BBQ and Fly In on the River

2015-08-14 – 2015-08-15 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

Grand Champion: JAESTAR BBQ (689.6340) · 67 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED

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JAESTAR BBQ

689.6340 · Master Series — Overall

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GETTIN' BASTED

687.9544 · Master Series — Overall

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THUMP & STRUM BBQ

685.1316 · 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.

576.97 median 658.69 689.63 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.58
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 178.86
Brisket 178.88

129.66 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

689.6340

Winning margin

1.6796

GC over RC

Field average

649.86

576.97689.63

median 658.69 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.1828

576.97689.63

10th place overall

Field spread

112.6624

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 10.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.8344 pts — SLAPS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 72%

beats 28% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

53%

27 of 51 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1565

avg power rating going in · stronger than 50% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1857 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

1.6796 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 75% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6796 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.

JAESTAR BBQ
GETTIN' BASTED

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

JAESTAR BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 15th
Pork 18th
Brisket 6th

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

2014
2018

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 9–10: DEAD LAST BBQ and BACKFIRIN' BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: THESLABS.COM and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: DIRT ROAD BBQ and JAESTAR BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Pork 9–10 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · tie
Brisket 9–10 · 0.0116

A contest record in pork

178.8572 best pork ever cooked here

913 BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 177.7028
across 2 past editions

One of the big ones

67 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 95% of the 5,410 contests in the data

67 teams made this a bigger field than 95% of every contest tracked.

The biggest field yet

67 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 59 teams

67 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 59.

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
2013-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO	66	685.6800	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY
2014-08-15	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	51	696.5944	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	R BUTTS R SMOKIN
2015-08-14 ← this one	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	67	689.6340	JAESTAR BBQ	GETTIN' BASTED
2016-08-19	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 R Broadway	56	694.8112	HIGH i QUE II	SMOKERS PURGATORY
2017-08-18	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	65	703.9772	CLARK CREW BBQ	DIRT ROAD BBQ
2018-08-17	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	57	697.0972	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	913 BBQ
2019-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	68	708.5372	Boomerang BBQ	913 BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5828	174.8456	173.1084
Pork Ribs	178.8572	173.7144	172.5600
Pork	178.8572	176.0000	172.0000
Brisket	178.8800	174.2628	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

67 entries · top 689.6340 · median 658.6856

#	Team	Score
1	JAESTAR BBQ	689.6340
2	GETTIN' BASTED	687.9544
3	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	685.1316
4	SLAPS BBQ	684.5028
5	DIRT ROAD BBQ	683.9432
6	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	682.8112
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	682.1940
8	DEAD LAST BBQ	681.6800
9	SMOOTH SMOKE	681.0628
10	BURNT FINGER BBQ	678.1828
11	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	677.6800
12	913 BBQ	677.0284
13	SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	676.5256
14	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	674.8688
15	4 LEGS UP BBQ	673.6916
16	DIXIE BOYS BBQ	673.6572
17	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	671.9888
18	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	671.9540
19	INDIGO PIG	671.3940
20	THESLABS.COM	669.6568
21	JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ	668.5028
22	THE OUTLAWS	668.4800
23	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	668.4684
24	Bare Bones BBQ Team	667.3940
25	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	667.3716
26	PIG NEWTON	666.8228
27	S&S BBQ	666.7884
28	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	666.2056
29	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	665.6456
30	Here Piggy Piggy	664.5028
31	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	663.9428
32	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	662.7772
33	POLITICAL PORK	661.0740
34	THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT	658.6856
35	SMOKE RINGERS	658.1368
36	T'S SMOKIN PIT	658.1140
37	SKUNK RIVER BBQ	657.6344
38	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	657.5768
39	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	649.6684
40	RIBEYE REPUBLIC	649.6344
41	Money Shot BBQ	647.8856
42	LAW HAWGS BBQ	646.3088
43	LETHAL INJECTORS	645.6572
44	BUSHWOOD BBQ	640.9940
45	FOWL BALLZ	640.5260
46	K CASS BBQ	639.3832
47	M.E. SMOKIN	636.0004
48	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	634.7088
49	No Joke Smoke	633.0632
50	D & J Smoke	630.8348
51	BRISKETBONE BBQ	627.3484
52	THE BEEFEATERS	626.2284
53	PORK & BOOTS	626.2168
54	Grandpa Smokeys	625.0972
55	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	621.6912
56	WOTS SMOKERS	617.7824
57	Pork Patrol BBQ	615.9544
58	KC RIB DOCTOR	615.3024
59	THE INNOCENT PIG	610.1024
60	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	609.0516
61	Locomotive #1	604.9944
62	H2 BBQ	591.8968
63	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	591.8968
64	Smoking from the Valley	587.3600
65	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	587.3484
66	Hickabilly BBQ	586.7428
67	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	576.9716

