Hog Happnin'

2014-10-31 – 2014-11-01 · Shelby, NC · 📍 Shelby, NC 28150

Grand Champion: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (701.0972) · 61 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 KILLER B'S BBQ

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ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE

701.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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KILLER B'S BBQ

689.6456 · Master Series — Overall

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FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ

689.6344 · 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.

538.26 median 662.14 701.10 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 177.71
Pork 177.71
Brisket 179.44

20.00 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2016 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

701.0972

Winning margin

11.4516

GC over RC

Field average

656.16

538.26701.10

median 662.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.3256

538.26701.10

10th place overall

Field spread

162.8344

winner to last place

Most consistent

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 1.7256 pts — MUTTLEY CREW BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 29%

beats 71% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

48%

36 of 75 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1565

avg power rating going in · stronger than 51% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1842 pre-contest

Storylines (9 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 new contest record

701.0972 highest overall ever cooked here

701.0972 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.9656 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE set in 2013.

old record 695.9656
set 2013 by ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE

An upset on the books

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1703
top seed 1842

Back-to-back

2 in a row editions of this contest

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.

2013
2014

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 9th
Pork Ribs 4th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 3rd

A statement win

11.4516 points clear of the field

Wider than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The champion won by 11.4516 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 4 tracked editions

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 3 times across its 4 tracked editions.

2013
2014
2016

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: Bite Me BBQ and CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ and SAUCED! BBQ TEAM tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE and CHECKERED PIG tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (won 2013).

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE · 2013

One of the big ones

61 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data

61 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.

This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

#7 👑 Most wins at one contest 3 titles at a single contest · ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE · won 2013–2016 · 4 Nov 2016

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-11-01	Shelby, NC	Shelby, NC	75	695.9656	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	KILLER B'S BBQ
2014-10-31 ← this one	Shelby, NC	Shelby, NC 28150	61	701.0972	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	KILLER B'S BBQ
2015-11-06	Shelby, NC	Shelby, NC 28150	60	703.4056	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	270 SMOKERS
2016-11-04	Shelby, NC	1751 Marion St	56	699.3944	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	176.0000	173.1200
Pork Ribs	177.7144	174.8572	173.7144
Pork	177.7144	174.2628	170.8456
Brisket	179.4400	175.4172	173.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

61 entries · top 701.0972 · median 662.1368

#	Team	Score
1	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	701.0972
2	KILLER B'S BBQ	689.6456
3	FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ	689.6344
4	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	688.5024
5	SMOKE THIS	687.9544
6	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	687.9084
7	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	686.8000
8	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	686.2056
9	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	683.3372
10	SERIAL GRILLER	683.3256
11	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	682.7656
12	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	681.6000
13	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	678.8116
14	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	677.0056
15	SMOKIN SKULLIES	675.9084
16	Hawg Feathers	675.2912
17	CHECKERED PIG	675.2912
18	BIG ON THE PIG	673.0972
19	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	671.9772
20	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	670.7540
21	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	670.7428
22	STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	670.1484
23	WHO CARES BBQ	669.0628
24	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	669.0288
25	SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS	669.0172
26	FAT HEADS BBQ	669.0056
27	Bite Me BBQ	666.7428
28	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	666.7196
29	K & D SMOKERS	666.2744
30	RECYCLED SMOKE	665.0512
31	UNDER THE RADAR	662.1368
32	BUBBAJACK'S	660.4224
33	BANJOMAN'S BBQ	657.0512
34	SUE E PIGG	657.0400
35	PIGS ON THE RUN	655.9204
36	BIG E BBQ	655.8512
37	PICKIN' PORKERS	654.7200
38	A TASTE OF CAROLINA	654.6628
39	HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA	654.1948
40	SWIG-N-PIG	654.1716
41	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	651.8056
42	HOLLYWOOD N SWINE	649.5084
43	THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	649.0052
44	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	647.3144
45	BOBO'S QUE	646.1484
46	Bubba & Son BBQ	642.1028
47	Shhmoking Neckbones	639.8284
48	MOUNTAIN MAGIC BBQ	638.2284
49	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	638.1712
50	BUTTS R US	637.5196
51	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	636.9488
52	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	629.4632
53	Shelby Smokers	627.9200
54	Flaming Pig BBQ	627.7256
55	CAROLINA SMOKE	626.2172
56	King's Cooking	618.6856
57	KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ	613.4632
58	Good Ole Boys Country BBQ	598.1600
59	CHEF MARC'S BACK HOME BBQ	596.9944
60	Buddy's Smokin' Q	577.4744
61	BUTTRUB.COM	538.2628

