Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll 2014

Sep 5–6, 2014 · Vermillion, SD

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PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

686.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE

685.1204 · Master Series — Overall

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CHARCOAL LOUNGERS

684.0112 · Master Series — Overall

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll on September 5, 2014 in Vermillion, SD, scoring 686.8228 in a field of 26 teams. GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.1204. Category winners: Chicken — TIMBONE BARBECUE (176.0000); Pork Ribs — CHARCOAL LOUNGERS (177.7372); Pork — EGGSPERT BBQ (172.5944); Brisket — QUETOPIA (176.5716). This is the 2nd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by SPITFIRE; 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.

484.64 median 663.58 686.82 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176
Pork Ribs 177.74
Pork 172.59
Brisket 176.57

20 177.74

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2023 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

686.8228

Winning margin

1.7024

GC over RC

Field average

649.63

484.64686.82

median 663.58 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

2.8688 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

669.6228

484.64686.82

10th place overall

Field spread

202.1828

winner to last place

Most consistent

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

avg finish 5 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.3084 pts — CHARCOAL LOUNGERS

How hot was the win?

Top 79%

beats 21% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

48%

13 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.44 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,546

avg power rating going in · stronger than 34% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

rated 1795 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 8th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 8th

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS edged ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD by 0.0116. Pork places 6–7: CHARCOAL LOUNGERS edged SPITFIRE by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 7–8: GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE edged PARROTHEAD SMOKERS by 0.0344.

Chicken 4–5 · 0.0116
Pork 6–7 · 0.0228
Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0344
Pork 3–4 · 0.0344

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SPITFIRE (won 2013).

SPITFIRE · 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
Sep 6, 2013	Vermillion, SD	Vermillion, SD	27	689.6684	SPITFIRE	BIG T'Z Q CRU
Sep 5, 2014 ← this one	Vermillion, SD	Vermillion, SD 57069	26	686.8228	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE
Sep 11, 2015	Vermillion, SD	Vermillion, SD 57069	32	693.1432	EGGSPERT BBQ	SPITFIRE
Sep 10, 2021	Vermillion, SD	Vermillion, SD 57069	26	687.3600	RUB MY RACK	Mr. Dudes BBQ
Sep 9, 2022	Vermillion, SD	16 Market Street	28	693.6916	Machette Boys	RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
Sep 8, 2023	Vermillion, SD	15 Court Street	28	694.8572	Shiggin & Grinnin	MACHETE BOYS BBQ
Sep 6, 2024	Vermillion, SD	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176	171.9656	168
Pork Ribs	177.7372	172.5828	168.5600
Pork	172.5944	168.5256	165.7028
Brisket	176.5716	173.7028	167.3828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 686.8228 · median 663.5770

#	Team	Score
1	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	686.8228
2	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	685.1204
3	CHARCOAL LOUNGERS	684.0112
4	WILD HOGS BBQ	676.4920
5	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	674.7540
6	SHORT CREW BBQ	673.7256
7	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	673.7144
8	EGGSPERT BBQ	673.6916
9	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	670.2400
10	SPITFIRE	669.6228
11	SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	667.3028
12	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	666.8000
13	QUETOPIA	666.1484
14	MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	661.0056
15	TIMBONE BARBECUE	659.9428
16	BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	653.1316
17	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	648.6056
18	BIG ISLAND BBQ	645.6344
19	Smokin' the Ville	644.4112
20	Bro's Blue Smoke BBQ	641.7256
21	BARE BUTTS	627.2224
22	Who Dat	626.7884
23	Ruby Red's KC BBQ	619.2572
24	Baby Got Rack	610.7088
25	Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin	598.8004
26	Heck's South Dakota Style BBQ	484.6400

