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Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival 2014

Mar 28–29, 2014 · London, KY

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697.7028 · Master Series — Overall
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693.7372 · Master Series — Overall
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687.9656 · Master Series — Overall

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won Grand Champion at the Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival on March 28, 2014 in London, KY, scoring 697.7028 in a field of 42 teams. UNDER THE RADAR took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.7372. Category winners: Chicken — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (174.2856); Pork Ribs — HISTORIC BBQ (176.0000); Pork — BOURBON BARREL BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (178.8800).

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 174.29
  • Pork Ribs 176
  • Pork 177.14
  • Brisket 178.88
127.39 178.88

Entries

42
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

697.7028

Winning margin

3.9656
GC over RC

Field average

651.95
595.84697.70
median 649.87 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.9200
595.84697.70
10th place overall

Field spread

101.8628
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8800 pts — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

How hot was the win?

Top 42%
beats 58% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.53 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,528
avg power rating going in · stronger than 20% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1780 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: UNCULTURED SWINE and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Backyard Kuisine and PIGS ON THE RUN tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ and SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 4th
  • 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Mar 28, 2014 ← this one London, KY London, KY 40741 42 697.7028 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS UNDER THE RADAR
Apr 10, 2015 London, KY — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken174.2856173.1428171.4056
Pork Ribs176173.1084170.3200
Pork177.1428173.7028170.2628
Brisket178.8800174.8572171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

42 entries · top 697.7028 · median 649.8744

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 697.7028
2 UNDER THE RADAR 693.7372
3 SMOKE ON THIS 687.9656
4 MOONSWINERS 686.7772
5 BOURBON BARREL BBQ 684.5372
6 GILLY'S BBQ 683.9316
7 WEQ4U 683.9200
8 BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS 683.9084
9 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 683.3484
10 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 679.9200
11 Pappy Q 679.3256
12 UNCULTURED SWINE 675.3256
13 BLUE CHIP BBQ 669.0056
14 HISTORIC BBQ 668.9944
15 82'S BBQ CREW 667.3832
16 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 664.5256
17 DIVINE SWINE 662.7656
18 Molloy's BBQ 662.1944
19 J&D SMOKIN 661.5768
20 PIGS ON THE RUN 654.7084
21 Backyard Kuisine 651.3260
22 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 648.4228
23 Pig in a Poke 647.9200
24 BUBBY'S BBQ 647.8972
25 WOLF CANDY BBQ 646.1144
26 EXTRA MILE BBQ 645.0400
27 TRIPLE J&C COOKERS 640.4572
28 PULL MY MEAT 639.9428
29 SONS OF SMOKE 639.2572
30 GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ 638.2628
31 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 638.1260
32 MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL 637.5884
33 PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 632.5488
34 PARADISE BBQ 631.2688
35 BASTIN-N-TASTIN BBQ 630.1256
36 STARRY NIGHT 623.7944
37 ARD'S FARM Q 608.4456
38 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 604.3428
39 GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ 602.6976
40 HAWG WILD - KY 601.5428
41 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 599.3716
42 CAL-COOP BBQ 595.8400

Chicken

42 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.5370

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 174.2856
2 UNCULTURED SWINE 174.2744
3 UNDER THE RADAR 174.2744
4 WEQ4U 174.2628
5 BLUE CHIP BBQ 173.1428
6 Backyard Kuisine 171.9656
7 PIGS ON THE RUN 171.9656
8 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 171.4288
9 GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ 171.4056
10 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 171.4056
11 BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS 171.4056
12 SMOKE ON THIS 170.8800
13 TRIPLE J&C COOKERS 170.3316
14 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 168.5600
15 MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL 168.5600
16 MOONSWINERS 168.5256
17 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 168
18 DIVINE SWINE 167.9884
19 82'S BBQ CREW 167.4172
20 Pappy Q 166.8344
21 WOLF CANDY BBQ 166.8228
22 BUBBY'S BBQ 166.2512
23 BOURBON BARREL BBQ 166.2400
24 SONS OF SMOKE 165.6800
25 STARRY NIGHT 165.6684
26 Pig in a Poke 165.1772
27 GILLY'S BBQ 165.0972
28 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 164.5484
29 GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ 164.0116
30 J&D SMOKIN 162.2284
31 PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 161.7028
32 HISTORIC BBQ 161.6572
33 Molloy's BBQ 159.9772
34 ARD'S FARM Q 159.9540
35 PULL MY MEAT 157.0740
36 EXTRA MILE BBQ 155.9772
37 CAL-COOP BBQ 155.3944
38 BASTIN-N-TASTIN BBQ 154.8000
39 PARADISE BBQ 147.3944
40 HAWG WILD - KY 145.6800
41 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 135.8856
42 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 127.3944

Pork Ribs

42 entries · top 176 · median 162.8286

#TeamScore
1 HISTORIC BBQ 176
2 BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS 174.8688
3 82'S BBQ CREW 174.8688
4 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 174.2628
5 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1084
6 GILLY'S BBQ 172
7 Pig in a Poke 171.4056
8 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 170.8572
9 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 170.8344
10 UNDER THE RADAR 170.3200
11 WEQ4U 170.2628
12 MOONSWINERS 169.6916
13 Pappy Q 169.1084
14 PARADISE BBQ 167.4172
15 Molloy's BBQ 167.4056
16 BOURBON BARREL BBQ 166.2628
17 GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ 165.7600
18 DIVINE SWINE 164.5716
19 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 163.9428
20 BUBBY'S BBQ 162.8800
21 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 162.8344
22 TRIPLE J&C COOKERS 162.8228
23 EXTRA MILE BBQ 162.2744
24 UNCULTURED SWINE 162.2400
25 BLUE CHIP BBQ 161.6572
26 BASTIN-N-TASTIN BBQ 161.0972
27 PIGS ON THE RUN 159.3944
28 Backyard Kuisine 159.3944
29 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 158.8688
30 MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL 158.8344
31 J&D SMOKIN 158.2400
32 PULL MY MEAT 153.1200
33 WOLF CANDY BBQ 151.9428
34 PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 150.8916
35 STARRY NIGHT 150.7888
36 CAL-COOP BBQ 149.1200
37 SONS OF SMOKE 148.4800
38 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 145.6800
39 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 145.6228
40 ARD'S FARM Q 140.5256
41 GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ 135.3716
42 HAWG WILD - KY 134.2172

