Smokin 'n' the Ville 2013

Apr 26–27, 2013 · Edwardsville, KS

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BURNT FINGER BBQ

695.4286 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE ON WHEELS

687.4284 · Master Series — Overall

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R BUTTS R SMOKIN

678.2858 · Master Series — Overall

BURNT FINGER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin 'n' the Ville on April 26, 2013 in Edwardsville, KS, scoring 695.4286 in a field of 26 teams. SMOKE ON WHEELS took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.4284. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE ON WHEELS (178.8572); Pork Ribs — EATIN AINT CHEATIN (176.5714); Pork — TEAM GETTING SAUCED (178.8572); Brisket — SMOKE ON WHEELS (177.1428). 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.

490.29 median 644.86 695.43 🏆

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 176.57
Pork 178.86
Brisket 177.14

20 178.86

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

695.4286

Winning margin

8.0002

GC over RC

Field average

640.31

490.29695.43

median 644.86 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

4.5714 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

652.5710

490.29695.43

10th place overall

Field spread

205.1430

winner to last place

Most consistent

BURNT FINGER BBQ

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 5.1430 pts — TEAM GETTING SAUCED

How hot was the win?

Top 52%

beats 48% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,502

avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BURNT FINGER BBQ

rated 1545 pre-contest

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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNT FINGER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 7th
Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

6 tracked contests to get there

This was BURNT FINGER BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: LAZY BACON BBQ and 777 BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Partners - N - Crime and R BUTTS R SMOKIN tied on 167.9998 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team and SMOKE ON WHEELS tied on 170.8570 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SMOKE ON WHEELS won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

Chicken 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)

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
Apr 26, 2013 ← this one	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville, KS	26	695.4286	BURNT FINGER BBQ	SMOKE ON WHEELS
Apr 25, 2014	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville, KS 66111	27	684.5028	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	169.7142	165.1428
Pork Ribs	176.5714	170.8570	166.8572
Pork	178.8572	170.8570	165.1426
Brisket	177.1428	172.5714	163.9998

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 695.4286 · median 644.8569

#	Team	Score
1	BURNT FINGER BBQ	695.4286
2	SMOKE ON WHEELS	687.4284
3	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	678.2858
4	Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team	670.8568
5	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	668.5710
6	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	665.1422
7	LAZY BACON BBQ	662.8570
8	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	662.8568
9	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	662.2848
10	777 BBQ	652.5710
11	RBQ BBQ KS	651.4282
12	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	651.4280
13	BLOWIN' SMOKE	646.8566
14	BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES	642.8572
15	Double D's R Smoking	640.5710
16	SILVER FOX BBQ	640.5710
17	Poke and Blow BBQ	640.0002
18	Couzins-Bar-B-Que	631.9992
19	Fat and Greasy BBQ	630.2856
20	Smokin' K's Down Home BB	627.4284
21	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	620.5710
22	N.C.I.S.	615.9996
23	SMOKE BREAK - KS	611.9998
24	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	610.2854
25	Partners - N - Crime	589.1426
26	Hickory Smoked BBQ	490.2856

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.7143

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON WHEELS	178.8572
2	BURNT FINGER BBQ	175.4286
3	LAZY BACON BBQ	172
4	777 BBQ	172
5	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	169.7142
6	Partners - N - Crime	167.9998
7	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	167.9998
8	Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team	167.4286
9	RBQ BBQ KS	165.1430
10	Smokin' K's Down Home BB	165.1428
11	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	165.1426
12	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	164.5710
13	N.C.I.S.	164
14	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	163.4286
15	Fat and Greasy BBQ	163.4286
16	Double D's R Smoking	162.2858
17	Couzins-Bar-B-Que	160.5712
18	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	160.5712
19	Hickory Smoked BBQ	160.0002
20	BLOWIN' SMOKE	157.1426
21	Poke and Blow BBQ	156
22	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	155.9998
23	BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES	154.8572
24	SMOKE BREAK - KS	149.7142
25	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	148.5712
26	SILVER FOX BBQ	147.9998

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 176.5714 · median 162.5715

#	Team	Score
1	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	176.5714
2	BURNT FINGER BBQ	174.8572
3	SILVER FOX BBQ	172
4	RBQ BBQ KS	171.4284
5	Poke and Blow BBQ	170.8570
6	LAZY BACON BBQ	169.7142
7	Double D's R Smoking	169.1428
8	Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team	168.5714
9	BLOWIN' SMOKE	167.9998
10	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	166.8572
11	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	166.2856
12	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	163.4284
13	Hickory Smoked BBQ	162.8570
14	SMOKE BREAK - KS	162.2860
15	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	161.7142
16	BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES	161.1428
17	SMOKE ON WHEELS	160.5714
18	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	158.2856
19	Couzins-Bar-B-Que	157.1430
20	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	157.1428
21	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	153.1426
22	Fat and Greasy BBQ	152
23	Smokin' K's Down Home BB	150.2856
24	N.C.I.S.	147.4286
25	777 BBQ	146.8570
26	Partners - N - Crime	137.7142

Pork

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.9997

#	Team	Score
1	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	178.8572
2	Smokin' K's Down Home BB	173.7142
3	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	173.1430
4	Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team	170.8570
5	SMOKE ON WHEELS	170.8570
6	BLOWIN' SMOKE	169.7142
7	BURNT FINGER BBQ	169.7142
8	SILVER FOX BBQ	166.8570
9	777 BBQ	166.8570
10	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	165.1426
11	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	162.8570
12	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	162.8570
13	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	162.2856
14	Couzins-Bar-B-Que	161.7138
15	Poke and Blow BBQ	158.8572
16	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	158.8568
17	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	158.2858
18	Double D's R Smoking	157.7142
19	Fat and Greasy BBQ	157.7142
20	N.C.I.S.	157.7140
21	RBQ BBQ KS	155.9998
22	LAZY BACON BBQ	154.8570
23	BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES	154.2856
24	SMOKE BREAK - KS	144.5712
25	Partners - N - Crime	139.4286
26	Hickory Smoked BBQ	20

Brisket

26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 157.9999

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON WHEELS	177.1428
2	BURNT FINGER BBQ	175.4286
3	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	174.2856
4	BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES	172.5716
5	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	172.5714
6	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	170.2858
7	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	169.7142
8	777 BBQ	166.8570
9	LAZY BACON BBQ	166.2858
10	Smokin' Wolves BBQ Team	163.9998
11	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	163.4284
12	TEAM GETTING SAUCED	161.1428
13	RBQ BBQ KS	158.8570
14	Fat and Greasy BBQ	157.1428
15	SMOKE BREAK - KS	155.4284
16	Poke and Blow BBQ	154.2860
17	SILVER FOX BBQ	153.7142
18	Couzins-Bar-B-Que	152.5712
19	BLOWIN' SMOKE	152
20	Double D's R Smoking	151.4282
21	Hickory Smoked BBQ	147.4284
22	N.C.I.S.	146.8570
23	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	146.2856
24	Partners - N - Crime	144
25	SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ	140
26	Smokin' K's Down Home BB	138.2858

Smokin 'n' the Ville 2013

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

A double category winner

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