Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition

2013-09-27 – 2013-09-28 · Danville, IL · 📍 Danville, IL

Grand Champion: QUAU (694.8228) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

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QUAU

694.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

687.9540 · Master Series — Overall

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GILLY'S BBQ

678.8228 · 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.

543.95 median 643.41 694.82 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 175.41
Pork Ribs 176.01
Pork 176.58
Brisket 173.70

131.93 176.58

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

694.8228

Winning margin

6.8688

GC over RC

Field average

643.36

543.95694.82

median 643.41 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

5.1660 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

655.8968

543.95694.82

10th place overall

Field spread

150.8684

winner to last place

Most consistent

QUAU

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.8800 pts — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 54%

beats 46% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1533

avg power rating going in · stronger than 24% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 1729 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: GILLY'S BBQ and MONSTER-QUE tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: B.U.Z.Z. BBQ edged IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 1–2: CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE edged MONSTER-QUE by 0.0116.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Pork 5–6 · 0.0112
Pork Ribs 1–2 · 0.0116
Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0228

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

QUAU took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 4th
Pork 2nd
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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-09-27 ← this one	Danville, IL	Danville, IL	25	694.8228	QUAU	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2014-09-26	Danville, IL	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	175.4056	169.7028	166.8800
Pork Ribs	176.0116	170.8456	169.1428
Pork	176.5828	170.8456	166.2628
Brisket	173.7028	168.0344	159.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 694.8228 · median 643.4056

#	Team	Score
1	QUAU	694.8228
2	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	687.9540
3	GILLY'S BBQ	678.8228
4	MONSTER-QUE	675.9428
5	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	675.3488
6	CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	674.3312
7	BACK PORCH Q	666.9144
8	Farmer Vincent's Smoked Meats	662.2172
9	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	656.9940
10	Joey Mac's Smoke Stack	655.8968
11	Smokey J's BBQ	652.6628
12	Silver Bullet Smokers	647.8856
13	MEATSMACK	643.4056
14	82'S BBQ CREW	642.7884
15	Big Papa's Barbecue	641.0400
16	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	639.8856
17	B.U.Z.Z. BBQ	638.8804
18	Smoe's Brew & Q	625.6916
19	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	621.6340
20	Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas	618.7888
21	Fatman BBQ Chainsaw	613.0624
22	Midwest Smoke	612.4800
23	Stoney Creek Smokers	611.3596
24	Georgia Backroads BBQ	601.2456
25	North Street Que For U	543.9544

Chicken

25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.0228

#	Team	Score
1	GILLY'S BBQ	175.4056
2	MONSTER-QUE	175.4056
3	QUAU	172.5600
4	Silver Bullet Smokers	170.2628
5	Farmer Vincent's Smoked Meats	169.7028
6	B.U.Z.Z. BBQ	169.1656
7	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	169.1084
8	Big Papa's Barbecue	168.0000
9	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	167.3828
10	BACK PORCH Q	166.8800
11	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	165.1088
12	Midwest Smoke	164.5828
13	Joey Mac's Smoke Stack	164.0228
14	Smokey J's BBQ	163.4972
15	Georgia Backroads BBQ	162.3656
16	MEATSMACK	161.7256
17	CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	161.6912
18	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	158.8456
19	Smoe's Brew & Q	157.7144
20	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	157.0968
21	82'S BBQ CREW	155.4400
22	Stoney Creek Smokers	155.4056
23	Fatman BBQ Chainsaw	145.1084
24	Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas	142.2172
25	North Street Que For U	137.1084

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.9772

#	Team	Score
1	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	176.0116
2	MONSTER-QUE	176.0000
3	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	174.8916
4	QUAU	174.8572
5	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	170.8456
6	Joey Mac's Smoke Stack	170.8228
7	Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas	170.2860
8	GILLY'S BBQ	169.6800
9	CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	169.2000
10	BACK PORCH Q	169.1428
11	Smokey J's BBQ	168.0228
12	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	165.1544
13	82'S BBQ CREW	163.9772
14	MEATSMACK	163.3944
15	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	161.6800
16	Farmer Vincent's Smoked Meats	160.5716
17	Big Papa's Barbecue	159.9772
18	Fatman BBQ Chainsaw	157.1656
19	B.U.Z.Z. BBQ	156.5832
20	Silver Bullet Smokers	156.5372
21	Stoney Creek Smokers	154.2744
22	Smoe's Brew & Q	151.3944
23	Midwest Smoke	146.8000
24	Georgia Backroads BBQ	145.1544
25	North Street Que For U	133.1428

Pork

25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 163.4284

#	Team	Score
1	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	176.5828
2	QUAU	173.7028
3	Farmer Vincent's Smoked Meats	172.5484
4	CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	171.4400
5	B.U.Z.Z. BBQ	170.8456
6	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	170.8344
7	Midwest Smoke	169.1656
8	82'S BBQ CREW	169.1084
9	Joey Mac's Smoke Stack	168.5256
10	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	166.2628
11	GILLY'S BBQ	165.7028
12	Smoe's Brew & Q	163.4400
13	BACK PORCH Q	163.4284
14	MEATSMACK	159.4400
15	Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas	158.8112
16	Georgia Backroads BBQ	158.3428
17	Smokey J's BBQ	157.1428
18	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	157.0512
19	MONSTER-QUE	156.5372
20	Big Papa's Barbecue	156.5256
21	Fatman BBQ Chainsaw	151.3828
22	Silver Bullet Smokers	150.2284
23	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	149.7028
24	Stoney Creek Smokers	145.7256
25	North Street Que For U	141.7144

Brisket

25 entries · top 173.7028 · median 156.5484

#	Team	Score
1	QUAU	173.7028
2	CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	172.0000
3	Silver Bullet Smokers	170.8572
4	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	168.5600
5	GILLY'S BBQ	168.0344
6	MONSTER-QUE	168.0000
7	BACK PORCH Q	167.4632
8	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	167.3712
9	Smokey J's BBQ	164.0000
10	Fatman BBQ Chainsaw	159.4056
11	Farmer Vincent's Smoked Meats	159.3944
12	MEATSMACK	158.8456
13	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	156.5484
14	Big Papa's Barbecue	156.5372
15	Stoney Creek Smokers	155.9540
16	82'S BBQ CREW	154.2628
17	Smoe's Brew & Q	153.1428
18	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	153.0972
19	Joey Mac's Smoke Stack	152.5256
20	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	149.6800
21	Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas	147.4744
22	B.U.Z.Z. BBQ	142.2860
23	Georgia Backroads BBQ	135.3828
24	North Street Que For U	131.9888
25	Midwest Smoke	131.9316

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 — Side Dish

3 entries · top 153.6800 · median 148.0112

#	Team	Score
1	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	153.6800
2	Big Papa's Barbecue	148.0112
3	North Street Que For U	130.8344

Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Side Dish