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National Western BBQ Throwdown

2015-01-09 – 2015-01-10 · Denver, CO · 📍 Denver, CO 80216

Grand Champion: JO-BAWB'S BBQ (695.3716) · 40 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BACKDRAFT BBQ

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JO-BAWB'S BBQ
695.3716 · Master Series — Overall
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BACKDRAFT BBQ
694.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES
693.0744 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 173.71
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 179.44
134.17 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2015-01-09 — 695.3716 (JO-BAWB'S BBQ) 2016-01-08 — 697.6800 (JO-BAWB'S BBQ) 2017-01-06 — 700.5600 (CLARK CREW BBQ) 2018-01-05 — 691.3712 (GETTIN' BASTED) 2019-01-11 — 691.9084 (Gettin' Basted) 695.37 2015 2019

Entries

40
4 judged meats

Top score

695.3716

Winning margin

0.5716
GC over RC

Field average

650.97
448.51695.37
median 656.72 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.0512
448.51695.37
10th place overall

Field spread

246.8572
winner to last place

Most consistent

JO-BAWB'S BBQ
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 1.7372 pts — PORKY BUTTS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 52%
beats 48% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1560
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
rated 1859 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

0.5716 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.

  • JO-BAWB'S BBQ
  • BACKDRAFT BBQ

An upset on the books

29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100

JO-BAWB'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1704
  • top seed 1859

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

JO-BAWB'S BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

  • 2015
  • 2016

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 1–2: WOODY'S Q SHACK and WILD HOGS BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SWINESTONE COWBOYS and Danny's Sweet Carcass tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: SWINESTONE COWBOYS and CRAZY COYOTE tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

JO-BAWB'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 16th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 16th
  • Brisket 4th

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
2015-01-09 ← this one Denver, CO Denver, CO 80216 40 695.3716 JO-BAWB'S BBQ BACKDRAFT BBQ
2016-01-08 Denver, CO Denver, CO 80216 36 697.6800 JO-BAWB'S BBQ BUTCHER BBQ
2017-01-06 Denver, CO 1515 E 47th Av 38 700.5600 CLARK CREW BBQ YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG
2018-01-05 Denver, CO 1515 E 47th Ave 39 691.3712 GETTIN' BASTED BIG POPPA SMOKERS
2019-01-11 Denver, CO 1515 E 47th Av 38 691.9084 Gettin' Basted SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.5600171.4172
Pork Ribs173.7144172.5600170.2628
Pork178.2972173.7144170.8228
Brisket179.4400175.4400169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

40 entries · top 695.3716 · median 656.7200

#TeamScore
1 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 695.3716
2 BACKDRAFT BBQ 694.8000
3 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 693.0744
4 SWINESTONE COWBOYS 690.8000
5 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 690.2056
6 GQUE 688.4568
7 CLARK CREW BBQ 685.0744
8 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 679.9888
9 WOODY'S Q SHACK 679.9772
10 DAKOTA BBQ 677.0512
11 CRAZY COYOTE 675.3488
12 Three Brothers Different Mothers 674.7200
13 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 674.6968
14 Hogback Cookers 667.3140
15 WILD HOGS BBQ 664.4688
16 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 663.8852
17 LOS NERDS 663.3144
18 PORKY'S PIT CREW 662.1712
19 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 661.0056
20 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 657.0172
21 Belly Rub'N BBQ 656.4228
22 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 653.0744
23 THE CELTIC PIG 652.9372
24 Q'TANG CLAN 651.8972
25 Q LIVE CREW 649.6800
26 Danny's Sweet Carcass 646.1944
27 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 644.4344
28 303 BBQ 643.8400
29 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 641.0056
30 BURNTOUT BBQ CO 640.8912
31 SHB Customs 637.5544
32 My God That's Good BBQ 633.7140
33 GUYS WITH HARDWOOD 631.8744
34 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 630.8228
35 DOUBLE DBQ 628.3664
36 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE 627.2344
37 MEAN GREEN'S 611.2684
38 THUNDERSNOUT BBQ 608.4224
39 SMITH BROTHER'S BBQ 561.9764
40 Liquid Insiration Brewing and BBQ 448.5144

Chicken

39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.3200

#TeamScore
1 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 178.8572
2 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 177.7028
3 CLARK CREW BBQ 177.1428
4 SWINESTONE COWBOYS 176.5828
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 176.5600
6 WILD HOGS BBQ 173.7144
7 CRAZY COYOTE 173.1200
8 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 171.9772
9 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 171.9656
10 THE CELTIC PIG 171.4172
11 DAKOTA BBQ 171.4056
12 WOODY'S Q SHACK 169.7028
13 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.6916
14 GQUE 169.6800
15 303 BBQ 169.6800
16 Hogback Cookers 168.5828
17 PORKY'S PIT CREW 168.5256
18 Q'TANG CLAN 167.9772
19 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 167.9772
20 My God That's Good BBQ 166.3200
21 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 166.2284
22 LOS NERDS 165.6684
23 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 164.5600
24 Belly Rub'N BBQ 164.5256
25 SHB Customs 163.9772
26 Danny's Sweet Carcass 163.4056
27 GUYS WITH HARDWOOD 162.8344
28 MEAN GREEN'S 162.2512
29 DOUBLE DBQ 161.6916
30 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 161.6800
31 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 161.6684
32 BURNTOUT BBQ CO 161.0740
33 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 159.3828
34 Q LIVE CREW 157.1084
35 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 156.0228
36 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 150.2744
37 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE 150.2400
38 THUNDERSNOUT BBQ 149.1200
39 SMITH BROTHER'S BBQ 145.0856

