Decided by a tiebreaker
Tie
identical totals at the top
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition
Jun 14–16, 2013 · Merrimack, NH
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition on June 14, 2013 in Merrimack, NH, scoring 674.8568 in a field of 35 teams. SMOKIN ACES took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.8568. Category winners: Chicken — QUE AND A HALF MEN (175.4288); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN ACES (170.2856); Pork — SMOKIN ACES (173.7142); Brisket — INSANE SWINE BBQ (174.8572).
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.
562.29
median 644.57
674.86 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 175.43
- Pork Ribs 170.29
- Pork 173.71
- Brisket 174.86
130.86
175.43
Entries
35
4 judged meats
Top score
674.8568
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
640.26
562.29674.86
median 644.57 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.8570 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
658.2852
562.29674.86
10th place overall
Field spread
112.5710
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 94%
beats 6% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,503
avg power rating going in · stronger than 3% of contests
Storylines (5 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
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 13th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 8th
A first Grand Championship
5
tracked contests to get there
This was LO' -N- SLO' BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 6–7: PORK BUTT AND CHICKEN LEGS and CRAZY SMOKE tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: A Mazie Q and QUE AND A HALF MEN tied on 165.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: LO' -N- SLO' BBQ and DIESEL SMOKE BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
- Brisket 3–4 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
SMOKIN ACES won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 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 | 175.4288 | 171.4286 | 166.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.2856 | 166.8572 | 164.5712 |
| Pork | 173.7142 | 170.8572 | 167.4288 |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 170.2856 | 165.1426 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
35 entries · top 674.8568 · median 644.5710
Chicken
35 entries · top 175.4288 · median 163.4284
Pork Ribs
35 entries · top 170.2856 · median 162.2858
Pork
35 entries · top 173.7142 · median 163.9998
Brisket
35 entries · top 174.8572 · median 157.7142