3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship

Jun 20–21, 2014 · Temecula, CA

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VICIOUS SMOKE

693.7144 · Master Series — Overall

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SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ

688.5260 · Master Series — Overall

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Smoqued California BBQ

686.2744 · Master Series — Overall

VICIOUS SMOKE won Grand Champion at the 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship on June 20, 2014 in Temecula, CA, scoring 693.7144 in a field of 65 teams. SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5260. Category winners: Chicken — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Pete's Firehouse BBQ (175.4400); Pork — WOODHOUSE BARBECUE (176.5716); Brisket — Smoqued California BBQ (178.8572).

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.

417.11 median 655.41 693.71 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 179.44
Pork Ribs 175.44
Pork 176.57
Brisket 178.86

111.87 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

693.7144

Winning margin

5.1884

GC over RC

Field average

644.08

417.11693.71

median 655.41 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.0972

417.11693.71

10th place overall

Field spread

276.6060

winner to last place

Most consistent

VICIOUS SMOKE

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.7256 pts — BIG POPPA SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 58%

beats 42% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,537

avg power rating going in · stronger than 27% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Burnin and Lootin

rated 1722 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

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

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

VICIOUS SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, Burnin and Lootin, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1557
top seed 1722

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

VICIOUS SMOKE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 4th
Brisket 11th

A first Grand Championship

13 tracked contests to get there

This was VICIOUS SMOKE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 13th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT and Meat Candy Q tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and VICIOUS SMOKE tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: LADY OF Q and SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 6–7 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie

One of the big ones

65 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 94% of the 5,469 contests in the data

65 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,469 contests in the data.

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)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	174.8800	173.1200
Pork Ribs	175.4400	172.0228	170.8800
Pork	176.5716	172.5600	170.8456
Brisket	178.8572	173.7028	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

65 entries · top 693.7144 · median 655.4060

#	Team	Score
1	VICIOUS SMOKE	693.7144
2	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	688.5260
3	Smoqued California BBQ	686.2744
4	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	686.2172
5	LEFT COAST Q	684.5028
6	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	683.9888
7	GORILLA ISLANDS	682.2404
8	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	681.6456
9	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	681.1084
10	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	681.0972
11	ALL SAUCED UP	681.0972
12	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	678.8000
13	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	677.7828
14	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	677.0288
15	GRILL OF HIS DREAMS	674.2512
16	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	671.3716
17	Sharpe's Woodshed	670.7884
18	PORKETEERS	669.0968
19	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	668.6400
20	SMOKIN' HART'S	668.4568
21	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	668.4456
22	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	667.3604
23	DEAD PIG WALKING	667.3484
24	THE RIB DOCTOR LLC	667.3368
25	BOWLING OVER PIGS	665.1084
26	ROOFTOP BBQ	665.0972
27	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	663.3600
28	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	662.2056
29	LADY OF Q	657.0284
30	Patio Pitmasters.com	656.5600
31	BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE	656.4228
32	PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA	655.4172
33	T & J Backyard BBQ	655.4060
34	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	653.5656
35	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	649.6916
36	RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY	647.9084
37	TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	646.8120
38	Meat Candy Q	646.8004
39	COOL GRILLING	645.1088
40	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	644.4000
41	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	641.5772
42	SMOKIN' PILES OF BBQ	641.5312
43	Smoke 'n' Bones	635.9540
44	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	635.9316
45	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	634.2628
46	THIGHS, BUTTS, BREAST & BBQ	633.0976
47	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	631.3028
48	DESPERADO	630.6284
49	OM BBQ COMPANY	629.0172
50	Dee'z Boy'z BBQ	626.2284
51	PRIBS RIB	623.9316
52	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	623.3716
53	MEAT INC.	621.6692
54	MONSOON BBQ	613.0288
55	PIT THE ROAD BBQ	612.9948
56	Big Red BBQ	612.4568
57	I.B.Q.	608.5488
58	MAKE IT SQUEEL	606.2060
59	DUFF BBQ	604.4228
60	ALL ABOUT THE Q	596.4800
61	Get it While is Hot	591.9656
62	JW HAYES	589.0396
63	Tropical BBQ	539.1996
64	Tropical Vibes Caribbean & Soul BBQ	537.5316
65	Morens Grill Team	417.1084

