Racing for the BBQ 2014

Jul 25–26, 2014 · Lee's Summit, MO

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

687.3368 · Master Series — Overall

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GETTIN' SAUCED

686.8344 · Master Series — Overall

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PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS

686.8344 · Master Series — Overall

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Racing for the BBQ on July 25, 2014 in Lee's Summit, MO, scoring 687.3368 in a field of 54 teams. GETTIN' SAUCED took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8344. Category winners: Chicken — DIRT ROAD BBQ (177.7372); Pork Ribs — PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (176.0116); Pork — Fubar-B-Q (177.7028); Brisket — GETTIN' SAUCED (176.0116). This is the 2nd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by GETTIN' SAUCED; the next was held in 2015.

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.

595.90 median 654.44 687.34 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.74
Pork Ribs 176.01
Pork 177.70
Brisket 176.01

139.35 177.74

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

687.3368

Winning margin

0.5024

GC over RC

Field average

653.00

595.90687.34

median 654.44 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.7312

595.90687.34

10th place overall

Field spread

91.4396

winner to last place

Most consistent

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.8916 pts — GETTIN' SAUCED

How hot was the win?

Top 78%

beats 22% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

47%

27 of 58 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,528

avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1746 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 razor-thin finish

0.5024 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 95% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5024 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
GETTIN' SAUCED

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 9th
Pork 6th
Brisket 7th

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 6 tracked editions

SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

2016
2018

A knife fight at the top

3.9652 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9652 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

1st SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
2nd GETTIN' SAUCED
3rd PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS
4th VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY
5th DIRT ROAD BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: GETTIN' BASTED and KC Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY and MOKAN MEATHEADS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Hackers-n-Hogs and GEN-U-WINE SWINE tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · tie
Brisket 8–9 · tie

A contest record in brisket

176.0116 best brisket ever cooked here

GETTIN' SAUCED turned in 176.0116 in brisket — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.2628
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: GETTIN' SAUCED (won 2013).

GETTIN' SAUCED · 2013

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
Jul 26, 2013	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit, MO	58	695.9656	GETTIN' SAUCED	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ
Jul 25, 2014 ← this one	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit, MO 64086	54	687.3368	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	GETTIN' SAUCED
Jul 24, 2015	Lees Summit, MO	Lees Summit, MO 64126	63	696.0344	Smoke Masters Mafia	GETTIN' BASTED
Jul 29, 2016	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	54	695.9540	SLAPS BBQ	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY
Jul 28, 2017	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	54	697.7028	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	3 PIGS SMOKIN
Jul 27, 2018	Lee's Summit, MO	NE Campground RD	66	701.1200	SLAPS BBQ	DIRT ROAD BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7372	176.5600	173.1084
Pork Ribs	176.0116	171.9884	169.7028
Pork	177.7028	172.5600	169.7256
Brisket	176.0116	170.8456	169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 687.3368 · median 654.4398

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	687.3368
2	GETTIN' SAUCED	686.8344
3	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	686.8344
4	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	686.2400
5	DIRT ROAD BBQ	683.3716
6	IN DEEP SAUCE	676.5256
7	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	675.9200
8	Fubar-B-Q	674.7888
9	PARK AVENUE PORK	674.7656
10	GETTIN' BASTED	674.7312
11	BUILDING SMOKE	668.4340
12	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	667.3028
13	MOKAN MEATHEADS	666.6968
14	KC Q	665.6344
15	Man VS Que	664.9940
16	SMOKE ON THE WATER	663.3712
17	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	663.3140
18	PITT SMOKERS	663.2568
19	TAILGATES AND TONGS	661.1196
20	GEN-U-WINE SWINE	658.8340
21	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	658.7200
22	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	658.1480
23	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	658.1368
24	Fistful of Meat	657.0400
25	HANG 'EM' HIGH	656.4112
26	50 SHADES OF QUE	655.9428
27	FULL BOAR BBQ	654.6968
28	Bare Bones BBQ Team	654.1828
29	SMOKIN R BUTTS	654.1600
30	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	653.5424
31	D-DON'S PIT CREW	653.5424
32	BIG D AND BRIQUETTES BBQ	651.9544
33	Hackers-n-Hogs	651.8856
34	LIL' FIDDLER'S	651.8508
35	Smokey the Pig BBQ & Catering	649.7604
36	GO PIG....OR GO HOME	649.0744
37	Hootchie Cootchie	649.0628
38	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	648.4228
39	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	648.4228
40	DOUBLE DOWN BBQ	647.3140
41	IN THE KEY OF QUE	646.1368
42	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	641.0512
43	Smoke Masters Mafia	638.2400
44	SWIGGIN' SWINE BBQ	637.5540
45	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	634.1368
46	SMOKIN MARYJANE	626.1252
47	Dusty Roads BBQ Team	623.9428
48	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	623.7484
49	BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	622.1604
50	UTB BBQ	620.5832
51	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	617.5888
52	Swine Commander	611.3256
53	BUTT BROS BBQ	610.7084
54	SMKN Q MO	595.8972

