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17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off

Apr 18–19, 2014 · Kings Mountain, NC

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SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
701.7256 · Master Series — Overall
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CHECKERED PIG
686.2288 · Master Series — Overall
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HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC
683.9312 · Master Series — Overall

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM won Grand Champion at the 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off on April 18, 2014 in Kings Mountain, NC, scoring 701.7256 in a field of 55 teams. CHECKERED PIG took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2288. Category winners: Chicken — CHECKERED PIG (176.0116); Pork Ribs — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (176.5600); Pork — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (175.4400); Brisket — CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ (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 176.01
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 175.44
  • Brisket 178.88
120.47 178.88

Entries

55
4 judged meats

Top score

701.7256

Winning margin

15.4968
GC over RC

Field average

650.41
560.86701.73
median 652.98 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7488 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.9428
560.86701.73
10th place overall

Field spread

140.8680
winner to last place

Most consistent

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2744 pts — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

How hot was the win?

Top 25%
beats 75% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,531
avg power rating going in · stronger than 23% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Killer B's BBQ
rated 1753 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1587
  • top seed 1753

A first Grand Championship

14 tracked contests to get there

This was SAUCED! BBQ TEAM's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.

A statement win

15.4968 points clear of the field

Wider than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The champion won by 15.4968 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 8–9: Bubba & Son BBQ and SMOKIN SKULLIES tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKIN SKULLIES and SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC and SMOKIN SKULLIES tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.

  • Chicken 15th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 2nd

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.0116174.2628173.1200
Pork Ribs176.5600173.1428170.8228
Pork175.4400171.4056170.2628
Brisket178.8800173.1428169.7260

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 701.7256 · median 652.9828

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 701.7256
2 CHECKERED PIG 686.2288
3 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 683.9312
4 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 681.6344
5 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 678.2744
6 PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE 678.2056
7 SMOKIN SKULLIES 678.2056
8 SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 677.0744
9 KILLER B'S BBQ 677.0740
10 SMOKE THIS 675.9428
11 BALD HAWG BBQ 670.7196
12 MIDNIGHT BURN 669.0284
13 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 667.8856
14 K & D SMOKERS 666.1600
15 Blowin Smoke, LLC. 665.0856
16 CONTAGIOUS Q 664.9828
17 BS PITMEISTERS 664.5144
18 PICKIN' PORKERS 664.4340
19 County Line Que 662.7544
20 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 662.2628
21 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 662.1600
22 RECYCLED SMOKE 661.6800
23 Bite Me BBQ 661.1088
24 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 661.0400
25 TWIN VITTLES 655.8400
26 HEY GOOD BUDDY 653.0516
27 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 653.0284
28 TRADITIONS BBQ 652.9828
29 MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ 650.8000
30 TORCH TIME BBQ 650.2060
31 PIG ON FIRE 650.1824
32 SWIG-N-PIG 649.6228
33 BIG RED'S BARBECUE 649.0284
34 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 646.6972
35 SUE E PIGG 646.1372
36 BUBBAJACK'S 645.5656
37 Bubba & Son BBQ 644.9940
38 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 644.4916
39 WHO CARES BBQ 643.8404
40 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 643.2800
41 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 642.1716
42 Saucemans Restaurant 639.8968
43 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 634.1604
44 BUTTS R US 633.5316
45 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 633.2228
46 BOBO'S QUE 630.7088
47 SULTANS OF SWINE, NC 630.1828
48 CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE 626.2856
49 Johnny Ray's Low and Slow BBQ 625.5432
50 BUTT BURNERS BBQ - NC 620.3660
51 BEAN CAN BBQ 619.2340
52 King's Cooking 612.4112
53 Sunnyside Bar-B-Que 591.3144
54 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 570.6628
55 Carolina Dreamin 560.8576

