Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) 2013

May 24–25, 2013 · Evans, GA

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KILLER B'S BBQ

694.2856 · Master Series — Overall

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WICKED QUE

686.8568 · Master Series — Overall

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QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

686.2856 · Master Series — Overall

KILLER B'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) on May 24, 2013 in Evans, GA, scoring 694.2856 in a field of 47 teams. WICKED QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8568. Category winners: Chicken — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (176.5714); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN TRIGGERS (176.5714); Pork — SMOKE ON THIS (177.7144); Brisket — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (177.7144). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.

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.

595.43 median 662.86 694.29 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.57
Pork Ribs 176.57
Pork 177.71
Brisket 177.71

143.43 177.71

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

694.2856

Winning margin

7.4288

GC over RC

Field average

660.90

595.43694.29

median 662.86 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2858 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

676.5712

595.43694.29

10th place overall

Field spread

98.8580

winner to last place

Most consistent

KILLER B'S BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.2860 pts — SMOKE ON THIS

How hot was the win?

Top 56%

beats 44% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,522

avg power rating going in · stronger than 15% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THE BLUE BLOODS

rated 1588 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

KILLER B'S 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 9th
Pork 4th
Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 176.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: BETHEL SMOKERS and ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE and OLD PLANTATION BBQ tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 4–5 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 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
May 24, 2013 ← this one	Evans, GA	Evans, GA	47	694.2856	KILLER B'S BBQ	WICKED QUE
May 22, 2015	Evans, GA	Evans, GA 30809	65	696.5144	CLARK CREW BBQ	HOT WACHULA'S

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5714	174.2856	172
Pork Ribs	176.5714	171.9998	169.1428
Pork	177.7144	171.9998	170.2858
Brisket	177.7144	173.1428	171.4284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

47 entries · top 694.2856 · median 662.8568

#	Team	Score
1	KILLER B'S BBQ	694.2856
2	WICKED QUE	686.8568
3	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	686.2856
4	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	684.0004
5	PELLET ENVY	682.2856
6	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	680.5710
7	PIG WHISPERERS	679.4282
8	BUB-BA-Q	678.8568
9	BETHEL SMOKERS	676.5714
10	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	676.5712
11	MIDNIGHT BURN	675.4282
12	PICKIN' PORKERS	675.4280
13	SMOKE ON THIS	674.8572
14	SMOKIN HOSS	672.5714
15	TENACIOUS Q	671.9996
16	THE BLUE BLOODS	671.9996
17	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	670.8570
18	BALD HAWG BBQ	670.8568
19	RIVERSIDE SMOKE	668.5710
20	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	668.5710
21	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	668.5710
22	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	668
23	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	663.4284
24	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	662.8568
25	SOUTH PORK	662.2854
26	HICKORY PRIME	661.7140
27	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	661.1424
28	Captain Jack's BBQ Crew	660.0002
29	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	659.4284
30	QUEOLOGY	658.8570
31	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	657.7136
32	County Line Que	656.5712
33	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	656.5710
34	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	656.5708
35	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	652.5712
36	SOUTHERN SWINE APPAREL CO. BBQ	651.4284
37	VICTORY SMOKERS	651.4282
38	THE PIT CREW GA	648.5712
39	Fatback's BBQ & Rib Shac	645.1428
40	Still Smokin	645.1424
41	Smokin' SuwaneeSweetmeat	639.4282
42	REC TEC GRILLS	636.5712
43	Triple Threat Smokers	633.1426
44	TC'S BBQ	627.9994
45	Butt Naked & Smokin	623.4284
46	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	611.4280
47	DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW	595.4276

Chicken

47 entries · top 176.5714 · median 168

#	Team	Score
1	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	176.5714
2	KILLER B'S BBQ	176.5714
3	BETHEL SMOKERS	174.2856
4	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	174.2856
5	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	174.2856
6	SMOKE ON THIS	173.1428
7	THE BLUE BLOODS	173.1428
8	VICTORY SMOKERS	173.1428
9	MIDNIGHT BURN	173.1426
10	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	172
11	PIG WHISPERERS	171.4286
12	HICKORY PRIME	171.4286
13	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	171.4284
14	PELLET ENVY	170.8572
15	WICKED QUE	170.8568
16	TENACIOUS Q	170.2858
17	THE PIT CREW GA	169.7142
18	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	169.7142
19	BUB-BA-Q	169.7140
20	SOUTH PORK	169.7140
21	REC TEC GRILLS	169.1428
22	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	169.1428
23	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	168.5712
24	SMOKIN HOSS	168
25	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	167.9998
26	Captain Jack's BBQ Crew	166.2858
27	Fatback's BBQ & Rib Shac	165.7146
28	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	165.7142
29	RIVERSIDE SMOKE	165.7140
30	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	165.7140
31	QUEOLOGY	165.1428
32	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	165.1428
33	PICKIN' PORKERS	165.1426
34	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	165.1426
35	Smokin' SuwaneeSweetmeat	163.4286
36	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	162.8570
37	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	162.8568
38	Butt Naked & Smokin	161.7144
39	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	160.5710
40	Triple Threat Smokers	160
41	SOUTHERN SWINE APPAREL CO. BBQ	159.9998
42	Still Smokin	159.4286
43	County Line Que	158.8570
44	BALD HAWG BBQ	157.7142
45	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	156
46	DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW	153.7140
47	TC'S BBQ	153.1426

