Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic

2014-11-07 – 2014-11-08 · Florence, MS · 📍 Florence, MS 39073

Grand Champion: CAJUN BLAZE (695.3828) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

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CAJUN BLAZE

695.3828 · Master Series — Overall

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QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

691.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE ON THIS

690.2284 · 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.

593.93 median 671.87 695.38 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 178.88

127.79 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

695.3828

Winning margin

3.9884

GC over RC

Field average

665.68

593.93695.38

median 671.87 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Organizer Portal (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.9200

593.93695.38

10th place overall

Field spread

101.4512

winner to last place

Most consistent

CAJUN BLAZE

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4400 pts — SOUTH PORK

How hot was the win?

Top 52%

beats 48% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1575

avg power rating going in · stronger than 59% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

rated 1806 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

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

CAJUN BLAZE came in rated below the field's top team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1609
top seed 1806

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CAJUN BLAZE 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 2nd
Pork 8th
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM and Q BONES BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ and BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: HICKORY PRIME and CAJUN BLAZE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie

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.

Organizer Portal · Pork

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)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	175.4172	172.0000
Pork Ribs	178.8572	172.5600	169.1428
Pork	180.0000	175.4056	169.6684
Brisket	178.8800	171.4056	169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 695.3828 · median 671.8740

#	Team	Score
1	CAJUN BLAZE	695.3828
2	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	691.3944
3	SMOKE ON THIS	690.2284
4	Organizer Portal	689.6456
5	Q BONES BBQ	686.1828
6	SOUTH PORK	685.6456
7	CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	681.6572
8	HICKORY PRIME	680.5256
9	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	680.4572
10	KILLER HOGS	679.9200
11	BBQR'S DELIGHT	677.0856
12	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	674.7428
13	Last Place Pork	674.2056
14	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	672.4684
15	LIBERTY BBQ	671.8740
16	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	670.1368
17	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	667.8972
18	BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS	666.7428
19	SLAP JO MAMA	662.1600
20	BURNIN' BACON	657.6228
21	HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ	657.5428
22	NUKOR RLQ	655.2456
23	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	651.3148
24	SWEET DREAMS BBQ	647.2684
25	DELIVERANCE SMOKERS	643.2800
26	BIG DADDY'S SMOKIN' TEAM	638.7428
27	PICKIN & GRILLIN	636.4232
28	UBON'S BBQ OF YAZOO	625.0060
29	BUDROS	593.9316

Chicken

29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1428

#	Team	Score
1	Last Place Pork	178.2972
2	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	177.7028
3	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	176.5600
4	Q BONES BBQ	176.5600
5	CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	175.4172
6	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	175.4056
7	BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS	175.4056
8	HICKORY PRIME	172.5600
9	CAJUN BLAZE	172.5600
10	BBQR'S DELIGHT	172.0000
11	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	171.9772
12	BIG DADDY'S SMOKIN' TEAM	171.9656
13	Organizer Portal	171.4056
14	SOUTH PORK	170.2628
15	HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ	169.1428
16	SLAP JO MAMA	168.5600
17	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	168.5372
18	BURNIN' BACON	168.5256
19	LIBERTY BBQ	168.5256
20	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	167.4060
21	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	166.2744
22	SMOKE ON THIS	165.1428
23	SWEET DREAMS BBQ	164.5372
24	KILLER HOGS	163.9656
25	PICKIN & GRILLIN	161.6916
26	NUKOR RLQ	160.5372
27	DELIVERANCE SMOKERS	159.9544
28	UBON'S BBQ OF YAZOO	149.1200
29	BUDROS	127.7944

