Calhoun KOA's

2014-12-05 – 2014-12-06 · Calhoun, GA · 📍 Calhoun, GA 30701

Grand Champion: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (701.6800) · 38 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q

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QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

701.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q

699.3712 · Master Series — Overall

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MIDNIGHT BURN

698.8116 · 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.

643.18 median 680.49 701.68 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.56
Pork Ribs 176.58
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

151.35 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

701.6800

Winning margin

2.3088

GC over RC

Field average

677.75

643.18701.68

median 680.49 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

MIDNIGHT BURN (Brisket), ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ (Brisket), YELLOW RIVER BBQ (Brisket) + 1 more

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

0.0228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

691.3488

643.18701.68

10th place overall

Field spread

58.5032

winner to last place

Most consistent

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.7028 pts — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN

How hot was the win?

Top 26%

beats 74% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

37%

24 of 65 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1610

avg power rating going in · stronger than 83% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1861 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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

701.6800 highest overall ever cooked here

701.6800 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2512 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N set in 2013.

old record 698.2512
set 2013 by QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

Back-to-back

2 in a row editions of this contest

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 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

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 6th

A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

MIDNIGHT BURN · Brisket
ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ · Brisket
YELLOW RIVER BBQ · Brisket

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 2 tracked editions

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.

2013
2014

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 17 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS and Hawg Feathers tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: TRUEBUD BBQ and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: KILLER B'S BBQ and QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie

A contest record in pork

180.0000 best pork ever cooked here

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 177.7028
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (won 2013).

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N · 2013

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
2013-12-06	Calhoun, GA	Calhoun, GA	65	698.2512	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	TRUEBUD BBQ
2014-12-05 ← this one	Calhoun, GA	Calhoun, GA 30701	38	701.6800	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5600	174.2744	173.7028
Pork Ribs	176.5828	176.5600	173.1200
Pork	180.0000	176.0000	173.1200
Brisket	180.0000	176.5600	173.1316

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 701.6800 · median 680.4918

#	Team	Score
1	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	701.6800
2	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	699.3712
3	MIDNIGHT BURN	698.8116
4	MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	697.6456
5	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	696.5144
6	KILLER B'S BBQ	695.3484
7	ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ	693.0628
8	Georgia Boys BBQ Team	692.4912
9	Organizer Portal	691.9200
10	TRUEBUD BBQ	691.3488
11	THE PIT CREW GA	691.3368
12	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	687.9312
13	SERIAL GRILLER	685.6112
14	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	684.4684
15	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	684.4572
16	SMOKE ON THIS	683.3828
17	Hawg Feathers	682.7428
18	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	682.7424
19	CURLY TAILS BBQ	681.0748
20	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	679.9088
21	SWEET SMOKE BBQ	679.8740
22	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	677.0284
23	DIGGIN QUE-GA	676.4568
24	BALD HAWG BBQ	675.2568
25	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	671.9196
26	ROAST BEAST BBQ	669.5656
27	J&D SMOKIN	669.0056
28	TENACIOUS Q	668.3768
29	SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ	664.4688
30	DEEP SOUTH BBQ	663.8512
31	TINMAN QUE	661.0056
32	CRIMSON Q	660.4112
33	Q-INATOR!	659.8512
34	SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ	659.8400
35	JB'S SMOKESHACK	655.1996
36	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	650.6396
37	PARADISE BBQ	646.6740
38	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	643.1768

Chicken

38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.8344

#	Team	Score
1	Georgia Boys BBQ Team	176.5600
2	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	175.4172
3	Hawg Feathers	175.4172
4	DEEP SOUTH BBQ	175.4056
5	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	174.2744
6	TRUEBUD BBQ	174.2628
7	KILLER B'S BBQ	174.2628
8	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	174.2628
9	THE PIT CREW GA	173.7028
10	MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	173.7028
11	SWEET SMOKE BBQ	173.1084
12	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	173.1084
13	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	173.1084
14	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	172.5600
15	DIGGIN QUE-GA	172.5600
16	CURLY TAILS BBQ	171.9772
17	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	171.9656
18	Organizer Portal	171.4172
19	SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ	170.8344
20	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	170.8344
21	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	170.8228
22	SERIAL GRILLER	170.8228
23	SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ	170.8228
24	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	170.8112
25	Q-INATOR!	169.6800
26	ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ	169.1200
27	CRIMSON Q	168.5256
28	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	168.5140
29	SMOKE ON THIS	167.9772
30	J&D SMOKIN	167.3944
31	MIDNIGHT BURN	167.3828
32	JB'S SMOKESHACK	167.3712
33	TINMAN QUE	166.8228
34	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	166.2284
35	BALD HAWG BBQ	166.2284
36	TENACIOUS Q	165.0972
37	ROAST BEAST BBQ	162.7884
38	PARADISE BBQ	151.3484

