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2015-07-17 – 2015-07-18 · Watertown, SD · 📍 Watertown, SD 57201

Grand Champion: MUSTANG SALLY BBQ (686.8344) · 38 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SPITFIRE

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MUSTANG SALLY BBQ
686.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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SPITFIRE
685.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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LAST CALL HEROES BBQ
679.8968 · 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 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 177.14
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 177.70
137.69 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2016 — this edition picked out.

2014-07-18 — 694.2400 (PARROTHEAD SMOKERS) 2015-07-17 — 686.8344 (MUSTANG SALLY BBQ) 2016-07-15 — 702.2400 (SHIGGIN & GRINNIN) 686.83 2014 2016

Entries

38
4 judged meats

Top score

686.8344

Winning margin

1.7260
GC over RC

Field average

649.64
590.81686.83
median 652.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SPITFIRE (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
4.5828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.7884
590.81686.83
10th place overall

Field spread

96.0228
winner to last place

Most consistent

MUSTANG SALLY BBQ
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.0000 pts — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 78%
beats 22% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

77%
24 of 31 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1539
avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
rated 1807 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.

An upset on the books

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

MUSTANG SALLY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1617
  • top seed 1807

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MUSTANG SALLY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 4th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: CHARCOAL LOUNGERS and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ and SHIGGIN & GRINNIN tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: RUB MY RACK and GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie

A contest record in pork ribs

177.1428 best pork ribs ever cooked here

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ turned in 177.1428 in pork ribs — past the 175.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 175.4400
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014).

  • PARROTHEAD SMOKERS · 2014

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.

  • SPITFIRE · Pork

They keep coming back

77% of last edition’s field returned

24 of 31 teams from 2014-07-18 came back

24 of the 31 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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
2014-07-18 Watertown, SD Watertown, SD 57201 31 694.2400 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS SPITFIRE
2015-07-17 ← this one Watertown, SD Watertown, SD 57201 38 686.8344 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ SPITFIRE
2016-07-15 Watertown, SD Watertown, SD 41 702.2400 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN HOGLINE
2021-07-16 Watertown, SD — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400174.8572169.1200
Pork Ribs177.1428172.5600167.9772
Pork180.0000171.4172169.6684
Brisket177.7028171.9884165.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 686.8344 · median 652.7712

#TeamScore
1 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 686.8344
2 SPITFIRE 685.1084
3 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 679.8968
4 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 676.5144
5 EGGSPERT BBQ 676.4912
6 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 676.4340
7 PIGTAMER BBQ 675.9312
8 WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ 675.8968
9 SUBTLE SMOKE 672.5260
10 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 666.7884
11 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 663.9884
12 RUB MY RACK 663.9544
13 BAD AZZ 663.8512
14 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 662.7772
15 GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE 661.0744
16 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 659.8280
17 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 658.7656
18 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 653.5428
19 BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 653.0624
20 GUS'S BBQ 652.4800
21 BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD 651.9772
22 Electric SMOKE 650.7772
23 SMOKE'N ICE 649.6688
24 SHORT CREW BBQ 649.5772
25 Hogs Breath BBQ SD 648.5484
26 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 646.1940
27 SHAGAN PIT 640.0116
28 BIG ISLAND BBQ 638.2052
29 BIG STONE BRISKETEERS 636.5028
30 Revival Ribs 624.5712
31 RICHIE Z's 623.1880
32 Terex The Flavor Train 622.2856
33 BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 621.1312
34 PURE SMOKE 620.9940
35 R & B Smokin' The Blues 613.6684
36 Crazy Carl's BBQ 600.5596
37 DAKOTA COUNTRY BBQ 591.8172
38 SD Army National Guard 590.8116

Chicken

38 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 179.4400
2 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 179.4400
3 PIGTAMER BBQ 177.7028
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4056
5 SUBTLE SMOKE 174.8572
6 Hogs Breath BBQ SD 173.7372
7 SPITFIRE 172.0000
8 SMOKE'N ICE 169.7144
9 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 169.6800
10 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 169.1200
11 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 168.5600
12 EGGSPERT BBQ 167.9656
13 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 167.9656
14 GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE 167.4172
15 BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 166.8456
16 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 166.3084
17 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 166.2628
18 BAD AZZ 165.0972
19 RUB MY RACK 164.5372
20 Electric SMOKE 164.5372
21 WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ 163.9772
22 BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD 162.8344
23 SHAGAN PIT 162.3088
24 GUS'S BBQ 161.6800
25 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 161.6684
26 Revival Ribs 161.1312
27 DAKOTA COUNTRY BBQ 159.9772
28 SHORT CREW BBQ 158.8228
29 BIG STONE BRISKETEERS 156.5484
30 Terex The Flavor Train 156.0000
31 SD Army National Guard 154.8572
32 Crazy Carl's BBQ 152.6056
33 RICHIE Z's 152.4568
34 R & B Smokin' The Blues 152.0116
35 PURE SMOKE 149.6572
36 BIG ISLAND BBQ 147.9656
37 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 145.6228
38 BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 142.2628

