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2015-01-17 · Hartselle, AL · 📍 Hartselle, AL

Grand Champion: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (695.9428) · 36 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LADY OF Q

🥇
695.9428 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
691.9544 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
688.5140 · 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 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 176.01
133.11 180.00

Entries

36
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

695.9428

Winning margin

3.9884
GC over RC

Field average

654.47
575.81695.94
median 657.06 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork
3.4056 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7772
575.81695.94
10th place overall

Field spread

120.1368
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.9032 pts — TEAM WOODSHED

How hot was the win?

Top 50%
beats 50% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1767 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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 12th

A rookie on the podium

3rd at their first tracked contest

CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ and MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SIN CITY SMOKERS and 7 SINS BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: COME AND TAKE IT BBQ and SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Brisket 7–8 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

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 POPPA SMOKERS · Chicken

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
Glen Ellyn, IL
2013-06-13 BLUE MOUNTAIN, ON
2014-06-14 London, KY
2014-07-17 Watertown, SD
2014-07-17 Warren/Pittsfield, PA
2014-07-26 Laurie, MO
2014-08-16 Danville, IL
2014-08-23 Smithville, MO
2014-09-13 Appleton City, MO
2015-01-17 ← this one Hartselle, AL Hartselle, AL 36 695.9428 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ LADY OF Q
2015-02-28 Lexington, NC
2015-04-25 Columbia, MO
2015-09-17 St. Charles, IL
2016-03-12 Clinton, MO
2016-05-05 Mesquite, NV
2016-05-26 Robinson, TX
2016-06-09 Craig, CO
2016-08-11 Winston, MO
2017-02-11 Cedar Park, TX
2017-03-11 Bixby, OK
2017-08-17 Worland, WY
2017-08-24 Appleton City, MO

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000175.4056171.4056
Pork Ribs177.1544173.7372171.4172
Pork176.5600173.1544170.8344
Brisket176.0116170.8572167.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

36 entries · top 695.9428 · median 657.0572

#TeamScore
1 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 695.9428
2 LADY OF Q 691.9544
3 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 688.5140
4 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 686.7312
5 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 686.2056
6 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 684.5140
7 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 683.9312
8 SMOKIN' HART'S 681.7028
9 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 681.6344
10 Brisket Brothers 678.7772
11 Sharpe's Woodshed 676.4456
12 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 675.8972
13 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 675.3488
14 TEAM WOODSHED 665.0060
15 SIN CITY SMOKERS 664.4916
16 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 663.9316
17 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 659.8748
18 BLUE EYED BBQ 658.8460
19 FOUR KING BBQ 655.2684
20 COME AND TAKE IT BBQ 654.7200
21 COOL GRILLING 652.5028
22 FU MAN QUE CREW 651.8056
23 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 647.7944
24 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 646.7316
25 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 646.6284
26 HBQ 645.0288
27 REVIN IT UP BBQ 644.5600
28 BAD DOG BBQ - DE 636.4800
29 7 SINS BBQ 635.8744
30 Westgrove Smokehouse 635.8744
31 BREW HAWG 624.4912
32 Team Awesome 618.8008
33 RONI'S RIBS 613.5884
34 .Smokin J's 592.5144
35 A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP 582.7088
36 TIE DYE BBQ 575.8060

Chicken

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 180.0000 🔥
2 LADY OF Q 178.2972
3 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 177.1428
4 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 176.5600
5 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 175.4056
6 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 175.4056
7 SIN CITY SMOKERS 172.0000
8 7 SINS BBQ 172.0000
9 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 171.9772
10 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 171.4056
11 BLUE EYED BBQ 170.8800
12 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 170.8572
13 Sharpe's Woodshed 169.6800
14 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 169.1428
15 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 169.1084
16 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 168.5372
17 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 168.5372
18 SMOKIN' HART'S 167.4056
19 FOUR KING BBQ 167.3828
20 Westgrove Smokehouse 166.8572
21 Brisket Brothers 166.2400
22 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 165.1428
23 REVIN IT UP BBQ 163.4284
24 COOL GRILLING 162.3200
25 FU MAN QUE CREW 162.2400
26 BAD DOG BBQ - DE 161.6800
27 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 159.9544
28 .Smokin J's 159.4172
29 TEAM WOODSHED 159.3600
30 HBQ 158.8000
31 BREW HAWG 157.1312
32 COME AND TAKE IT BBQ 157.0628
33 Team Awesome 151.3944
34 RONI'S RIBS 150.2744
35 TIE DYE BBQ 146.8000
36 A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP 141.1200

