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Sertoma 48 BBQ

2014-05-09 – 2014-05-10 · Lawrence, KS · 📍 Lawrence, KS 66044

Grand Champion: BIG WIGS BBQ (689.0972) · 54 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 TRUEBUD BBQ

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BIG WIGS BBQ
689.0972 · Master Series — Overall
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TRUEBUD BBQ
687.8972 · Master Series — Overall
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DIRT ROAD BBQ
687.3484 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 174.85
  • Pork Ribs 176.00
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 176.00
20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2013-05-10 — 691.4284 (OLD STYLE BBQ) 2014-05-09 — 689.0972 (BIG WIGS BBQ) 2015-05-08 — 697.1200 (SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ) 2016-05-06 — 696.5488 (BLACK EYE BBQ) 2017-05-05 — 701.1084 (SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE) 2018-05-04 — 694.3432 (SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE) 2019-04-26 — 690.8456 (Skunk River BBQ) 689.10 2013 2019

Entries

54
4 judged meats

Top score

689.0972

Winning margin

1.2000
GC over RC

Field average

645.56
521.11689.10
median 647.35 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BIG WIGS BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7256 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.2288
521.11689.10
10th place overall

Field spread

167.9888
winner to last place

Most consistent

DIRT ROAD BBQ
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4400 pts — BIG WIGS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 73%
beats 27% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

48%
23 of 48 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1524
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TRUEBUD BBQ
rated 1807 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.2000 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.

  • BIG WIGS BBQ
  • TRUEBUD BBQ

An upset on the books

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Big Wigs BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, TRUEBUD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1581
  • top seed 1807

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: 777 BBQ and BIG WIGS BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: TRUEBUD BBQ and DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: MIDNIGHT STOKERS and SMOKIN HOGS BBQ tied on 169.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG WIGS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 16th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 10th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 16th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • BIG WIGS BBQ · Pork

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
2013-05-10 Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS 49 691.4284 OLD STYLE BBQ TRUEBUD BBQ
2014-05-09 ← this one Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS 66044 54 689.0972 BIG WIGS BBQ TRUEBUD BBQ
2015-05-08 Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS 66044 45 697.1200 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ BIG WIGS BBQ
2016-05-06 Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS 42 696.5488 BLACK EYE BBQ 913 BBQ
2017-05-05 Lawrence, KS Broken Arrow Park 44 701.1084 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 913 BBQ
2018-05-04 Lawrence, KS Broken Arrow Park 41 694.3432 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 913 BBQ
2019-04-26 Lawrence, KS Broken Arrow Park 38 690.8456 Skunk River BBQ Fergolicious BBQ
2022-05-06 Lawrence, KS — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken174.8456173.1200169.1200
Pork Ribs176.0000170.8228169.1316
Pork180.0000170.8344169.6800
Brisket176.0000172.5600170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 689.0972 · median 647.3544

#TeamScore
1 BIG WIGS BBQ 689.0972
2 TRUEBUD BBQ 687.8972
3 DIRT ROAD BBQ 687.3484
4 THESLABS.COM 680.5028
5 MIDNIGHT STOKERS 677.0856
6 Crimson & Blue BBQ 675.3256
7 T'S SMOKIN PIT 672.4916
8 DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS 672.4456
9 BLACK EYE BBQ 670.2744
10 FRONT DOOR GANG 666.2288
11 LAZY BACON BBQ 666.1712
12 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 665.6000
13 BULLETS AND BUTTS 665.1540
14 FUNNY FARM BBQ 663.2684
15 RUB N TUG BBQ 662.7884
16 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 662.1488
17 DEAD LAST BBQ 661.6916
18 SMOKIN HOGS BBQ 660.5256
19 913 BBQ 658.2172
20 777 BBQ 657.0400
21 LUCKY D'S BBQ 653.6572
22 Broken Toe BBQ 652.5712
23 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 651.2456
24 DISCIPLES OF BLUES AND BBQ 650.2060
25 QUISINE 650.1716
26 EVENING WOOD 649.5768
27 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 648.4000
28 PORK 'N MINDY 646.3088
29 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 646.1944
30 PORK FICTION 644.4800
31 SMOKE N THINGS 643.8172
32 BAYOU STYLE BBQ 643.4056
33 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 642.1828
34 PIGGY'S GOING POSTAL 640.9596
35 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 639.2688
36 RockYourBelly BBQ 637.0856
37 Bob-O-Que 637.0172
38 BEER AND SWINE BBQ 635.3832
39 Big D & Briquettes BBQ 634.7656
40 WANNA B'S 631.2000
41 BMB BBQ 630.8000
42 WEEPING VEGAN BBQ 630.1944
43 INDIGO PIG 630.1144
44 THE BEST LITTLE BOARHOUSE IN KANSAS 628.5140
45 JUST FOR FUN 625.1428
46 MEATRUBBERS 624.5032
47 Wine & Swine 623.3260
48 THE SMORKERS 622.6628
49 SMOKIN SOMETHING OR OTHER 621.0168
50 SKY BLUE THIGHS 611.2112
51 Barbque-N-Buds 610.0912
52 Joint Effort 607.7944
53 SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 594.6852
54 Hole 'Nother Level 521.1084