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.3942

#TeamScore
1 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 177.1428
2 BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD 173.1428
3 WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ 173.1200
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.1200
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 172.5600
6 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 172.0000
7 GUS'S BBQ 168.5600
8 RUB MY RACK 168.0000
9 GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE 168.0000
10 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 167.9772
11 Revival Ribs 167.4628
12 PIGTAMER BBQ 167.4056
13 SPITFIRE 167.4056
14 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 166.8684
15 BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 165.1428
16 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 164.5484
17 EGGSPERT BBQ 164.5372
18 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 164.5372
19 BIG ISLAND BBQ 163.4056
20 RICHIE Z's 163.3828
21 SUBTLE SMOKE 162.2744
22 BAD AZZ 162.2512
23 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 161.6916
24 BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 160.5256
25 Hogs Breath BBQ SD 158.8344
26 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 158.8228
27 PURE SMOKE 158.8228
28 SMOKE'N ICE 157.7144
29 Electric SMOKE 156.6288
30 SHAGAN PIT 156.5256
31 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 156.5144
32 SHORT CREW BBQ 155.3944
33 BIG STONE BRISKETEERS 154.8228
34 Terex The Flavor Train 153.7600
35 R & B Smokin' The Blues 151.4172
36 Crazy Carl's BBQ 149.6800
37 SD Army National Guard 147.4172
38 DAKOTA COUNTRY BBQ 142.8228

Pork

38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SPITFIRE 180.0000 🔥
2 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 177.1772
3 SUBTLE SMOKE 172.0000
4 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 172.0000
5 SMOKE'N ICE 171.4172
6 SHORT CREW BBQ 170.8228
7 BIG ISLAND BBQ 170.2856
8 EGGSPERT BBQ 170.2628
9 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 169.6800
10 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 169.6684
11 PIGTAMER BBQ 169.1200
12 BAD AZZ 168.5256
13 Electric SMOKE 168.5256
14 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 168.0000
15 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 167.3944
16 GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE 167.3828
17 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 165.6800
18 RICHIE Z's 164.5256
19 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 164.0000
20 BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 164.0000
21 PURE SMOKE 162.8456
22 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 162.8000
23 Terex The Flavor Train 162.2856
24 WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ 161.0968
25 BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 160.5484
26 RUB MY RACK 159.4400
27 GUS'S BBQ 158.8344
28 SHAGAN PIT 158.2972
29 Revival Ribs 158.2856
30 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 158.2628
31 BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD 157.1772
32 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 156.4796
33 Crazy Carl's BBQ 155.9540
34 BIG STONE BRISKETEERS 154.2744
35 Hogs Breath BBQ SD 154.2512
36 R & B Smokin' The Blues 153.6912
37 SD Army National Guard 147.9772
38 DAKOTA COUNTRY BBQ 147.9428

Brisket

38 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.4056

#TeamScore
1 WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ 177.7028
2 EGGSPERT BBQ 173.7256
3 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 173.7144
4 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 173.7144
5 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 171.9884
6 RUB MY RACK 171.9772
7 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 170.8800
8 BIG STONE BRISKETEERS 170.8572
9 BAD AZZ 167.9772
10 SPITFIRE 165.7028
11 BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ 165.1428
12 SHORT CREW BBQ 164.5372
13 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 164.5372
14 GUS'S BBQ 163.4056
15 SUBTLE SMOKE 163.3944
16 SHAGAN PIT 162.8800
17 CHARCOAL LOUNGERS 162.8456
18 Hogs Breath BBQ SD 161.7256
19 PIGTAMER BBQ 161.7028
20 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 161.1084
21 Electric SMOKE 161.0856
22 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 160.5600
23 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 160.5140
24 BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD 158.8228
25 GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE 158.2744
26 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 158.2284
27 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 157.0744
28 BIG ISLAND BBQ 156.5484
29 R & B Smokin' The Blues 156.5484
30 SMOKE'N ICE 150.8228
31 Terex The Flavor Train 150.2400
32 BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE 149.7256
33 PURE SMOKE 149.6684
34 RICHIE Z's 142.8228
35 Crazy Carl's BBQ 142.3200
36 DAKOTA COUNTRY BBQ 141.0744
37 SD Army National Guard 140.5600
38 Revival Ribs 137.6916

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