Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship 2015

Aug 7–8, 2015 · Kirksville, MO

🥇

THUMP & STRUM BBQ

681.1316 · Master Series — Overall

🥈

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

679.3488 · Master Series — Overall

🥉

AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW

677.1204 · Master Series — Overall

THUMP & STRUM BBQ won Grand Champion at the Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship on August 7, 2015 in Kirksville, MO, scoring 681.1316 in a field of 26 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.3488. Category winners: Chicken — OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW (177.1428); Pork — THUMP & STRUM BBQ (177.7372); Brisket — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (174.2744). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by SHOOTIN SMOKE.

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.

494.14 median 649.12 681.13 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.56
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 177.74
Brisket 174.27

20 177.74

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

681.1316

Winning margin

1.7828

GC over RC

Field average

641.57

494.14681.13

median 649.12 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

4.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.4228

494.14681.13

10th place overall

Field spread

186.9944

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.3088 pts — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 88%

beats 12% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

31%

5 of 16 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,556

avg power rating going in · stronger than 42% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1849 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

THUMP & STRUM BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1675
top seed 1849

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 4–5: GETTIN' BASTED and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW and BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork 4–5 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

THUMP & STRUM BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 17th.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 17th
Pork 1st
Brisket 3rd

A contest record in pork ribs

177.1428 best pork ribs ever cooked here

AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW turned in 177.1428 in pork ribs — past the 170.8228 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 170.8228
across 1 past editions

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Aug 15, 2014	Kirksville, MO	Kirksville, MO 63501	16	684.5484	SHOOTIN SMOKE	MIDNIGHT SMOKERS
Aug 7, 2015 ← this one	Kirksville, MO	Kirksville, MO 63501	26	681.1316	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5600	170.2628	165.1432
Pork Ribs	177.1428	170.2744	167.4400
Pork	177.7372	169.1200	165.7028
Brisket	174.2744	169.6800	160.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 681.1316 · median 649.1200

#	Team	Score
1	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	681.1316
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	679.3488
3	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	677.1204
4	GETTIN' BASTED	677.0628
5	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	670.1600
6	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	666.1712
7	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	663.3028
8	Hillbilly Sheek BBQ	662.6968
9	Smoke This BBQ	662.2404
10	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	656.4228
11	ON THE SAUCE	655.3600
12	MISSOURI TEAM HOLY SMOKE	650.2400
13	SMOKIN O BBQ	650.2056
14	LICKIN'S BARBEQUE TEAM	648.0344
15	MO BBQ	646.1140
16	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	643.8972
17	THE OTHER BROTHER BBQ	639.4176
18	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	635.8860
19	BUCKSHOTBBQ	635.2912
20	3 SAUCED PIGS	631.3716
21	BJ's Smokin Pistols	627.2916
22	ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ	626.1944
23	OMAHA SMOKERS	623.2232
24	Roosters and Ribs BBQ	602.2284
25	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	576.3432
26	BOSS HAWG BBQ	494.1372

Chicken

26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.4228

#	Team	Score
1	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	176.5600
2	MISSOURI TEAM HOLY SMOKE	174.3200
3	Smoke This BBQ	174.2972
4	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	170.8456
5	Hillbilly Sheek BBQ	170.2628
6	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	168.5484
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	168.5372
8	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	168.5256
9	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	168.0344
10	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	165.1432
11	BUCKSHOTBBQ	163.4056
12	LICKIN'S BARBEQUE TEAM	161.7488
13	BJ's Smokin Pistols	161.6800
14	Roosters and Ribs BBQ	161.1656
15	GETTIN' BASTED	161.1200
16	3 SAUCED PIGS	160.5828
17	SMOKIN O BBQ	160.5372
18	BOSS HAWG BBQ	160.5372
19	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	160.5256
20	ON THE SAUCE	158.8000
21	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	158.2628
22	THE OTHER BROTHER BBQ	157.7716
23	ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ	153.1088
24	MO BBQ	151.9312
25	OMAHA SMOKERS	151.3716
26	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	146.2172

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.4116

#	Team	Score
1	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	177.1428
2	GETTIN' BASTED	174.8572
3	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	171.4172
4	LICKIN'S BARBEQUE TEAM	170.3200
5	Hillbilly Sheek BBQ	170.2744
6	BJ's Smokin Pistols	169.7028
7	ON THE SAUCE	169.1428
8	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	168.5600
9	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	167.9772
10	ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ	167.4400
11	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	167.4172
12	SMOKIN O BBQ	163.9772
13	THE OTHER BROTHER BBQ	163.4404
14	MO BBQ	163.3828
15	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	162.8344
16	BUCKSHOTBBQ	161.7028
17	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	161.6688
18	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	159.9656
19	Smoke This BBQ	158.8576
20	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	155.9888
21	MISSOURI TEAM HOLY SMOKE	155.9772
22	OMAHA SMOKERS	155.9544
23	3 SAUCED PIGS	154.8344
24	Roosters and Ribs BBQ	154.7884
25	BOSS HAWG BBQ	153.0628
26	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	135.9772

Pork

26 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.5486

#	Team	Score
1	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	177.7372
2	ON THE SAUCE	176
3	MO BBQ	170.2628
4	GETTIN' BASTED	169.1200
5	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	169.1200
6	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	169.1200
7	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	169.1200
8	Smoke This BBQ	168.5600
9	LICKIN'S BARBEQUE TEAM	167.4172
10	MISSOURI TEAM HOLY SMOKE	165.7028
11	OMAHA SMOKERS	165.6800
12	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	165.0856
13	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	164.5600
14	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	164.5372
15	SMOKIN O BBQ	163.4056
16	THE OTHER BROTHER BBQ	162.2628
17	Hillbilly Sheek BBQ	162.2284
18	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	161.7028
19	ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ	159.4400
20	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	158.8000
21	BUCKSHOTBBQ	158.2400
22	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	157.0628
23	3 SAUCED PIGS	156
24	BJ's Smokin Pistols	155.9544
25	Roosters and Ribs BBQ	155.4516
26	BOSS HAWG BBQ	20

Brisket

26 entries · top 174.2744 · median 159.9428

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	174.2744
2	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9656
3	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	170.8800
4	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	170.2744
5	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	169.6800
6	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	167.9772
7	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	165.7144
8	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	165.1084
9	SMOKIN O BBQ	162.2856
10	MO BBQ	160.5372
11	BOSS HAWG BBQ	160.5372
12	Smoke This BBQ	160.5256
13	3 SAUCED PIGS	159.9544
14	Hillbilly Sheek BBQ	159.9312
15	THE OTHER BROTHER BBQ	155.9428
16	MISSOURI TEAM HOLY SMOKE	154.2400
17	BUCKSHOTBBQ	151.9428
18	ON THE SAUCE	151.4172
19	OMAHA SMOKERS	150.2172
20	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	149.6572
21	LICKIN'S BARBEQUE TEAM	148.5484
22	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	146.7772
23	ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ	146.2056
24	BJ's Smokin Pistols	139.9544
25	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	132.4460
26	Roosters and Ribs BBQ	130.8228

Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship 2015

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in 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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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