Chicken

55 entries · top 176.0116 · median 166.2400

#TeamScore
1 CHECKERED PIG 176.0116
2 MIDNIGHT BURN 175.4172
3 K & D SMOKERS 175.4056
4 BIG RED'S BARBECUE 174.2972
5 BALD HAWG BBQ 174.2628
6 BS PITMEISTERS 173.7600
7 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 173.7028
8 Bubba & Son BBQ 173.1200
9 SMOKIN SKULLIES 173.1200
10 SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 173.1200
11 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 172.5600
12 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 172.0228
13 SMOKE THIS 171.9884
14 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 171.4400
15 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 171.4056
16 KILLER B'S BBQ 171.4056
17 PICKIN' PORKERS 170.8456
18 Bite Me BBQ 169.1772
19 HEY GOOD BUDDY 169.1200
20 SWIG-N-PIG 169.1200
21 Saucemans Restaurant 168.5484
22 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 168.5372
23 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 167.9772
24 MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ 167.4400
25 WHO CARES BBQ 166.8344
26 RECYCLED SMOKE 166.2744
27 Blowin Smoke, LLC. 166.2628
28 PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE 166.2400
29 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 165.6800
30 County Line Que 165.1200
31 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 165.0972
32 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.0972
33 TRADITIONS BBQ 164.5484
34 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 163.4172
35 Carolina Dreamin 162.8228
36 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 162.8228
37 SUE E PIGG 162.8116
38 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 162.2628
39 BOBO'S QUE 162.2400
40 TORCH TIME BBQ 161.1200
41 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 161.0972
42 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 160.5828
43 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 159.4172
44 PIG ON FIRE 159.3828
45 BUTTS R US 158.2400
46 Sunnyside Bar-B-Que 157.7256
47 TWIN VITTLES 157.6800
48 SULTANS OF SWINE, NC 155.9428
49 BEAN CAN BBQ 154.8228
50 Johnny Ray's Low and Slow BBQ 154.7888
51 BUBBAJACK'S 153.6800
52 King's Cooking 153.0856
53 CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE 150.8456
54 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 148.5484
55 BUTT BURNERS BBQ - NC 147.9200

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2856

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 176.5600
2 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 174.2856
3 SMOKIN SKULLIES 174.2856
4 RECYCLED SMOKE 173.7028
5 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 173.1428
6 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 171.9772
7 PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE 171.4172
8 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 170.8572
9 SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 170.8572
10 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 170.8228
11 KILLER B'S BBQ 170.2856
12 CHECKERED PIG 170.2744
13 SUE E PIGG 170.2628
14 PICKIN' PORKERS 169.6800
15 TORCH TIME BBQ 169.1772
16 SULTANS OF SWINE, NC 169.1772
17 CONTAGIOUS Q 168.5372
18 Bite Me BBQ 166.2972
19 PIG ON FIRE 166.2740
20 BALD HAWG BBQ 166.2400
21 SMOKE THIS 165.6800
22 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 165.6800
23 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 165.1544
24 BS PITMEISTERS 164.5372
25 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 164.5372
26 Bubba & Son BBQ 163.9656
27 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 163.9428
28 CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE 162.2856
29 Blowin Smoke, LLC. 161.6800
30 BIG RED'S BARBECUE 161.1200
31 TWIN VITTLES 160.5144
32 HEY GOOD BUDDY 159.4172
33 BUTT BURNERS BBQ - NC 158.8460
34 MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ 157.6800
35 BUBBAJACK'S 157.6456
36 TRADITIONS BBQ 157.1088
37 King's Cooking 156.5600
38 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 155.9544
39 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 155.9428
40 MIDNIGHT BURN 155.9428
41 Johnny Ray's Low and Slow BBQ 155.4172
42 K & D SMOKERS 155.3716
43 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 154.2744
44 Saucemans Restaurant 153.6800
45 County Line Que 153.6572
46 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 152.5372
47 WHO CARES BBQ 152.5260
48 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 152.0228
49 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 150.8228
50 BEAN CAN BBQ 150.8228
51 SWIG-N-PIG 150.2744
52 BOBO'S QUE 149.6572
53 BUTTS R US 149.1088
54 Sunnyside Bar-B-Que 146.8572
55 Carolina Dreamin 125.6116