Pork Ribs

40 entries · top 173.7144 · median 164.2686

#TeamScore
1 WOODY'S Q SHACK 173.7144
2 WILD HOGS BBQ 173.7144
3 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 173.1316
4 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 173.1200
5 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 172.5600
6 BACKDRAFT BBQ 171.9772
7 Three Brothers Different Mothers 171.4172
8 SWINESTONE COWBOYS 170.8228
9 Danny's Sweet Carcass 170.8228
10 GQUE 170.2628
11 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 169.1544
12 PORKY'S PIT CREW 169.1544
13 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.1200
14 Belly Rub'N BBQ 168.5372
15 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 168.5256
16 LOS NERDS 167.9772
17 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 167.3944
18 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 167.3944
19 Q LIVE CREW 165.1428
20 DAKOTA BBQ 164.5600
21 CRAZY COYOTE 163.9772
22 THE CELTIC PIG 163.9312
23 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 163.4172
24 CLARK CREW BBQ 163.3944
25 DOUBLE DBQ 161.6688
26 Hogback Cookers 161.6572
27 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 161.1084
28 Q'TANG CLAN 159.9884
29 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE 159.9544
30 BURNTOUT BBQ CO 159.3600
31 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 158.8572
32 THUNDERSNOUT BBQ 158.2740
33 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 156.5028
34 303 BBQ 154.8344
35 My God That's Good BBQ 153.6800
36 GUYS WITH HARDWOOD 151.3944
37 MEAN GREEN'S 148.0000
38 SHB Customs 145.6344
39 Liquid Insiration Brewing and BBQ 143.4172
40 SMITH BROTHER'S BBQ 137.6800

Pork

40 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.3942

#TeamScore
1 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 178.2972
2 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 177.7028
3 CLARK CREW BBQ 176.0000
4 SWINESTONE COWBOYS 173.7144
5 CRAZY COYOTE 173.7144
6 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 173.1428
7 WOODY'S Q SHACK 172.0116
8 DAKOTA BBQ 171.4056
9 BACKDRAFT BBQ 170.8228
10 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 170.8228
11 GQUE 170.8112
12 PORKY'S PIT CREW 169.7028
13 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.6800
14 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.6684
15 BURNTOUT BBQ CO 169.1200
16 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 167.3828
17 WILD HOGS BBQ 166.8228
18 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 166.8112
19 Hogback Cookers 165.0856
20 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 163.4056
21 Q'TANG CLAN 163.3828
22 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 162.8456
23 SHB Customs 162.8000
24 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 162.2628
25 LOS NERDS 162.2516
26 Belly Rub'N BBQ 161.6800
27 Liquid Insiration Brewing and BBQ 161.6800
28 GUYS WITH HARDWOOD 159.9656
29 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 158.8228
30 303 BBQ 158.8000
31 Q LIVE CREW 158.2744
32 THE CELTIC PIG 158.2288
33 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 156.5256
34 THUNDERSNOUT BBQ 155.9428
35 My God That's Good BBQ 155.4512
36 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE 153.6572
37 MEAN GREEN'S 153.6456
38 Danny's Sweet Carcass 150.2516
39 DOUBLE DBQ 150.1944
40 SMITH BROTHER'S BBQ 145.0396

Brisket

40 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.5486

#TeamScore
1 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 179.4400
2 GQUE 177.7028
3 BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 176.0000
4 JO-BAWB'S BBQ 176.0000
5 BACKDRAFT BBQ 175.4400
6 Hogback Cookers 171.9884
7 STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 171.4056
8 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 170.8572
9 SWINESTONE COWBOYS 169.6800
10 DAKOTA BBQ 169.6800
11 Q LIVE CREW 169.1544
12 CLARK CREW BBQ 168.5372
13 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 167.4172
14 LOS NERDS 167.4172
15 SHB Customs 165.1428
16 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 165.0856
17 WOODY'S Q SHACK 164.5484
18 CRAZY COYOTE 164.5372
19 Three Brothers Different Mothers 163.9428
20 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE 163.3828
21 Danny's Sweet Carcass 161.7144
22 Belly Rub'N BBQ 161.6800
23 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 161.0856
24 Q'TANG CLAN 160.5488
25 303 BBQ 160.5256
26 WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ 159.4060
27 THE CELTIC PIG 159.3600
28 My God That's Good BBQ 158.2628
29 GUYS WITH HARDWOOD 157.6800
30 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 156.5144
31 DOUBLE DBQ 154.8116
32 PORKY'S PIT CREW 154.7884
33 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 153.0972
34 SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 151.9888
35 BURNTOUT BBQ CO 151.3372
36 WILD HOGS BBQ 150.2172
37 MEAN GREEN'S 147.3716
38 THUNDERSNOUT BBQ 145.0856
39 Liquid Insiration Brewing and BBQ 143.4172
40 SMITH BROTHER'S BBQ 134.1712

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