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2014-09-26 – 2014-09-27 · Fayetteville, AR · 📍 Fayetteville, AR 72703

Grand Champion: BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO (702.8232) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE

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BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO
702.8232 · Master Series — Overall
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HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
701.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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K.C. CAN CREW
699.9428 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 179.44
20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

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

2013-09-20 — 711.4172 (HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE) 2014-09-26 — 702.8232 (BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO) 2015-09-25 — 689.0400 (BUFFALO'S BBQ) 702.82 2013 2015

Entries

30
4 judged meats

Top score

702.8232

Winning margin

1.7376
GC over RC

Field average

653.53
452.51702.82
median 662.73 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
LOTTA BULL BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.9200
452.51702.82
10th place overall

Field spread

250.3088
winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2972 pts — INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE

How hot was the win?

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

Came back for more

24%
12 of 49 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1543
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
rated 1813 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.

An upset on the books

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO came in rated below the field's top team, HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1634
  • top seed 1813

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO and MOKAN MEATHEADS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SPICY SPITFIRE and INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SLAB TECHS and K.C. CAN CREW tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 6th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 6th

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

LOTTA BULL BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1428
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE (won 2013).

  • HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE · 2013

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.

  • LOTTA BULL BBQ · 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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-09-20 Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville, AR 49 711.4172 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE HABITUAL SMOKERS
2014-09-26 ← this one Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville, AR 72703 30 702.8232 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
2015-09-25 Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville, AR 72703 35 689.0400 BUFFALO'S BBQ HABITUAL SMOKERS

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.0116173.1200
Pork Ribs180.0000173.1432172.0228
Pork178.8572174.2628170.8228
Brisket179.4400174.2628170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 702.8232 · median 662.7260

#TeamScore
1 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 702.8232
2 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 701.0856
3 K.C. CAN CREW 699.9428
4 LOTTA BULL BBQ 699.9312
5 BURN ONE BBQ 697.6800
6 HABITUAL SMOKERS 695.3828
7 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 688.4912
8 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 687.3368
9 SPICY SPITFIRE 685.6344
10 Righteous Smoke 683.9200
11 SLAB TECHS 677.1316
12 LIL' FIDDLER'S 671.2568
13 MOKAN MEATHEADS 669.0628
14 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 668.4112
15 Steel Creek Smoke House 663.3144
16 RIB CRIB PIGMEN 662.1376
17 Just A Guy & A Smoker 658.8000
18 BEER & BUTTS QUE 650.8112
19 RUB N BUTTS BBQ 648.4004
20 Pork & Bonds 646.8456
21 Hogshooter BBQ 637.5772
22 Rack-N-Roll BBQ 637.5660
23 BIG SEXY BBQ 637.0512
24 DELTA PORKERS 636.3312
25 Fraternal Order of Pork 628.5144
26 Highway Star BBQ Club 625.6456
27 Hog Pen Bar-B-Que 625.5312
28 Baldwin & Shell Construction Company 621.0060
29 Pork University Old School BBQ 545.8400
30 BELLA-CUE BBQ 452.5144

Chicken

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.2628

#TeamScore
1 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 178.8572
2 MOKAN MEATHEADS 178.8572
3 K.C. CAN CREW 177.1428
4 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 176.5600
5 BURN ONE BBQ 176.0116
6 SLAB TECHS 176.0000
7 Pork & Bonds 175.4400
8 LOTTA BULL BBQ 174.8456
9 SPICY SPITFIRE 173.1200
10 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 173.1200
11 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 172.5484
12 HABITUAL SMOKERS 170.8344
13 LIL' FIDDLER'S 170.8112
14 Righteous Smoke 169.1200
15 Steel Creek Smoke House 168.5600
16 BEER & BUTTS QUE 167.9656
17 Fraternal Order of Pork 167.4400
18 Hog Pen Bar-B-Que 167.3944
19 DELTA PORKERS 166.2284
20 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 162.8228
21 Rack-N-Roll BBQ 162.2628
22 RUB N BUTTS BBQ 162.2400
23 BIG SEXY BBQ 160.0000
24 Hogshooter BBQ 159.9656
25 RIB CRIB PIGMEN 159.9544
26 Just A Guy & A Smoker 158.8344
27 Baldwin & Shell Construction Company 157.0972
28 Highway Star BBQ Club 154.8228
29 Pork University Old School BBQ 154.8112
30 BELLA-CUE BBQ 151.4516

