A statement win
16.5708
points clear of the field
Wider than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 16.5708 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
Warren County All American BBQ Festival
Jul 18–19, 2014 · Pittsfield, PA
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ won Grand Champion at the Warren County All American BBQ Festival on July 18, 2014 in Pittsfield, PA, scoring 678.2052 in a field of 21 teams. RED VALLEY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 661.6344. Category winners: Chicken — DRILLING & GRILLING (174.8456); Pork Ribs — LO' -N- SLO' BBQ (175.4172); Pork — RED VALLEY BBQ (171.9772); Brisket — PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE (176.5828).
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.
606.79
median 633.79
678.21 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.85
- Pork Ribs 175.42
- Pork 171.98
- Brisket 176.58
138.78
176.58
Entries
21
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
678.2052
Winning margin
16.5708
GC over RC
Field average
638.07
606.79678.21
median 633.79 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
5.7372 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
637.0172
606.79678.21
10th place overall
Field spread
71.4164
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 91%
beats 9% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,530
avg power rating going in · stronger than 22% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 9–10: HAWG NATION BBQ and Aporkalypse tied on 162.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: FLYING PORKERS edged RIBS N AT by 0.0112. Brisket places 6–7: JACK9 BBQ edged HAWG NATION BBQ by 0.0116.
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · 0.0112
- Brisket 6–7 · 0.0116
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0228
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 13th.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 13th
- Brisket 2nd
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 | 174.8456 | 169.1084 | 162.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 163.4056 | 160.0116 |
| Pork | 171.9772 | 162.8572 | 159.9656 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 168.5600 | 159.3944 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
21 entries · top 678.2052 · median 633.7948
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 2 | RED VALLEY BBQ | |
| 3 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 4 | PIG IRON | |
| 5 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 6 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 7 | RIBS N AT | |
| 8 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 9 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 10 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 11 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 14 | UNCLE WADE'S BBQ | |
| 15 | BLACK DAWG BBQ | |
| 16 | PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS | |
| 17 | DIVA Q | |
| 18 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | TAURUS BBQ | |
| 20 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Aporkalypse |
Chicken
21 entries · top 174.8456 · median 162.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 2 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 3 | PIG IRON | |
| 4 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 5 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 6 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 7 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 8 | RED VALLEY BBQ | |
| 9 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 10 | Aporkalypse | |
| 11 | PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS | |
| 12 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 14 | RIBS N AT | |
| 15 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 16 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 17 | UNCLE WADE'S BBQ | |
| 18 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 19 | BLACK DAWG BBQ | |
| 20 | TAURUS BBQ | |
| 21 | DIVA Q |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 175.4172 · median 158.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 2 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 3 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE WADE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 7 | RIBS N AT | |
| 8 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 9 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 10 | PIG IRON | |
| 11 | DIVA Q | |
| 12 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | RED VALLEY BBQ | |
| 14 | PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS | |
| 15 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 16 | BLACK DAWG BBQ | |
| 17 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 18 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 19 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 20 | TAURUS BBQ | |
| 21 | Aporkalypse |
Pork
21 entries · top 171.9772 · median 158.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RED VALLEY BBQ | |
| 2 | DIVA Q | |
| 3 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 4 | RIBS N AT | |
| 5 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 6 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 7 | BLACK DAWG BBQ | |
| 8 | Aporkalypse | |
| 9 | TAURUS BBQ | |
| 10 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 11 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 12 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 13 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 14 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 15 | PIG IRON | |
| 16 | UNCLE WADE'S BBQ | |
| 17 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 18 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 19 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 20 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS |
Brisket
21 entries · top 176.5828 · median 158.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 2 | LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | |
| 3 | PIG IRON | |
| 4 | RED VALLEY BBQ | |
| 5 | TAURUS BBQ | |
| 6 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 7 | HAWG NATION BBQ | |
| 8 | DRILLING & GRILLING | |
| 9 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BLACK DAWG BBQ | |
| 11 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 12 | RIBS N AT | |
| 13 | DIVA Q | |
| 14 | UNCLE WADE'S BBQ | |
| 15 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 16 | PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS | |
| 17 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 18 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 19 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 20 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 21 | Aporkalypse |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Master Series — Anything But
9 entries · top 170.2972 · median 157.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIVA Q | |
| 2 | Aporkalypse | |
| 3 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 4 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS | |
| 5 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 7 | MORT'S MEAT MAFIA | |
| 8 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 9 | RIBS N AT |
Master Series — Dessert
8 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIVA Q | |
| 2 | FLYING PORKERS | |
| 3 | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE | |
| 4 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 5 | THREE DOGS BBQ | |
| 6 | R.C.B. BARBEQUE | |
| 7 | RIBS N AT | |
| 8 | PIT"SBURGH SMOKERS |