A statement win
13.7138
points clear of the field
Wider than 95% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.7138 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Silicon Valley BBQ Championships 2013
Jun 28–29, 2013 · Santa Clara, CA
LEFT COAST Q won Grand Champion at the Silicon Valley BBQ Championships on June 28, 2013 in Santa Clara, CA, scoring 681.1424 in a field of 56 teams. THESMOKERING.COM took Reserve Grand Champion with 667.4286. Category winners: Chicken — LEFT COAST Q (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TOO ASHAMED TO NAME (173.7142); Pork — THESMOKERING.COM (179.4286); Brisket — PIGGY D'S BBQ (178.2858). This is the 1st of 3 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.
506.86
median 623.14
681.14 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 173.71
- Pork 179.43
- Brisket 178.29
109.71
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2015 — this edition picked out.
Entries
56
4 judged meats
Top score
681.1424
Winning margin
13.7138
GC over RC
Field average
615.56
506.86681.14
median 623.14 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
653.7144
506.86681.14
10th place overall
Field spread
174.2854
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 88%
beats 12% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,514
avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 5–6: Dads Doing What They Lov and CASUAL SMOKERS tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: CASUAL SMOKERS and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKEHOUSE 10 and SMOKE SLAYERS tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
LEFT COAST Q took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 16th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 16th
- Pork 10th
- Brisket 4th
One of the big ones
56
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- LEFT COAST Q · Chicken
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2013 ← this one | Santa Clara, CA | Santa Clara, CA | 56 | 681.1424 | LEFT COAST Q | THESMOKERING.COM |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Santa Clara, CA | Santa Clara, CA 95050 | 48 | 678.9028 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | BURNIN AND LOOTIN |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Santa Clara, CA | Santa Clara, CA 95050 | 49 | 677.7488 | BOWLING OVER PIGS | MY SMOKIN GRILLFRIEND |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 168 | 166.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7142 | 169.7142 | 167.4286 |
| Pork | 179.4286 | 168 | 165.7142 |
| Brisket | 178.2858 | 171.4286 | 164.5714 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
56 entries · top 681.1424 · median 623.1425
Chicken
56 entries · top 180 · median 157.1429 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
56 entries · top 173.7142 · median 160
Pork
56 entries · top 179.4286 · median 156.2855
Brisket
56 entries · top 178.2858 · median 153.7142