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22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska

Aug 15–16, 2014 · LaPlatte, NE

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PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
688.0116 · Master Series — Overall
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FOUR MEN AND A PIG
686.8232 · Master Series — Overall
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WOODWARD BARBEQUE
685.6912 · Master Series — Overall

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska on August 15, 2014 in LaPlatte, NE, scoring 688.0116 in a field of 38 teams. FOUR MEN AND A PIG took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8232. Category winners: Chicken — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (178.2972); Pork Ribs — OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE (177.7372); Pork — JAESTAR BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (177.1544).

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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 177.74
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 177.15
131.93 178.30

Entries

38
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

688.0116

Winning margin

1.1884
GC over RC

Field average

650.07
601.55688.01
median 648.48 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

668.4340
601.55688.01
10th place overall

Field spread

86.4568
winner to last place

Most consistent

FOUR MEN AND A PIG
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.8456 pts — JAESTAR BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 76%
beats 24% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,536
avg power rating going in · stronger than 27% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
rated 1782 pre-contest

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.

A razor-thin finish

1.1884 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 78% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1884 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.

  • PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
  • FOUR MEN AND A PIG

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 5–6: TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS and LEEPS BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: LEEPS BBQ and Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Smokey D's Wannabee and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 173.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 5–6 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 22nd.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 22nd
  • Brisket 5th

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
Chicken178.2972172.5828168.5944
Pork Ribs177.7372172.5944169.7488
Pork176.5600171.4172166.8800
Brisket177.1544173.7372168.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 688.0116 · median 648.4800

#TeamScore
1 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 688.0116
2 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 686.8232
3 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 685.6912
4 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 684.5828
5 Smokey D's Wannabee 681.7260
6 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 679.4056
7 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 678.2744
8 JAESTAR BBQ 675.9316
9 Smokin' Lefty's 671.3028
10 WHEN PIGS DIE 668.4340
11 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 667.3372
12 PORK GONE WYLDE 659.3948
13 PORK PATROL BBQ 656.4340
14 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 655.9544
15 HELPING U BBQ 655.9428
16 TO THE BEE 654.2512
17 Pig Season 653.1776
18 Rick A Billy BBQ 653.0856
19 Toad Hollar BBQ 648.9944
20 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 647.9656
21 LEEPS BBQ 643.9428
22 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 640.9596
23 ELWOOD BBQ 640.4800
24 HOG HEAVEN 640.4796
25 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 639.9312
26 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 638.8112
27 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 638.0112
28 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 635.2460
29 ALWAYS SMOK'D 634.7200
30 CROWN POINT BBQ 630.8112
31 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 630.6856
32 Sherwood 3 626.8116
33 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 626.7540
34 FIREHOUSE BBQ 625.0404
35 WELL SAUCED BBQ 623.8172
36 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 621.6800
37 OL" SMOKEY 610.1256
38 SunCo Smoke Show 601.5548

Chicken

38 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8114

#TeamScore
1 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 178.2972
2 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 176.5600
3 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 174.8572
4 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 173.1428
5 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 172.5828
6 PORK GONE WYLDE 172.5716
7 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 172
8 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 170.2628
9 Pig Season 168.6172
10 CROWN POINT BBQ 168.5944
11 JAESTAR BBQ 167.9772
12 TO THE BEE 167.9656
13 Smokey D's Wannabee 167.4056
14 HELPING U BBQ 166.8456
15 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 166.8344
16 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 166.2744
17 Rick A Billy BBQ 165.7256
18 PORK PATROL BBQ 165.0856
19 WHEN PIGS DIE 162.8228
20 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 162.8000
21 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 161.6456
22 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 160.5712
23 WELL SAUCED BBQ 160.5372
24 Smokin' Lefty's 159.9544
25 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 159.4056
26 Toad Hollar BBQ 159.3828
27 ELWOOD BBQ 158.8000
28 LEEPS BBQ 158.2628
29 FIREHOUSE BBQ 157.6916
30 OL" SMOKEY 157.6800
31 ALWAYS SMOK'D 157.0856
32 SunCo Smoke Show 156.5488
33 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 156.5256
34 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 155.9312
35 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 154.8572
36 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 154.8456
37 HOG HEAVEN 153.6684
38 Sherwood 3 149.7028