Chicken

54 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.2572

#TeamScore
1 THESLABS.COM 174.8456
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 174.2856
3 777 BBQ 173.1428
4 BIG WIGS BBQ 173.1428
5 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 173.1200
6 LAZY BACON BBQ 172.5600
7 TRUEBUD BBQ 171.9656
8 DISCIPLES OF BLUES AND BBQ 169.6800
9 T'S SMOKIN PIT 169.1544
10 LUCKY D'S BBQ 169.1200
11 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 169.1084
12 BULLETS AND BUTTS 169.1084
13 FRONT DOOR GANG 168.5256
14 JUST FOR FUN 167.4400
15 DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS 167.4056
16 PORK 'N MINDY 166.8916
17 DEAD LAST BBQ 166.8800
18 Hole 'Nother Level 166.8456
19 FUNNY FARM BBQ 166.8228
20 913 BBQ 166.8228
21 MIDNIGHT STOKERS 166.8228
22 BAYOU STYLE BBQ 166.3428
23 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 166.2744
24 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 165.6916
25 QUISINE 165.6800
26 BLACK EYE BBQ 165.1772
27 BEER AND SWINE BBQ 164.5488
28 SMOKIN SOMETHING OR OTHER 163.9656
29 Big D & Briquettes BBQ 163.9428
30 BMB BBQ 163.4400
31 EVENING WOOD 163.4172
32 Bob-O-Que 163.4056
33 THE SMORKERS 162.8344
34 INDIGO PIG 162.8228
35 Broken Toe BBQ 162.2628
36 SMOKIN HOGS BBQ 161.1544
37 PORK FICTION 160.5372
38 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 160.5256
39 Wine & Swine 159.3944
40 Crimson & Blue BBQ 158.8228
41 MEATRUBBERS 158.2744
42 RUB N TUG BBQ 158.2284
43 WEEPING VEGAN BBQ 157.0972
44 SKY BLUE THIGHS 156.5372
45 RockYourBelly BBQ 156.0000
46 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 155.9772
47 PIGGY'S GOING POSTAL 155.3828
48 WANNA B'S 153.0628
49 Joint Effort 152.5488
50 SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 151.9428
51 Barbque-N-Buds 151.4172
52 THE BEST LITTLE BOARHOUSE IN KANSAS 151.4056
53 SMOKE N THINGS 150.2172
54 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 148.5144

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.2514

#TeamScore
1 Crimson & Blue BBQ 176.0000
2 TRUEBUD BBQ 174.2628
3 DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS 174.2628
4 THESLABS.COM 170.8572
5 DIRT ROAD BBQ 170.8228
6 MIDNIGHT STOKERS 169.7372
7 SMOKIN HOGS BBQ 169.7372
8 BULLETS AND BUTTS 169.1772
9 MEATRUBBERS 169.1316
10 BIG WIGS BBQ 169.1316
11 WEEPING VEGAN BBQ 169.1200
12 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 169.1200
13 BMB BBQ 168.5716
14 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 168.0000
15 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 167.4056
16 FRONT DOOR GANG 166.8688
17 FUNNY FARM BBQ 166.8112
18 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 166.2972
19 QUISINE 166.2744
20 BEER AND SWINE BBQ 165.1656
21 EVENING WOOD 165.1428
22 DEAD LAST BBQ 165.1316
23 RUB N TUG BBQ 164.0344
24 BAYOU STYLE BBQ 162.8344
25 PORK FICTION 162.2744
26 777 BBQ 162.2744
27 BLACK EYE BBQ 162.2628
28 T'S SMOKIN PIT 162.2400
29 SMOKE N THINGS 161.6916
30 SMOKIN SOMETHING OR OTHER 161.6684
31 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 161.6572
32 LUCKY D'S BBQ 161.1316
33 913 BBQ 161.1316
34 Bob-O-Que 160.5372
35 Wine & Swine 159.9888
36 Joint Effort 159.9428
37 Big D & Briquettes BBQ 159.3828
38 PORK 'N MINDY 158.8572
39 LAZY BACON BBQ 158.7884
40 SKY BLUE THIGHS 158.2628
41 WANNA B'S 158.2516
42 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 158.2172
43 JUST FOR FUN 157.7144
44 DISCIPLES OF BLUES AND BBQ 157.1432
45 RockYourBelly BBQ 157.1200
46 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 156.5488
47 THE SMORKERS 154.8228
48 INDIGO PIG 153.6800
49 PIGGY'S GOING POSTAL 153.6684
50 Barbque-N-Buds 153.0856
51 THE BEST LITTLE BOARHOUSE IN KANSAS 152.5716
52 Broken Toe BBQ 148.5256
53 SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 144.5828
54 Hole 'Nother Level 20.0000

