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.
- QUAU · Chicken
- THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS · Chicken
- CAVEMAN CUISINE · Chicken
2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout
Mar 21–22, 2015 · Miami, OK
QUAU won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout on March 21, 2015 in Miami, OK, scoring 707.4400 in a field of 82 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8572. Category winners: Chicken — QUAU (180.0000); Pork Ribs — K.C. CAN CREW (179.4400); Pork — JACK'S OLD SOUTH (178.8572); Brisket — GETTIN' BASTED (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.
535.36
median 679.33
707.44 🏆
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 179.44
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 178.86
20
180
Entries
82
4 judged meats
Top score
707.4400
Winning margin
4.5828
GC over RC
Field average
677.62
535.36707.44
median 679.33 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
0.5600 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
695.9316
535.36707.44
10th place overall
Field spread
172.0800
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 7%
beats 93% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,634
avg power rating going in · stronger than 92% 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.
A stacked field
1634
average power rating going in
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1634 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
- top seed TRUEBUD BBQ (1842)
- 82 rated teams
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: QUAU and THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS and CAVEMAN CUISINE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: CAVEMAN CUISINE and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
QUAU took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 18th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 18th
- Brisket 5th
One of the big ones
82
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 97% of the 5,469 contests in the data
82 teams — bigger than 97% 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)
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 | 179.4400 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1544 | 176 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
82 entries · top 707.4400 · median 679.3312
Chicken
82 entries · top 180 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
82 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5486
Pork
82 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
Brisket
82 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.3942