Pork Ribs

47 entries · top 176.5714 · median 166.2856

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	176.5714
2	BALD HAWG BBQ	174.2856
3	BUB-BA-Q	172.0002
4	WICKED QUE	172
5	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	171.9998
6	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	171.4286
7	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	170.2858
8	PIG WHISPERERS	170.2856
9	KILLER B'S BBQ	169.7144
10	HICKORY PRIME	169.1428
11	RIVERSIDE SMOKE	169.1428
12	BETHEL SMOKERS	168.5716
13	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	168.5714
14	PELLET ENVY	168.5714
15	PICKIN' PORKERS	167.9998
16	QUEOLOGY	167.4288
17	MIDNIGHT BURN	167.4286
18	County Line Que	167.4286
19	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	167.4286
20	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	166.8572
21	VICTORY SMOKERS	166.8572
22	TENACIOUS Q	166.8570
23	SMOKE ON THIS	166.2858
24	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	166.2856
25	SOUTH PORK	165.7146
26	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	165.7144
27	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	165.7142
28	Butt Naked & Smokin	165.1428
29	Smokin' SuwaneeSweetmeat	164.5714
30	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	164.0002
31	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	164
32	SMOKIN HOSS	162.8572
33	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	162.8570
34	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	162.8570
35	THE BLUE BLOODS	162.8570
36	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	162.8568
37	Still Smokin	162.2856
38	TC'S BBQ	161.7140
39	THE PIT CREW GA	160
40	REC TEC GRILLS	158.8570
41	SOUTHERN SWINE APPAREL CO. BBQ	158.8570
42	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	158.2856
43	Captain Jack's BBQ Crew	157.7146
44	Triple Threat Smokers	154.2856
45	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	153.1428
46	Fatback's BBQ & Rib Shac	150.8570
47	DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW	143.9998

Pork

47 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.7142

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON THIS	177.7144
2	PELLET ENVY	175.4284
3	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	173.7142
4	KILLER B'S BBQ	173.1428
5	SMOKIN HOSS	171.9998
6	WICKED QUE	171.4286
7	MIDNIGHT BURN	170.8572
8	Still Smokin	170.8570
9	BALD HAWG BBQ	170.2858
10	PICKIN' PORKERS	170.2858
11	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	170.2856
12	BETHEL SMOKERS	169.1428
13	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	169.1428
14	Fatback's BBQ & Rib Shac	169.1428
15	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	168.5716
16	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	168.5714
17	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	168.5714
18	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	168.5714
19	BUB-BA-Q	168.5714
20	SOUTH PORK	168.5712
21	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	167.4288
22	PIG WHISPERERS	166.2856
23	QUEOLOGY	165.7142
24	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	165.7142
25	RIVERSIDE SMOKE	165.1428
26	TENACIOUS Q	165.1428
27	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	164
28	THE BLUE BLOODS	163.9998
29	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	163.9998
30	HICKORY PRIME	163.4284
31	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	163.4284
32	Smokin' SuwaneeSweetmeat	162.8570
33	County Line Que	162.2856
34	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	162.2856
35	Triple Threat Smokers	162.2854
36	SOUTHERN SWINE APPAREL CO. BBQ	161.7144
37	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	161.7142
38	Captain Jack's BBQ Crew	161.7142
39	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	159.4286
40	VICTORY SMOKERS	159.4284
41	TC'S BBQ	157.7142
42	REC TEC GRILLS	156
43	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	155.4286
44	THE PIT CREW GA	154.2856
45	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	150.2854
46	DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW	147.9996
47	Butt Naked & Smokin	143.4284

Brisket

47 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5714

#	Team	Score
1	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	177.7144
2	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	176.5716
3	KILLER B'S BBQ	174.8570
4	Captain Jack's BBQ Crew	174.2856
5	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	173.1428
6	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	173.1426
7	WICKED QUE	172.5714
8	THE BLUE BLOODS	172
9	PICKIN' PORKERS	171.9998
10	PIG WHISPERERS	171.4284
11	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	170.8574
12	SOUTHERN SWINE APPAREL CO. BBQ	170.8572
13	SMOKIN HOSS	169.7144
14	TENACIOUS Q	169.7140
15	RIVERSIDE SMOKE	168.5714
16	BUB-BA-Q	168.5712
17	BALD HAWG BBQ	168.5712
18	County Line Que	168
19	PELLET ENVY	167.4286
20	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	167.4286
21	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	166.2858
22	HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	165.1430
23	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	165.1426
24	BETHEL SMOKERS	164.5714
25	THE PIT CREW GA	164.5714
26	MIDNIGHT BURN	163.9998
27	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	163.9998
28	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	162.8572
29	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	162.8570
30	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	161.1428
31	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	160.5714
32	QUEOLOGY	160.5712
33	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	159.9998
34	Fatback's BBQ & Rib Shac	159.4284
35	SOUTH PORK	158.2856
36	ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	158.2854
37	HICKORY PRIME	157.7142
38	SMOKE ON THIS	157.7142
39	Triple Threat Smokers	156.5716
40	TC'S BBQ	155.4286
41	Butt Naked & Smokin	153.1428
42	REC TEC GRILLS	152.5714
43	Still Smokin	152.5712
44	PAPA EDDIE & THE HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	151.9998
45	VICTORY SMOKERS	151.9998
46	DAD'S BACKYARD BBQ CREW	149.7142
47	Smokin' SuwaneeSweetmeat	148.5712

Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) 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 (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

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