Pork

54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.6970 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BIG WIGS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 BLACK EYE BBQ 176.5600
3 MIDNIGHT STOKERS 174.2744
4 RUB N TUG BBQ 174.2628
5 T'S SMOKIN PIT 170.8344
6 PORK FICTION 170.8228
7 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 170.8228
8 Crimson & Blue BBQ 170.8228
9 PIGGY'S GOING POSTAL 170.2628
10 TRUEBUD BBQ 169.6800
11 Broken Toe BBQ 168.0228
12 DEAD LAST BBQ 168.0228
13 BAYOU STYLE BBQ 167.4628
14 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 166.8572
15 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 166.8344
16 SMOKE N THINGS 166.8228
17 DIRT ROAD BBQ 166.2400
18 RockYourBelly BBQ 165.7028
19 DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS 165.6800
20 THE BEST LITTLE BOARHOUSE IN KANSAS 165.1312
21 THESLABS.COM 164.5372
22 FRONT DOOR GANG 164.5372
23 QUISINE 163.4172
24 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 163.3828
25 PORK 'N MINDY 162.8572
26 FUNNY FARM BBQ 162.8000
27 DISCIPLES OF BLUES AND BBQ 161.7028
28 LAZY BACON BBQ 161.6912
29 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 161.6800
30 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 161.6456
31 SMOKIN SOMETHING OR OTHER 160.0000
32 LUCKY D'S BBQ 160.0000
33 913 BBQ 160.0000
34 WANNA B'S 159.9428
35 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 159.9428
36 EVENING WOOD 159.3712
37 BMB BBQ 158.8800
38 Hole 'Nother Level 158.8228
39 SMOKIN HOGS BBQ 157.6684
40 INDIGO PIG 157.0856
41 BULLETS AND BUTTS 156.5712
42 Bob-O-Que 154.8228
43 777 BBQ 154.2056
44 BEER AND SWINE BBQ 153.6916
45 SKY BLUE THIGHS 153.0740
46 Barbque-N-Buds 153.0628
47 JUST FOR FUN 152.5828
48 MEATRUBBERS 151.9772
49 Wine & Swine 150.8228
50 THE SMORKERS 149.6228
51 Big D & Briquettes BBQ 148.5600
52 WEEPING VEGAN BBQ 146.8344
53 SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 145.6340
54 Joint Effort 138.2056

Brisket

54 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.6514

#TeamScore
1 DIRT ROAD BBQ 176.0000
2 Hole 'Nother Level 175.4400
3 Broken Toe BBQ 173.7600
4 LAZY BACON BBQ 173.1316
5 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 172.5600
6 TRUEBUD BBQ 171.9888
7 SMOKIN HOGS BBQ 171.9656
8 BULLETS AND BUTTS 170.2972
9 913 BBQ 170.2628
10 THESLABS.COM 170.2628
11 T'S SMOKIN PIT 170.2628
12 Crimson & Blue BBQ 169.6800
13 777 BBQ 167.4172
14 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 167.3828
15 FUNNY FARM BBQ 166.8344
16 BIG WIGS BBQ 166.8228
17 FRONT DOOR GANG 166.2972
18 BLACK EYE BBQ 166.2744
19 RUB N TUG BBQ 166.2628
20 MIDNIGHT STOKERS 166.2512
21 BLUE BUCKET BBQ 166.2400
22 DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS 165.0972
23 SMOKE N THINGS 165.0856
24 LUCKY D'S BBQ 163.4056
25 Big D & Briquettes BBQ 162.8800
26 DISCIPLES OF BLUES AND BBQ 161.6800
27 DEAD LAST BBQ 161.6572
28 EVENING WOOD 161.6456
29 PIGGY'S GOING POSTAL 161.6456
30 WANNA B'S 159.9428
31 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 159.4056
32 THE BEST LITTLE BOARHOUSE IN KANSAS 159.4056
33 RockYourBelly BBQ 158.2628
34 Bob-O-Que 158.2516
35 PORK 'N MINDY 157.7028
36 WEEPING VEGAN BBQ 157.1428
37 Joint Effort 157.0972
38 INDIGO PIG 156.5260
39 FOUR MEN AND A PIG 155.9316
40 THE SMORKERS 155.3828
41 QUISINE 154.8000
42 Wine & Swine 153.1200
43 SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 152.5256
44 Barbque-N-Buds 152.5256
45 BEER AND SWINE BBQ 151.9772
46 PORK FICTION 150.8456
47 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 149.1200
48 JUST FOR FUN 147.4056
49 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 146.7772
50 BAYOU STYLE BBQ 146.7656
51 MEATRUBBERS 145.1200
52 SKY BLUE THIGHS 143.3372
53 BMB BBQ 139.9084
54 SMOKIN SOMETHING OR OTHER 135.3828

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