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 176.5828 · median 168.5716

#	Team	Score
1	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	176.5828
2	MIDNIGHT BURN	176.5716
3	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	176.5716
4	MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	176.5600
5	CRIMSON Q	176.5600
6	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	174.2628
7	SERIAL GRILLER	174.2628
8	SMOKE ON THIS	173.7372
9	KILLER B'S BBQ	173.7028
10	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	173.1200
11	TENACIOUS Q	173.1084
12	ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ	171.9772
13	J&D SMOKIN	171.9656
14	THE PIT CREW GA	171.4056
15	Hawg Feathers	170.8344
16	SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ	170.8228
17	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	169.6916
18	TRUEBUD BBQ	169.6800
19	CURLY TAILS BBQ	168.5832
20	SWEET SMOKE BBQ	168.5600
21	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	168.5372
22	DIGGIN QUE-GA	168.5372
23	Organizer Portal	168.5372
24	ROAST BEAST BBQ	167.9772
25	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	167.9772
26	Georgia Boys BBQ Team	167.9656
27	Q-INATOR!	167.4172
28	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	166.8684
29	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	166.8228
30	SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ	166.2744
31	BALD HAWG BBQ	166.2400
32	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	165.6800
33	PARADISE BBQ	164.5372
34	JB'S SMOKESHACK	164.5256
35	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	164.5256
36	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	163.9656
37	TINMAN QUE	162.8228
38	DEEP SOUTH BBQ	161.1200

Pork

38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	180.0000 🔥
2	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	178.2972
3	Organizer Portal	177.7028
4	KILLER B'S BBQ	177.7028
5	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	176.0000
6	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	175.4172
7	MIDNIGHT BURN	174.8572
8	TRUEBUD BBQ	174.2744
9	Georgia Boys BBQ Team	174.2628
10	THE PIT CREW GA	173.1200
11	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	173.1200
12	DEEP SOUTH BBQ	171.9772
13	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	171.9656
14	ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ	171.9656
15	SMOKE ON THIS	171.4056
16	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	170.8456
17	BALD HAWG BBQ	170.8228
18	CURLY TAILS BBQ	170.8228
19	MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	169.6800
20	PARADISE BBQ	169.6684
21	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	168.5256
22	SWEET SMOKE BBQ	168.5256
23	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	168.5256
24	Hawg Feathers	167.9656
25	TENACIOUS Q	167.3828
26	ROAST BEAST BBQ	167.3828
27	SERIAL GRILLER	166.2628
28	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	165.6684
29	SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ	165.0856
30	DIGGIN QUE-GA	164.5484
31	SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ	163.3944
32	CRIMSON Q	162.8456
33	JB'S SMOKESHACK	162.8000
34	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	162.8000
35	TINMAN QUE	162.2400
36	J&D SMOKIN	161.6684
37	Q-INATOR!	158.2284
38	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	153.0628

Brisket

38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	MIDNIGHT BURN	180.0000 🔥
2	ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	177.7028
5	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	176.5600
6	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	174.8572
7	SERIAL GRILLER	174.2628
8	Organizer Portal	174.2628
9	Georgia Boys BBQ Team	173.7028
10	TRUEBUD BBQ	173.1316
11	THE PIT CREW GA	173.1084
12	OLD PLANTATION BBQ	172.5600
13	BALD HAWG BBQ	171.9656
14	ROAST BEAST BBQ	171.4172
15	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	171.4056
16	DIGGIN QUE-GA	170.8112
17	SMOKE ON THIS	170.2628
18	CURLY TAILS BBQ	169.6916
19	KILLER B'S BBQ	169.6800
20	SWEET SMOKE BBQ	169.6800
21	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	169.6684
22	TINMAN QUE	169.1200
23	Hawg Feathers	168.5256
24	J&D SMOKIN	167.9772
25	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	167.4056
26	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	167.4056
27	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	166.2744
28	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	166.2628
29	Q-INATOR!	164.5256
30	SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ	163.9772
31	TENACIOUS Q	162.7884
32	PARADISE BBQ	161.1200
33	JB'S SMOKESHACK	160.5028
34	DEEP SOUTH BBQ	155.3484
35	ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	154.7772
36	SQUEALZ ON WHEELZ	153.0972
37	CRIMSON Q	152.4800
38	TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	151.9200

Calhoun KOA's

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Back-to-back

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

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