Chicken

67 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	DIXIE BOYS BBQ	176.5828
2	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	176.0000
3	THE BEEFEATERS	175.4628
4	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4400
5	JAESTAR BBQ	174.8456
6	GETTIN' BASTED	173.7144
7	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	173.7028
8	M.E. SMOKIN	173.1772
9	SMOOTH SMOKE	173.1200
10	913 BBQ	173.1084
11	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	172.0228
12	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	172.0000
13	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	171.4172
14	BRISKETBONE BBQ	171.4056
15	No Joke Smoke	169.7144
16	K CASS BBQ	169.7144
17	SLAPS BBQ	169.1428
18	SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	168.5828
19	DEAD LAST BBQ	168.5600
20	THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT	168.5600
21	Here Piggy Piggy	168.5256
22	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	167.9656
23	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	167.9656
24	RIBEYE REPUBLIC	167.4400
25	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	166.8344
26	Pork Patrol BBQ	166.2972
27	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	166.2284
28	THESLABS.COM	165.7028
29	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	165.6800
30	POLITICAL PORK	165.1656
31	DIRT ROAD BBQ	165.1200
32	INDIGO PIG	164.5600
33	SMOKE RINGERS	164.5372
34	Money Shot BBQ	164.5256
35	FOWL BALLZ	164.0116
36	BURNT FINGER BBQ	163.9656
37	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	163.4400
38	4 LEGS UP BBQ	163.3940
39	THE OUTLAWS	163.3828
40	D & J Smoke	162.8460
41	S&S BBQ	162.8456
42	SKUNK RIVER BBQ	162.8344
43	PIG NEWTON	161.1428
44	Locomotive #1	160.5716
45	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	160.5600
46	Bare Bones BBQ Team	160.5484
47	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	160.5372
48	LETHAL INJECTORS	159.9884
49	Smoking from the Valley	159.9884
50	JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ	159.9544
51	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	159.9428
52	T'S SMOKIN PIT	159.9312
53	Hickabilly BBQ	159.4056
54	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	158.8228
55	LAW HAWGS BBQ	157.1200
56	KC RIB DOCTOR	156.5140
57	THE INNOCENT PIG	155.9312
58	PORK & BOOTS	154.8572
59	H2 BBQ	154.8340
60	BUSHWOOD BBQ	154.8000
61	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	154.2516
62	WOTS SMOKERS	152.0112
63	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	150.2972
64	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	149.1088
65	Grandpa Smokeys	147.4056
66	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	147.4056
67	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	145.1428