Chicken

61 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	177.1428
2	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	176.5716
3	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	176.0228
4	Bite Me BBQ	176.0000
5	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	176.0000
6	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	176.0000
7	SMOKIN SKULLIES	174.2628
8	SMOKE THIS	173.7028
9	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	173.1200
10	CHECKERED PIG	173.1200
11	FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ	173.1200
12	UNDER THE RADAR	173.1084
13	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	171.9884
14	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	171.9772
15	Hawg Feathers	171.9656
16	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	171.4172
17	BUTTRUB.COM	171.4172
18	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	171.4056
19	STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	170.8228
20	A TASTE OF CAROLINA	170.2628
21	PICKIN' PORKERS	169.7028
22	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	169.6800
23	BUBBAJACK'S	169.1200
24	WHO CARES BBQ	169.1084
25	BIG E BBQ	167.9772
26	SERIAL GRILLER	167.9656
27	KILLER B'S BBQ	167.9656
28	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	167.4172
29	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	167.4056
30	Bubba & Son BBQ	167.3828
31	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	167.3828
32	K & D SMOKERS	166.8228
33	SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS	166.2400
34	CAROLINA SMOKE	165.1428
35	BIG ON THE PIG	165.1084
36	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	165.0972
37	PIGS ON THE RUN	164.0000
38	HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA	163.9772
39	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	163.9544
40	HOLLYWOOD N SWINE	163.9428
41	SWIG-N-PIG	163.3944
42	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	163.3828
43	RECYCLED SMOKE	162.8228
44	MOUNTAIN MAGIC BBQ	162.2856
45	FAT HEADS BBQ	162.2284
46	THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	159.9312
47	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	159.3600
48	Shelby Smokers	158.8344
49	BANJOMAN'S BBQ	158.2628
50	KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ	158.2400
51	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	158.2284
52	Shhmoking Neckbones	157.6912
53	SUE E PIGG	157.6800
54	Flaming Pig BBQ	157.6456
55	Good Ole Boys Country BBQ	155.9884
56	CHEF MARC'S BACK HOME BBQ	155.9428
57	BOBO'S QUE	155.3712
58	BUTTS R US	153.6112
59	King's Cooking	153.0856
60	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	151.9544
61	Buddy's Smokin' Q	142.2172

Pork Ribs

61 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5372

#	Team	Score
1	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	177.7144
2	BUTTRUB.COM	177.7028
3	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	176.0116
4	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	175.4172
5	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	174.8572
6	FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ	174.8572
7	SERIAL GRILLER	174.2744
8	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	174.2628
9	BUBBAJACK'S	174.2628
10	KILLER B'S BBQ	173.7144
11	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	173.7144
12	Hawg Feathers	173.7028
13	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	173.1200
14	SMOKE THIS	172.5600
15	SMOKIN SKULLIES	170.8572
16	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	170.2860
17	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6800
18	WHO CARES BBQ	169.1316
19	CHECKERED PIG	169.1200
20	HOLLYWOOD N SWINE	168.5600
21	BANJOMAN'S BBQ	168.5372
22	HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA	167.4288
23	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	167.4056
24	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	167.3828
25	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	166.2744
26	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	165.6912
27	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	165.6800
28	STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	165.6800
29	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	165.0972
30	SUE E PIGG	164.5488
31	FAT HEADS BBQ	164.5372
32	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	164.5372
33	UNDER THE RADAR	164.5372
34	PIGS ON THE RUN	163.9888
35	A TASTE OF CAROLINA	163.9428
36	THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	163.4056
37	BIG ON THE PIG	162.8688
38	RECYCLED SMOKE	161.7144
39	MOUNTAIN MAGIC BBQ	161.7028
40	K & D SMOKERS	161.6800
41	Bite Me BBQ	161.6684
42	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	160.5144
43	King's Cooking	159.9544
44	Shhmoking Neckbones	159.9544
45	SWIG-N-PIG	159.4172
46	Bubba & Son BBQ	159.3600
47	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	158.8000
48	PICKIN' PORKERS	158.8000
49	SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS	158.2400
50	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	158.2172
51	Shelby Smokers	157.7028
52	CAROLINA SMOKE	157.1428
53	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	155.9428
54	BIG E BBQ	152.5144
55	BOBO'S QUE	151.3944
56	CHEF MARC'S BACK HOME BBQ	150.8572
57	KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ	150.7888
58	BUTTS R US	150.2284
59	Flaming Pig BBQ	146.7772
60	Good Ole Boys Country BBQ	141.0628
61	Buddy's Smokin' Q	135.9200

