A first Grand Championship
3
tracked contests to get there
This was WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
High Desert BBQ Showdown
Apr 20–21, 2013 · Victorville, CA
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ won Grand Champion at the High Desert BBQ Showdown on April 20, 2013 in Victorville, CA, scoring 678.2858 in a field of 32 teams. FUNTIME BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.5716. Category winners: Chicken — FUNTIME BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (172.0002); Pork — WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ (174.2858); Brisket — WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ (178.8572).
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.
512.57
median 636.57
678.29 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176
- Pork Ribs 172.00
- Pork 174.29
- Brisket 178.86
117.71
178.86
Entries
32
4 judged meats
Top score
678.2858
Winning margin
5.7142
GC over RC
Field average
628.05
512.57678.29
median 636.57 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.8574 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
657.1430
512.57678.29
10th place overall
Field spread
165.7138
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 91%
beats 9% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.56 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 6% 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 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 9–10: FUNTIME BBQ and T and J Backyard BBQ tied on 162.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: LEFT COAST Q and ZZYZX BAR.B.Q tied on 171.4284 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: FUNTIME BBQ edged KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ by 0.0002.
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Pork 4–5 · tie
- Pork 8–9 · 0.0002
- Brisket 4–5 · 0.0002
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 19th.
- Chicken 7th
- Pork Ribs 19th
- Pork 1st
- 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 | 176 | 168.5716 | 164.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0002 | 166.8572 | 162.8572 |
| Pork | 174.2858 | 171.4284 | 166.8574 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 169.1426 | 161.7142 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
32 entries · top 678.2858 · median 636.5716
Chicken
32 entries · top 176 · median 161.4285
Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 172.0002 · median 159.4285
Pork
32 entries · top 174.2858 · median 160.5714
Brisket
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 158.0001