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Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship

Aug 28–29, 2015 · Lubbock, TX

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EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM
689.7256 · Master Series — Overall
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Fishing Eagles
687.3368 · Master Series — Overall
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BUTCHER BBQ
687.3256 · Master Series — Overall

EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM won Grand Champion at the Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship on August 28, 2015 in Lubbock, TX, scoring 689.7256 in a field of 57 teams. Fishing Eagles took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.3368. Category winners: Chicken — BUTCHER BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Rockin W Smokers (179.4400); Pork — EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM (176.5600); Brisket — Fishing Eagles (176.5828).

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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 176.58
20 179.44

Entries

57
4 judged meats

Top score

689.7256

Winning margin

2.3888
GC over RC

Field average

626.04
299.36689.73
median 647.93 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.7200
299.36689.73
10th place overall

Field spread

390.3656
winner to last place

Most consistent

EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM
avg finish 8.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.4628 pts — Fishing Eagles

How hot was the win?

Top 71%
beats 29% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,527
avg power rating going in · stronger than 19% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CLARK CREW BBQ
rated 1878 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.

An upset on the books

12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100

EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1528
  • top seed 1878

A first Grand Championship

6 tracked contests to get there

This was EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: THE SMOKIN' MO'S and EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM tied on 178.3200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: JAMBO PITS and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Outlaw Smokeshack and BLAZEN BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 23rd.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 23rd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 6th

One of the big ones

57 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data

57 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.

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
Chicken178.8572176.5600173.1200
Pork Ribs179.4400175.4516173.1200
Pork176.5600171.9656170.8456
Brisket176.5828171.4056169.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

57 entries · top 689.7256 · median 647.9312

#TeamScore
1 EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM 689.7256
2 Fishing Eagles 687.3368
3 BUTCHER BBQ 687.3256
4 Smokin Hot J's 686.2404
5 CLARK CREW BBQ 683.8740
6 JAMBO PITS 680.4912
7 Duck Dog Bar-B-Que 678.8116
8 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 677.6800
9 BLAZEN BBQ 674.7888
10 BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ 674.7200
11 CAN'T SMOKE THIS 671.3484
12 THE SMOKIN' MO'S 666.7540
13 CARNIVORE CARTEL 666.1372
14 West Texas Oilees 663.3600
15 Texas Stick Burners 663.2912
16 KISS MY RACK 662.1600
17 Moe Cason 660.4228
18 ONE SLICE AT A TIME 659.9428
19 Outlaw Smokeshack 659.8512
20 HAWG COUNTY COOKERS 658.2172
21 BIG DADDY G'S BBQ 657.0400
22 NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 656.5484
23 Straight Smoked BBQ 655.3372
24 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 653.5768
25 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 651.8852
26 4J CATTLE COMPANY 650.6508
27 Q'n G's 648.9716
28 BarrelHead Cookers 648.5256
29 BROKEN T BBQ 647.9312
30 GORDO'S BBQ 646.7548
31 Rockin W Smokers 646.1596
32 Village Frye BBQ 643.9884
33 Smokin' Pandas 643.4628
34 ARMENDARIZ PRIDE OF TEXAS BBQ 642.8228
35 6B Cookin Team 639.2800
36 Pellet Mafia 636.3312
37 POTBELLY SMOKERS 634.7884
38 Rollin' Smoke BBQ Team 634.1824
39 Pancho & Lefty & Black 633.0748
40 Meat Lab Mafla 632.4224
41 BIG BELLY BBQ - TX 628.3768
42 Scarborough Speialites 625.7940
43 Matador Meat Team 625.6456
44 Lolli Q 623.3832
45 JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 622.6628
46 Sons of Tech Pit Master 621.5888
47 KBBQ 610.2624
48 PUTZ BUTTS 610.0800
49 Ben's Smoke Shack 604.4456
50 Suddenlink 598.7424
51 TRIPLE THREAT 560.5376
52 Oklahoma Smoke BBQ 495.3028
53 Die Freeundliche Schweine 485.6456
54 Flirtin With Fire 484.6056
55 Smoke Signal 474.7884
56 Jack Perry's / Bad Boys lll 357.1084
57 BBB Smokers 299.3600

