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Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off

Oct 10–11, 2014 · Middletown, CT

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THE PERFECT BUTT
674.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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INSANE SWINE BBQ
674.2172 · Master Series — Overall
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Rogue Hog BBQ
672.5372 · Master Series — Overall

THE PERFECT BUTT won Grand Champion at the Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off on October 10, 2014 in Middletown, CT, scoring 674.8228 in a field of 15 teams. INSANE SWINE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.2172. Category winners: Chicken — STUBBORN BULL BBQ (169.1200); Pork Ribs — Littleman Texas BBQ (171.4172); Pork — THE PERFECT BUTT (175.4172); Brisket — THE PERFECT BUTT (168.5600).

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 169.12
  • Pork Ribs 171.42
  • Pork 175.42
  • Brisket 168.56
122.78 175.42

Entries

15
4 judged meats

Top score

674.8228

Winning margin

0.6056
GC over RC

Field average

621.00
560.47674.82
median 617.05 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.6800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

605.6344
560.47674.82
10th place overall

Field spread

114.3540
winner to last place

Most consistent

INSANE SWINE BBQ
avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2856 pts — Littleman Texas BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 94%
beats 6% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,542
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Rogue Hog BBQ
rated 1712 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

0.6056 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 87% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.

  • THE PERFECT BUTT
  • INSANE SWINE BBQ

An upset on the books

19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100

THE PERFECT BUTT came in rated below the field's top team, Rogue Hog BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1459
  • top seed 1712

A first Grand Championship

7 tracked contests to get there

This was THE PERFECT BUTT's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

THE PERFECT BUTT won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE PERFECT BUTT took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.

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

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
Chicken169.1200167.4400152.5596
Pork Ribs171.4172163.4172149.6572
Pork175.4172165.6800150.8228
Brisket168.5600162.2628138.8456

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

15 entries · top 674.8228 · median 617.0516

#TeamScore
1 THE PERFECT BUTT 674.8228
2 INSANE SWINE BBQ 674.2172
3 Rogue Hog BBQ 672.5372
4 STUBBORN BULL BBQ 669.0400
5 Q HAVEN BBQ 663.3372
6 99 PROBLEMS BUT A GRILL AIN'T ONE 618.7768
7 Littleman Texas BBQ 618.7544
8 Bravo Zulu BBQ 617.0516
9 Charter Smoke 610.9488
10 Meat 605.6344
11 Smokin' in the Rock 595.9084
12 Hot Coals BBQ 584.4796
13 Rubbed Down and Smoked Up BBQ 574.8340
14 Smokin' Skull 574.1484
15 SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ 560.4688

Chicken

15 entries · top 169.1200 · median 155.4400

#TeamScore
1 STUBBORN BULL BBQ 169.1200
2 Q HAVEN BBQ 168
3 INSANE SWINE BBQ 167.9884
4 Rogue Hog BBQ 167.9772
5 THE PERFECT BUTT 167.4400
6 Charter Smoke 165.1772
7 Hot Coals BBQ 159.9768
8 Smokin' in the Rock 155.4400
9 SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ 155.3828
10 99 PROBLEMS BUT A GRILL AIN'T ONE 152.5596
11 Rubbed Down and Smoked Up BBQ 152.5484
12 Littleman Texas BBQ 149.6916
13 Smokin' Skull 149.1428
14 Bravo Zulu BBQ 147.9888
15 Meat 145.7028

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 171.4172 · median 160.5716

#TeamScore
1 Littleman Texas BBQ 171.4172
2 INSANE SWINE BBQ 169.1316
3 Meat 168.0344
4 Rogue Hog BBQ 167.4400
5 Q HAVEN BBQ 163.4172
6 THE PERFECT BUTT 163.4056
7 Bravo Zulu BBQ 160.5944
8 STUBBORN BULL BBQ 160.5716
9 Smokin' in the Rock 152.5140
10 99 PROBLEMS BUT A GRILL AIN'T ONE 149.6572
11 Rubbed Down and Smoked Up BBQ 147.4400
12 Charter Smoke 145.7372
13 Hot Coals BBQ 141.1428
14 Smokin' Skull 138.8228
15 SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ 138.2628

Pork

15 entries · top 175.4172 · median 160.0344

#TeamScore
1 THE PERFECT BUTT 175.4172
2 Rogue Hog BBQ 174.8572
3 STUBBORN BULL BBQ 171.9656
4 INSANE SWINE BBQ 168.5716
5 Q HAVEN BBQ 165.6800
6 Charter Smoke 163.4856
7 Hot Coals BBQ 160.5828
8 99 PROBLEMS BUT A GRILL AIN'T ONE 160.0344
9 Smokin' Skull 152.5484
10 Meat 150.8228
11 Bravo Zulu BBQ 149.6456
12 Smokin' in the Rock 149.1200
13 Littleman Texas BBQ 139.9656
14 SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ 137.1428
15 Rubbed Down and Smoked Up BBQ 136

Brisket

15 entries · top 168.5600 · median 156.5256

#TeamScore
1 THE PERFECT BUTT 168.5600
2 INSANE SWINE BBQ 168.5256
3 STUBBORN BULL BBQ 167.3828
4 Q HAVEN BBQ 166.2400
5 Rogue Hog BBQ 162.2628
6 Bravo Zulu BBQ 158.8228
7 Littleman Texas BBQ 157.6800
8 99 PROBLEMS BUT A GRILL AIN'T ONE 156.5256
9 Meat 141.0744
10 Rubbed Down and Smoked Up BBQ 138.8456
11 Smokin' in the Rock 138.8344
12 Charter Smoke 136.5488
13 Smokin' Skull 133.6344
14 SMOKIN' CATTLE DOG BBQ 129.6804
15 Hot Coals BBQ 122.7772

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