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28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff

2014-09-19 – 2014-09-20 · Ponca City, OK · 📍 Ponca City, OK 74601

Grand Champion: BUFFALO'S BBQ (686.7540) · 41 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUTCHER BBQ

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686.7540 · Master Series — Overall
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685.6572 · Master Series — Overall
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681.6112 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 173.71
  • Brisket 172.01
134.24 180.00

Entries

41
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

686.7540

Winning margin

1.0968
GC over RC

Field average

641.21
576.96686.75
median 639.83 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SMOKEAHOLICS (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.9768
576.96686.75
10th place overall

Field spread

109.7940
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4516 pts — BUTCHER BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 78%
beats 22% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 37% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1789 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 razor-thin finish

1.0968 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0968 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.

  • BUFFALO'S BBQ
  • BUTCHER BBQ

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BUFFALO'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 11th

A first Grand Championship

32 tracked contests to get there

This was BUFFALO'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 32nd tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: DR. NORDY'S BBQ and IRON WHEEL COOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: DR. NORDY'S BBQ and MOOCHEWSOOEY tied on 169.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: Pepper Creek BBQ and Rowdy Boys tied on 169.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BUTCHER BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.

  • Pork Ribs 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.

  • SMOKEAHOLICS · Chicken

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
Chicken180.0000175.4172170.8456
Pork Ribs178.8572171.4400169.1316
Pork173.7144170.8572169.6800
Brisket172.0116167.4172166.2284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

41 entries · top 686.7540 · median 639.8284

#TeamScore
1 BUFFALO'S BBQ 686.7540
2 BUTCHER BBQ 685.6572
3 SMOKEAHOLICS 681.6112
4 Little Pig Town 679.3824
5 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 677.0856
6 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 677.0172
7 FIRE DANCER BBQ 674.2056
8 RISE N SWINE 670.7540
9 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 670.7316
10 HEAD PROPERTIES LLC 667.9768
11 MIKE 667.9432
12 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 667.9428
13 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 666.1600
14 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 665.5884
15 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 661.6456
16 SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ 658.0796
17 COOKSHACK 655.3484
18 MOOCHEWSOOEY 651.8632
19 Rowdy Boys 647.8172
20 DISCO BALLS 641.5884
21 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 639.8284
22 HOT WIRE BBQ 639.2684
23 THE OUTLAWS 636.4224
24 Skinny's 634.7312
25 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 629.5088
26 Pepper Creek BBQ 627.9084
27 Q Believers 626.8000
28 WOLF PIT Q CREW 626.0688
29 HIGH ON THE SWINE 624.9480
30 Big Poppa Choppers 622.1600
31 Big Robs 619.3484
32 SMOKIN ACES 618.2060
33 TRIANGLE S BAR B Q 614.0688
34 BEARDY & BALDY 613.5200
35 Uncle Bob's 611.8396
36 Stagecoach BBQ 607.3256
37 Bigfoot Bar-Q 607.1888
38 Smoke Wars 594.1828
39 Harders Hog Roasting 583.2000
40 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 580.9600
41 RIBS FOR HER PLEASURE STL 576.9600

Chicken

41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKEAHOLICS 180.0000 🔥
2 FIRE DANCER BBQ 177.7028
3 RISE N SWINE 176.5828
4 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 175.4172
5 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 175.4172
6 COOKSHACK 174.8572
7 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 174.2972
8 BUFFALO'S BBQ 174.2628
9 MIKE 171.9772
10 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 170.8456
11 Pepper Creek BBQ 170.2744
12 BUTCHER BBQ 170.2628
13 HEAD PROPERTIES LLC 170.2512
14 Little Pig Town 169.7256
15 HOT WIRE BBQ 169.7028
16 DISCO BALLS 169.6800
17 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 169.1200
18 SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ 168.5484
19 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 166.2972
20 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 164.5600
21 THE OUTLAWS 164.0000
22 Uncle Bob's 163.9884
23 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 163.9772
24 Big Robs 163.3828
25 TRIANGLE S BAR B Q 162.2628
26 Stagecoach BBQ 162.2628
27 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 159.4056
28 Rowdy Boys 159.3716
29 Bigfoot Bar-Q 158.8112
30 HIGH ON THE SWINE 156.4912
31 BEARDY & BALDY 155.9772
32 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 154.2856
33 SMOKIN ACES 154.2516
34 Big Poppa Choppers 154.2516
35 Q Believers 153.6800
36 Skinny's 151.9656
37 RIBS FOR HER PLEASURE STL 150.8460
38 MOOCHEWSOOEY 149.6572
39 Smoke Wars 148.5372
40 WOLF PIT Q CREW 146.2056
41 Harders Hog Roasting 145.6572

Pork Ribs

41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8344

#TeamScore
1 BUTCHER BBQ 178.8572
2 BUFFALO'S BBQ 175.4056
3 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 174.2972
4 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 174.2628
5 FIRE DANCER BBQ 171.4400
6 Little Pig Town 170.2856
7 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 170.2628
8 SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ 169.6684
9 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 169.1316
10 MOOCHEWSOOEY 169.1316
11 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 167.4056
12 COOKSHACK 166.8228
13 SMOKEAHOLICS 165.7028
14 THE OUTLAWS 165.1428
15 Big Robs 164.5600
16 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 164.5372
17 HEAD PROPERTIES LLC 164.0000
18 Big Poppa Choppers 163.4400
19 Q Believers 163.4400
20 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 163.4172
21 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 162.8344
22 DISCO BALLS 162.2628
23 RISE N SWINE 161.6572
24 Rowdy Boys 160.5028
25 MIKE 159.3944
26 Bigfoot Bar-Q 158.2632
27 HIGH ON THE SWINE 157.7256
28 TRIANGLE S BAR B Q 157.0744
29 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 157.0744
30 Stagecoach BBQ 156.5600
31 WOLF PIT Q CREW 156.5144
32 SMOKIN ACES 155.9772
33 HOT WIRE BBQ 153.6800
34 Skinny's 152.5372
35 Harders Hog Roasting 150.8116
36 BEARDY & BALDY 150.8000
37 Uncle Bob's 147.9544
38 Smoke Wars 147.3944
39 Pepper Creek BBQ 146.2172
40 RIBS FOR HER PLEASURE STL 142.2516
41 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 140.5032

