World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)

2014-11-13 – 2014-11-18 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Las Vegas, NV

Grand Champion: BRITISH BULLDOG BBQ (523.4516) · 42 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Rooftop Barbeque

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

How the field scored

Pork Ribs totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

157.70 median 168.27 177.70 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Pork Ribs 177.70
Pork 177.74
Brisket 177.70

146.24 177.74

Entries

3 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

177.7028

Winning margin

1.1084

1st over 2nd

Field average

168.13

157.70177.70

median 168.27 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4284 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

172.0000

157.70177.70

10th place overall

Field spread

19.9996

winner to last place

Most consistent

BRITISH BULLDOG BBQ

avg finish 4.33 across 3 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1084 pts — House of Q Canada

How hot was the win?

Top 47%

beats 53% of 5765 Pork Ribs wins in the data

Storylines (1 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 6–7: RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ and Jokers-N-Smokers PM tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: INSANE SWINE BBQ and Sweet Smoke Q tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: The Rolling Grill edged Sweet Smoke Q by 0.0116.

Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0116
Pork 6–7 · 0.0228

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Pork Ribs	177.7028	174.2744	172.0000
Pork	177.7372	172.5828	170.2628
Brisket	177.7028	174.2628	172.6056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Pork Ribs

42 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.2686

#	Team	Score
1	House of Q Canada	177.7028
2	PIGSKIN BBQ	176.5944
3	Rooftop Barbeque	176.0000
4	VICTORY LANE BBQ	175.4628
5	BRITISH BULLDOG BBQ	174.2744
6	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	173.7028
7	Jokers-N-Smokers PM	173.7028
8	Full Frontal BBQ	172.0688
9	INSANE SWINE BBQ	172.0000
10	Sweet Smoke Q	172.0000
11	Wood Chicks BBQ	171.4516
12	C-N-B Bar-B-Que	170.8572
13	Midkiff Mafia	170.3084
14	BIG PAPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	170.2972
15	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	170.2856
16	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	170.2744
17	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	169.7028
18	HOUSE OF Q	169.1428
19	TEAM CANADA BBQ	168.5828
20	THE SMOKING HILLS	168.5716
21	Team Unknown BBQ	168.5372
22	BRAINS & BRAWNS	168.0000
23	Pitmaker BBQ Addiction	167.4288
24	The Shed	167.4172
25	GONEHOGGIN.COM	167.4056
26	Crooked Pigs	167.3944
27	Swamp Boys	166.8344
28	Top Choice Cookers	166.8228
29	BBCATS BELGIUM	166.2972
30	DIVA Q	165.1200
31	BAD BONES BBQ	165.1084
32	Dukes Pepper Company	164.5716
33	TEAM AMERICA	164.5484
34	Rogue Hog BBQ	164.5372
35	Gettin' Sauced BBQ	164.5372
36	SMOKIN BOYS & HOT GRILLS	163.9772
37	Estonian BBQ Team	162.2856
38	The Rolling Grill	162.2628
39	ALL SMOKED UP	160.5372
40	Stop, Drop and Roll	158.8344
41	Slow Porkin' BBQ	158.2628
42	DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	157.7032

Pork

42 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.5714

#	Team	Score
1	Rooftop Barbeque	177.7372
2	TEAM AMERICA	177.2000
3	BRAINS & BRAWNS	174.8456
4	Wood Chicks BBQ	173.7256
5	GONEHOGGIN.COM	172.5828
6	BRITISH BULLDOG BBQ	172.0228
7	VICTORY LANE BBQ	172.0000
8	Rogue Hog BBQ	171.4056
9	BAD BONES BBQ	170.8456
10	PIGSKIN BBQ	170.2628
11	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	169.6684
12	Full Frontal BBQ	169.1428
13	Team Unknown BBQ	169.1200
14	The Shed	168.5716
15	Sweet Smoke Q	168.5600
16	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	168.0000
17	Crooked Pigs	167.9772
18	Jokers-N-Smokers PM	167.9656
19	Swamp Boys	167.3828
20	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	166.9028
21	Top Choice Cookers	166.8572
22	HOUSE OF Q	166.2856
23	Slow Porkin' BBQ	166.2628
24	BBCATS BELGIUM	165.6800
25	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	165.1084
26	TEAM CANADA BBQ	164.5256
27	THE SMOKING HILLS	163.9772
28	House of Q Canada	163.9772
29	ALL SMOKED UP	162.8228
30	DIVA Q	162.8228
31	DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	162.2856
32	Pitmaker BBQ Addiction	162.2400
33	SMOKIN BOYS & HOT GRILLS	161.6912
34	Estonian BBQ Team	161.6800
35	INSANE SWINE BBQ	160.5144
36	BIG PAPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	160.0000
37	C-N-B Bar-B-Que	159.4400
38	Stop, Drop and Roll	159.3828
39	Gettin' Sauced BBQ	157.6456
40	Dukes Pepper Company	157.0856
41	The Rolling Grill	156.0000
42	Midkiff Mafia	150.8916