Chicken

53 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5140

#TeamScore
1 BUTCHER BBQ 178.8572
2 THE SMOKIN' MO'S 178.3200
3 EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM 178.3200
4 Duck Dog Bar-B-Que 176.6172
5 KISS MY RACK 176.5600
6 GORDO'S BBQ 176.0228
7 BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ 176
8 BLAZEN BBQ 174.3088
9 Outlaw Smokeshack 174.2856
10 West Texas Oilees 173.1200
11 Smokin Hot J's 172.5600
12 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 172
13 BIG DADDY G'S BBQ 171.9772
14 Village Frye BBQ 171.4400
15 NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 171.4056
16 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 170.8456
17 Lolli Q 169.7028
18 6B Cookin Team 169.6684
19 ONE SLICE AT A TIME 169.1544
20 ARMENDARIZ PRIDE OF TEXAS BBQ 169.1544
21 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 169.1428
22 Jack Perry's / Bad Boys lll 168.5828
23 Pellet Mafia 168.5600
24 BROKEN T BBQ 168.5600
25 Oklahoma Smoke BBQ 168.5372
26 CLARK CREW BBQ 168.5256
27 Fishing Eagles 168.5140
28 POTBELLY SMOKERS 167.4400
29 Smokin' Pandas 165.7372
30 JAMBO PITS 165.6912
31 Straight Smoked BBQ 165.0972
32 Sons of Tech Pit Master 163.9888
33 HAWG COUNTY COOKERS 163.4172
34 Texas Stick Burners 163.3828
35 CAN'T SMOKE THIS 162.8000
36 Q'n G's 162.2284
37 KBBQ 161.7372
38 Pancho & Lefty & Black 159.3944
39 PUTZ BUTTS 158.8228
40 Matador Meat Team 157.7144
41 Rollin' Smoke BBQ Team 157.6796
42 4J CATTLE COMPANY 157.6684
43 Rockin W Smokers 157.0856
44 CARNIVORE CARTEL 157.0744
45 BarrelHead Cookers 155.3828
46 BIG BELLY BBQ - TX 155.3484
47 Meat Lab Mafla 154.2512
48 JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 151.9200
49 TRIPLE THREAT 151.4516
50 Moe Cason 150.7656
51 Scarborough Speialites 150.2856
52 Ben's Smoke Shack 143.9544
53 Suddenlink 141.1084

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4628

#TeamScore
1 Rockin W Smokers 179.4400
2 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 177.7028
3 JAMBO PITS 176
4 CLARK CREW BBQ 176
5 Pancho & Lefty & Black 175.4516
6 CARNIVORE CARTEL 175.4400
7 HAWG COUNTY COOKERS 174.2972
8 Fishing Eagles 174.2744
9 Smokin Hot J's 173.1432
10 Texas Stick Burners 173.1200
11 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 173.1084
12 Duck Dog Bar-B-Que 171.9656
13 CAN'T SMOKE THIS 171.4172
14 Smoke Signal 170.2628
15 BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ 169.6800
16 KISS MY RACK 169.1200
17 4J CATTLE COMPANY 169.1084
18 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 168.5372
19 Jack Perry's / Bad Boys lll 168.5256
20 Die Freeundliche Schweine 168
21 BLAZEN BBQ 165.6916
22 West Texas Oilees 165.1544
23 EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM 165.0856
24 Oklahoma Smoke BBQ 165.0856
25 Pellet Mafia 164.5600
26 6B Cookin Team 164.0232
27 Moe Cason 163.9772
28 BIG BELLY BBQ - TX 163.9772
29 Flirtin With Fire 163.4628
30 NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 163.4288
31 ONE SLICE AT A TIME 163.3828
32 BUTCHER BBQ 163.3828
33 Village Frye BBQ 162.2744
34 Q'n G's 161.6916
35 BROKEN T BBQ 160.5600
36 BIG DADDY G'S BBQ 159.9772
37 Outlaw Smokeshack 159.9772
38 POTBELLY SMOKERS 159.9772
39 Meat Lab Mafla 158.8228
40 Straight Smoked BBQ 158.2400
41 Sons of Tech Pit Master 156.5372
42 TRIPLE THREAT 156.5372
43 Smokin' Pandas 155.4172
44 GORDO'S BBQ 155.3948
45 BarrelHead Cookers 154.8456
46 JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 154.8000
47 THE SMOKIN' MO'S 154.8000
48 Matador Meat Team 154.2628
49 ARMENDARIZ PRIDE OF TEXAS BBQ 154.2400
50 Lolli Q 153.7260
51 Rollin' Smoke BBQ Team 152.5372
52 PUTZ BUTTS 152.5256
53 Scarborough Speialites 148.6172
54 KBBQ 147.4512
55 Ben's Smoke Shack 147.4172
56 BBB Smokers 146.2512
57 Suddenlink 135.9656