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LOTTA BULL BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 BURN ONE BBQ 178.8572
3 HABITUAL SMOKERS 176.5600
4 LIL' FIDDLER'S 176.0000
5 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 173.1432
6 SLAB TECHS 173.1200
7 K.C. CAN CREW 173.1200
8 Just A Guy & A Smoker 172.5828
9 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 172.5600
10 BEER & BUTTS QUE 172.0228
11 SPICY SPITFIRE 170.8572
12 Righteous Smoke 169.6800
13 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 168.5600
14 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 168.5484
15 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 168.5256
16 MOKAN MEATHEADS 168.0228
17 Pork & Bonds 166.2628
18 Highway Star BBQ Club 164.5828
19 Steel Creek Smoke House 164.5372
20 RIB CRIB PIGMEN 160.5144
21 Fraternal Order of Pork 157.7144
22 RUB N BUTTS BBQ 157.1088
23 DELTA PORKERS 156.5028
24 Hogshooter BBQ 155.3600
25 Baldwin & Shell Construction Company 150.2516
26 Rack-N-Roll BBQ 149.6688
27 BIG SEXY BBQ 149.6684
28 Hog Pen Bar-B-Que 147.9428
29 BELLA-CUE BBQ 137.6456
30 Pork University Old School BBQ 107.1544

Pork

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3886

#TeamScore
1 K.C. CAN CREW 178.8572
2 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 177.7028
3 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 176.5600
4 Righteous Smoke 174.2628
5 LOTTA BULL BBQ 174.2628
6 SLAB TECHS 173.1772
7 RUB N BUTTS BBQ 173.1200
8 Steel Creek Smoke House 171.9772
9 HABITUAL SMOKERS 170.8456
10 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 170.8228
11 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 170.8112
12 Rack-N-Roll BBQ 169.6800
13 BURN ONE BBQ 169.6684
14 SPICY SPITFIRE 168.5372
15 RIB CRIB PIGMEN 167.3944
16 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 167.3828
17 DELTA PORKERS 166.2400
18 Baldwin & Shell Construction Company 165.1200
19 LIL' FIDDLER'S 165.0856
20 BIG SEXY BBQ 163.4056
21 Hogshooter BBQ 161.7028
22 Pork & Bonds 159.9884
23 MOKAN MEATHEADS 159.3828
24 Just A Guy & A Smoker 158.8456
25 Highway Star BBQ Club 158.2972
26 Fraternal Order of Pork 156.5372
27 Pork University Old School BBQ 150.8000
28 Hog Pen Bar-B-Que 150.7884
29 BEER & BUTTS QUE 148.5828
30 BELLA-CUE BBQ 20.0000

Brisket

30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.5200

#TeamScore
1 INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 179.4400
2 HABITUAL SMOKERS 177.1428
3 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 175.4056
4 RIB CRIB PIGMEN 174.2744
5 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE 174.2628
6 BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 174.2628
7 BURN ONE BBQ 173.1428
8 SPICY SPITFIRE 173.1200
9 Righteous Smoke 170.8572
10 LOTTA BULL BBQ 170.8228
11 K.C. CAN CREW 170.8228
12 Just A Guy & A Smoker 168.5372
13 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 166.2516
14 BIG SEXY BBQ 163.9772
15 MOKAN MEATHEADS 162.8000
16 BEER & BUTTS QUE 162.2400
17 Hogshooter BBQ 160.5488
18 Hog Pen Bar-B-Que 159.4056
19 LIL' FIDDLER'S 159.3600
20 Steel Creek Smoke House 158.2400
21 Rack-N-Roll BBQ 155.9544
22 RUB N BUTTS BBQ 155.9316
23 SLAB TECHS 154.8344
24 Baldwin & Shell Construction Company 148.5372
25 Highway Star BBQ Club 147.9428
26 DELTA PORKERS 147.3600
27 Fraternal Order of Pork 146.8228
28 Pork & Bonds 145.1544
29 BELLA-CUE BBQ 143.4172
30 Pork University Old School BBQ 133.0744

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