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9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff

Jul 10–11, 2015 · Kettering, OH

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HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ
691.9888 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ
691.9428 · Master Series — Overall
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YELLOW RIVER BBQ
688.4912 · Master Series — Overall

HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ won Grand Champion at the 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff on July 10, 2015 in Kettering, OH, scoring 691.9888 in a field of 39 teams. SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9428. Category winners: Chicken — BRUTUS AND COMPANY (180.0000); Pork Ribs — FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE (176.5600); Pork — HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ (178.2972).

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 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 178.30
141.10 180

Entries

39
4 judged meats

Top score

691.9888

Winning margin

0.0460
GC over RC

Field average

661.34
613.07691.99
median 665.60 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BRUTUS AND COMPANY (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.2632
613.07691.99
10th place overall

Field spread

78.9144
winner to last place

Most consistent

YELLOW RIVER BBQ
avg finish 7.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1200 pts — BRUTUS AND COMPANY

How hot was the win?

Top 64%
beats 36% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

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

Field strength

1,535
avg power rating going in · stronger than 26% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N
rated 1842 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

0.0460 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.

  • HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ
  • SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ

An upset on the books

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1576
  • top seed 1842

A first Grand Championship

17 tracked contests to get there

This was HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: BARK BROTHERS BBQ and RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HISTORIC BBQ and HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: Bronze Star BBQ and BRUTUS AND COMPANY tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 25th.

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 25th
  • 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.

  • BRUTUS AND COMPANY · 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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180174.2628172
Pork Ribs176.5600172170.2860
Pork177.7144174.8572171.4744
Brisket178.2972174.2744168.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 691.9888 · median 665.6000

#TeamScore
1 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 691.9888
2 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 691.9428
3 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 688.4912
4 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 687.3828
5 HISTORIC BBQ 682.8000
6 SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 682.2860
7 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 682.2516
8 ZZ-QUE 680.4916
9 HOGAHOLICS 679.3372
10 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 678.2632
11 BRUTUS AND COMPANY 678.2284
12 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 677.0744
13 WEQ4U 677.0284
14 VICTORY SMOKERS 675.8968
15 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 675.4172
16 SMOKIN' IN THE D 671.9772
17 Bronze Star BBQ 669.0744
18 BARK BROTHERS BBQ 668.4456
19 SAUCY SWINE-O'S 667.9544
20 LITTLE BOB'S BBQ 665.6000
21 UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ 663.3944
22 BACKWOODS GRILLIN 662.2060
23 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 659.3372
24 502 BBQ 657.6348
25 It's What We Do Q 656.5144
26 STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ 651.8744
27 CHARCOAL MAFIA 650.1368
28 TEAM RINE-O 649.0284
29 BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH 647.8740
30 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 646.8000
31 ROAD HOG WILLY 641.6800
32 SCRAMBLIN EGGS BBQ 641.6348
33 Tuggy Bear BBQ 638.8000
34 Mr. Jimmy's Obsession 638.1712
35 COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q 631.8284
36 ALL FIRED UP 624.5712
37 HICKORY TREE BBQ 623.9200
38 KING NEPTUNE BBQ 621.6912
39 Bainbridge Meat Burner 613.0744

Chicken

39 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BRUTUS AND COMPANY 180 🔥
2 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 178.8800
3 WEQ4U 176.5600
4 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 174.8456
5 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 174.2628
6 BARK BROTHERS BBQ 173.7028
7 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 173.7028
8 UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ 172.5600
9 HISTORIC BBQ 172
10 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 172
11 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 171.9772
12 SCRAMBLIN EGGS BBQ 170.8344
13 502 BBQ 170.8344
14 HOGAHOLICS 170.8228
15 STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ 170.2860
16 SAUCY SWINE-O'S 170.2628
17 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 170.2628
18 ROAD HOG WILLY 169.1772
19 Bronze Star BBQ 169.1200
20 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 168.5256
21 VICTORY SMOKERS 168.5256
22 Tuggy Bear BBQ 168.0116
23 It's What We Do Q 167.9888
24 SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 167.9772
25 HICKORY TREE BBQ 167.9772
26 TEAM RINE-O 167.9540
27 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 166.2628
28 BACKWOODS GRILLIN 165.1316
29 SMOKIN' IN THE D 164.5484
30 CHARCOAL MAFIA 163.9656
31 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 162.8456
32 Mr. Jimmy's Obsession 162.7884
33 BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH 162.2400
34 ZZ-QUE 161.6800
35 LITTLE BOB'S BBQ 161.1200
36 COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q 159.9772
37 KING NEPTUNE BBQ 156.5600
38 ALL FIRED UP 151.4512
39 Bainbridge Meat Burner 149.7372

