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9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge

May 24–25, 2013 · Boulder City, NV

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MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ
681.7140 · Master Series — Overall
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BIG POPPA SMOKERS
679.4284 · Master Series — Overall
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RHYTHM 'N QUE
674.8570 · Master Series — Overall

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the 9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge on May 24, 2013 in Boulder City, NV, scoring 681.7140 in a field of 35 teams. BIG POPPA SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.4284. Category winners: Chicken — RHYTHM 'N QUE (179.4286); Pork Ribs — RHYTHM 'N QUE (176.5716); Pork — When Pigs Fly BBQ (174.2856); Brisket — H&D BBQ Team (176.5716).

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 179.43
  • Pork Ribs 176.57
  • Pork 174.29
  • Brisket 176.57
20 179.43

Entries

35
4 judged meats

Top score

681.7140

Winning margin

2.2856
GC over RC

Field average

629.09
433.14681.71
median 641.71 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
3.4286 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

655.9990
433.14681.71
10th place overall

Field spread

248.5706
winner to last place

Most consistent

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ
avg finish 5 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 5.7144 pts — RHYTHM 'N QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 87%
beats 13% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.53 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,508
avg power rating going in · stronger than 6% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ
rated 1576 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

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 7th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 4th

A first Grand Championship

7 tracked contests to get there

This was MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ.'s first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: Jessie Rae's and MONTANA Q tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: WILD HOGS BBQ and Squat and Gobble Barbequ tied on 168.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: BIG POPPA SMOKERS and Jessie Rae's tied on 165.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

RHYTHM 'N QUE won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4286168165.7144
Pork Ribs176.5716168.5714165.7142
Pork174.2856170.8570165.7140
Brisket176.5716169.1430166.8570

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 681.7140 · median 641.7148

#TeamScore
1 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 681.7140
2 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 679.4284
3 RHYTHM 'N QUE 674.8570
4 LEFT COAST Q 664
5 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 662.2852
6 Jessie Rae's 660.0002
7 STEEL CITY BBQ 658.8566
8 SATISFIED HOGS 658.2856
9 Trailhound Smokers BBQ 657.1426
10 SIN CITY SMOKERS 655.9990
11 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 651.9996
12 BOURBON BOYS BBQ 650.8570
13 ALL SAUCED UP 647.9994
14 Sin City Chefs Kamado Ro 646.8576
15 WILD HOGS BBQ 645.1430
16 THE BBQ NERDS 643.9998
17 BBQ Junkie 642.2860
18 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 641.7148
19 MONTANA Q 640.5714
20 MASTER OF DISASTER 639.4278
21 Squat and Gobble Barbequ 638.2854
22 The Smokin' B.A.R. 637.1430
23 When Pigs Fly BBQ 637.1422
24 REFINED REDNECK BBQ 636.5708
25 H&D BBQ Team 634.2858
26 Memphis Championship Bar 632
27 VOODOO ZOMBQUE 624.5718
28 MEAT INC. 612.0002
29 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 594.2852
30 SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER 588.5704
31 Leatherneck BBQ 585.1428
32 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 581.7136
33 Tobias Pig 572.0006
34 Ozark Mountain BBQ 508.0006
35 Smokin Bros BBQ 433.1434

Chicken

35 entries · top 179.4286 · median 159.4284

#TeamScore
1 RHYTHM 'N QUE 179.4286
2 LEFT COAST Q 173.7142
3 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 173.1428
4 STEEL CITY BBQ 168.5712
5 BBQ Junkie 168
6 The Smokin' B.A.R. 167.4286
7 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 167.4284
8 Sin City Chefs Kamado Ro 166.2858
9 Jessie Rae's 165.7144
10 MONTANA Q 165.7144
11 WILD HOGS BBQ 165.7144
12 BOURBON BOYS BBQ 165.7144
13 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 165.7142
14 Trailhound Smokers BBQ 164.5714
15 ALL SAUCED UP 163.4286
16 SATISFIED HOGS 162.2858
17 Memphis Championship Bar 161.7144
18 When Pigs Fly BBQ 159.4284
19 REFINED REDNECK BBQ 158.8570
20 MASTER OF DISASTER 158.8568
21 VOODOO ZOMBQUE 158.2856
22 Squat and Gobble Barbequ 157.1428
23 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 156
24 THE BBQ NERDS 155.9998
25 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 155.4286
26 SIN CITY SMOKERS 155.4282
27 MEAT INC. 154.2858
28 SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER 150.2856
29 Leatherneck BBQ 148
30 H&D BBQ Team 147.4288
31 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 144.5712
32 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 143.9998
33 Smokin Bros BBQ 130.8580
34 Tobias Pig 122.8578
35 Ozark Mountain BBQ 121.7152