Pork Ribs

67 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1316

#	Team	Score
1	SLAPS BBQ	178.8572
2	INDIGO PIG	176.0228
3	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	174.2856
4	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	174.2628
5	4 LEGS UP BBQ	173.7144
6	THE OUTLAWS	173.1428
7	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	173.1200
8	POLITICAL PORK	172.6060
9	DEAD LAST BBQ	172.5600
10	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	172.5600
11	SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	172.0000
12	S&S BBQ	172.0000
13	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9772
14	Here Piggy Piggy	171.4400
15	JAESTAR BBQ	171.4172
16	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	170.2744
17	SMOKE RINGERS	170.2628
18	PIG NEWTON	169.7144
19	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	169.7144
20	DIRT ROAD BBQ	169.7032
21	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	169.1428
22	JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ	168.5600
23	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	168.0228
24	913 BBQ	167.9772
25	D & J Smoke	167.4516
26	Bare Bones BBQ Team	167.4056
27	FOWL BALLZ	166.8916
28	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	166.8344
29	BURNT FINGER BBQ	166.8228
30	SMOOTH SMOKE	166.8228
31	LAW HAWGS BBQ	166.2972
32	DIXIE BOYS BBQ	166.2860
33	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	166.2400
34	LETHAL INJECTORS	165.1316
35	SKUNK RIVER BBQ	165.1200
36	THESLABS.COM	163.9656
37	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	163.4172
38	T'S SMOKIN PIT	163.3944
39	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	163.3828
40	Grandpa Smokeys	162.8688
41	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	162.8572
42	THE INNOCENT PIG	162.2628
43	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	162.2516
44	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	161.7144
45	BUSHWOOD BBQ	161.1428
46	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	160.5600
47	No Joke Smoke	159.3944
48	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	158.2744
49	WOTS SMOKERS	157.1428
50	THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT	157.0744
51	PORK & BOOTS	156.5484
52	RIBEYE REPUBLIC	156.0116
53	M.E. SMOKIN	154.8804
54	K CASS BBQ	154.8344
55	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	154.8000
56	Locomotive #1	154.2856
57	Money Shot BBQ	154.2628
58	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	150.8800
59	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	148.5256
60	KC RIB DOCTOR	147.9884
61	BRISKETBONE BBQ	146.2972
62	Hickabilly BBQ	144.5372
63	Pork Patrol BBQ	143.3828
64	H2 BBQ	141.6916
65	Smoking from the Valley	139.9772
66	THE BEEFEATERS	138.2172
67	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	136.5372

Pork

67 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6684

#	Team	Score
1	913 BBQ	178.8572
2	Bare Bones BBQ Team	176.5828
3	RIBEYE REPUBLIC	176.5600
4	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	176.0344
5	SLAPS BBQ	176.0000
6	DIRT ROAD BBQ	174.8572
7	SMOOTH SMOKE	174.2744
8	INDIGO PIG	172.5600
9	THESLABS.COM	172.0000
10	GETTIN' BASTED	172.0000
11	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	172.0000
12	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	171.4516
13	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	171.4172
14	BURNT FINGER BBQ	170.8344
15	THE OUTLAWS	170.8228
16	SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	170.8228
17	S&S BBQ	170.2744
18	JAESTAR BBQ	169.1084
19	DEAD LAST BBQ	168.5828
20	4 LEGS UP BBQ	168.5716
21	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	168.5256
22	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	168.0116
23	Grandpa Smokeys	168.0000
24	Here Piggy Piggy	167.9772
25	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	167.4400
26	T'S SMOKIN PIT	167.3828
27	JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ	166.8456
28	Money Shot BBQ	166.2744
29	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	166.2628
30	SKUNK RIVER BBQ	165.7144
31	BRISKETBONE BBQ	165.7028
32	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	165.6800
33	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	165.6800
34	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	165.6684
35	PIG NEWTON	164.5256
36	PORK & BOOTS	164.0228
37	DIXIE BOYS BBQ	163.9656
38	THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT	163.3828
39	POLITICAL PORK	163.3712
40	LAW HAWGS BBQ	162.3200
41	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	162.2284
42	Pork Patrol BBQ	161.7372
43	THE BEEFEATERS	161.7028
44	M.E. SMOKIN	161.7028
45	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	160.0228
46	K CASS BBQ	160.0228
47	BUSHWOOD BBQ	158.2400
48	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	157.1428
49	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	156.5484
50	FOWL BALLZ	156.5028
51	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	156.5028
52	KC RIB DOCTOR	155.9656
53	LETHAL INJECTORS	154.8344
54	Smoking from the Valley	154.2628
55	H2 BBQ	154.2628
56	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	153.7256
57	Hickabilly BBQ	153.1428
58	THE INNOCENT PIG	151.9884
59	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	151.9544
60	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	151.9540
61	D & J Smoke	151.3828
62	SMOKE RINGERS	150.7768
63	No Joke Smoke	149.0972
64	Locomotive #1	149.0856
65	WOTS SMOKERS	148.0456
66	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	147.4056
67	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	146.7884