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.2800

#TeamScore
1 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 177.7372
2 PORK GONE WYLDE 175.4400
3 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 174.8572
4 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 174.2972
5 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 172.5944
6 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 172.5600
7 WHEN PIGS DIE 172.5484
8 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 170.2972
9 Sherwood 3 170.2744
10 Smokey D's Wannabee 169.7488
11 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 169.7028
12 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 169.6800
13 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 165.7144
14 TO THE BEE 165.7028
15 Pig Season 165.1316
16 PORK PATROL BBQ 163.3828
17 JAESTAR BBQ 162.8344
18 FIREHOUSE BBQ 162.2972
19 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 162.2856
20 HELPING U BBQ 162.2744
21 Rick A Billy BBQ 161.7372
22 HOG HEAVEN 161.7028
23 ELWOOD BBQ 161.6800
24 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 161.1200
25 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 161.1084
26 Smokin' Lefty's 161.0856
27 ALWAYS SMOK'D 158.8344
28 WELL SAUCED BBQ 158.2516
29 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 157.1428
30 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 157.1200
31 LEEPS BBQ 154.8228
32 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 154.8000
33 OL" SMOKEY 153.0856
34 Toad Hollar BBQ 151.9544
35 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 151.4056
36 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 151.3372
37 CROWN POINT BBQ 150.2628
38 SunCo Smoke Show 131.9316

Pork

38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2742

#TeamScore
1 JAESTAR BBQ 176.5600
2 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 173.7144
3 Smokin' Lefty's 173.7028
4 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 172
5 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 171.4172
6 LEEPS BBQ 171.4172
7 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 171.4172
8 Smokey D's Wannabee 170.8344
9 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 169.1428
10 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 166.8800
11 WELL SAUCED BBQ 166.8112
12 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 166.8112
13 OL" SMOKEY 164
14 Rick A Billy BBQ 163.9312
15 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 163.4172
16 TO THE BEE 163.4056
17 Toad Hollar BBQ 163.3944
18 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 162.8456
19 HELPING U BBQ 162.2856
20 PORK PATROL BBQ 162.2628
21 PORK GONE WYLDE 161.1316
22 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 161.1200
23 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 161.0972
24 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 161.0856
25 SunCo Smoke Show 161.0856
26 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 160.5600
27 HOG HEAVEN 160.5484
28 WHEN PIGS DIE 159.9544
29 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 159.4400
30 ALWAYS SMOK'D 159.3828
31 FIREHOUSE BBQ 158.2628
32 Pig Season 157.7144
33 ELWOOD BBQ 156
34 CROWN POINT BBQ 155.9884
35 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 155.9656
36 Sherwood 3 155.4172
37 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 154.8000
38 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 149.0856

Brisket

38 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.2686

#TeamScore
1 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 177.1544
2 Smokin' Lefty's 176.5600
3 Toad Hollar BBQ 174.2628
4 Smokey D's Wannabee 173.7372
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.7372
6 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.1084
7 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 171.4400
8 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 170.8344
9 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 168.6056
10 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 168.5600
11 JAESTAR BBQ 168.5600
12 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 166.2400
13 PORK PATROL BBQ 165.7028
14 HOG HEAVEN 164.5600
15 HELPING U BBQ 164.5372
16 ELWOOD BBQ 164
17 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 163.9428
18 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 163.3940
19 ROLLIN IN THE RUB 162.8228
20 Pig Season 161.7144
21 Rick A Billy BBQ 161.6916
22 LEEPS BBQ 159.4400
23 ALWAYS SMOK'D 159.4172
24 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 158.8572
25 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 158.8572
26 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 158.2744
27 TO THE BEE 157.1772
28 CROWN POINT BBQ 155.9656
29 SunCo Smoke Show 151.9888
30 Sherwood 3 151.4172
31 PORK GONE WYLDE 150.2516
32 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 150.2400
33 FIREHOUSE BBQ 146.7888
34 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 145.0628
35 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 143.3828
36 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 142.7660
37 WELL SAUCED BBQ 138.2172
38 OL" SMOKEY 135.3600

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 — Dessert

14 entries · top 180 · median 173.4228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Smokin' Lefty's 180 🔥
2 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 179.4400
3 HOG HEAVEN 178.8572
4 WELL SAUCED BBQ 177.7028
5 Pig Season 176.0344
6 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 173.7372
7 JAESTAR BBQ 173.7028
8 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.1428
9 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 171.4056
10 TO THE BEE 170.8228
11 FIREHOUSE BBQ 169.1656
12 Rick A Billy BBQ 167.3828
13 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 165.1428
14 Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) 163.4056

Master Series — Salmon

15 entries · top 177.7600 · median 163.9772

#TeamScore
1 BLACKSHIRT BBQ 177.7600
2 WELL SAUCED BBQ 174.2856
3 Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q 169.1544
4 BACK ALLEY BUTT RUBBERS 169.1200
5 OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE 169.1200
6 Rick A Billy BBQ 164.5712
7 Sortie's Tavern BBQ 164.0228
8 GRILLERS IN THE MIST 163.9772
9 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 163.9656
10 BIG STACKS BARBEQUE 160.5484
11 Toad Hollar BBQ 160.5256
12 OFF IN THE PITS SMOKE TEAM 160.5028
13 WHEN PIGS DIE 151.3484
14 SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT 148.5256
15 FIREHOUSE BBQ 147.9544

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