A day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- JO-BAWB'S BBQ · Chicken
- CLARK CREW BBQ · Pork
- BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE · Pork
3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
Mar 20–21, 2015 · Miami, OK
CHECKERED PIG won Grand Champion at the 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run on March 20, 2015 in Miami, OK, scoring 698.8000 in a field of 87 teams. BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9428. Category winners: Chicken — JO-BAWB'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CHECKERED PIG (178.2972); Pork — CLARK CREW BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — CLARK CREW BBQ (176.5600).
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.
603.30
median 671.35
698.80 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 178.30
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 176.56
139.38
180
Entries
87
4 judged meats
Top score
698.8000
Winning margin
2.8572
GC over RC
Field average
668.35
603.30698.80
median 671.35 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
1.1544 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
688.5260
603.30698.80
10th place overall
Field spread
95.4976
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 39%
beats 61% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,626
avg power rating going in · stronger than 89% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 18 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 4–5: QUAU and KOSMO'S Q tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: KOSMO'S Q and LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: FOUR MEN AND A PIG and BLACK DOG BBQ IA tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
CLARK CREW BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
CHECKERED PIG took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 51st.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 51st
- Brisket 3rd
One of the big ones
87
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 97% of the 5,468 contests in the data
87 teams — bigger than 97% of the 5,468 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)
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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 176 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
87 entries · top 698.8000 · median 671.3484
Chicken
87 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.4172
Pork
87 entries · top 180 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
87 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800