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 176.5600
2 ZZ-QUE 176.0116
3 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 175.4172
4 SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 174.2860
5 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 172
6 BARK BROTHERS BBQ 171.9772
7 SCRAMBLIN EGGS BBQ 171.4172
8 HOGAHOLICS 170.8572
9 CHARCOAL MAFIA 170.8456
10 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 170.2860
11 HISTORIC BBQ 170.2744
12 SMOKIN' IN THE D 169.7488
13 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 169.7144
14 BACKWOODS GRILLIN 169.1544
15 SAUCY SWINE-O'S 169.1544
16 LITTLE BOB'S BBQ 169.1084
17 WEQ4U 168.5600
18 Mr. Jimmy's Obsession 167.4172
19 BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH 166.8228
20 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 165.1200
21 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 165.1200
22 VICTORY SMOKERS 165.0856
23 ROAD HOG WILLY 164.5600
24 BRUTUS AND COMPANY 163.9884
25 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 163.9772
26 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 163.9544
27 UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ 163.4172
28 COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q 163.3944
29 TEAM RINE-O 161.0972
30 It's What We Do Q 159.9544
31 ALL FIRED UP 158.8572
32 502 BBQ 158.2632
33 STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ 157.6800
34 Bainbridge Meat Burner 157.1200
35 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 155.9884
36 Bronze Star BBQ 153.6572
37 Tuggy Bear BBQ 147.3828
38 KING NEPTUNE BBQ 146.8456
39 HICKORY TREE BBQ 141.0972

Pork

39 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5600

#TeamScore
1 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 177.7144
2 TEAM RINE-O 177.1428
3 SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 176
4 HISTORIC BBQ 175.4056
5 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 174.8572
6 VICTORY SMOKERS 174.8456
7 HOGAHOLICS 173.7028
8 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 172.5944
9 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 172.5600
10 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 171.4744
11 Bronze Star BBQ 170.8572
12 LITTLE BOB'S BBQ 170.8344
13 WEQ4U 170.8228
14 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 170.2628
15 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 169.6800
16 STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ 169.6684
17 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 169.1316
18 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 169.1200
19 SMOKIN' IN THE D 169.1200
20 SAUCY SWINE-O'S 168.5600
21 ZZ-QUE 168.5256
22 502 BBQ 167.3828
23 UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ 165.7372
24 It's What We Do Q 165.7256
25 BACKWOODS GRILLIN 165.1200
26 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 164.5600
27 KING NEPTUNE BBQ 163.4400
28 ROAD HOG WILLY 160.5600
29 CHARCOAL MAFIA 158.8000
30 BRUTUS AND COMPANY 158.8000
31 Bainbridge Meat Burner 157.1428
32 Mr. Jimmy's Obsession 156.5828
33 BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH 155.9656
34 SCRAMBLIN EGGS BBQ 155.4288
35 BARK BROTHERS BBQ 154.7884
36 Tuggy Bear BBQ 152.5484
37 HICKORY TREE BBQ 151.9884
38 COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q 150.8112
39 ALL FIRED UP 149.7028

Brisket

39 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8572

#TeamScore
1 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 178.2972
2 SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ 177.7028
3 Bronze Star BBQ 175.4400
4 BRUTUS AND COMPANY 175.4400
5 ZZ-QUE 174.2744
6 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 172.5600
7 YELLOW RIVER BBQ 171.9656
8 Tuggy Bear BBQ 170.8572
9 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 169.7028
10 SMOKIN' IN THE D 168.5600
11 BARK BROTHERS BBQ 167.9772
12 VICTORY SMOKERS 167.4400
13 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 167.4172
14 HISTORIC BBQ 165.1200
15 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 165.1200
16 ALL FIRED UP 164.5600
17 LITTLE BOB'S BBQ 164.5372
18 SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 164.0228
19 HOGAHOLICS 163.9544
20 HICKORY TREE BBQ 162.8572
21 It's What We Do Q 162.8456
22 BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH 162.8456
23 BACKWOODS GRILLIN 162.8000
24 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 162.2400
25 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 161.7144
26 UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ 161.6800
27 502 BBQ 161.1544
28 WEQ4U 161.0856
29 SAUCY SWINE-O'S 159.9772
30 COL. D'S SWEET SMOKIN Q 157.6456
31 CHARCOAL MAFIA 156.5256
32 KING NEPTUNE BBQ 154.8456
33 STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ 154.2400
34 Mr. Jimmy's Obsession 151.3828
35 Bainbridge Meat Burner 149.0744
36 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 148.5716
37 ROAD HOG WILLY 147.3828
38 SCRAMBLIN EGGS BBQ 143.9544
39 TEAM RINE-O 142.8344

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