Pork

61 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.0856

#	Team	Score
1	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	177.7144
2	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	176.0000
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.8572
4	SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS	174.2628
5	KILLER B'S BBQ	174.2628
6	SMOKE THIS	173.1316
7	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	172.5600
8	BIG E BBQ	172.5484
9	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	170.8456
10	RECYCLED SMOKE	170.8456
11	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	170.8228
12	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	170.2512
13	BOBO'S QUE	169.7144
14	BIG ON THE PIG	169.6800
15	Bite Me BBQ	169.6800
16	FAT HEADS BBQ	169.6800
17	BUTTRUB.COM	169.1428
18	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	169.1316
19	WHO CARES BBQ	169.1200
20	SWIG-N-PIG	168.5600
21	PIGS ON THE RUN	168.5372
22	STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	167.9656
23	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	167.9656
24	SERIAL GRILLER	167.3828
25	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	167.3712
26	CAROLINA SMOKE	165.7372
27	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	165.6800
28	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	165.6800
29	K & D SMOKERS	165.1544
30	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	165.1200
31	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	165.0856
32	BUTTS R US	164.5600
33	THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	164.5256
34	Good Ole Boys Country BBQ	164.0116
35	FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ	163.9428
36	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	163.9312
37	UNDER THE RADAR	163.3828
38	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	162.8572
39	A TASTE OF CAROLINA	162.2400
40	SUE E PIGG	161.1084
41	HOLLYWOOD N SWINE	161.0856
42	MOUNTAIN MAGIC BBQ	160.5600
43	BANJOMAN'S BBQ	160.5484
44	SMOKIN SKULLIES	160.5256
45	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	160.5028
46	Hawg Feathers	160.5028
47	BUBBAJACK'S	159.3712
48	CHECKERED PIG	158.7884
49	PICKIN' PORKERS	158.2400
50	Flaming Pig BBQ	158.2172
51	KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ	158.2172
52	King's Cooking	157.1428
53	Shhmoking Neckbones	157.0628
54	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	156.5256
55	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	156.5028
56	Buddy's Smokin' Q	153.6800
57	HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA	153.0972
58	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	153.0856
59	Bubba & Son BBQ	152.5600
60	CHEF MARC'S BACK HOME BBQ	150.2284
61	Shelby Smokers	146.2628

Brisket

61 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7144

#	Team	Score
1	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	179.4400
2	FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ	177.7144
3	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	176.5600
4	BIG ON THE PIG	175.4400
5	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	175.4172
6	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	174.2972
7	CHECKERED PIG	174.2628
8	KILLER B'S BBQ	173.7028
9	SERIAL GRILLER	173.7028
10	SUE E PIGG	173.7028
11	TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	173.1428
12	K & D SMOKERS	172.6172
13	FAT HEADS BBQ	172.5600
14	BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	171.9656
15	EB'S BAR-B-QUE	171.4400
16	SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS	170.2744
17	SMOKIN SKULLIES	170.2628
18	BANJOMAN'S BBQ	169.7028
19	HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA	169.6916
20	BOBO'S QUE	169.6684
21	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	169.6684
22	RECYCLED SMOKE	169.6684
23	BUTTS R US	169.1200
24	Hawg Feathers	169.1200
25	SMOKE THIS	168.5600
26	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	168.5600
27	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	168.0000
28	PICKIN' PORKERS	167.9772
29	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	166.8228
30	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	166.2512
31	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	165.7144
32	STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	165.6800
33	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	165.1200
34	Shelby Smokers	165.1200
35	Shhmoking Neckbones	165.1200
36	Flaming Pig BBQ	165.0856
37	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	163.9428
38	BIG E BBQ	162.8112
39	Bubba & Son BBQ	162.8000
40	SWIG-N-PIG	162.8000
41	CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	162.2284
42	WHO CARES BBQ	161.7028
43	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	161.6572
44	THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	161.1428
45	UNDER THE RADAR	161.1084
46	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	159.9544
47	PIGS ON THE RUN	159.3944
48	Bite Me BBQ	159.3944
49	A TASTE OF CAROLINA	158.2172
50	BUBBAJACK'S	157.6684
51	HOLLYWOOD N SWINE	155.9200
52	MOUNTAIN MAGIC BBQ	153.6800
53	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	149.6800
54	King's Cooking	148.5028
55	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	148.4916
56	KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ	146.2172
57	Buddy's Smokin' Q	145.6572
58	CHEF MARC'S BACK HOME BBQ	139.9660
59	CAROLINA SMOKE	138.1944
60	Good Ole Boys Country BBQ	137.0972
61	BUTTRUB.COM	20.0000

Hog Happnin'

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (9 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

Back-to-back

Won without a category win

A statement win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

Back to defend

One of the big ones

This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket