International Goat Days Championship BBQ 2015

Sep 11–12, 2015 · Millington, TN

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KILLER HOGS

698.8344 · Master Series — Overall

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HOGGY STYLE

691.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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PORK ILLUSTRATED

690.2284 · Master Series — Overall

KILLER HOGS won Grand Champion at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ on September 11, 2015 in Millington, TN, scoring 698.8344 in a field of 31 teams. HOGGY STYLE took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.3944. Category winners: Chicken — PORK ILLUSTRATED (177.1544); Pork Ribs — FNA BBQ (178.8572); Pork — TENNESSEE MOJO (178.8572); Brisket — 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS (180.0000). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2016.

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.

166.35 median 649.63 698.83 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.15
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 178.86
Brisket 180 🔥

140.54 180

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

698.8344

Winning margin

7.4400

GC over RC

Field average

634.36

166.35698.83

median 649.63 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS (Brisket)

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.4800

166.35698.83

10th place overall

Field spread

532.4800

winner to last place

Most consistent

HOGGY STYLE

avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 3.9884 pts — FNA BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 38%

beats 62% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,514

avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests

Top-rated in the field

KILLER HOGS

rated 1726 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

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

KILLER HOGS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 15th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: KILLER HOGS and Heavy D Smokers tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Poker Porkers and HAM'S HOCKS tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: Poker Porkers and HOGGY STYLE tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Brisket 7–8 · tie
Chicken 1–2 · 0.0116

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.

2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS · Brisket

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
Sep 11, 2015 ← this one	Millington, TN	Millington, TN 38004	31	698.8344	KILLER HOGS	HOGGY STYLE
Sep 9, 2016	Millington, TN	4351 Babe Howard Ave	29	695.3716	HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	SWEET SWINE O'MINE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1544	176	170.2972
Pork Ribs	178.8572	172.5828	169.1200
Pork	178.8572	174.2856	169.1200
Brisket	180	175.4400	166.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 698.8344 · median 649.6344

#	Team	Score
1	KILLER HOGS	698.8344
2	HOGGY STYLE	691.3944
3	PORK ILLUSTRATED	690.2284
4	FNA BBQ	685.1316
5	SWINE LIFE	685.0628
6	2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS	684.5144
7	TENNESSEE MOJO	677.0628
8	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	674.1600
9	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	673.6460
10	TOO SAUCED TO PORK	672.4800
11	Poker Porkers	668.4684
12	RIB-KA-TEERS	666.7888
13	HAM'S HOCKS	660.4456
14	SOUTH T-COUNTY SMOKERS	659.2568
15	PORK AVENUE	657.0400
16	UNCLE POOKIE AND THE RIBLETS	649.6344
17	Security Smokers	648.4688
18	WHAT CAN BROWN QUE FOR YOU	645.0288
19	Heavy D Smokers	639.3716
20	HOWS MY COOK'N	638.6856
21	SLAB TECHS	638.0456
22	SMOKIN' MISS PIGGY	637.0856
23	COON VALLEY COOKERS	635.3712
24	HOT ROD HOGS	628.9372
25	BACKYARD FRIENDS	628.4800
26	SAUCED PORKERS	627.7944
27	BBQ EXPERIMENT	626.7772
28	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	616.9944
29	RIGHT ON QUE	614.1828
30	The Pork University	479.3368
31	HOT ROD ROASTERS	166.3544

Chicken

30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.1486

#	Team	Score
1	PORK ILLUSTRATED	177.1544
2	HOGGY STYLE	177.1428
3	2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS	176.5600
4	KILLER HOGS	176
5	Heavy D Smokers	176
6	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	174.8688
7	TENNESSEE MOJO	174.8456
8	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	173.1200
9	SWINE LIFE	171.9656
10	Security Smokers	170.2972
11	COON VALLEY COOKERS	170.2628
12	WHAT CAN BROWN QUE FOR YOU	169.7028
13	HOWS MY COOK'N	169.1084
14	FNA BBQ	165.7144
15	UNCLE POOKIE AND THE RIBLETS	165.1772
16	BBQ EXPERIMENT	165.1200
17	The Pork University	165.0856
18	HOT ROD HOGS	163.4172
19	RIB-KA-TEERS	163.3828
20	HAM'S HOCKS	162.8572
21	SAUCED PORKERS	162.8000
22	TOO SAUCED TO PORK	162.8000
23	SOUTH T-COUNTY SMOKERS	161.6684
24	SMOKIN' MISS PIGGY	161.1200
25	SLAB TECHS	159.9544
26	RIGHT ON QUE	158.8572
27	Poker Porkers	153.6572
28	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	153.0972
29	BACKYARD FRIENDS	151.9656
30	PORK AVENUE	149.0744

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9600

#	Team	Score
1	FNA BBQ	178.8572
2	RIB-KA-TEERS	174.8688
3	PORK AVENUE	173.7028
4	2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS	173.1200
5	TOO SAUCED TO PORK	172.5828
6	HOGGY STYLE	170.2744
7	Poker Porkers	170.2628
8	HAM'S HOCKS	170.2628
9	BACKYARD FRIENDS	169.6800
10	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	169.1200
11	SLAB TECHS	168.5256
12	Heavy D Smokers	168
13	SWINE LIFE	167.4172
14	UNCLE POOKIE AND THE RIBLETS	166.8344
15	KILLER HOGS	166.8344
16	SOUTH T-COUNTY SMOKERS	165.0856
17	PORK ILLUSTRATED	162.2628
18	WHAT CAN BROWN QUE FOR YOU	161.6800
19	SMOKIN' MISS PIGGY	161.1544
20	BBQ EXPERIMENT	160.5372
21	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	158.8116
22	TENNESSEE MOJO	157.6800
23	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	157.0856
24	COON VALLEY COOKERS	156.5484
25	The Pork University	156
26	HOT ROD HOGS	152.5144
27	HOWS MY COOK'N	151.3944
28	Security Smokers	149.6572
29	RIGHT ON QUE	149.0972
30	SAUCED PORKERS	145.6572

Pork

31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	TENNESSEE MOJO	178.8572
2	KILLER HOGS	177.1428
3	PORK AVENUE	176.5600
4	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	175.4056
5	Poker Porkers	174.2856
6	HOGGY STYLE	173.7144
7	HOWS MY COOK'N	173.1200
8	PORK ILLUSTRATED	173.1084
9	TOO SAUCED TO PORK	170.8228
10	SWINE LIFE	169.1200
11	HAM'S HOCKS	167.3828
12	HOT ROD ROASTERS	166.3544
13	BACKYARD FRIENDS	166.2972
14	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	165.7028
15	FNA BBQ	165.1200
16	SOUTH T-COUNTY SMOKERS	164.5256
17	SAUCED PORKERS	163.9772
18	UNCLE POOKIE AND THE RIBLETS	162.8344
19	Security Smokers	161.6800
20	WHAT CAN BROWN QUE FOR YOU	158.8000
21	The Pork University	158.2512
22	HOT ROD HOGS	158.2400
23	RIB-KA-TEERS	155.4172
24	SMOKIN' MISS PIGGY	155.4056
25	2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS	154.8344
26	Heavy D Smokers	153.6800
27	SLAB TECHS	153.6572
28	RIGHT ON QUE	151.9656
29	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	150.8228
30	BBQ EXPERIMENT	149.6800
31	COON VALLEY COOKERS	147.9428

Brisket

29 entries · top 180 · median 160.6172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS	180 🔥
2	KILLER HOGS	178.8572
3	PORK ILLUSTRATED	177.7028
4	SWINE LIFE	176.5600
5	FNA BBQ	175.4400
6	RIB-KA-TEERS	173.1200
7	Poker Porkers	170.2628
8	HOGGY STYLE	170.2628
9	SOUTH T-COUNTY SMOKERS	167.9772
10	Security Smokers	166.8344
11	SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE	166.8228
12	TOO SAUCED TO PORK	166.2744
13	TENNESSEE MOJO	165.6800
14	HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	163.9544
15	COON VALLEY COOKERS	160.6172
16	HAM'S HOCKS	159.9428
17	SMOKIN' MISS PIGGY	159.4056
18	PORK AVENUE	157.7028
19	SMOKIN' HOT & SAUCY	155.9888
20	SLAB TECHS	155.9084
21	SAUCED PORKERS	155.3600
22	WHAT CAN BROWN QUE FOR YOU	154.8460
23	UNCLE POOKIE AND THE RIBLETS	154.7884
24	HOT ROD HOGS	154.7656
25	RIGHT ON QUE	154.2628
26	BBQ EXPERIMENT	151.4400
27	HOWS MY COOK'N	145.0628
28	Heavy D Smokers	141.6916
29	BACKYARD FRIENDS	140.5372

International Goat Days Championship BBQ 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?

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