Pork Ribs

36 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2514

#TeamScore
1 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 177.1544
2 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 175.4172
3 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 174.8572
4 LADY OF Q 174.2972
5 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 173.7372
6 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 173.1660
7 COME AND TAKE IT BBQ 172.0000
8 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 172.0000
9 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 171.9772
10 Brisket Brothers 171.4172
11 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 170.8572
12 COOL GRILLING 169.7144
13 SMOKIN' HART'S 169.1200
14 SIN CITY SMOKERS 168.5944
15 FOUR KING BBQ 168.5372
16 BLUE EYED BBQ 167.4172
17 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 166.8344
18 FU MAN QUE CREW 166.2628
19 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 166.2400
20 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 165.0856
21 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 165.0856
22 TEAM WOODSHED 164.5372
23 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 164.5372
24 BAD DOG BBQ - DE 163.4172
25 Sharpe's Woodshed 162.8000
26 Westgrove Smokehouse 161.1316
27 REVIN IT UP BBQ 161.1316
28 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 157.6688
29 7 SINS BBQ 154.2744
30 BREW HAWG 154.2400
31 Team Awesome 153.7148
32 HBQ 153.6800
33 RONI'S RIBS 153.6684
34 A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP 149.6916
35 TIE DYE BBQ 143.9200
36 .Smokin J's 142.2972

Pork

36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2686

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 176.5600
2 SMOKIN' HART'S 176.0344
3 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 176.0000
4 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 175.4056
5 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 173.1544
6 LADY OF Q 173.1200
7 Sharpe's Woodshed 173.1084
8 Team Awesome 172.5600
9 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 171.4056
10 HBQ 170.8344
11 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 169.6912
12 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 169.6800
13 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 169.1200
14 Brisket Brothers 168.5600
15 7 SINS BBQ 168.5484
16 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 167.9772
17 COME AND TAKE IT BBQ 167.4172
18 BREW HAWG 166.8572
19 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 165.6800
20 REVIN IT UP BBQ 165.1772
21 BLUE EYED BBQ 165.1200
22 TEAM WOODSHED 165.0972
23 COOL GRILLING 164.5256
24 FOUR KING BBQ 163.9772
25 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 161.6572
26 Westgrove Smokehouse 160.5256
27 SIN CITY SMOKERS 160.5144
28 BAD DOG BBQ - DE 159.9428
29 FU MAN QUE CREW 159.3600
30 RONI'S RIBS 158.8112
31 A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP 158.7884
32 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 155.9316
33 .Smokin J's 155.4284
34 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 153.6344
35 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 149.6344
36 TIE DYE BBQ 149.1544

Brisket

36 entries · top 176.0116 · median 161.1144

#TeamScore
1 TEAM WOODSHED 176.0116
2 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 173.1084
3 Brisket Brothers 172.5600
4 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 172.0000
5 Sharpe's Woodshed 170.8572
6 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 170.2628
7 SMOKIN' HART'S 169.1428
8 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 169.1428
9 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 169.1200
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 167.9656
11 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 167.4284
12 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 167.3828
13 LADY OF Q 166.2400
14 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 165.0856
15 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 164.5256
16 FU MAN QUE CREW 163.9428
17 SIN CITY SMOKERS 163.3828
18 HBQ 161.7144
19 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 160.5144
20 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 160.5028
21 COME AND TAKE IT BBQ 158.2400
22 COOL GRILLING 155.9428
23 BLUE EYED BBQ 155.4288
24 FOUR KING BBQ 155.3712
25 REVIN IT UP BBQ 154.8228
26 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 154.2172
27 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 153.0972
28 BAD DOG BBQ - DE 151.4400
29 RONI'S RIBS 150.8344
30 Westgrove Smokehouse 147.3600
31 BREW HAWG 146.2628
32 Team Awesome 141.1316
33 7 SINS BBQ 141.0516
34 TIE DYE BBQ 135.9316
35 .Smokin J's 135.3716
36 A.F.U. - ALL FIRED UP 133.1088

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 — Kids Q 11 To 15 Years Old

7 entries · top 173.7372 · median 169.1200

#TeamScore
1 Smokin Brendan 173.7372
2 Ferbeque 172.5944
3 .Hickory & Spice, JR 169.1428
4 SMOKIN HOT BBQ 169.1200
5 .Grill & Chill BBQ 166.2628
6 ..Yard Shrimp BBQ 166.2628
7 Smokin Jayden 165.7028

Master Series — Kids Q 6 To 10 Years Old

3 entries · top 169.1772 · median 166.8228

#TeamScore
1 Little Loot 169.1772
2 TEAM BACON 166.8228
3 .Fatty Nat's 164.5372

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