Smokin' N the Ville 2014

Apr 25–26, 2014 · Edwardsville, KS

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PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS

684.5028 · Master Series — Overall

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BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE

676.4796 · Master Series — Overall

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777 BBQ

672.4800 · Master Series — Overall

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS won Grand Champion at the Smokin' N the Ville on April 25, 2014 in Edwardsville, KS, scoring 684.5028 in a field of 27 teams. BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 676.4796. Category winners: Chicken — SMOOTH SMOKE (177.1428); Pork Ribs — BURNT FINGER BBQ (174.2856); Pork — BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE (176.5600); Brisket — SMOKE ON WHEELS (171.4056). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by BURNT FINGER BBQ.

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.

490.87 median 652.02 684.50 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 174.29
Pork 176.56
Brisket 171.41

42.93 177.14

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

684.5028

Winning margin

8.0232

GC over RC

Field average

637.65

490.87684.50

median 652.02 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

5.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

655.9540

490.87684.50

10th place overall

Field spread

193.6348

winner to last place

Most consistent

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS

avg finish 3 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 4 pts — SMOOTH SMOKE

How hot was the win?

Top 83%

beats 17% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

42%

11 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,521

avg power rating going in · stronger than 15% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BURNT FINGER BBQ

rated 1710 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS came in rated below the field's top team, BURNT FINGER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1560
top seed 1710

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 3rd

A first Grand Championship

11 tracked contests to get there

This was PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: INDIGO PIG and EATIN AINT CHEATIN tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SMOOTH SMOKE and EATIN AINT CHEATIN tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: 2 DRUNK 2 QUE edged SMOKE ON WHEELS by 0.0116.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 3–4 · 0.0116
Chicken 9–10 · 0.0228

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BURNT FINGER BBQ (won 2013).

BURNT FINGER BBQ · 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
Apr 26, 2013	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville, KS	26	695.4286	BURNT FINGER BBQ	SMOKE ON WHEELS
Apr 25, 2014 ← this one	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville, KS 66111	27	684.5028	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	170.2856	165.6684
Pork Ribs	174.2856	168.5488	164
Pork	176.5600	171.4056	165.0740
Brisket	171.4056	166.2284	163.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 684.5028 · median 652.0224

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	684.5028
2	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	676.4796
3	777 BBQ	672.4800
4	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	671.3940
5	SMOOTH SMOKE	669.7484
6	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	664.5256
7	SMOKE ON WHEELS	661.0852
8	BURNT FINGER BBQ	660.4452
9	Fergolicious BBQ	659.2680
10	INDIGO PIG	655.9540
11	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	655.8280
12	Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ	655.4400
13	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	655.3028
14	PACHAS BY THE POUND	652.0224
15	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	646.7080
16	SMOKIN WOLVES	646.2288
17	YARDHOGS BBQ	631.3944
18	The Big Loins	626.8112
19	Taste-T Base-T BBQ	623.4288
20	SMALLEYWOOD BBQ	619.9196
21	SMOKE BREAK - KS	617.1200
22	Porkopolis	614.2284
23	Sloppy Hogs	611.8512
24	Couzins Bar-B-Que	606.1488
25	Partners - N - Crime	597.0172
26	DOUBLE D'S	590.2628
27	Lost in the Smoke	490.8680

Chicken

27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.1660

#	Team	Score
1	SMOOTH SMOKE	177.1428
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	173.1428
3	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	172.5484
4	INDIGO PIG	170.2856
5	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	170.2856
6	Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ	169.1544
7	PACHAS BY THE POUND	168.5712
8	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	165.7144
9	Fergolicious BBQ	165.6912
10	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	165.6684
11	YARDHOGS BBQ	165.1544
12	777 BBQ	165.1200
13	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	163.3712
14	Taste-T Base-T BBQ	161.1660
15	SMOKIN WOLVES	161.1544
16	SMALLEYWOOD BBQ	159.9884
17	SMOKE BREAK - KS	159.9772
18	BURNT FINGER BBQ	159.9312
19	The Big Loins	159.4400
20	Sloppy Hogs	158.2400
21	Couzins Bar-B-Que	157.7144
22	SMOKE ON WHEELS	154.2856
23	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	154.2400
24	Partners - N - Crime	150.8228
25	Lost in the Smoke	150.2628
26	Porkopolis	148.5372
27	DOUBLE D'S	142.2744

