Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off

2014-09-18 – 2014-09-20 · Murphysboro, IL · 📍 Murphysboro, IL 62966

Grand Champion: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (703.9888) · 57 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ONE2BBQ

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

703.9888 · Master Series — Overall

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ONE2BBQ

698.8344 · Master Series — Overall

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PITMASTERIQ BBQ

697.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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.

498.77 median 657.59 703.99 🏆

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 178.86
Pork 178.88
Brisket 178.88

20.00 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2015 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

703.9888

Winning margin

5.1544

GC over RC

Field average

656.66

498.77703.99

median 657.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4284 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.1316

498.77703.99

10th place overall

Field spread

205.2232

winner to last place

Most consistent

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.8800 pts — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 17%

beats 83% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

43%

33 of 76 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1550

avg power rating going in · stronger than 38% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 1864 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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 new contest record

703.9888 highest overall ever cooked here

703.9888 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 699.9428 TRUEBUD BBQ set in 2013.

old record 699.9428
set 2013 by TRUEBUD BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ and 270 SMOKERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: 270 SMOKERS and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SMOKIN T'S and MONSTER-QUE tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ONE2BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.

Chicken 9th
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 1st
Brisket 5th

A contest record in pork

178.8800 best pork ever cooked here

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ turned in 178.8800 in pork — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 177.7144
across 1 past editions

One of the big ones

57 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 91% of the 5,410 contests in the data

57 teams made this a bigger field than 91% of every contest tracked.

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
2013-09-19	Murphysboro, IL	Murphysboro, IL	76	699.9428	TRUEBUD BBQ	KILLER HOGS
2014-09-18 ← this one	Murphysboro, IL	Murphysboro, IL 62966	57	703.9888	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	ONE2BBQ
2015-09-25	Murphysboro, IL	Murphysboro, IL 62966	55	693.1204	GILLY'S BBQ	Q-BONES BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	173.7028	172.5600
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4288	172.5944
Pork	178.8800	173.7488	172.5600
Brisket	178.8800	175.4172	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

57 entries · top 703.9888 · median 657.5884

#	Team	Score
1	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	703.9888
2	ONE2BBQ	698.8344
3	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	697.0972
4	GILLY'S BBQ	694.2056
5	MONSTER-QUE	690.2400
6	SMOKIN T'S	685.6344
7	QUAU	684.0000
8	HICKORY PIT STOP	683.4172
9	BACK PORCH Q	682.2860
10	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	681.1316
11	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	680.4800
12	270 SMOKERS	679.9888
13	JUGS BBQ	677.6228
14	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	676.5032
15	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	675.9544
16	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	675.8968
17	A BOY & HIS BBQ	674.1600
18	Q-Bones	673.0512
19	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	672.4112
20	Porkmafia	670.1712
21	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	669.6112
22	ALL IN QUE	669.0284
23	BOSS HAWG BBQ	668.4800
24	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	668.4572
25	SMOKEY'S Q	666.7772
26	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	662.7200
27	TWO BUTTS AND A HAM	662.1488
28	KILLER HOGS	661.5428
29	SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL	657.5884
30	BACKDRAFT BBQ	657.0284
31	Dewey Smoke'm & Howe	654.8228
32	Twyford's BBQ & Catering	654.6860
33	QUBED	654.2400
34	Mispits	653.0856
35	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	652.4112
36	TOO BIG TO FAIL BBQ	651.9088
37	SMOKIN BULLETS	651.3372
38	Piggy Q	651.3144
39	WILD BOAR SMOKERS	651.2800
40	Always Sugar Absolutely Fire	650.7772
41	TR's Up In Smoke	647.3600
42	SIDEBURN BBQ CREW	647.3488
43	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	647.3148
44	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	646.7088
45	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	641.0172
46	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	639.9200
47	Posey County Cookers	638.7772
48	NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	635.9428
49	STANDING ROCK	635.2224
50	Uncle Bones BBQ	633.6344
51	SMELL THAT SMOKE	630.7772
52	Smokin All Your Butts BBQ	630.1944
53	Choke it and Smoke it	623.8512
54	West Point Porkers	619.1428
55	SMOKIN' SAUCED	618.2860
56	RUNAWAY HOGS	568.9940
57	PARTY Q	498.7656