Chicken

65 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8572

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	179.4400
2	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	177.7144
3	COOL GRILLING	175.4628
4	VICIOUS SMOKE	175.4172
5	Patio Pitmasters.com	174.8800
6	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	174.8572
7	Meat Candy Q	174.8572
8	ALL SAUCED UP	174.2972
9	LEFT COAST Q	174.2628
10	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	173.1200
11	THE RIB DOCTOR LLC	172.5828
12	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	172.5600
13	PORKETEERS	171.4284
14	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	171.4172
15	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	170.8800
16	T & J Backyard BBQ	170.8572
17	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	170.8572
18	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	170.2856
19	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	170.2856
20	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	169.7144
21	Smoqued California BBQ	169.7028
22	ROOFTOP BBQ	169.7028
23	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	169.7028
24	GRILL OF HIS DREAMS	169.7028
25	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	169.6912
26	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	169.6800
27	PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA	168.5944
28	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	168.5600
29	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	168.5372
30	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	167.9772
31	BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE	167.4284
32	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	167.3944
33	DEAD PIG WALKING	166.8572
34	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	166.8456
35	SMOKIN' PILES OF BBQ	166.8228
36	TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	166.2972
37	BOWLING OVER PIGS	165.7256
38	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	165.1656
39	GORILLA ISLANDS	165.1088
40	MAKE IT SQUEEL	164.5828
41	MEAT INC.	162.8572
42	RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY	162.8000
43	DESPERADO	162.8000
44	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	162.2284
45	MONSOON BBQ	161.6800
46	THIGHS, BUTTS, BREAST & BBQ	159.4288
47	I.B.Q.	159.4284
48	SMOKIN' HART'S	158.8000
49	Sharpe's Woodshed	158.7884
50	LADY OF Q	158.7884
51	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	158.2744
52	Dee'z Boy'z BBQ	157.7028
53	ALL ABOUT THE Q	157.1428
54	OM BBQ COMPANY	157.0856
55	PIT THE ROAD BBQ	156.0116
56	Get it While is Hot	155.4172
57	Big Red BBQ	150.7884
58	Smoke 'n' Bones	150.2400
59	JW HAYES	149.6684
60	DUFF BBQ	148.5600
61	PRIBS RIB	147.4400
62	Tropical Vibes Caribbean & Soul BBQ	145.6916
63	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	143.9200
64	Tropical BBQ	137.0512
65	Morens Grill Team	130.2628

Pork Ribs

65 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.4172

#	Team	Score
1	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	175.4400
2	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	174.8800
3	LEFT COAST Q	174.8572
4	GORILLA ISLANDS	173.1544
5	SMOKIN' HART'S	172.0228
6	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	172.0116
7	VICIOUS SMOKE	172
8	Smoqued California BBQ	171.4516
9	ALL SAUCED UP	171.4172
10	Sharpe's Woodshed	170.8800
11	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	170.8344
12	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	170.3084
13	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	170.2628
14	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	169.1200
15	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	168.5944
16	DEAD PIG WALKING	168.5600
17	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	168
18	COOL GRILLING	168
19	Smoke 'n' Bones	167.4056
20	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	166.8572
21	ROOFTOP BBQ	166.8344
22	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	166.8344
23	GRILL OF HIS DREAMS	166.8344
24	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	166.2744
25	BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE	166.2284
26	THIGHS, BUTTS, BREAST & BBQ	165.1316
27	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	164.5944
28	DUFF BBQ	164.5600
29	BOWLING OVER PIGS	164.5372
30	THE RIB DOCTOR LLC	164.5256
31	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	164.5256
32	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	163.9772
33	Meat Candy Q	163.4172
34	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	163.3944
35	TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	163.3944
36	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	163.3944
37	RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY	162.8456
38	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	162.8344
39	Patio Pitmasters.com	162.2744
40	LADY OF Q	161.7028
41	Dee'z Boy'z BBQ	161.0968
42	PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA	160.5256
43	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	160.5144
44	OM BBQ COMPANY	159.9544
45	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	159.4056
46	PIT THE ROAD BBQ	158.8000
47	PORKETEERS	157.6800
48	PRIBS RIB	157.6800
49	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	157.6800
50	Big Red BBQ	157.1428
51	DESPERADO	157.0856
52	T & J Backyard BBQ	155.9544
53	SMOKIN' PILES OF BBQ	155.9428
54	MAKE IT SQUEEL	153.1088
55	MEAT INC.	152.5144
56	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	151.4172
57	Get it While is Hot	150.2972
58	JW HAYES	149.1312
59	ALL ABOUT THE Q	147.9772
60	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	146.8344
61	MONSOON BBQ	143.9316
62	Tropical BBQ	141.7028
63	Tropical Vibes Caribbean & Soul BBQ	141.1428
64	I.B.Q.	136.5832
65	Morens Grill Team	133.1200