Pork

41 entries · top 173.7144 · median 163.3828

#TeamScore
1 WOLF PIT Q CREW 173.7144
2 BUFFALO'S BBQ 172.5484
3 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 171.9772
4 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 171.9656
5 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 170.8572
6 Pepper Creek BBQ 169.7256
7 Rowdy Boys 169.7256
8 HEAD PROPERTIES LLC 169.7028
9 Little Pig Town 169.6800
10 SMOKEAHOLICS 169.6800
11 MIKE 169.1544
12 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 167.3828
13 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 167.3828
14 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 166.2400
15 MOOCHEWSOOEY 166.2400
16 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 165.6800
17 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 165.1084
18 BUTCHER BBQ 164.5256
19 RISE N SWINE 163.9656
20 Skinny's 163.4056
21 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 163.3828
22 Big Poppa Choppers 162.8112
23 DISCO BALLS 161.7028
24 HOT WIRE BBQ 160.5256
25 Uncle Bob's 159.4056
26 Big Robs 157.1656
27 COOKSHACK 157.1084
28 THE OUTLAWS 157.0856
29 Smoke Wars 156.5484
30 FIRE DANCER BBQ 155.3828
31 Stagecoach BBQ 153.7140
32 SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ 153.6228
33 HIGH ON THE SWINE 153.0628
34 Bigfoot Bar-Q 152.5372
35 Q Believers 151.4056
36 SMOKIN ACES 151.3828
37 TRIANGLE S BAR B Q 150.8228
38 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 150.2284
39 Harders Hog Roasting 149.6800
40 RIBS FOR HER PLEASURE STL 146.2512
41 BEARDY & BALDY 145.6572

Brisket

41 entries · top 172.0116 · median 157.6684

#TeamScore
1 BUTCHER BBQ 172.0116
2 Little Pig Town 169.6912
3 FIRE DANCER BBQ 169.6800
4 RISE N SWINE 168.5484
5 MIKE 167.4172
6 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 167.3944
7 MOOCHEWSOOEY 166.8344
8 Skinny's 166.8228
9 SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ 166.2400
10 SMOKEAHOLICS 166.2284
11 BUFFALO'S BBQ 164.5372
12 HEAD PROPERTIES LLC 164.0228
13 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 162.2856
14 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 161.6456
15 BEARDY & BALDY 161.0856
16 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 160.5028
17 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 160.5028
18 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 158.8228
19 Q Believers 158.2744
20 Rowdy Boys 158.2172
21 HIGH ON THE SWINE 157.6684
22 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 157.1200
23 SMOKIN ACES 156.5944
24 COOKSHACK 156.5600
25 HOT WIRE BBQ 155.3600
26 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 153.6228
27 THE OUTLAWS 150.1940
28 WOLF PIT Q CREW 149.6344
29 DISCO BALLS 147.9428
30 TRIANGLE S BAR B Q 143.9088
31 Smoke Wars 141.7028
32 Pepper Creek BBQ 141.6912
33 Big Poppa Choppers 141.6572
34 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 141.0744
35 Uncle Bob's 140.4912
36 RIBS FOR HER PLEASURE STL 137.6112
37 Bigfoot Bar-Q 137.5772
38 Harders Hog Roasting 137.0512
39 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 135.9428
40 Stagecoach BBQ 134.7888
41 Big Robs 134.2400

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 — Any Meat But 4 Main

7 entries · top 169.1200 · median 161.1312

#TeamScore
1 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 169.1200
2 HIGH ON THE SWINE 164.5828
3 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 161.7256
4 Big Robs 161.1312
5 Smoke Wars 156.6172
6 Bigfoot Bar-Q 156.5488
7 Pink Heals 154.2400

Master Series — Beans

10 entries · top 173.7144 · median 167.9770

#TeamScore
1 HOT WIRE BBQ 173.7144
2 Bigfoot Bar-Q 173.1544
3 HIGH ON THE SWINE 169.1200
4 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 168.5600
5 HOLY SMOKERS 167.9884
6 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 167.9656
7 Q Believers 165.1428
8 Smoke Wars 163.4172
9 Big Robs 159.9884
10 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 159.3712

Master Series — Dessert

3 entries · top 169.1772 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 Big Robs 169.1772
2 HIGH ON THE SWINE 167.3828
3 DISCO BALLS 165.1772

Master Series — Sauce

12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.4286

#TeamScore
1 BUTCHER BBQ 177.7028
2 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 170.8572
3 SMOKEAHOLICS 170.2972
4 HIGH ON THE SWINE 165.6684
5 Big Robs 162.2972
6 SMOKY OKIE & COMPANY 162.2628
7 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 160.5944
8 Q Believers 158.2400
9 SMOKIN' N' BAKEN' BBQ 152.5372
10 Smokin Amigos 151.3828
11 Bigfoot Bar-Q 151.3828
12 THE OUTLAWS 148.5256

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