUCK HOG CO. 168.5712
18 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 167.9772
19 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 166.8800
20 Off the Pits 166.8344
21 Peony Park 90th St 166.2972
22 TWSS BBQ 166.2628
23 PULLED FROM THE PIT BBQ 166.2628
24 WHEN PIGS DIE 166.2628
25 COUNTRY ROADS NE 165.7028
26 BIG T'Z Q CRU 165.6800
27 SHORT CREW BBQ 165.1428
28 ZMOKIN BBQ 165.1428
29 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 164.5488
30 4 LEGS UP BBQ 164.5372
31 WELL SAUCED BBQ 164.5256
32 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 164
33 Big Stacks BBQ 163.9772
34 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 163.9312
35 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 163.4172
36 IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ 162.8228
37 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 161.7372
38 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 161.6916
39 Linden Market BBQ 160.5944
40 Desperate Husbands BBQ 160.5828
41 Smokin' Lefty's 159.4172
42 Smith BBQ Co 159.3828
43 SWEET RACKS BBQ 158.8000
44 Rauchmeister Rolf 157.7256
45 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 157.6800
46 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 157.0856
47 BLAZED AND INFUSED 156
48 Circle Jerks BBQ 156
49 The Buttheads 154.2744
50 SHAKIN NOT STIRRED 153.1428
51 Hyvee Hickory House 152.5144
52 High Life BBQ 149.6800
53 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 149.1316
54 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 147.9656
55 Borrowed Smoke BBQ 147.3828
56 Smokin Barbarians 146.2284

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.9772

#TeamScore
1 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 179.4400
2 IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ 177.7144
3 BIG T'Z Q CRU 177.1544
4 PIGSKIN BBQ 175.4172
5 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 174.8800
6 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 174.8688
7 THE SMOKING HILLS 173.1428
8 SHAKIN NOT STIRRED 172.5600
9 SPITFIRE 172.5600
10 TWSS BBQ 170.8800
11 SMOKEHOUSE 72 170.8572
12 WHEN PIGS DIE 170.2972
13 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 170.2856
14 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 169.7372
15 COUNTRY ROADS NE 169.7028
16 HELPING U BBQ 169.1544
17 LEEPS BBQ 168.5600
18 4 LEGS UP BBQ 166.2744
19 4:20 Q 165.7032
20 Big Stacks BBQ 165.1428
21 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 165.1200
22 Smith BBQ Co 164.5944
23 Off the Pits 163.4516
24 Smokin Barbarians 163.4288
25 Smokin' Lefty's 162.8116
26 IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ 162.8000
27 WELL SAUCED BBQ 162.2972
28 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 162.2628
29 BS BBQ 161.6916
30 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 161.6340
31 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 160.5484
32 SHORT CREW BBQ 160
33 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 159.3828
34 PORK PATROL BBQ 159.3828
35 Rauchmeister Rolf 158.8456
36 Peony Park 90th St 158.8344
37 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 158.2516
38 SWEET RACKS BBQ 158.2516
39 High Life BBQ 157.1084
40 Borrowed Smoke BBQ 156.5484
41 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 154.8572
42 Hyvee Hickory House 154.2744
43 Circle Jerks BBQ 154.2516
44 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 154.2284
45 The Claim House 153.7144
46 PULLED FROM THE PIT BBQ 153.1316
47 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 153.1312
48 ELWOOD BBQ 150.7884
49 Desperate Husbands BBQ 149.6800
50 Linden Market BBQ 148.0116
51 QUICK BUCK HOG CO. 147.4400
52 BLAZED AND INFUSED 147.4172
53 The Buttheads 145.6916
54 ZMOKIN BBQ 143.3716
55 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 142.8228
56 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 142.2744

