3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off

Jun 26–27, 2015 · Willard, MO

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GETTIN' BASTED

703.4172 · Master Series — Overall

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

690.1828 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOOTH SMOKE

689.0744 · Master Series — Overall

GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the 3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off on June 26, 2015 in Willard, MO, scoring 703.4172 in a field of 31 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.1828. Category winners: Chicken — Z-QUE (175.4172); Pork Ribs — HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE (180.0000); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (176.5828); Brisket — GETTIN' BASTED (176.0000).

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.

594.22 median 662.72 703.42 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 175.42
Pork Ribs 180 🔥
Pork 176.58
Brisket 176

130.82 180

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

703.4172

Winning margin

13.2344

GC over RC

Field average

654.86

594.22703.42

median 662.72 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7316

594.22703.42

10th place overall

Field spread

109.2000

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.2856 pts — HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 20%

beats 80% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,571

avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1849 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 statement win

13.2344 points clear of the field

Wider than 94% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The champion won by 13.2344 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: Z-QUE and HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: PORK N' CIDER and BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SLEEPY HOLLOW and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork 7–8 · 0.0112

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

GETTIN' BASTED won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.

Chicken 9th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 1st
Brisket 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.

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE · Pork Ribs

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	175.4172	174.2744	172.5600
Pork Ribs	180	172.5600	169.1316
Pork	176.5828	172.5600	169.1200
Brisket	176	173.1428	169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 703.4172 · median 662.7200

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	703.4172
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	690.1828
3	SMOOTH SMOKE	689.0744
4	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	687.8972
5	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	687.3600
6	COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	682.2056
7	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	680.5028
8	A GOOD RUB BBQ	679.3716
9	BIG WOODIE BBQ	679.2912
10	Z-QUE	678.7316
11	PORK N' CIDER	676.4572
12	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	675.8860
13	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	674.7312
14	MOKAN MEATHEADS	674.1600
15	Advanced Lock & Key / Hogzilla	664.4228
16	SLEEPY HOLLOW	662.7200
17	BRICKHEAD BBQ	662.6968
18	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	660.4000
19	PECULIAR SMOKE	651.8056
20	Eli's Smokin' Pit Crew	651.2572
21	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	650.7312
22	BIG BEE'S BBQ	644.9828
23	MENAGE DA HOG	636.8916
24	ON THE SAUCE	633.5200
25	SMOKIN' BILL'S	618.1488
26	Smokin' Sammy's	610.0456
27	Sweet Meat	605.6116
28	Sticky Finger BBQ	601.6572
29	Smokaholic	596.5032
30	GRAY WOLF BBQ	595.8972
31	Smokin Engineers	594.2172

Chicken

31 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Z-QUE	175.4172
2	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	175.4172
3	SMOOTH SMOKE	175.4056
4	BIG WOODIE BBQ	174.8572
5	PORK N' CIDER	174.2744
6	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	174.2744
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	174.2628
8	SLEEPY HOLLOW	173.1200
9	GETTIN' BASTED	173.1200
10	COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	172.5600
11	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	171.9772
12	MOKAN MEATHEADS	171.9772
13	A GOOD RUB BBQ	171.9772
14	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	171.4056
15	Eli's Smokin' Pit Crew	170.8572
16	PECULIAR SMOKE	167.9656
17	SMOKIN' BILL'S	166.2972
18	ON THE SAUCE	166.2400
19	Advanced Lock & Key / Hogzilla	165.0972
20	BRICKHEAD BBQ	163.9312
21	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	163.3944
22	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	162.7884
23	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	162.7884
24	BIG BEE'S BBQ	158.2400
25	MENAGE DA HOG	157.0744
26	Sweet Meat	156.6060
27	Smokin' Sammy's	156.5256
28	Sticky Finger BBQ	153.6800
29	GRAY WOLF BBQ	149.6800
30	Smokaholic	146.8344
31	Smokin Engineers	141.1200

