4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2)

2013-12-28 – 2013-12-29 · Lake Elsinore, CA · 📍 Lake Elsinore, CA 92530

Grand Champion: BIG POPPA SMOKERS (690.1940) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ

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BIG POPPA SMOKERS

690.1940 · Master Series — Overall

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RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ

687.3488 · Master Series — Overall

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BOWLING OVER PIGS

678.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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.

338.82 median 656.49 690.19 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 175.41
Pork Ribs 179.44
Pork 179.44
Brisket 176.56

20.00 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

690.1940

Winning margin

2.8452

GC over RC

Field average

638.06

338.82690.19

median 656.49 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

3.4056 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.7196

338.82690.19

10th place overall

Field spread

351.3712

winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 5.1656 pts — WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 70%

beats 30% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

75%

21 of 28 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1559

avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Burnin and Lootin

rated 1661 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

A new contest record

690.1940 highest overall ever cooked here

690.1940 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 682.2860 KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ set in 2013.

old record 682.2860
set 2013 by KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: FIRE AND DESIRE edged ALL SAUCED UP by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 5–6: KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ edged BIG POPPA SMOKERS by 0.0344.

Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0116
Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0344

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG POPPA SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 1st
Brisket 11th

A contest record in pork ribs

179.4400 best pork ribs ever cooked here

WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 171.9772 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 171.9772
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ (won 2013).

KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ · 2013

They keep coming back

75% of last edition’s field returned

21 of 28 teams from 2013-12-27 came back

21 of the 28 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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
2013-12-27	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore, CA 92530	28	682.2860	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
2013-12-28 ← this one	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore, CA 92530	25	690.1940	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	175.4056	172.0000	167.4172
Pork Ribs	179.4400	170.2972	166.8916
Pork	179.4400	172.5600	165.7028
Brisket	176.5600	167.9884	165.1544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 690.1940 · median 656.4912

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	690.1940
2	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	687.3488
3	BOWLING OVER PIGS	678.2628
4	SON OF SMOKE	677.0972
5	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	671.9428
6	ROOFTOP BBQ	670.7772
7	MASTER OF DISASTER	669.6572
8	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	667.8968
9	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	667.4056
10	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	666.7196
11	LADY OF Q	663.3140
12	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	661.6224
13	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	656.4912
14	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	653.6112
15	ALL SAUCED UP	652.5140
16	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	650.7312
17	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	647.8856
18	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	647.8516
19	BIG ACES BBQ	645.6572
20	T & J Backyard BBQ	635.3600
21	FIRE AND DESIRE	629.0972
22	I.B.Q.	615.9088
23	COOL GRILLING	600.9832
24	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	504.4568
25	Can a Brotha Get Some Chicken?	338.8228

Chicken

25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.9656

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	175.4056
2	BIG ACES BBQ	174.8572
3	SON OF SMOKE	174.2628
4	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	172.5600
5	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	172.0000
6	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	171.4284
7	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	170.8228
8	ROOFTOP BBQ	170.2628
9	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	169.1200
10	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	167.4172
11	LADY OF Q	164.5600
12	BOWLING OVER PIGS	164.5600
13	MASTER OF DISASTER	163.9656
14	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	163.9544
15	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	162.8228
16	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	162.2284
17	T & J Backyard BBQ	161.1200
18	I.B.Q.	158.8456
19	ALL SAUCED UP	158.7884
20	Can a Brotha Get Some Chicken?	158.3200
21	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	158.2056
22	FIRE AND DESIRE	157.1428
23	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	154.8228
24	COOL GRILLING	146.8000
25	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	20.0000

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5828

#	Team	Score
1	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	179.4400
2	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	174.2744
3	SON OF SMOKE	171.9772
4	LADY OF Q	170.8456
5	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	170.2972
6	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	170.2628
7	FIRE AND DESIRE	169.1544
8	ALL SAUCED UP	169.1428
9	ROOFTOP BBQ	168.5716
10	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	166.8916
11	BOWLING OVER PIGS	166.8572
12	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	166.2628
13	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	164.5828
14	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	164.5488
15	MASTER OF DISASTER	164.0116
16	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	162.2628
17	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	160.5372
18	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	160.4912
19	T & J Backyard BBQ	159.9544
20	BIG ACES BBQ	159.4172
21	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	157.6572
22	COOL GRILLING	156.5488
23	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	153.6344
24	I.B.Q.	142.2288
25	Can a Brotha Get Some Chicken?	140.5028

Pork

25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4172

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	179.4400
2	BOWLING OVER PIGS	177.1428
3	MASTER OF DISASTER	176.0000
4	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	174.2744
5	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	172.5600
6	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	170.8800
7	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	170.2628
8	SON OF SMOKE	168.0000
9	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	167.4056
10	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	165.7028
11	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	164.5600
12	LADY OF Q	164.5256
13	I.B.Q.	163.4172
14	T & J Backyard BBQ	160.0000
15	FIRE AND DESIRE	160.0000
16	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	159.9428
17	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	159.9312
18	BIG ACES BBQ	159.4400
19	ALL SAUCED UP	159.4284
20	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	159.3712
21	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	158.8228
22	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	158.7884
23	ROOFTOP BBQ	157.0856
24	COOL GRILLING	152.5256
25	Can a Brotha Get Some Chicken?	20.0000

Brisket

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.3828

#	Team	Score
1	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	176.5600
2	ROOFTOP BBQ	174.8572
3	BOWLING OVER PIGS	169.7028
4	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	169.1656
5	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	167.9884
6	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	167.4400
7	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	166.8456
8	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	166.2744
9	MASTER OF DISASTER	165.6800
10	ALL SAUCED UP	165.1544
11	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	165.0856
12	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	164.0000
13	LADY OF Q	163.3828
14	SON OF SMOKE	162.8572
15	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	162.8340
16	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	162.8228
17	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	160.5256
18	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	159.3712
19	T & J Backyard BBQ	154.2856
20	BIG ACES BBQ	151.9428
21	I.B.Q.	151.4172
22	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	151.3712
23	COOL GRILLING	145.1088
24	FIRE AND DESIRE	142.8000
25	Can a Brotha Get Some Chicken?	20.0000

4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship (Day 2)

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

They keep coming back

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