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 174.2856 · median 162.2628

#	Team	Score
1	BURNT FINGER BBQ	174.2856
2	INDIGO PIG	172.5716
3	777 BBQ	171.9772
4	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	169.7028
5	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	168.5488
6	PACHAS BY THE POUND	166.8572
7	SMOOTH SMOKE	165.7028
8	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	165.7028
9	Fergolicious BBQ	164.5600
10	SMOKIN WOLVES	164
11	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	163.4172
12	SMOKE ON WHEELS	162.8456
13	Porkopolis	162.2856
14	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	162.2628
15	The Big Loins	161.7256
16	DOUBLE D'S	161.7144
17	Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ	159.4284
18	Partners - N - Crime	159.4172
19	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	158.2628
20	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	158.2628
21	Couzins Bar-B-Que	158.2516
22	Taste-T Base-T BBQ	157.7716
23	SMOKE BREAK - KS	157.7028
24	YARDHOGS BBQ	157.6916
25	SMALLEYWOOD BBQ	155.9656
26	Sloppy Hogs	149.6800
27	Lost in the Smoke	42.9256

Pork

27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.6684

#	Team	Score
1	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	176.5600
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	174.2628
3	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	172.5600
4	SMOKE ON WHEELS	172.5484
5	777 BBQ	171.4056
6	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	169.7028
7	Fergolicious BBQ	169.6684
8	PACHAS BY THE POUND	169.1656
9	SMOKIN WOLVES	165.1200
10	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	165.0740
11	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	163.4400
12	BURNT FINGER BBQ	163.4056
13	SMOOTH SMOKE	161.7372
14	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	161.6684
15	Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ	160.5944
16	SMALLEYWOOD BBQ	160.5712
17	The Big Loins	155.3712
18	Sloppy Hogs	151.9884
19	INDIGO PIG	151.9656
20	YARDHOGS BBQ	151.4284
21	DOUBLE D'S	150.2856
22	Partners - N - Crime	147.9656
23	SMOKE BREAK - KS	147.4284
24	Porkopolis	147.3828
25	Lost in the Smoke	146.8340
26	Couzins Bar-B-Que	146.2284
27	Taste-T Base-T BBQ	145.6456

Brisket

27 entries · top 171.4056 · median 159.3484

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE ON WHEELS	171.4056
2	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	169.1084
3	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	168.5484
4	Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ	166.2628
5	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	166.2284
6	EATIN AINT CHEATIN	165.7028
7	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	165.6684
8	SMOOTH SMOKE	165.1656
9	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	165.0856
10	777 BBQ	163.9772
11	BURNT FINGER BBQ	162.8228
12	INDIGO PIG	161.1312
13	MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN	160
14	Fergolicious BBQ	159.3484
15	Taste-T Base-T BBQ	158.8456
16	YARDHOGS BBQ	157.1200
17	Porkopolis	156.0228
18	SMOKIN WOLVES	155.9544
19	SMOKE BREAK - KS	152.0116
20	Sloppy Hogs	151.9428
21	Lost in the Smoke	150.8456
22	The Big Loins	150.2744
23	PACHAS BY THE POUND	147.4284
24	Couzins Bar-B-Que	143.9544
25	SMALLEYWOOD BBQ	143.3944
26	Partners - N - Crime	138.8116
27	DOUBLE D'S	135.9884

Smokin' N the Ville 2014

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 (5 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

Photo finishes

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