Chicken

26 entries · top 176 · median 165.9714

#	Team	Score
1	TIMBONE BARBECUE	176
2	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	174.2856
3	CHARCOAL LOUNGERS	173.1428
4	SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	171.9772
5	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	171.9656
6	SHORT CREW BBQ	171.4056
7	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	170.8688
8	EGGSPERT BBQ	170.2856
9	WILD HOGS BBQ	168.5488
10	SPITFIRE	168
11	QUETOPIA	166.8228
12	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	166.2972
13	BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	166.2628
14	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	165.6800
15	Who Dat	163.4400
16	MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	162.2744
17	Baby Got Rack	161.6916
18	Ruby Red's KC BBQ	161.0972
19	Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin	160.5944
20	BIG ISLAND BBQ	160.5600
21	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	160.5600
22	BARE BUTTS	159.9312
23	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	158.8228
24	Heck's South Dakota Style BBQ	156.0228
25	Smokin' the Ville	154.8112
26	Bro's Blue Smoke BBQ	149.6684

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.9944

#	Team	Score
1	CHARCOAL LOUNGERS	177.7372
2	WILD HOGS BBQ	175.4288
3	Bro's Blue Smoke BBQ	174.3316
4	SPITFIRE	173.1200
5	SHORT CREW BBQ	172.5828
6	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	171.9656
7	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	171.4400
8	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	171.4056
9	Smokin' the Ville	170.8228
10	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	168.5600
11	TIMBONE BARBECUE	168.5372
12	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	168.0116
13	MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	166.2400
14	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	165.7488
15	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	165.7144
16	BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	164.5716
17	SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	163.9428
18	QUETOPIA	163.4056
19	Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin	159.9888
20	EGGSPERT BBQ	159.4060
21	BIG ISLAND BBQ	156.5256
22	Baby Got Rack	154.8000
23	BARE BUTTS	150.8116
24	Ruby Red's KC BBQ	150.2628
25	Who Dat	149.6800
26	Heck's South Dakota Style BBQ	143.4400

Pork

26 entries · top 172.5944 · median 163.9542

#	Team	Score
1	EGGSPERT BBQ	172.5944
2	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	171.9772
3	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	170.2972
4	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	170.2628
5	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	168.5256
6	CHARCOAL LOUNGERS	166.8800
7	SPITFIRE	166.8572
8	WILD HOGS BBQ	166.8228
9	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	166.2284
10	SHORT CREW BBQ	165.7028
11	Heck's South Dakota Style BBQ	165.1772
12	MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	165.1084
13	Smokin' the Ville	163.9656
14	SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	163.9428
15	Baby Got Rack	163.4288
16	Bro's Blue Smoke BBQ	163.4284
17	Who Dat	161.7028
18	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	161.1200
19	QUETOPIA	159.3484
20	BIG ISLAND BBQ	158.8344
21	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	158.3084
22	BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	156.5828
23	TIMBONE BARBECUE	156
24	Ruby Red's KC BBQ	155.3828
25	BARE BUTTS	153.0856
26	Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin	139.9656

Brisket

26 entries · top 176.5716 · median 164.8630

#	Team	Score
1	QUETOPIA	176.5716
2	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	175.4400
3	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	174.8800
4	GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	174.2860
5	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	173.7028
6	EGGSPERT BBQ	171.4056
7	BIG ISLAND BBQ	169.7144
8	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	169.1544
9	SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	167.4400
10	MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	167.3828
11	CHARCOAL LOUNGERS	166.2512
12	BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	165.7144
13	WILD HOGS BBQ	165.6916
14	SHORT CREW BBQ	164.0344
15	BARE BUTTS	163.3940
16	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	162.2628
17	SPITFIRE	161.6456
18	TIMBONE BARBECUE	159.4056
19	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	158.2856
20	Smokin' the Ville	154.8116
21	Bro's Blue Smoke BBQ	154.2972
22	Ruby Red's KC BBQ	152.5144
23	Who Dat	151.9656
24	Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin	138.2516
25	Baby Got Rack	130.7884
26	Heck's South Dakota Style BBQ	20

Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll 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 (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

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