Brisket

67 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.2628

#	Team	Score
1	THUMP & STRUM BBQ	178.8800
2	BURNT FINGER BBQ	176.5600
3	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	174.9028
4	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	174.8572
5	DIRT ROAD BBQ	174.2628
6	JAESTAR BBQ	174.2628
7	JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ	173.1428
8	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	173.1200
9	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	172.5716
10	SMOKE RINGERS	172.5600
11	DEAD LAST BBQ	171.9772
12	PIG NEWTON	171.4400
13	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	170.2856
14	GETTIN' BASTED	170.2628
15	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	170.2628
16	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.2628
17	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.7028
18	THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT	169.6684
19	4 LEGS UP BBQ	168.0116
20	THESLABS.COM	167.9884
21	T'S SMOKIN PIT	167.4056
22	SMOOTH SMOKE	166.8456
23	DIXIE BOYS BBQ	166.8228
24	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	166.8228
25	BUSHWOOD BBQ	166.8112
26	LETHAL INJECTORS	165.7028
27	SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	165.1200
28	SKUNK RIVER BBQ	163.9656
29	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	163.9656
30	Bare Bones BBQ Team	162.8572
31	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	162.8456
32	Money Shot BBQ	162.8228
33	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	162.8228
34	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	162.2628
35	S&S BBQ	161.6684
36	THE OUTLAWS	161.1316
37	WOTS SMOKERS	160.5828
38	LAW HAWGS BBQ	160.5716
39	SLAPS BBQ	160.5028
40	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	160.0000
41	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	159.9656
42	POLITICAL PORK	159.9312
43	INDIGO PIG	158.2512
44	913 BBQ	157.0856
45	Here Piggy Piggy	156.5600
46	BACKFIRIN' BBQ	155.9772
47	No Joke Smoke	154.8572
48	KC RIB DOCTOR	154.8344
49	K CASS BBQ	154.8116
50	FOWL BALLZ	153.1200
51	THE BEEFEATERS	150.8456
52	PORK & BOOTS	150.7884
53	RIBEYE REPUBLIC	149.6228
54	D & J Smoke	149.1544
55	Grandpa Smokeys	146.8228
56	M.E. SMOKIN	146.2400
57	Pork Patrol BBQ	144.5372
58	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	144.5372
59	BRISKETBONE BBQ	143.9428
60	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	142.8572
61	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	141.6572
62	H2 BBQ	141.1084
63	Locomotive #1	141.0516
64	THE INNOCENT PIG	139.9200
65	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	136.5256
66	Smoking from the Valley	133.1316
67	Hickabilly BBQ	129.6572

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 — Desert

17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PIG NEWTON	180.0000 🔥
2	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	180.0000 🔥
3	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	4 LEGS UP BBQ	178.8800
5	INDIGO PIG	178.2972
6	Money Shot BBQ	178.2972
7	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	176.5600
8	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	174.2628
9	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	173.7028
10	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	172.5600
11	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	171.9656
12	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	170.8344
13	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	170.3084
14	TRUE SMOKE BBQ	168.0000
15	PORK & BOOTS	165.7028
16	Smoking from the Valley	163.3828
17	THE BEEFEATERS	159.3484

Master Series — Pasta

18 entries · top 174.2972 · median 168.5600

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	174.2972
2	Smoking from the Valley	174.2856
3	THE BEEFEATERS	173.1772
4	H2 BBQ	173.1200
5	PIG NEWTON	172.5484
6	Bare Bones BBQ Team	170.8456
7	Pete's Pig Pit Posse (P4)	170.2628
8	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	169.1084
9	Grandpa Smokeys	168.5828
10	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	168.5372
11	Money Shot BBQ	168.0228
12	BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW	168.0000
13	PORK & BOOTS	167.9884
14	K CASS BBQ	165.6912
15	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	163.4288
16	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	162.2512
17	BUEHRLE'S BACKYARD BARBECUE	161.1312
18	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	157.0972

BBQ and Fly In on the River

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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 (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in pork

One of the big ones

The biggest field yet

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Desert

Master Series — Pasta