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Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship

Aug 8–10, 2014 · Newaygo, MI

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690.8456 · Master Series — Overall
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685.0740 · Master Series — Overall
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681.0512 · Master Series — Overall

iBQ'n won Grand Champion at the Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship on August 8, 2014 in Newaygo, MI, scoring 690.8456 in a field of 32 teams. THE REAL SMOKIN ACES took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.0740. Category winners: Chicken — iBQ'n (178.8800); Pork Ribs — CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM (177.7144); Pork — Simon's BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (176.5600).

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 178.88
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 176.56
131.42 178.88

Entries

32
4 judged meats

Top score

690.8456

Winning margin

5.7716
GC over RC

Field average

653.39
598.18690.85
median 659.61 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
4 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.9084
598.18690.85
10th place overall

Field spread

92.6624
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4516 pts — Simon's BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 68%
beats 32% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1691 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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.

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

iBQ'n took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 15th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 15th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 4th

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8800174.2744169.1428
Pork Ribs177.7144170.8916168.5828
Pork177.7144170.2628167.4056
Brisket176.5600172.5600167.4400

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 690.8456 · median 659.6114

#TeamScore
1 iBQ'n 690.8456
2 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 685.0740
3 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 681.0512
4 Simon's BBQ 678.8228
5 PapaDads BBQ 677.7028
6 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 675.4172
7 FOWL BUTT BBQ 670.2400
8 PB&J's BBQ Team 668.5712
9 Mutts & Butts Bark-B-Q 667.9772
10 KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE 667.9084
11 AWW HELL 663.9656
12 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 663.8964
13 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 663.2912
14 MAC ATTACK BBQ 662.2744
15 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 661.6912
16 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 659.8972
17 BONEHEAD BBQ 659.3256
18 FOX RIVER BBQ 657.7368
19 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 657.1084
20 HOLY SMOKERS MI 648.4684
21 EXTRA MILE BBQ 647.9088
22 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 646.6740
23 BYGS BARBEQUE 646.2400
24 SMOKIN' IN THE D 645.1544
25 OMG-BBQ-TX 642.8340
26 TWISTED SMOKE BBQ TEAM 641.6232
27 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 626.8688
28 BIG "E" BBQ 623.9088
29 TEAM PORK-N-STEIN 613.7024
30 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 607.8744
31 Meat Rubbers BBQ 606.2392
32 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 598.1832

Chicken

32 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5714

#TeamScore
1 iBQ'n 178.8800
2 PB&J's BBQ Team 176.5828
3 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 174.2972
4 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 174.2856
5 FOWL BUTT BBQ 174.2744
6 PapaDads BBQ 173.1544
7 MAC ATTACK BBQ 172.5828
8 Simon's BBQ 172.5600
9 KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE 170.8456
10 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 169.1428
11 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 168.5828
12 FOX RIVER BBQ 168
13 BONEHEAD BBQ 166.2628
14 BYGS BARBEQUE 165.7144
15 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 165.1544
16 AWW HELL 165.1428
17 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 164
18 EXTRA MILE BBQ 163.4172
19 Mutts & Butts Bark-B-Q 162.2972
20 Meat Rubbers BBQ 161.7600
21 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 161.7028
22 HOLY SMOKERS MI 161.1200
23 BIG "E" BBQ 159.4172
24 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 159.3828
25 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 159.3712
26 OMG-BBQ-TX 158.8572
27 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 157.0856
28 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 156.5256
29 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 155.9084
30 TWISTED SMOKE BBQ TEAM 155.3828
31 SMOKIN' IN THE D 154.2628
32 TEAM PORK-N-STEIN 144.5140

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 177.7144
2 PapaDads BBQ 176.5600
3 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 173.1084
4 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 171.4628
5 SMOKIN' IN THE D 170.8916
6 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 170.8916
7 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 169.1656
8 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 169.1200
9 AWW HELL 168.5944
10 Mutts & Butts Bark-B-Q 168.5828
11 KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE 168.5372
12 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 165.7372
13 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 165.6916
14 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 165.6916
15 iBQ'n 165.6800
16 Simon's BBQ 165.6800
17 FOWL BUTT BBQ 164.5600
18 TWISTED SMOKE BBQ TEAM 164
19 PB&J's BBQ Team 163.9772
20 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 163.4172
21 BONEHEAD BBQ 163.3944
22 MAC ATTACK BBQ 162.8572
23 HOLY SMOKERS MI 162.8116
24 BYGS BARBEQUE 160.5256
25 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 158.2744
26 FOX RIVER BBQ 154.8340
27 TEAM PORK-N-STEIN 152.5828
28 BIG "E" BBQ 150.8460
29 OMG-BBQ-TX 150.2400
30 EXTRA MILE BBQ 148.5144
31 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 137.6572
32 Meat Rubbers BBQ 135.3368

Pork

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.2742

#TeamScore
1 Simon's BBQ 177.7144
2 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 174.2628
3 iBQ'n 173.1428
4 AWW HELL 170.8228
5 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2628
6 FOX RIVER BBQ 169.7372
7 BONEHEAD BBQ 169.1428
8 PapaDads BBQ 168.5828
9 TWISTED SMOKE BBQ TEAM 168.5716
10 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 167.4056
11 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 167.3828
12 KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE 166.2628
13 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 166.2512
14 PB&J's BBQ Team 165.7256
15 Mutts & Butts Bark-B-Q 165.6800
16 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 164.5828
17 FOWL BUTT BBQ 163.9656
18 Meat Rubbers BBQ 162.3428
19 BYGS BARBEQUE 162.2744
20 MAC ATTACK BBQ 162.2628
21 HOLY SMOKERS MI 161.7256
22 OMG-BBQ-TX 161.7140
23 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 161.6800
24 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 161.0856
25 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 159.9428
26 TEAM PORK-N-STEIN 159.4400
27 EXTRA MILE BBQ 159.4172
28 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 158.8112
29 BIG "E" BBQ 153.1084
30 SMOKIN' IN THE D 152.5372
31 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 146.3200
32 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 143.3828

Brisket

32 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2742

#TeamScore
1 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 176.5600
2 EXTRA MILE BBQ 176.5600
3 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 174.8456
4 iBQ'n 173.1428
5 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 172.5600
6 OMG-BBQ-TX 172.0228
7 Mutts & Butts Bark-B-Q 171.4172
8 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 169.1084
9 SMOKIN' IN THE D 167.4628
10 FOWL BUTT BBQ 167.4400
11 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 167.4056
12 FOX RIVER BBQ 165.1656
13 MAC ATTACK BBQ 164.5716
14 Simon's BBQ 162.8684
15 HOLY SMOKERS MI 162.8112
16 PB&J's BBQ Team 162.2856
17 KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE 162.2628
18 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM 161.6684
19 BIG "E" BBQ 160.5372
20 BONEHEAD BBQ 160.5256
21 AWW HELL 159.4056
22 PapaDads BBQ 159.4056
23 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 158.8800
24 WOODPILE BBQ SHACK 158.7884
25 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 158.2284
26 BYGS BARBEQUE 157.7256
27 TEAM PORK-N-STEIN 157.1656
28 TWISTED SMOKE BBQ TEAM 153.6688
29 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 153.1316
30 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 149.6916
31 Meat Rubbers BBQ 146.7996
32 SOUTHERN SMOKERS 131.4176

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