Chicken

54 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.6742

#	Team	Score
1	DIRT ROAD BBQ	177.7372
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	177.1428
3	GETTIN' SAUCED	176.5716
4	GETTIN' BASTED	176.5600
5	KC Q	176.5600
6	50 SHADES OF QUE	175.4056
7	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	174.8572
8	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	174.2856
9	BIG D AND BRIQUETTES BBQ	173.1200
10	PARK AVENUE PORK	173.1084
11	Swine Commander	172.6172
12	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	171.9656
13	DOUBLE DOWN BBQ	170.2512
14	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.7372
15	SMOKIN MARYJANE	169.7256
16	IN DEEP SAUCE	169.7144
17	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	169.6912
18	Fistful of Meat	169.6684
19	Fubar-B-Q	169.1200
20	FULL BOAR BBQ	169.1200
21	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	168.5944
22	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	168.0116
23	GEN-U-WINE SWINE	167.9656
24	SWIGGIN' SWINE BBQ	167.4516
25	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	166.8228
26	MOKAN MEATHEADS	166.8112
27	GO PIG....OR GO HOME	165.6800
28	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	165.6684
29	Hootchie Cootchie	165.1200
30	IN THE KEY OF QUE	165.0972
31	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	164.5372
32	Bare Bones BBQ Team	164
33	Smokey the Pig BBQ & Catering	164
34	Man VS Que	163.9312
35	SMOKE ON THE WATER	163.4172
36	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	162.8344
37	PITT SMOKERS	162.8228
38	TAILGATES AND TONGS	162.2628
39	SMKN Q MO	162.2516
40	HANG 'EM' HIGH	162.2284
41	LIL' FIDDLER'S	161.6684
42	BUILDING SMOKE	161.6572
43	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	161.6456
44	SMOKIN R BUTTS	161.0972
45	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	159.9656
46	BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	159.9544
47	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	159.4056
48	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	159.3828
49	D-DON'S PIT CREW	157.0512
50	UTB BBQ	153.1772
51	Dusty Roads BBQ Team	153.1772
52	Smoke Masters Mafia	151.3712
53	Hackers-n-Hogs	151.3484
54	BUTT BROS BBQ	141.6228

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 176.0116 · median 163.6858

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	176.0116
2	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	175.4516
3	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	174.8572
4	BUILDING SMOKE	172.5484
5	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	171.9884
6	GETTIN' SAUCED	171.4400
7	SMOKE ON THE WATER	171.4056
8	KC Q	170.8572
9	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.2628
10	IN DEEP SAUCE	169.7028
11	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	169.7028
12	MOKAN MEATHEADS	168.5600
13	Bare Bones BBQ Team	168.5372
14	Fubar-B-Q	167.9772
15	D-DON'S PIT CREW	167.4056
16	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	166.8800
17	DOUBLE DOWN BBQ	166.8572
18	Man VS Que	166.8344
19	Smokey the Pig BBQ & Catering	166.3432
20	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	165.7028
21	GETTIN' BASTED	165.1200
22	Hootchie Cootchie	165.0972
23	PITT SMOKERS	165.0972
24	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	164.0116
25	GO PIG....OR GO HOME	164
26	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	163.9656
27	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	163.9544
28	PARK AVENUE PORK	163.4172
29	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	163.3944
30	TAILGATES AND TONGS	162.8456
31	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	162.2628
32	Hackers-n-Hogs	161.6800
33	BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	161.1316
34	IN THE KEY OF QUE	161.1200
35	FULL BOAR BBQ	161.1084
36	DIRT ROAD BBQ	160.5144
37	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	159.9660
38	SMOKIN R BUTTS	159.3600
39	Smoke Masters Mafia	158.2860
40	HANG 'EM' HIGH	158.2400
41	50 SHADES OF QUE	157.7372
42	BIG D AND BRIQUETTES BBQ	157.6572
43	SWIGGIN' SWINE BBQ	157.0972
44	BUTT BROS BBQ	156.5600
45	Fistful of Meat	155.9656
46	LIL' FIDDLER'S	155.9656
47	Swine Commander	152.5828
48	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	152.5488
49	GEN-U-WINE SWINE	151.9772
50	Dusty Roads BBQ Team	151.9428
51	SMOKIN MARYJANE	151.9200
52	UTB BBQ	150.2632
53	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	147.9428
54	SMKN Q MO	144.5600

