A statement win
17.1660
points clear of the field
Wider than 97% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 17.1660 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally
2014-09-19 – 2014-09-20 · Salisbury, NC · 📍 Salisbury, NC
Grand Champion: CHECKERED PIG (706.8572) · 64 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
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.
587.98
median 658.71
706.86 🏆
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 180.00 🔥
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 176.56
135.42
180.00
Entries
64
4 judged meats
Top score
706.8572
Winning margin
17.1660
GC over RC
Field average
656.28
587.98706.86
median 658.71 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
2.8228 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
674.7776
587.98706.86
10th place overall
Field spread
118.8796
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 8%
beats 92% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 35% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 4–5: ROCKWELL SMOKEHOUSE BBQ and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BAYOU POKER SMOKERS and SMOKE 'N BREW tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BALD HAWG BBQ and RECYCLED SMOKE tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · 0.0112
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
CHECKERED PIG won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
CHECKERED PIG took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 6th
- Brisket 6th
One of the big ones
64
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data
64 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- CHECKERED PIG · Chicken
- CHECKERED PIG · Pork Ribs
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 | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.7372 | 170.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
64 entries · top 706.8572 · median 658.7140
Chicken
64 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
64 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
64 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.6800
Brisket
64 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.2628