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4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle

2014-10-10 – 2014-10-11 · Clarksburg, MD · 📍 Clarksburg, MD 20871

Grand Champion: BIG BLOCK BBQ (678.8344) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ

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BIG BLOCK BBQ
678.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ
671.4060 · Master Series — Overall
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CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
670.7652 · 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 175.44
  • Pork Ribs 171.42
  • Pork 174.88
  • Brisket 178.88
130.24 178.88

Entries

25
4 judged meats

Top score

678.8344

Winning margin

7.4284
GC over RC

Field average

627.54
533.04678.83
median 632.53 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
5.2116 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

646.1712
533.04678.83
10th place overall

Field spread

145.7944
winner to last place

Most consistent

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 13.7488 pts — BIG BLOCK BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 90%
beats 10% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests

Top-rated in the field

4:20 Q
rated 1722 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.

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

BIG BLOCK BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 4:20 Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1573
  • top seed 1722

A first Grand Championship

18 tracked contests to get there

This was BIG BLOCK BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 5–6: RIBS WITHIN and BIG BLOCK BBQ tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: JUST SMOKIN' AROUND and SMOKOPOLIS BBQ tied on 163.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: JUST SMOKIN' AROUND edged TEAM MEAT COMA by 0.0112.

  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · 0.0112
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG BLOCK BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

  • Chicken 11th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 3rd
  • 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
Chicken175.4400169.1200164.0000
Pork Ribs171.4172165.7144163.4172
Pork174.8800169.6684161.1084
Brisket178.8800162.7884158.2400

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 678.8344 · median 632.5260

#TeamScore
1 BIG BLOCK BBQ 678.8344
2 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 671.4060
3 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 670.7652
4 The Smokes on You 665.0740
5 DEGUELLO BBQ 664.5716
6 RIBS WITHIN 659.3484
7 SMOKOPOLIS BBQ 658.1484
8 4:20 Q 654.7884
9 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 650.1600
10 JUST SMOKIN' AROUND 646.1712
11 BIG BULLY BBQ 642.8456
12 SMOKIN FOR FUN 641.6228
13 Montgomery Mooswiners 632.5260
14 TEAM MEAT COMA 631.3144
15 HOOS SMOKIN 615.8284
16 TOM TOM BOB A QUE 614.1140
17 Smoke and Dagger 610.7312
18 The Moose is Loose BBQ 607.2340
19 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 603.3600
20 SMOKE, WIND, AND FIRE(MD) 592.3768
21 Covanta 592.0348
22 WAYNE'S WORLD OF BBQ 587.3828
23 BLOWED OUT BBQ 583.2568
24 Pop - N - Smoke 581.6344
25 Buddhist From Mecca BBQ 533.0400

Chicken

25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.6684

#TeamScore
1 DEGUELLO BBQ 175.4400
2 SMOKOPOLIS BBQ 173.1200
3 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 171.4172
4 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 170.2972
5 TEAM MEAT COMA 169.1200
6 The Smokes on You 166.8684
7 BIG BULLY BBQ 166.8456
8 HOOS SMOKIN 166.2856
9 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 164.5484
10 SMOKIN FOR FUN 164.0000
11 BIG BLOCK BBQ 163.9772
12 4:20 Q 161.7144
13 RIBS WITHIN 161.6684
14 JUST SMOKIN' AROUND 161.1200
15 Montgomery Mooswiners 159.4172
16 Covanta 158.3088
17 TOM TOM BOB A QUE 157.1200
18 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 156.5828
19 The Moose is Loose BBQ 156.5600
20 WAYNE'S WORLD OF BBQ 155.9312
21 Pop - N - Smoke 155.4056
22 SMOKE, WIND, AND FIRE(MD) 153.1084
23 Smoke and Dagger 153.0856
24 BLOWED OUT BBQ 152.5484
25 Buddhist From Mecca BBQ 136.5828

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 171.4172 · median 159.9772

#TeamScore
1 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 171.4172
2 4:20 Q 169.7028
3 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 168.5944
4 The Smokes on You 165.7372
5 RIBS WITHIN 165.7144
6 BIG BLOCK BBQ 165.7144
7 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 163.9772
8 TOM TOM BOB A QUE 163.9656
9 JUST SMOKIN' AROUND 163.4172
10 SMOKOPOLIS BBQ 163.4172
11 BIG BULLY BBQ 161.7488
12 Covanta 161.1772
13 SMOKIN FOR FUN 159.9772
14 DEGUELLO BBQ 157.6916
15 Montgomery Mooswiners 155.9772
16 Smoke and Dagger 150.2628
17 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 147.4288
18 The Moose is Loose BBQ 146.7884
19 TEAM MEAT COMA 145.0972
20 SMOKE, WIND, AND FIRE(MD) 143.9312
21 WAYNE'S WORLD OF BBQ 141.7488
22 HOOS SMOKIN 138.7544
23 Pop - N - Smoke 138.2516
24 BLOWED OUT BBQ 138.2056
25 Buddhist From Mecca BBQ 130.2744

Pork

25 entries · top 174.8800 · median 157.6456

#TeamScore
1 RIBS WITHIN 174.8800
2 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 174.2972
3 BIG BLOCK BBQ 170.2628
4 The Smokes on You 169.6800
5 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 169.6684
6 DEGUELLO BBQ 167.4400
7 4:20 Q 167.4056
8 HOOS SMOKIN 166.8344
9 Montgomery Mooswiners 164.5600
10 JUST SMOKIN' AROUND 161.1084
11 SMOKIN FOR FUN 158.2512
12 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 157.6456
13 SMOKOPOLIS BBQ 157.6456
14 Smoke and Dagger 157.1200
15 TEAM MEAT COMA 156.5828
16 BIG BULLY BBQ 154.2512
17 SMOKE, WIND, AND FIRE(MD) 151.9540
18 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 150.8456
19 The Moose is Loose BBQ 150.2628
20 TOM TOM BOB A QUE 147.9656
21 WAYNE'S WORLD OF BBQ 144.5828
22 Pop - N - Smoke 142.8572
23 BLOWED OUT BBQ 142.8228
24 Covanta 137.7028
25 Buddhist From Mecca BBQ 130.2400

Brisket

25 entries · top 178.8800 · median 155.9656

#TeamScore
1 BIG BLOCK BBQ 178.8800
2 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 165.1312
3 DEGUELLO BBQ 164.0000
4 SMOKOPOLIS BBQ 163.9656
5 The Smokes on You 162.7884
6 JUST SMOKIN' AROUND 160.5256
7 TEAM MEAT COMA 160.5144
8 BIG BULLY BBQ 160.0000
9 SMOKIN FOR FUN 159.3944
10 FAT MAXINE'S BBQ 158.2400
11 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 157.0972
12 RIBS WITHIN 157.0856
13 4:20 Q 155.9656
14 The Moose is Loose BBQ 153.6228
15 Montgomery Mooswiners 152.5716
16 Smoke and Dagger 150.2628
17 BLOWED OUT BBQ 149.6800
18 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 148.5028
19 WAYNE'S WORLD OF BBQ 145.1200
20 Pop - N - Smoke 145.1200
21 TOM TOM BOB A QUE 145.0628
22 HOOS SMOKIN 143.9540
23 SMOKE, WIND, AND FIRE(MD) 143.3832
24 Buddhist From Mecca BBQ 135.9428
25 Covanta 134.8460

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