Chicken

57 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	BOSS HAWG BBQ	178.2972
2	GILLY'S BBQ	176.5600
3	BACK PORCH Q	175.4172
4	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	175.4056
5	MONSTER-QUE	173.7028
6	HICKORY PIT STOP	173.1544
7	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	173.1200
8	270 SMOKERS	173.1200
9	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	173.1200
10	Posey County Cookers	172.5600
11	QUAU	171.4400
12	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	171.4056
13	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	170.8456
14	SMOKIN T'S	170.8228
15	TR's Up In Smoke	170.2972
16	QUBED	170.2628
17	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	169.7028
18	ONE2BBQ	169.6800
19	TWO BUTTS AND A HAM	169.1200
20	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	169.1200
21	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	168.5600
22	Q-Bones	168.5600
23	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	168.5600
24	Twyford's BBQ & Catering	168.5372
25	WILD BOAR SMOKERS	168.5256
26	Dewey Smoke'm & Howe	168.0000
27	SIDEBURN BBQ CREW	167.9656
28	NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	167.4056
29	SMOKEY'S Q	167.3828
30	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	167.3828
31	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	165.6916
32	Smokin All Your Butts BBQ	165.1544
33	JUGS BBQ	165.0740
34	ALL IN QUE	163.9772
35	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	163.9772
36	Mispits	163.9656
37	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	163.4172
38	KILLER HOGS	163.3944
39	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	163.3828
40	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	163.3712
41	TOO BIG TO FAIL BBQ	162.8344
42	SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL	162.7884
43	A BOY & HIS BBQ	162.2400
44	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	162.2400
45	Always Sugar Absolutely Fire	161.7028
46	STANDING ROCK	161.6684
47	SMOKIN BULLETS	160.5372
48	Piggy Q	160.5028
49	Porkmafia	159.9312
50	BACKDRAFT BBQ	159.3600
51	Choke it and Smoke it	158.2284
52	PARTY Q	156.5372
53	Uncle Bones BBQ	155.9772
54	SMELL THAT SMOKE	154.8572
55	RUNAWAY HOGS	145.0856
56	SMOKIN' SAUCED	137.6800
57	West Point Porkers	131.2800

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5716

#	Team	Score
1	ONE2BBQ	178.8572
2	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	177.1544
3	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	176.5716
4	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	176.0228
5	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	175.4288
6	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	174.8456
7	SMOKIN T'S	173.7144
8	MONSTER-QUE	173.7144
9	A BOY & HIS BBQ	173.1200
10	270 SMOKERS	172.5944
11	BACKDRAFT BBQ	172.0000
12	Porkmafia	171.4400
13	GILLY'S BBQ	170.8228
14	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	169.6800
15	SMOKEY'S Q	169.1888
16	HICKORY PIT STOP	169.1544
17	QUAU	169.1544
18	ALL IN QUE	168.5600
19	JUGS BBQ	168.5372
20	Choke it and Smoke it	168.0000
21	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	167.9656
22	KILLER HOGS	167.3828
23	SMOKIN' SAUCED	166.8688
24	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	166.2628
25	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	166.2628
26	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	166.2516
27	SMOKIN BULLETS	165.7256
28	SIDEBURN BBQ CREW	165.1316
29	Always Sugar Absolutely Fire	164.5716
30	Mispits	164.5600
31	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	164.0116
32	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	163.9772
33	Dewey Smoke'm & Howe	163.9656
34	TR's Up In Smoke	163.4172
35	West Point Porkers	163.3828
36	Uncle Bones BBQ	163.3828
37	TWO BUTTS AND A HAM	163.3828
38	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	162.8460
39	SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL	162.8228
40	Piggy Q	162.8000
41	QUBED	162.3200
42	BACK PORCH Q	161.6916
43	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	161.6800
44	BOSS HAWG BBQ	161.6684
45	TOO BIG TO FAIL BBQ	161.0972
46	Q-Bones	160.5256
47	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	160.4912
48	Twyford's BBQ & Catering	158.2288
49	SMELL THAT SMOKE	157.0972
50	Posey County Cookers	156.5028
51	STANDING ROCK	155.9428
52	WILD BOAR SMOKERS	155.9200
53	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	154.7772
54	NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	147.9316
55	Smokin All Your Butts BBQ	144.5256
56	RUNAWAY HOGS	141.6572
57	PARTY Q	20.0000