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 176.5716 · median 158.2862

#TeamScore
1 RHYTHM 'N QUE 176.5716
2 SATISFIED HOGS 170.8572
3 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 169.1430
4 WILD HOGS BBQ 168.5714
5 Squat and Gobble Barbequ 168.5714
6 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 167.9998
7 SIN CITY SMOKERS 166.2856
8 BOURBON BOYS BBQ 166.2854
9 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 165.7142
10 Jessie Rae's 165.7142
11 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 162.8576
12 MONTANA Q 162.2858
13 When Pigs Fly BBQ 162.2854
14 Trailhound Smokers BBQ 161.7142
15 LEFT COAST Q 161.1430
16 H&D BBQ Team 159.4284
17 ALL SAUCED UP 159.4282
18 VOODOO ZOMBQUE 158.2862
19 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 158.2856
20 MASTER OF DISASTER 158.2854
21 Sin City Chefs Kamado Ro 157.7142
22 The Smokin' B.A.R. 157.1432
23 REFINED REDNECK BBQ 157.1430
24 MEAT INC. 156.0002
25 STEEL CITY BBQ 154.8572
26 Memphis Championship Bar 154.2856
27 Leatherneck BBQ 154.2854
28 THE BBQ NERDS 153.7144
29 BBQ Junkie 152.0002
30 SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER 149.7142
31 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 144.5712
32 Smokin Bros BBQ 143.9998
33 Tobias Pig 142.8572
34 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 139.9998
35 Ozark Mountain BBQ 119.4284

Pork

35 entries · top 174.2856 · median 158.8570

#TeamScore
1 When Pigs Fly BBQ 174.2856
2 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 172
3 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 172
4 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 171.9998
5 THE BBQ NERDS 170.8570
6 STEEL CITY BBQ 170.2856
7 SIN CITY SMOKERS 168.5712
8 BOURBON BOYS BBQ 168
9 RHYTHM 'N QUE 165.7142
10 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 165.7140
11 REFINED REDNECK BBQ 165.7140
12 Trailhound Smokers BBQ 164
13 Jessie Rae's 163.4286
14 VOODOO ZOMBQUE 161.7142
15 Squat and Gobble Barbequ 161.7142
16 SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER 160.5710
17 MONTANA Q 159.4284
18 Tobias Pig 158.8570
19 Sin City Chefs Kamado Ro 157.7144
20 ALL SAUCED UP 157.7140
21 MEAT INC. 156.5714
22 Memphis Championship Bar 156.5714
23 WILD HOGS BBQ 156.0002
24 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 156
25 SATISFIED HOGS 156
26 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 155.4284
27 MASTER OF DISASTER 155.4284
28 LEFT COAST Q 154.2856
29 Leatherneck BBQ 153.7146
30 BBQ Junkie 153.1428
31 H&D BBQ Team 150.8570
32 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 149.7140
33 The Smokin' B.A.R. 149.7140
34 Ozark Mountain BBQ 149.1428
35 Smokin Bros BBQ 20

Brisket

35 entries · top 176.5716 · median 159.4286

#TeamScore
1 H&D BBQ Team 176.5716
2 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 176
3 LEFT COAST Q 174.8572
4 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 174.2858
5 BBQ Junkie 169.1430
6 SATISFIED HOGS 169.1426
7 ALL SAUCED UP 167.4286
8 MASTER OF DISASTER 166.8572
9 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 166.8572
10 Trailhound Smokers BBQ 166.8570
11 SIN CITY SMOKERS 165.7140
12 Sin City Chefs Kamado Ro 165.1432
13 Jessie Rae's 165.1430
14 STEEL CITY BBQ 165.1426
15 THE BBQ NERDS 163.4286
16 The Smokin' B.A.R. 162.8572
17 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 161.7140
18 Memphis Championship Bar 159.4286
19 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 158.8570
20 WILD HOGS BBQ 154.8570
21 REFINED REDNECK BBQ 154.8568
22 Rollin Smoke Barbeque 154.2858
23 MONTANA Q 153.1428
24 RHYTHM 'N QUE 153.1426
25 BOURBON BOYS BBQ 150.8572
26 Squat and Gobble Barbequ 150.8570
27 Tobias Pig 147.4286
28 VOODOO ZOMBQUE 146.2858
29 MEAT INC. 145.1428
30 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 143.4286
31 When Pigs Fly BBQ 141.1428
32 Smokin Bros BBQ 138.2856
33 Leatherneck BBQ 129.1428
34 SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER 127.9996
35 Ozark Mountain BBQ 117.7142

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