Pork

42 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.5772

#TeamScore
1 BOURBON BARREL BBQ 177.1428
2 UNDER THE RADAR 174.2856
3 GILLY'S BBQ 174.2744
4 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 173.7028
5 MOONSWINERS 173.7028
6 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1428
7 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 173.1428
8 BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS 171.4056
9 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 170.8228
10 DIVINE SWINE 170.2628
11 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 169.6800
12 Molloy's BBQ 169.1316
13 PIGS ON THE RUN 168.5256
14 J&D SMOKIN 168
15 HAWG WILD - KY 167.4056
16 UNCULTURED SWINE 167.4056
17 Pappy Q 167.3828
18 BASTIN-N-TASTIN BBQ 166.2628
19 BLUE CHIP BBQ 165.6800
20 82'S BBQ CREW 165.6800
21 WEQ4U 165.1200
22 GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ 164.0344
23 Backyard Kuisine 163.9772
24 PULL MY MEAT 163.4516
25 BUBBY'S BBQ 162.8228
26 WOLF CANDY BBQ 162.8116
27 HISTORIC BBQ 162.8000
28 PARADISE BBQ 161.6916
29 TRIPLE J&C COOKERS 161.0856
30 Pig in a Poke 161.0856
31 MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL 159.9540
32 EXTRA MILE BBQ 159.3828
33 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 158.8456
34 PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 158.2628
35 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 158.2172
36 STARRY NIGHT 158.2172
37 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 157.0972
38 ARD'S FARM Q 157.0972
39 GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ 155.9772
40 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 155.4400
41 SONS OF SMOKE 153.0856
42 CAL-COOP BBQ 150.2740

Brisket

42 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.6858

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 178.8800
2 Pappy Q 176
3 BOURBON BARREL BBQ 174.8916
4 MOONSWINERS 174.8572
5 UNDER THE RADAR 174.8572
6 WEQ4U 174.2744
7 J&D SMOKIN 173.1084
8 GILLY'S BBQ 172.5600
9 SONS OF SMOKE 172.0116
10 UNCULTURED SWINE 171.4056
11 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 170.8456
12 SMOKE ON THIS 170.8344
13 HISTORIC BBQ 168.5372
14 BLUE CHIP BBQ 168.5256
15 EXTRA MILE BBQ 167.4056
16 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 167.3944
17 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 166.8344
18 PULL MY MEAT 166.2972
19 BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS 166.2284
20 Molloy's BBQ 165.6800
21 WOLF CANDY BBQ 164.5372
22 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 162.8344
23 WILD BOAR SMOKERS 162.8000
24 PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM 161.6916
25 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 160.5484
26 DIVINE SWINE 159.9428
27 82'S BBQ CREW 159.4172
28 Backyard Kuisine 155.9888
29 BUBBY'S BBQ 155.9432
30 PIGS ON THE RUN 154.8228
31 PARADISE BBQ 154.7656
32 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 154.2628
33 HAWG WILD - KY 154.2400
34 ARD'S FARM Q 150.8688
35 Pig in a Poke 150.2516
36 MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL 150.2400
37 STARRY NIGHT 149.1200
38 BASTIN-N-TASTIN BBQ 147.9656
39 GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ 147.3372
40 TRIPLE J&C COOKERS 146.2172
41 CAL-COOP BBQ 141.0516
42 GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ 137.0628

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 Champion

7 entries · top 509.1540 · median 478.8684

#TeamScore
1 DUGOUT BBQ 509.1540
2 FALLS ROAD PHARMACY 504.1604
3 POP'S BELLY BBQ 482.8684
4 KUHL BBQ 478.8684
5 3RD PIG BBQ 465.1312
6 TEAM BOOYAAH 462.2964
7 LOCAL YOKEL 445.0620

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

7 entries · top 169.7828 · median 166.8800

#TeamScore
1 FALLS ROAD PHARMACY 169.7828
2 POP'S BELLY BBQ 169.1428
3 TEAM BOOYAAH 167.4400
4 DUGOUT BBQ 166.8800
5 3RD PIG BBQ 160.5600
6 LOCAL YOKEL 156.0112
7 KUHL BBQ 155.4284

Master Series — Backyard Pork

7 entries · top 169.7488 · median 159.4284

#TeamScore
1 FALLS ROAD PHARMACY 169.7488
2 DUGOUT BBQ 167.4284
3 POP'S BELLY BBQ 159.9656
4 KUHL BBQ 159.4284
5 3RD PIG BBQ 153.1312
6 LOCAL YOKEL 150.8112
7 TEAM BOOYAAH 149.1768

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

7 entries · top 174.8456 · median 153.7600

#TeamScore
1 DUGOUT BBQ 174.8456
2 FALLS ROAD PHARMACY 164.6288
3 KUHL BBQ 164.0116
4 POP'S BELLY BBQ 153.7600
5 3RD PIG BBQ 151.4400
6 TEAM BOOYAAH 145.6796
7 LOCAL YOKEL 138.2396

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