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8344

#	Team	Score
1	KILLER HOGS	178.8572
2	CAJUN BLAZE	177.7028
3	SMOKE ON THIS	176.5600
4	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	174.2628
5	Organizer Portal	172.5600
6	HICKORY PRIME	172.0344
7	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	171.4516
8	SOUTH PORK	171.4172
9	BURNIN' BACON	169.7372
10	SWEET DREAMS BBQ	169.1428
11	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	168.5372
12	CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	167.9772
13	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	167.3944
14	LIBERTY BBQ	167.3712
15	SLAP JO MAMA	166.8344
16	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	165.6916
17	NUKOR RLQ	165.0972
18	BUDROS	162.8000
19	UBON'S BBQ OF YAZOO	162.2744
20	BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS	162.2516
21	BIG DADDY'S SMOKIN' TEAM	161.6916
22	Last Place Pork	160.5028
23	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	159.9772
24	Q BONES BBQ	159.9544
25	BBQR'S DELIGHT	159.9544
26	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	158.2172
27	HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ	155.9316
28	PICKIN & GRILLIN	155.9200
29	DELIVERANCE SMOKERS	154.2744

Pork

29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKE ON THIS	178.8572
3	BBQR'S DELIGHT	176.0228
4	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	176.0000
5	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	175.4056
6	Q BONES BBQ	175.4056
7	BURNIN' BACON	170.8228
8	CAJUN BLAZE	169.6800
9	CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	169.6684
10	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	169.6684
11	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	169.1544
12	KILLER HOGS	167.4172
13	LIBERTY BBQ	167.3828
14	SLAP JO MAMA	167.3828
15	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	166.8228
16	HICKORY PRIME	166.2284
17	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	165.1084
18	SOUTH PORK	165.0856
19	UBON'S BBQ OF YAZOO	164.5372
20	Last Place Pork	164.5256
21	DELIVERANCE SMOKERS	163.9656
22	NUKOR RLQ	163.3828
23	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	161.1200
24	HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ	160.5028
25	BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS	159.3828
26	PICKIN & GRILLIN	158.8344
27	BIG DADDY'S SMOKIN' TEAM	155.9884
28	BUDROS	155.3828
29	SWEET DREAMS BBQ	151.9428

Brisket

29 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	SOUTH PORK	178.8800
2	CAJUN BLAZE	175.4400
3	Q BONES BBQ	174.2628
4	HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ	171.9656
5	BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	171.4056
6	Last Place Pork	170.8800
7	HICKORY PRIME	169.7028
8	BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS	169.7028
9	KILLER HOGS	169.6800
10	SMOKE ON THIS	169.6684
11	BBQR'S DELIGHT	169.1084
12	LIBERTY BBQ	168.5944
13	CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	168.5944
14	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	168.0000
15	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	166.2400
16	NUKOR RLQ	166.2284
17	Organizer Portal	165.6800
18	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	165.6800
19	DELIVERANCE SMOKERS	165.0856
20	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	164.5372
21	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	162.7768
22	SWEET DREAMS BBQ	161.6456
23	PICKIN & GRILLIN	159.9772
24	SLAP JO MAMA	159.3828
25	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	157.0972
26	BIG DADDY'S SMOKIN' TEAM	149.0972
27	UBON'S BBQ OF YAZOO	149.0744
28	BURNIN' BACON	148.5372
29	BUDROS	147.9544

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

4 entries · top 175.4056 · median 171.1428

#	Team	Score
1	RUB ME TENDER	175.4056
2	FRONTWOOD SMOKERS	172.5600
3	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	169.7256
4	GFR	152.5256

Master Series — Chillin Choice

5 entries · top 175.4516 · median 170.8572

#	Team	Score
1	RUB ME TENDER	175.4516
2	NUKOR RLQ	172.5944
3	BUDROS	170.8572
4	NAHEOLA PRIDE COOKING TEAM	164.0456
5	GFR	163.4400

Master Series — Ribs Backyard

4 entries · top 163.9656 · median 155.6570

#	Team	Score
1	FRONTWOOD SMOKERS	163.9656
2	RUB ME TENDER	156.5028
3	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	154.8112
4	GFR	154.8000

Master Series — Sauce

8 entries · top 172.5600 · median 165.6742

#	Team	Score
1	Compton and Son BBQ Crew	172.5600
2	SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	171.9772
3	BUDROS	166.2628
4	RUB ME TENDER	165.6800
5	SLAP JO MAMA	165.6684
6	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	165.1316
7	LIBERTY BBQ	163.3828
8	NUKOR RLQ	161.6800

Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A perfect score on the table

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)

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

Master Series — Chillin Choice

Master Series — Ribs Backyard

Master Series — Sauce