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 180 · median 163.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	180 🔥
2	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7144
3	MOKAN MEATHEADS	177.1428
4	SMOOTH SMOKE	175.4288
5	COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	172.5600
6	Advanced Lock & Key / Hogzilla	172
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.9772
8	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	170.8344
9	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	169.6800
10	A GOOD RUB BBQ	169.1316
11	PORK N' CIDER	169.1084
12	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	168.5372
13	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	166.2400
14	BRICKHEAD BBQ	164.5600
15	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	163.4172
16	MENAGE DA HOG	163.3944
17	PECULIAR SMOKE	163.3944
18	BIG WOODIE BBQ	162.8000
19	Z-QUE	162.8000
20	SLEEPY HOLLOW	161.6800
21	Eli's Smokin' Pit Crew	160.5372
22	SMOKIN' BILL'S	155.3828
23	Sweet Meat	154.8572
24	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	153.6228
25	BIG BEE'S BBQ	151.3600
26	GRAY WOLF BBQ	149.6800
27	Smokin' Sammy's	149.6572
28	ON THE SAUCE	149.6344
29	Smokin Engineers	143.9772
30	Smokaholic	142.8000
31	Sticky Finger BBQ	141.7372

Pork

31 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.5372

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	176.5828
2	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	175.4172
3	BIG WOODIE BBQ	175.4056
4	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	174.2628
5	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	172.5600
6	MENAGE DA HOG	171.9656
7	ON THE SAUCE	170.8456
8	Z-QUE	170.8344
9	SMOOTH SMOKE	170.2628
10	A GOOD RUB BBQ	169.1200
11	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	168.5256
12	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	167.4172
13	Eli's Smokin' Pit Crew	166.2284
14	PECULIAR SMOKE	165.6800
15	BRICKHEAD BBQ	165.0972
16	PORK N' CIDER	164.5372
17	COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	164.5256
18	BIG BEE'S BBQ	163.3828
19	MOKAN MEATHEADS	162.8000
20	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	161.6800
21	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	161.1200
22	Advanced Lock & Key / Hogzilla	161.0856
23	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	159.9428
24	SMOKIN' BILL'S	159.4172
25	Smokin' Sammy's	158.8000
26	Sticky Finger BBQ	157.1200
27	SLEEPY HOLLOW	154.2172
28	Smokin Engineers	153.1084
29	Sweet Meat	151.9312
30	Smokaholic	143.9772
31	GRAY WOLF BBQ	130.8228

Brisket

31 entries · top 176 · median 167.9772

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	176
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4172
3	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	174.2628
4	SLEEPY HOLLOW	173.7028
5	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	173.1428
6	COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	172.5600
7	BIG BEE'S BBQ	172
8	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	170.8344
9	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	170.8228
10	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	169.7028
11	Z-QUE	169.6800
12	A GOOD RUB BBQ	169.1428
13	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	169.1200
14	BRICKHEAD BBQ	169.1084
15	PORK N' CIDER	168.5372
16	SMOOTH SMOKE	167.9772
17	Advanced Lock & Key / Hogzilla	166.2400
18	BIG WOODIE BBQ	166.2284
19	GRAY WOLF BBQ	165.7144
20	Smokaholic	162.8916
21	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	162.8456
22	MOKAN MEATHEADS	162.2400
23	Smokin Engineers	156.0116
24	PECULIAR SMOKE	154.7656
25	Eli's Smokin' Pit Crew	153.6344
26	Sticky Finger BBQ	149.1200
27	ON THE SAUCE	146.8000
28	Smokin' Sammy's	145.0628
29	MENAGE DA HOG	144.4572
30	Sweet Meat	142.2172
31	SMOKIN' BILL'S	137.0516

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 11-15

5 entries · top 176.5600 · median 172.0228

#	Team	Score
1	Caden Desantiago	176.5600
2	Alex Hendricks	176.5600
3	Justin Roe	172.0228
4	Eric Lent	171.4056
5	Jake Loth	168.5484

Master Series — Kids 5-10

6 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.9714

#	Team	Score
1	Hadley McNatt	178.8800
2	Eli Muilenburg	172.5944
3	Shelby Loth	164.5256
4	Taylor Scheer	163.4172
5	Tylor Porterfield	162.2628
6	Tatum Scheer	161.6916

3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off

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)

A statement win

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A perfect score on the table

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 — Kids 11-15

Master Series — Kids 5-10