Pork

55 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.6800

#TeamScore
1 EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM 176.5600
2 Moe Cason 176
3 BUTCHER BBQ 175.4056
4 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 173.7372
5 Outlaw Smokeshack 171.9656
6 BLAZEN BBQ 171.9656
7 CAN'T SMOKE THIS 171.4284
8 JAMBO PITS 171.4172
9 Smokin Hot J's 171.4172
10 GORDO'S BBQ 170.8456
11 BarrelHead Cookers 170.2972
12 Flirtin With Fire 169.7372
13 Duck Dog Bar-B-Que 168.5372
14 BROKEN T BBQ 168
15 Q'n G's 167.9888
16 Fishing Eagles 167.9656
17 Straight Smoked BBQ 167.9656
18 HAWG COUNTY COOKERS 167.4056
19 Die Freeundliche Schweine 166.2628
20 CLARK CREW BBQ 166.2284
21 Scarborough Speialites 165.2000
22 Village Frye BBQ 165.1656
23 CARNIVORE CARTEL 165.0856
24 Matador Meat Team 163.9656
25 Texas Stick Burners 163.4056
26 BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ 162.8000
27 Meat Lab Mafla 161.6912
28 Oklahoma Smoke BBQ 161.6800
29 KISS MY RACK 161.6684
30 4J CATTLE COMPANY 161.6456
31 THE SMOKIN' MO'S 161.6456
32 Smokin' Pandas 160.6056
33 Rollin' Smoke BBQ Team 160.5828
34 ONE SLICE AT A TIME 160.5484
35 West Texas Oilees 160.5484
36 Pellet Mafia 160.5256
37 Suddenlink 160
38 Smoke Signal 159.3940
39 NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 158.8684
40 Rockin W Smokers 158.2512
41 Ben's Smoke Shack 158.2400
42 JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 155.9772
43 6B Cookin Team 155.9656
44 KBBQ 155.4400
45 BIG DADDY G'S BBQ 155.3828
46 Lolli Q 154.8228
47 Pancho & Lefty & Black 154.2856
48 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 151.9656
49 BIG BELLY BBQ - TX 150.2628
50 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 147.9312
51 ARMENDARIZ PRIDE OF TEXAS BBQ 147.4056
52 Sons of Tech Pit Master 147.3828
53 PUTZ BUTTS 139.9088
54 POTBELLY SMOKERS 135.9656
55 TRIPLE THREAT 127.4172

Brisket

56 entries · top 176.5828 · median 160.8170

#TeamScore
1 Fishing Eagles 176.5828
2 CLARK CREW BBQ 173.1200
3 ARMENDARIZ PRIDE OF TEXAS BBQ 172.0228
4 THE SMOKIN' MO'S 171.9884
5 POTBELLY SMOKERS 171.4056
6 EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM 169.7600
7 BIG DADDY G'S BBQ 169.7028
8 Moe Cason 169.6800
9 BUTCHER BBQ 169.6800
10 Smokin Hot J's 169.1200
11 CARNIVORE CARTEL 168.5372
12 BarrelHead Cookers 168
13 JAMBO PITS 167.3828
14 ONE SLICE AT A TIME 166.8572
15 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 166.2628
16 BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ 166.2400
17 CAN'T SMOKE THIS 165.7028
18 West Texas Oilees 164.5372
19 Straight Smoked BBQ 164.0344
20 Texas Stick Burners 163.3828
21 Rollin' Smoke BBQ Team 163.3828
22 NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 162.8456
23 BLAZEN BBQ 162.8228
24 4J CATTLE COMPANY 162.2284
25 Smokin' Pandas 161.7028
26 Duck Dog Bar-B-Que 161.6916
27 Scarborough Speialites 161.6912
28 Suddenlink 161.6684
29 JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 159.9656
30 PUTZ BUTTS 158.8228
31 BIG BELLY BBQ - TX 158.7884
32 Meat Lab Mafla 157.6572
33 Q'n G's 157.0628
34 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 155.9656
35 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 155.9428
36 Ben's Smoke Shack 154.8340
37 KISS MY RACK 154.8116
38 Sons of Tech Pit Master 153.6800
39 Outlaw Smokeshack 153.6228
40 BBB Smokers 153.1088
41 HAWG COUNTY COOKERS 153.0972
42 Flirtin With Fire 151.4056
43 Die Freeundliche Schweine 151.3828
44 Rockin W Smokers 151.3828
45 BROKEN T BBQ 150.8112
46 Matador Meat Team 149.7028
47 6B Cookin Team 149.6228
48 KBBQ 145.6340
49 Lolli Q 145.1316
50 Smoke Signal 145.1316
51 Village Frye BBQ 145.1084
52 GORDO'S BBQ 144.4916
53 Pancho & Lefty & Black 143.9432
54 Pellet Mafia 142.6856
55 TRIPLE THREAT 125.1316
56 Jack Perry's / Bad Boys lll 20

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