A first Grand Championship
17
tracked contests to get there
This was WOODHOUSE BARBECUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.
Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship 2014
May 2–4, 2014 · Elk Grove, CA
WOODHOUSE BARBECUE won Grand Champion at the Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship on May 2, 2014 in Elk Grove, CA, scoring 684.5028 in a field of 33 teams. TOO ASHAMED TO NAME took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.1428. Category winners: Chicken — WOODHOUSE BARBECUE (176.5600); Pork Ribs — Rolling Bones Traveling BBQ Circus (174.2972); Pork — Houndog Barbecue (170.8684); Brisket — WOODHOUSE BARBECUE (173.1200). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.
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.
487.38
median 630.77
684.50 🏆
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 174.30
- Pork 170.87
- Brisket 173.12
20
176.56
Entries
33
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
684.5028
Winning margin
7.3600
GC over RC
Field average
622.74
487.38684.50
median 630.77 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
4.6056 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
642.2516
487.38684.50
10th place overall
Field spread
197.1200
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 83%
beats 17% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,511
avg power rating going in · stronger than 8% of contests
Storylines (4 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 1–2: Rolling Bones Traveling BBQ Circus and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: WOODHOUSE BARBECUE and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: WOODHOUSE BARBECUE and PLASTERED PIG BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 1–2 · tie
- Pork 7–8 · 0.0228
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 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
WOODHOUSE BARBECUE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 6th
- 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)
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 ← this one | Elk Grove, CA | Elk Grove, CA 95624 | 33 | 684.5028 | WOODHOUSE BARBECUE | TOO ASHAMED TO NAME |
| May 1, 2015 | Elk Grove, CA | Elk Grove, CA 95682 | 32 | 663.3488 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 169.1656 | 165.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 167.4288 | 164.5600 |
| Pork | 170.8684 | 166.2628 | 163.4632 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 166.8572 | 158.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
33 entries · top 684.5028 · median 630.7660
Chicken
33 entries · top 176.5600 · median 158.2056
Pork Ribs
33 entries · top 174.2972 · median 156.5716
Pork
33 entries · top 170.8684 · median 160.5372
Brisket
33 entries · top 173.1200 · median 152
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 Chicken
7 entries · top 151.3484 · median 136.5028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zRob's Smokin Rub BBQ Crew | |
| 2 | zRing of Fire BBQ | |
| 3 | zKickin' Cowboys BBQ | |
| 4 | zSmokin' Fools BBQ | |
| 5 | zBubba's Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | zJP-B-Que | |
| 7 | zSmoke and Mirrors |
Master Series — Backyard Ribs
7 entries · top 146.7772 · median 128.4800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zRob's Smokin Rub BBQ Crew | |
| 2 | zRing of Fire BBQ | |
| 3 | zKickin' Cowboys BBQ | |
| 4 | zSmokin' Fools BBQ | |
| 5 | zSmoke and Mirrors | |
| 6 | zJP-B-Que | |
| 7 | zBubba's Backyard BBQ |