Pork

65 entries · top 176.5716 · median 162.8800

#	Team	Score
1	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	176.5716
2	Sharpe's Woodshed	175.4400
3	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	174.8572
4	VICIOUS SMOKE	174.8572
5	LADY OF Q	172.5600
6	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	172.5600
7	I.B.Q.	171.4400
8	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	171.4056
9	DEAD PIG WALKING	171.4056
10	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	170.8456
11	BOWLING OVER PIGS	170.2972
12	GORILLA ISLANDS	169.7028
13	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	169.6800
14	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	169.1200
15	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	169.1200
16	SMOKIN' HART'S	169.1084
17	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	168.0344
18	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	168.0116
19	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	168
20	PORKETEERS	166.8456
21	GRILL OF HIS DREAMS	166.8456
22	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	166.8228
23	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	166.8228
24	Smoqued California BBQ	166.2628
25	PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA	165.7372
26	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	165.6800
27	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	165.1772
28	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	165.1084
29	LEFT COAST Q	165.0856
30	THE RIB DOCTOR LLC	163.9772
31	BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE	163.9428
32	TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	163.3944
33	T & J Backyard BBQ	162.8800
34	PRIBS RIB	162.8572
35	RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY	162.8572
36	ALL SAUCED UP	162.8000
37	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	162.2628
38	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	162.2516
39	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	161.0856
40	Smoke 'n' Bones	160.5828
41	ROOFTOP BBQ	159.9428
42	MEAT INC.	158.3088
43	COOL GRILLING	157.6684
44	Patio Pitmasters.com	156.5828
45	Meat Candy Q	156.5716
46	Dee'z Boy'z BBQ	156
47	THIGHS, BUTTS, BREAST & BBQ	156
48	OM BBQ COMPANY	155.9428
49	PIT THE ROAD BBQ	155.4060
50	DESPERADO	154.8112
51	Morens Grill Team	153.7256
52	JW HAYES	153.7028
53	MONSOON BBQ	153.1428
54	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	153.0972
55	SMOKIN' PILES OF BBQ	153.0628
56	Big Red BBQ	151.9656
57	Get it While is Hot	150.8572
58	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	150.2972
59	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	149.0628
60	DUFF BBQ	147.9540
61	ALL ABOUT THE Q	145.7028
62	Tropical Vibes Caribbean & Soul BBQ	138.8228
63	MAKE IT SQUEEL	137.6228
64	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	135.3716
65	Tropical BBQ	131.3484

Brisket

64 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.4172

#	Team	Score
1	Smoqued California BBQ	178.8572
2	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	177.1428
3	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	175.4628
4	GORILLA ISLANDS	174.2744
5	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	173.7028
6	PORKETEERS	173.1428
7	HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	173.1200
8	ALL SAUCED UP	172.5828
9	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	172.5828
10	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE	171.9656
11	VICIOUS SMOKE	171.4400
12	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	171.4172
13	GRILL OF HIS DREAMS	170.8684
14	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	170.8456
15	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	170.8228
16	LEFT COAST Q	170.2972
17	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	170.2628
18	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	169.1316
19	ROOFTOP BBQ	168.6172
20	SMOKIN' HART'S	168.5256
21	THE RIB DOCTOR LLC	166.2512
22	T & J Backyard BBQ	165.7144
23	SMOKIN' PILES OF BBQ	165.7028
24	Sharpe's Woodshed	165.6800
25	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	165.0856
26	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	164.5600
27	BOWLING OVER PIGS	164.5484
28	LADY OF Q	163.9772
29	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	162.8228
30	Patio Pitmasters.com	162.8228
31	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	161.6916
32	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	161.6800
33	D'S SMOKEHOUSE	161.1544
34	PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA	160.5600
35	DEAD PIG WALKING	160.5256
36	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	159.4172
37	RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY	159.4056
38	BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE	158.8232
39	Smoke 'n' Bones	157.7256
40	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	157.0856
41	OM BBQ COMPANY	156.0344
42	PRIBS RIB	155.9544
43	DESPERADO	155.9316
44	MONSOON BBQ	154.2744
45	TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	153.7260
46	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	153.7144
47	Big Red BBQ	152.5600
48	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	152.5488
49	THIGHS, BUTTS, BREAST & BBQ	152.5372
50	Meat Candy Q	151.9544
51	Dee'z Boy'z BBQ	151.4288
52	MAKE IT SQUEEL	150.8916
53	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	149.1200
54	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	148
55	MEAT INC.	147.9888
56	ALL ABOUT THE Q	145.6572
57	COOL GRILLING	143.9776
58	DUFF BBQ	143.3488
59	PIT THE ROAD BBQ	142.7772
60	I.B.Q.	141.0972
61	JW HAYES	136.5372
62	Get it While is Hot	135.3940
63	Tropical BBQ	129.0972
64	Tropical Vibes Caribbean & Soul BBQ	111.8744

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 — Whole Pig

4 entries · top 170.8800 · median 166.8572

#	Team	Score
1	KRITTER KOOKERS COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	170.8800
2	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	170.2744
3	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	163.4400
4	Pete's Firehouse BBQ	152

3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship

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?

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

One of the big ones

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)

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Whole Pig