Pork

56 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.1084

#TeamScore
1 4 LEGS UP BBQ 174.2628
2 SPITFIRE 173.1428
3 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.1428
4 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 172.5484
5 4:20 Q 170.8456
6 THE SMOKING HILLS 170.8228
7 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 170.2856
8 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 170.2512
9 SHAKIN NOT STIRRED 169.7144
10 Hyvee Hickory House 169.1200
11 IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ 169.1084
12 BIG T'Z Q CRU 168.5828
13 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 168.5600
14 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 168.5372
15 Peony Park 90th St 167.9656
16 TWSS BBQ 167.4400
17 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 166.8344
18 PIGSKIN BBQ 166.2856
19 BS BBQ 165.7144
20 IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ 165.6684
21 HELPING U BBQ 165.6684
22 Desperate Husbands BBQ 165.0972
23 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 164.0228
24 Smokin' Lefty's 164
25 LEEPS BBQ 163.9656
26 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 163.9540
27 QUICK BUCK HOG CO. 163.4056
28 COUNTRY ROADS NE 163.3712
29 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 162.8456
30 Borrowed Smoke BBQ 161.7256
31 Big Stacks BBQ 161.6916
32 Smith BBQ Co 161.6912
33 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 161.1200
34 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 160.6172
35 PORK PATROL BBQ 159.4056
36 SWEET RACKS BBQ 159.4056
37 SMOKEHOUSE 72 159.3828
38 BLAZED AND INFUSED 158.8456
39 The Claim House 158.8456
40 ELWOOD BBQ 158.7884
41 Circle Jerks BBQ 158.2628
42 ZMOKIN BBQ 157.6912
43 The Buttheads 157.6688
44 Smokin Barbarians 154.8456
45 SHORT CREW BBQ 153.6800
46 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 153.0856
47 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 152.5028
48 WELL SAUCED BBQ 152
49 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 151.3256
50 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 150.2172
51 High Life BBQ 149.1084
52 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 148.5372
53 Off the Pits 145.0740
54 Rauchmeister Rolf 143.4172
55 Linden Market BBQ 142.8800
56 PULLED FROM THE PIT BBQ 128.5372

Brisket

55 entries · top 176.0344 · median 162.2744

#TeamScore
1 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 176.0344
2 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 175.4400
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 175.4172
4 PULLED FROM THE PIT BBQ 173.7028
5 ELWOOD BBQ 173.1428
6 THE SMOKING HILLS 173.1428
7 IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ 171.9884
8 4 LEGS UP BBQ 171.9772
9 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 171.4172
10 TWSS BBQ 170.8572
11 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ 169.7144
12 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 169.1200
13 BIG T'Z Q CRU 169.1200
14 SHAKIN NOT STIRRED 168.5256
15 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 167.3712
16 PORK PATROL BBQ 166.8572
17 WHEN PIGS DIE 166.8344
18 SMOKEHOUSE 72 166.2856
19 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.2628
20 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 166.2284
21 Circle Jerks BBQ 165.7372
22 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 165.7028
23 High Life BBQ 164.5484
24 COUNTRY ROADS NE 164.0344
25 PIGSKIN BBQ 163.9772
26 Smokin' Lefty's 163.4284
27 IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ 163.3828
28 The Buttheads 162.2744
29 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 162.2400
30 SHORT CREW BBQ 161.6916
31 WELL SAUCED BBQ 161.1544
32 LEEPS BBQ 160.5716
33 Big Stacks BBQ 158.2632
34 SWEET RACKS BBQ 157.1656
35 BS BBQ 156
36 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 155.9428
37 SPITFIRE 155.3828
38 HELPING U BBQ 154.8228
39 4:20 Q 154.2628
40 Smith BBQ Co 154.2400
41 The Claim House 152.5484
42 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 150.7888
43 QUICK BUCK HOG CO. 150.2744
44 Smokin Barbarians 149.0972
45 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 147.9772
46 Peony Park 90th St 147.9772
47 Borrowed Smoke BBQ 146.2172
48 ZMOKIN BBQ 142.8112
49 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 142.2400
50 Desperate Husbands BBQ 141.6916
51 Linden Market BBQ 138.8916
52 Off the Pits 136.5600
53 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 135.9428
54 Hyvee Hickory House 135.3372
55 BLAZED AND INFUSED 125.6688

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 On A Stick

12 entries · top 180 · median 169.4628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 WHEN PIGS DIE 180 🔥
2 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 176.5600
3 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 176.5600
4 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 173.7600
5 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 172.5600
6 BLAZED AND INFUSED 169.7600
7 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 169.1656
8 SWEET RACKS BBQ 165.6800
9 BS BBQ 164.5484
10 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 163.3596
11 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 161.7028
12 ZMOKIN BBQ 154.2284

Master Series — Bacon

15 entries · top 176.6172 · median 168.0116

#TeamScore
1 SWEET RACKS BBQ 176.6172
2 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 176.5716
3 Peony Park 90th St 175.4172
4 Off the Pits 174.3200
5 WORTH THE WAIT BBQ 171.9656
6 WELL SAUCED BBQ 170.2628
7 Smokin' Lefty's 168.0228
8 YOU GONNA LIKE IT 168.0116
9 The Claim House 165.7144
10 BS BBQ 165.1772
11 HELPING U BBQ 163.9772
12 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 161.0972
13 Blue Moon Smokin' BBQ Crew 155.3944
14 WHEN PIGS DIE 148.5944
15 FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA 20

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