Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships

2014-09-19 – 2014-09-20 · Sprearfish, SD · 📍 Sprearfish, SD 57783

Grand Champion: SPITFIRE (690.8228) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS

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SPITFIRE

690.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS

685.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA

683.3484 · 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.

601.58 median 654.21 690.82 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.86
Pork Ribs 174.27
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 179.44

134.23 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

690.8228

Winning margin

5.7256

GC over RC

Field average

647.81

601.58690.82

median 654.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

4.0116 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

659.3484

601.58690.82

10th place overall

Field spread

89.2456

winner to last place

Most consistent

SPITFIRE

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.5600 pts — LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS

How hot was the win?

Top 68%

beats 32% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1552

avg power rating going in · stronger than 40% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

rated 1793 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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

SPITFIRE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 4th
Brisket 5th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: LAST CALL HEROES BBQ and SPITFIRE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD edged HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS by 0.0112.

Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Brisket 7–8 · 0.0112
Pork 7–8 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS won Pork, Brisket — a double.

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS · Pork

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
2014-09-19 ← this one	Sprearfish, SD	Sprearfish, SD 57783	29	690.8228	SPITFIRE	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS
2015-09-18	Spearfish, SD	Spearfish, SD 57783	30	701.7144	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	SPITFIRE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	173.7256	169.1544
Pork Ribs	174.2744	170.2628	166.8456
Pork	180.0000	171.9656	165.7144
Brisket	179.4400	169.1428	165.7600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 690.8228 · median 654.2056

#	Team	Score
1	SPITFIRE	690.8228
2	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	685.0972
3	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	683.3484
4	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	682.8344
5	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	677.6344
6	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	673.7028
7	CHARQUETERIE	673.6228
8	MAUS-Q-TEERS	662.2516
9	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	660.5032
10	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	659.3484
11	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	657.0400
12	PIG CITY BBQ	655.9772
13	WYOMING BS BBQ	655.9196
14	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	655.3140
15	BIG DADDY QUE	654.2056
16	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	652.0688
17	JO-BAWB'S BBQ	650.1944
18	RUB Q LONG TIME	643.2800
19	HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS	639.8856
20	CAMP HOUSE BBQ	634.7884
21	POWDER RIVER PHAT BOYS	631.3828
22	JR's Rhodehouse BBQ Pit	625.0972
23	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	623.4056
24	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	618.2516
25	PAPA SMOKE AND A	616.4228
26	HOME GROWN SMOKERS	609.6692
27	PQ'S	606.8112
28	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	606.1028
29	BLACK HILLS Q	601.5772

Chicken

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	MAUS-Q-TEERS	178.8572
2	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	177.7144
3	SPITFIRE	176.0000
4	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	174.8572
5	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	173.7256
6	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	173.1428
7	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	172.0000
8	CHARQUETERIE	171.4172
9	PIG CITY BBQ	169.6800
10	WYOMING BS BBQ	169.1544
11	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	169.1200
12	CAMP HOUSE BBQ	167.4056
13	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	166.8456
14	POWDER RIVER PHAT BOYS	166.2628
15	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	165.6800
16	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	161.1084
17	PAPA SMOKE AND A	160.5828
18	BIG DADDY QUE	160.5600
19	RUB Q LONG TIME	160.5028
20	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	159.4856
21	JR's Rhodehouse BBQ Pit	158.8456
22	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	157.6684
23	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	156.5600
24	HOME GROWN SMOKERS	155.4288
25	HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS	153.1428
26	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	153.1200
27	JO-BAWB'S BBQ	150.7772
28	BLACK HILLS Q	146.2400
29	PQ'S	142.2512

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 174.2744 · median 163.4056

#	Team	Score
1	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	174.2744
2	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	173.7144
3	SPITFIRE	172.5600
4	CHARQUETERIE	171.9656
5	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	170.2628
6	MAUS-Q-TEERS	169.7028
7	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	169.1200
8	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	169.1200
9	POWDER RIVER PHAT BOYS	168.0344
10	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	166.8456
11	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	166.2516
12	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	165.7144
13	WYOMING BS BBQ	165.1084
14	JO-BAWB'S BBQ	164.5600
15	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	163.4056
16	PAPA SMOKE AND A	161.1316
17	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	159.9772
18	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	159.4516
19	BIG DADDY QUE	159.4400
20	HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS	159.3828
21	PQ'S	157.7256
22	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	157.7028
23	RUB Q LONG TIME	157.1200
24	BLACK HILLS Q	156.5484
25	PIG CITY BBQ	156.0000
26	CAMP HOUSE BBQ	156.0000
27	HOME GROWN SMOKERS	143.9660
28	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	143.9316
29	JR's Rhodehouse BBQ Pit	141.6688

Pork

29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	180.0000 🔥
2	JO-BAWB'S BBQ	179.4400
3	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	173.1200
4	SPITFIRE	173.1200
5	BIG DADDY QUE	171.9656
6	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	169.1084
7	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	168.5600
8	RUB Q LONG TIME	168.5484
9	JR's Rhodehouse BBQ Pit	167.4056
10	PIG CITY BBQ	165.7144
11	PQ'S	165.1544
12	WYOMING BS BBQ	164.5484
13	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	164.0344
14	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	163.9772
15	CAMP HOUSE BBQ	162.8572
16	CHARQUETERIE	161.7144
17	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	161.7028
18	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	161.1088
19	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	160.5828
20	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	158.8684
21	HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS	158.8228
22	HOME GROWN SMOKERS	156.0116
23	BLACK HILLS Q	155.4056
24	POWDER RIVER PHAT BOYS	155.3712
25	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	154.8228
26	MAUS-Q-TEERS	153.7144
27	PAPA SMOKE AND A	150.8000
28	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	147.9544
29	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	134.2284

Brisket

29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.2628

#	Team	Score
1	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	179.4400
2	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	174.8800
3	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	173.1200
4	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	171.4172
5	SPITFIRE	169.1428
6	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	168.5600
7	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	168.5484
8	HIGH PLAINS SMOKERS	168.5372
9	CHARQUETERIE	168.5256
10	ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ	165.7600
11	PIG CITY BBQ	164.5828
12	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	162.8228
13	BIG DADDY QUE	162.2400
14	MAUS-Q-TEERS	159.9772
15	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	158.2628
16	JR's Rhodehouse BBQ Pit	157.1772
17	RUB Q LONG TIME	157.1088
18	WYOMING BS BBQ	157.1084
19	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	155.9888
20	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	155.9544
21	JO-BAWB'S BBQ	155.4172
22	HOME GROWN SMOKERS	154.2628
23	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	154.2172
24	CAMP HOUSE BBQ	148.5256
25	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	146.8116
26	PAPA SMOKE AND A	143.9084
27	BLACK HILLS Q	143.3832
28	POWDER RIVER PHAT BOYS	141.7144
29	PQ'S	141.6800

Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A double category winner

A perfect score on the table

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