Pork

57 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6684

#	Team	Score
1	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	178.8800
2	GILLY'S BBQ	176.0000
3	WILD BOAR SMOKERS	174.8572
4	BACK PORCH Q	174.8572
5	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	173.7488
6	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	173.7260
7	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	173.7028
8	Q-Bones	173.1200
9	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	172.5944
10	KILLER HOGS	172.5600
11	JUGS BBQ	172.0116
12	ONE2BBQ	171.4172
13	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	170.8344
14	TWO BUTTS AND A HAM	170.2744
15	HICKORY PIT STOP	170.2512
16	MONSTER-QUE	169.7028
17	Porkmafia	169.6800
18	BACKDRAFT BBQ	169.1428
19	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	168.5944
20	SMOKIN T'S	168.5372
21	Always Sugar Absolutely Fire	167.4172
22	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	167.3944
23	Uncle Bones BBQ	166.8800
24	SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL	166.2744
25	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	166.2400
26	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	166.2284
27	BOSS HAWG BBQ	165.6916
28	QUAU	165.6684
29	ALL IN QUE	165.6684
30	SMOKIN BULLETS	164.5372
31	Mispits	163.4400
32	270 SMOKERS	163.4172
33	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	163.3944
34	A BOY & HIS BBQ	163.3828
35	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	163.3828
36	QUBED	162.2400
37	Twyford's BBQ & Catering	162.2400
38	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	161.7028
39	West Point Porkers	161.6800
40	Piggy Q	161.1316
41	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	160.5600
42	Dewey Smoke'm & Howe	160.5600
43	Smokin All Your Butts BBQ	160.5372
44	Posey County Cookers	160.0228
45	SMOKIN' SAUCED	159.4744
46	Choke it and Smoke it	159.3828
47	SMOKEY'S Q	159.3828
48	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	157.6688
49	STANDING ROCK	155.9656
50	PARTY Q	155.3828
51	TOO BIG TO FAIL BBQ	154.8572
52	TR's Up In Smoke	154.8228
53	NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	152.0000
54	SMELL THAT SMOKE	151.4400
55	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	150.8344
56	SIDEBURN BBQ CREW	148.5600
57	RUNAWAY HOGS	135.9884

Brisket

57 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6916

#	Team	Score
1	ONE2BBQ	178.8800
2	QUAU	177.7372
3	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	176.5600
4	A BOY & HIS BBQ	175.4172
5	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	175.4172
6	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	173.1428
7	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	173.1200
8	TOO BIG TO FAIL BBQ	173.1200
9	MONSTER-QUE	173.1200
10	SMOKIN T'S	172.5600
11	JUGS BBQ	172.0000
12	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	171.9656
13	270 SMOKERS	170.8572
14	HICKORY PIT STOP	170.8572
15	Q-Bones	170.8456
16	SMOKEY'S Q	170.8228
17	GILLY'S BBQ	170.8228
18	ALL IN QUE	170.8228
19	BACK PORCH Q	170.3200
20	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	169.6800
21	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	169.1200
22	Porkmafia	169.1200
23	NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.	168.6056
24	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	168.5256
25	SMELL THAT SMOKE	167.3828
26	Piggy Q	166.8800
27	PARTY Q	166.8456
28	SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL	165.7028
29	SIDEBURN BBQ CREW	165.6916
30	Twyford's BBQ & Catering	165.6800
31	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	165.0856
32	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	163.4288
33	BOSS HAWG BBQ	162.8228
34	West Point Porkers	162.8000
35	Dewey Smoke'm & Howe	162.2972
36	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	162.2628
37	STANDING ROCK	161.6456
38	Mispits	161.1200
39	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	161.0856
40	SMOKIN BULLETS	160.5372
41	Smokin All Your Butts BBQ	159.9772
42	QUBED	159.4172
43	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	159.3828
44	TWO BUTTS AND A HAM	159.3716
45	TR's Up In Smoke	158.8228
46	KILLER HOGS	158.2056
47	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	157.0972
48	Always Sugar Absolutely Fire	157.0856
49	BACKDRAFT BBQ	156.5256
50	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	155.3600
51	SMOKIN' SAUCED	154.2628
52	WILD BOAR SMOKERS	151.9772
53	Posey County Cookers	149.6916
54	Uncle Bones BBQ	147.3944
55	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	147.3712
56	RUNAWAY HOGS	146.2628
57	Choke it and Smoke it	138.2400

Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off

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 (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

One of the big ones

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