Pork

54 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1428

#	Team	Score
1	Fubar-B-Q	177.7028
2	Fistful of Meat	176
3	DIRT ROAD BBQ	175.4172
4	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	173.1200
5	PARK AVENUE PORK	172.5600
6	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.9656
7	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	171.4056
8	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	170.8228
9	PITT SMOKERS	170.8112
10	TAILGATES AND TONGS	169.7256
11	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.6684
12	LIL' FIDDLER'S	168.5484
13	GEN-U-WINE SWINE	168.0456
14	GO PIG....OR GO HOME	168.0344
15	Hackers-n-Hogs	168.0116
16	IN DEEP SAUCE	167.9884
17	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	167.3828
18	UTB BBQ	166.8800
19	BUILDING SMOKE	166.8456
20	Man VS Que	166.8228
21	HANG 'EM' HIGH	166.2628
22	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	166.2516
23	GETTIN' BASTED	166.2284
24	Dusty Roads BBQ Team	165.7372
25	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	165.6684
26	DOUBLE DOWN BBQ	165.1544
27	SMOKIN R BUTTS	165.1428
28	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	165.1428
29	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	164.5256
30	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	164.5256
31	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	163.9540
32	Smokey the Pig BBQ & Catering	163.4400
33	GETTIN' SAUCED	162.8112
34	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	161.7144
35	SMOKE ON THE WATER	161.6684
36	50 SHADES OF QUE	161.1200
37	IN THE KEY OF QUE	159.9312
38	D-DON'S PIT CREW	159.4056
39	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	158.8684
40	KC Q	158.2744
41	MOKAN MEATHEADS	158.2056
42	Smoke Masters Mafia	157.7028
43	Hootchie Cootchie	157.6684
44	SWIGGIN' SWINE BBQ	157.6456
45	SMOKIN MARYJANE	157.0968
46	BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	156.5600
47	Bare Bones BBQ Team	156.5256
48	BIG D AND BRIQUETTES BBQ	155.4400
49	FULL BOAR BBQ	154.7656
50	BUTT BROS BBQ	153.6912
51	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	153.6684
52	SMKN Q MO	144.5256
53	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	143.8284
54	Swine Commander	139.3484

Brisket

54 entries · top 176.0116 · median 162.2686

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' SAUCED	176.0116
2	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	173.1200
3	MOKAN MEATHEADS	173.1200
4	Smoke Masters Mafia	170.8800
5	Hackers-n-Hogs	170.8456
6	GEN-U-WINE SWINE	170.8456
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.8228
8	DIRT ROAD BBQ	169.7028
9	FULL BOAR BBQ	169.7028
10	D-DON'S PIT CREW	169.6800
11	HANG 'EM' HIGH	169.6800
12	IN DEEP SAUCE	169.1200
13	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	169.1200
14	SMOKIN R BUTTS	168.5600
15	Man VS Que	167.4056
16	BUILDING SMOKE	167.3828
17	SMOKE ON THE WATER	166.8800
18	GETTIN' BASTED	166.8228
19	TAILGATES AND TONGS	166.2856
20	BIG D AND BRIQUETTES BBQ	165.7372
21	PARK AVENUE PORK	165.6800
22	LIL' FIDDLER'S	165.6684
23	Bare Bones BBQ Team	165.1200
24	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	165.0740
25	PITT SMOKERS	164.5256
26	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	163.9428
27	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	162.8572
28	50 SHADES OF QUE	161.6800
29	Hootchie Cootchie	161.1772
30	Fubar-B-Q	159.9888
31	IN THE KEY OF QUE	159.9884
32	KC Q	159.9428
33	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	159.9312
34	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	159.4284
35	BUTT BROS BBQ	158.8344
36	SMOKIN PHATTY'S	157.6916
37	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	157.0512
38	PB&J SMOKIN' OLD MEN	156.4912
39	Smokey the Pig BBQ & Catering	155.9772
40	Fistful of Meat	155.4060
41	SWIGGIN' SWINE BBQ	155.3596
42	BLAZING SADDLES BBQ	154.2512
43	BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	154.2172
44	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	154.2056
45	Dusty Roads BBQ Team	153.0856
46	SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	151.9200
47	GO PIG....OR GO HOME	151.3600
48	UTB BBQ	150.2628
49	SMOKIN MARYJANE	147.3828
50	Swine Commander	146.7772
51	DOUBLE DOWN BBQ	145.0512
52	SMKN Q MO	144.5600
53	BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE	144.5144
54	SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	142.7772

Racing for the BBQ 2014

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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 razor-thin finish

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

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