Brisket

42 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200

#	Team	Score
1	The Shed	177.7028
2	BRITISH BULLDOG BBQ	177.1544
3	The Rolling Grill	174.8572
4	Sweet Smoke Q	174.8456
5	Rogue Hog BBQ	174.2628
6	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	173.7028
7	Slow Porkin' BBQ	173.1772
8	Full Frontal BBQ	173.1316
9	TEAM AMERICA	173.1084
10	House of Q Canada	172.6056
11	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	172.0228
12	Pitmaker BBQ Addiction	172.0228
13	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	171.9656
14	INSANE SWINE BBQ	170.8684
15	C-N-B Bar-B-Que	169.7028
16	VICTORY LANE BBQ	169.6800
17	PIGSKIN BBQ	169.6800
18	Top Choice Cookers	169.6684
19	TEAM CANADA BBQ	169.1428
20	Swamp Boys	169.1200
21	BAD BONES BBQ	169.1200
22	ALL SMOKED UP	169.1200
23	BRAINS & BRAWNS	167.9772
24	Crooked Pigs	167.9656
25	Rooftop Barbeque	167.4056
26	Jokers-N-Smokers PM	166.8572
27	BIG PAPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	166.2744
28	Midkiff Mafia	165.7372
29	Wood Chicks BBQ	165.7144
30	DIVA Q	165.1428
31	Gettin' Sauced BBQ	164.5372
32	THE SMOKING HILLS	163.3828
33	HOUSE OF Q	161.1200
34	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	160.5600
35	Stop, Drop and Roll	160.0000
36	DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	159.9544
37	Team Unknown BBQ	158.2400
38	GONEHOGGIN.COM	158.2284
39	Dukes Pepper Company	157.1084
40	BBCATS BELGIUM	155.3944
41	SMOKIN BOYS & HOT GRILLS	153.6684
42	Estonian BBQ Team	146.2400

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 — Cornish Game Hen

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.0972

#	Team	Score
1	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	178.8800
2	BAD BONES BBQ	176.5600
3	C-N-B Bar-B-Que	172.5828
4	Team Unknown BBQ	172.5484
5	Swamp Boys	171.4632
6	Sweet Smoke Q	171.4400
7	The Shed	170.8684
8	Estonian BBQ Team	169.7028
9	Midkiff Mafia	169.6684
10	TEAM AMERICA	168.6056
11	Gettin' Sauced BBQ	168.5484
12	HOUSE OF Q	168.0000
13	DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	165.7600
14	TEAM CANADA BBQ	165.6912
15	Full Frontal BBQ	165.1084
16	BBCATS BELGIUM	165.0972
17	BIG PAPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	163.9884
18	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	163.5084
19	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	163.4056
20	Slow Porkin' BBQ	162.3772
21	GONEHOGGIN.COM	162.2512
22	Wood Chicks BBQ	161.1888
23	VICTORY LANE BBQ	161.1200
24	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	161.0968
25	Dukes Pepper Company	160.0112
26	Stop, Drop and Roll	158.9372
27	ALL SMOKED UP	157.6572
28	Top Choice Cookers	156.5484
29	The Rolling Grill	155.3828
30	Rooftop Barbeque	154.2628
31	BRAINS & BRAWNS	145.7144

Master Series — Potato Salad

28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Dukes Pepper Company	180.0000 🔥
2	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	179.4400
3	BBCATS BELGIUM	176.0000
4	Team Unknown BBQ	174.2628
5	The Rolling Grill	171.9656
6	Wood Chicks BBQ	171.9656
7	Swamp Boys	171.9656
8	Gettin' Sauced BBQ	171.4284
9	C-N-B Bar-B-Que	170.3200
10	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	170.2628
11	Slow Porkin' BBQ	169.1656
12	BIG PAPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	169.1428
13	The Shed	168.0000
14	Top Choice Cookers	167.9884
15	TEAM CANADA BBQ	166.2628
16	Estonian BBQ Team	165.1200
17	ALL SMOKED UP	163.3940
18	Rooftop Barbeque	163.3940
19	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	162.3316
20	Midkiff Mafia	161.7372
21	Sweet Smoke Q	161.1428
22	GONEHOGGIN.COM	160.5140
23	HOUSE OF Q	159.4400
24	TEAM AMERICA	158.2744
25	DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	157.6684
26	VICTORY LANE BBQ	156.5484
27	Stop, Drop and Roll	151.9656
28	WHISKEY BENT BBQ	148.4916

World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)

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?

Storylines (1 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

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

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Cornish Game Hen

Master Series — Potato Salad