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The Best BBQ Chef Competition

2014-09-27 – 2014-09-28 · New London, CT · 📍 New London, CT 06320

Grand Champion: BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ (674.2284) · 15 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG ROCK BBQ

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674.2284 · Master Series — Overall
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665.7948 · Master Series — Overall
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663.8400 · 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 171.41
  • Pork Ribs 170.32
  • Pork 174.94
  • Brisket 167.98
136.58 174.94

Winning score by edition

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

2013-09-28 — 685.6456 (Rhode Hog BBQ) 2014-09-27 — 674.2284 (BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ) 2015-08-29 — 680.4912 (SMOKIN MO'S BBQ) 674.23 2013 2015

Entries

15
4 judged meats

Top score

674.2284

Winning margin

8.4336
GC over RC

Field average

637.02
565.12674.23
median 641.10 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8796 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

637.0976
565.12674.23
10th place overall

Field spread

109.1088
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 2.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 5.7828 pts — BIG ROCK BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 94%
beats 6% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

15%
4 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.33 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1501
avg power rating going in · stronger than 2% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1615 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.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 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

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 5th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork

174.9372 best pork ever cooked here

BIG ROCK BBQ turned in 174.9372 in pork — past the 174.2972 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 174.2972
  • across 1 past editions

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
2013-09-28 New London, CT New London, CT 26 685.6456 Rhode Hog BBQ STUBBORN BULL BBQ
2014-09-27 ← this one New London, CT New London, CT 06320 15 674.2284 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ BIG ROCK BBQ
2015-08-29 New London, CT New London, CT 06320 17 680.4912 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ STUBBORN BULL BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken171.4056163.9772155.9428
Pork Ribs170.3200167.4404162.8572
Pork174.9372166.2400157.0856
Brisket167.9772159.4056153.6228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

15 entries · top 674.2284 · median 641.0972

#TeamScore
1 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 674.2284
2 BIG ROCK BBQ 665.7948
3 THAT'S OUR QUE 663.8400
4 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 657.6692
5 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 647.3028
6 SKIN AND BONES BBQ 646.2288
7 The Four Drummies BBQ 642.8800
8 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ 641.0972
9 Livin' the Q' Life 637.7032
10 Performance Enhancing Pork 637.0976
11 BIG BOYS BBQ - CT 633.6572
12 MADMIKE'S SMOKIN' HAWGS BBQ 626.8456
13 BACON ROCK BBQ 613.0516
14 BAM BAMS BBQ 602.7544
15 Hog Wild Smokin' Cue 565.1196

Chicken

15 entries · top 171.4056 · median 160.5256

#TeamScore
1 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 171.4056
2 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 170.2744
3 THAT'S OUR QUE 168.5372
4 BIG ROCK BBQ 168.0228
5 The Four Drummies BBQ 163.9772
6 SKIN AND BONES BBQ 162.8800
7 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 162.2744
8 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ 160.5256
9 BIG BOYS BBQ - CT 158.8572
10 Performance Enhancing Pork 155.9428
11 BAM BAMS BBQ 151.9772
12 Livin' the Q' Life 150.8456
13 BACON ROCK BBQ 148.5256
14 Hog Wild Smokin' Cue 147.9996
15 MADMIKE'S SMOKIN' HAWGS BBQ 146.8568

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 170.3200 · median 163.9544

#TeamScore
1 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 170.3200
2 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ 169.1200
3 BIG ROCK BBQ 168.5716
4 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 168.5372
5 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 167.4404
6 BIG BOYS BBQ - CT 166.2856
7 MADMIKE'S SMOKIN' HAWGS BBQ 164.0344
8 THAT'S OUR QUE 163.9544
9 The Four Drummies BBQ 163.4972
10 Performance Enhancing Pork 162.8572
11 Livin' the Q' Life 161.1316
12 SKIN AND BONES BBQ 160.5944
13 BAM BAMS BBQ 151.3828
14 BACON ROCK BBQ 150.2744
15 Hog Wild Smokin' Cue 141.1544

Pork

15 entries · top 174.9372 · median 163.3712

#TeamScore
1 BIG ROCK BBQ 174.9372
2 Livin' the Q' Life 169.1544
3 SKIN AND BONES BBQ 169.1316
4 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 168.5600
5 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 166.2400
6 MADMIKE'S SMOKIN' HAWGS BBQ 165.1428
7 BACON ROCK BBQ 163.4056
8 THAT'S OUR QUE 163.3712
9 Performance Enhancing Pork 162.2516
10 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 157.0856
11 BIG BOYS BBQ - CT 153.1200
12 The Four Drummies BBQ 153.1084
13 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ 151.4400
14 BAM BAMS BBQ 147.4172
15 Hog Wild Smokin' Cue 139.3828

Brisket

15 entries · top 167.9772 · median 155.3944

#TeamScore
1 THAT'S OUR QUE 167.9772
2 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 166.2628
3 The Four Drummies BBQ 162.2972
4 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BBQ 160.0116
5 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 159.4056
6 Livin' the Q' Life 156.5716
7 Performance Enhancing Pork 156.0460
8 BIG BOYS BBQ - CT 155.3944
9 BIG ROCK BBQ 154.2632
10 SKIN AND BONES BBQ 153.6228
11 BAM BAMS BBQ 151.9772
12 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 151.3944
13 BACON ROCK BBQ 150.8460
14 MADMIKE'S SMOKIN' HAWGS BBQ 150.8116
15 Hog Wild Smokin' Cue 136.5828

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