Pork

55 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.4056

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 175.4400
2 Johnny Ray's Low and Slow BBQ 173.7372
3 PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE 172.5600
4 SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 172
5 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 171.4056
6 County Line Que 170.8228
7 PICKIN' PORKERS 170.8228
8 Blowin Smoke, LLC. 170.2972
9 BUBBAJACK'S 170.2628
10 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 170.2628
11 SMOKE THIS 169.7144
12 HEY GOOD BUDDY 169.6916
13 TWIN VITTLES 169.1200
14 CHECKERED PIG 169.1200
15 SWIG-N-PIG 167.9656
16 KILLER B'S BBQ 166.8228
17 BUTT BURNERS BBQ - NC 166.8228
18 RECYCLED SMOKE 166.2856
19 Bite Me BBQ 165.6800
20 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 165.6800
21 BUTTS R US 165.0856
22 TRADITIONS BBQ 165.0856
23 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 164.5600
24 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 164.5600
25 BALD HAWG BBQ 164.5484
26 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 163.9656
27 WHO CARES BBQ 163.9428
28 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 163.4056
29 MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ 162.8456
30 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 162.2744
31 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 162.2628
32 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 162.2628
33 CONTAGIOUS Q 162.2400
34 BS PITMEISTERS 162.2400
35 K & D SMOKERS 162.2400
36 MIDNIGHT BURN 162.2284
37 BIG RED'S BARBECUE 161.6684
38 SMOKIN SKULLIES 160.5372
39 SUE E PIGG 160.5028
40 TORCH TIME BBQ 159.3716
41 Bubba & Son BBQ 158.8228
42 PIG ON FIRE 158.7884
43 CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE 158.2972
44 SULTANS OF SWINE, NC 158.2856
45 BOBO'S QUE 158.2744
46 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 157.6800
47 BEAN CAN BBQ 157.0740
48 Saucemans Restaurant 156.5828
49 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 155.9544
50 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 154.8456
51 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 154.8456
52 Sunnyside Bar-B-Que 153.7144
53 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 150.8228
54 Carolina Dreamin 147.9428
55 King's Cooking 147.9428

Brisket

55 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.6800

#TeamScore
1 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 178.8800
2 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 178.3200
3 MIDNIGHT BURN 175.4400
4 County Line Que 173.1544
5 K & D SMOKERS 173.1428
6 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 170.8456
7 CHECKERED PIG 170.8228
8 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 170.2628
9 SMOKIN SKULLIES 170.2628
10 THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 169.7260
11 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.1084
12 KILLER B'S BBQ 168.5600
13 SMOKE THIS 168.5600
14 TWIN VITTLES 168.5256
15 PALMETTO SMOKEHOUSE 167.9884
16 Blowin Smoke, LLC. 166.8456
17 FatBacks BBQ & Rib Shack 166.2516
18 TRADITIONS BBQ 166.2400
19 Good Ole Boys Country BBQ 165.7716
20 PIG ON FIRE 165.7372
21 BALD HAWG BBQ 165.6684
22 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 164.5372
23 BUBBAJACK'S 163.9772
24 BS PITMEISTERS 163.9772
25 MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ 162.8344
26 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 162.8228
27 SWIG-N-PIG 162.2628
28 SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE 161.6800
29 SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 161.0972
30 BUTTS R US 161.0972
31 Saucemans Restaurant 161.0856
32 BOBO'S QUE 160.5372
33 WHO CARES BBQ 160.5372
34 TORCH TIME BBQ 160.5372
35 Bite Me BBQ 159.9544
36 A TASTE OF CAROLINA 159.9544
37 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 159.9428
38 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 157.6916
39 EB'S BAR-B-QUE 157.6572
40 BEAN CAN BBQ 156.5144
41 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 156.5028
42 RECYCLED SMOKE 155.4172
43 CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE 154.8572
44 King's Cooking 154.8228
45 HEY GOOD BUDDY 154.8228
46 PICKIN' PORKERS 153.0856
47 SUE E PIGG 152.5600
48 BIG RED'S BARBECUE 151.9428
49 Bubba & Son BBQ 149.0856
50 SULTANS OF SWINE, NC 146.7772
51 BUTT BURNERS BBQ - NC 146.7772
52 Johnny Ray's Low and Slow BBQ 141.6000
53 Sunnyside Bar-B-Que 133.0172
54 Carolina Dreamin 124.4804
55 FIRE HOUSE GRILL 120.4688

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