A statement win
19.9432
points clear of the field
Wider than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 19.9432 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
Barbecue on the Bow
2014-08-30 – 2014-08-31 · Calgary, Alberta, CA · 📍 Calgary, Alberta, Ca
Grand Champion: HOUSE OF Q (691.4516) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoking Crocus
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.
582.72
median 632.07
691.45 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 175.44
- Pork Ribs 172.59
- Pork 176.56
- Brisket 171.41
116.56
176.56
Entries
31
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
691.4516
Winning margin
19.9432
GC over RC
Field average
628.58
582.72691.45
median 632.07 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
637.7828
582.72691.45
10th place overall
Field spread
108.7316
winner to last place
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 65%
beats 35% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1506
avg power rating going in · stronger than 5% of contests
Storylines (5 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 hat-trick of category wins
3
category wins in a day
HOUSE OF Q won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Mad Cow Barbecue finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
0.0116
closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 9–10: BENNY'S BBQ edged SMELLAQUE by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMELLAQUE edged SMOKAPALOOZA by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BBQing in the Burbs edged Smokeback Mountain by 0.0228.
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.0116
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0228
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0228
- Pork 8–9 · 0.0344
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
HOUSE OF Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 4th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- 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)
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 | 175.4400 | 170.8572 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5944 | 166.3200 | 163.4400 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 170.3200 | 163.4288 |
| Brisket | 171.4056 | 164.5716 | 158.8916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
31 entries · top 691.4516 · median 632.0688
Chicken
31 entries · top 175.4400 · median 160.6056
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 172.5944 · median 158.2628
Pork
31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.7144
Brisket
31 entries · top 171.4056 · median 155.9544
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 — Chef'S Challenge Sponsored By The Alberta Pork Producers
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 155.4058