The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship

2015-09-11 – 2015-09-13 · Lake Elsinore, CA · 📍 Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 · State championship

Grand Champion: BIG POPPA SMOKERS (709.1428) · 28 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ

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BIG POPPA SMOKERS

709.1428 · Master Series — Overall

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KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ

702.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ

701.7032 · 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.

500.53 median 682.77 709.14 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 177.71
Pork 178.88
Brisket 179.44

147.92 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

709.1428

Winning margin

6.8800

GC over RC

Field average

669.30

500.53709.14

median 682.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

SMOKIN MO'S BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Brisket

1.7256 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.8232

500.53709.14

10th place overall

Field spread

208.6172

winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1544 pts — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 4%

beats 96% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1566

avg power rating going in · stronger than 52% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

rated 1852 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG POPPA SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 6th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 3rd
Brisket 7th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 3–4: ZZYZX BAR.B.Q and BAR-B-Q'S-2GO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BAR-B-Q'S-2GO and LADY OF Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie

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.

SMOKIN MO'S BBQ · 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2015-09-11 ← this one	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore, CA 92530	28	709.1428	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ
2015-09-13	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore, CA 92530	22	712.6060	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	LADY OF Q

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5716	174.2628
Pork Ribs	177.7144	174.2628	171.9772
Pork	178.8800	177.1428	172.5600
Brisket	179.4400	177.7144	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

28 entries · top 709.1428 · median 682.7658

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	709.1428
2	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	702.2628
3	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	701.7032
4	LADY OF Q	701.6912
5	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	694.8456
6	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	693.6916
7	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	693.0972
8	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	692.5828
9	DEAD PIG WALKING	692.5488
10	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	690.8232
11	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	687.4520
12	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	685.5768
13	Meat Candy Q	685.0972
14	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	682.7772
15	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	682.7544
16	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	682.1944
17	COOL GRILLING	680.0232
18	The Brisket Brothers	672.5028
19	CASUAL SMOKERS	665.6684
20	LOST HOGS BBQ	663.9084
21	FU MAN QUE CREW	662.2396
22	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	659.9772
23	Udderly Good BBQ	646.2400
24	STEEL N SMOKE	638.2284
25	C&C BBQ	634.6972
26	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	627.3260
27	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	610.7892
28	COTO PITMASTERS	500.5256

Chicken

28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	179.4400
3	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	178.8572
4	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	177.1544
5	COOL GRILLING	176.5716
6	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	176.5600
7	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	175.4288
8	DEAD PIG WALKING	175.4172
9	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	174.2972
10	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	174.2628
11	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	173.7144
12	CASUAL SMOKERS	173.1772
13	LOST HOGS BBQ	173.1428
14	LADY OF Q	173.1428
15	The Brisket Brothers	173.1200
16	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	172.5484
17	Meat Candy Q	171.4172
18	FU MAN QUE CREW	170.8800
19	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	170.8456
20	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	170.2744
21	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	169.6684
22	Udderly Good BBQ	168.0000
23	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	166.8228
24	STEEL N SMOKE	165.6684
25	COTO PITMASTERS	164.0000
26	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	159.9772
27	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	156.5832
28	C&C BBQ	150.2516

Pork Ribs

28 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.4058

#	Team	Score
1	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	177.7144
2	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	176.5600
3	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	174.2628
4	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	174.2628
5	LADY OF Q	174.2628
6	The Brisket Brothers	173.7144
7	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	173.1316
8	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	173.1200
9	FU MAN QUE CREW	172.5600
10	DEAD PIG WALKING	171.9772
11	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	171.4172
12	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	170.8572
13	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	169.7372
14	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	169.6800
15	Meat Candy Q	169.1316
16	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	169.1200
17	LOST HOGS BBQ	166.8572
18	CASUAL SMOKERS	165.7028
19	STEEL N SMOKE	165.1544
20	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	165.1200
21	COOL GRILLING	162.8456
22	COTO PITMASTERS	161.6800
23	Udderly Good BBQ	161.6684
24	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	159.3944
25	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	158.2628
26	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	156.5372
27	C&C BBQ	149.0400
28	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	148.6060

Pork

28 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.6856

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	178.8800
2	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	178.8572
3	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	178.3200
4	DEAD PIG WALKING	177.7144
5	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	177.1428
6	LADY OF Q	177.1428
7	COTO PITMASTERS	174.8456
8	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	174.3088
9	COOL GRILLING	172.6060
10	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	172.5600
11	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	170.8228
12	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	170.2628
13	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	169.6800
14	C&C BBQ	167.9656
15	The Brisket Brothers	167.4056
16	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	166.2856
17	Meat Candy Q	165.6684
18	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	165.0972
19	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	165.0856
20	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	164.5944
21	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	163.4172
22	LOST HOGS BBQ	161.6800
23	Udderly Good BBQ	160.0116
24	FU MAN QUE CREW	159.9656
25	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	158.8572
26	CASUAL SMOKERS	158.8228
27	STEEL N SMOKE	152.0112
28	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	147.9200

Brisket

27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8228

#	Team	Score
1	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	179.4400
2	Meat Candy Q	178.8800
3	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	178.8800
4	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	178.2972
5	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	177.7144
6	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	177.7028
7	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	177.7028
8	LADY OF Q	177.1428
9	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	174.8572
10	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	173.1200
11	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	172.5600
12	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	171.9888
13	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	170.8688
14	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	170.8228
15	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	170.8228
16	COOL GRILLING	168.0000
17	CASUAL SMOKERS	167.9656
18	DEAD PIG WALKING	167.4400
19	C&C BBQ	167.4400
20	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	166.2744
21	LOST HOGS BBQ	162.2284
22	FU MAN QUE CREW	158.8340
23	The Brisket Brothers	158.2628
24	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	157.6800
25	Udderly Good BBQ	156.5600
26	STEEL N SMOKE	155.3944
27	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	151.9544

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 — Dessert

6 entries · top 179.4400 · median 174.5658

#	Team	Score
1	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	179.4400
2	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	177.7144
3	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	177.1544
4	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	171.9772
5	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	169.1200
6	LADY OF Q	155.3716

The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A perfect score on the table

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 — Dessert