A statement win
17.7144
points clear of the field
Wider than 98% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 17.7144 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day
2015-09-11 – 2015-09-12 · Butler, MO · 📍 Butler, MO 64730
Grand Champion: GETTIN' SAUCED (686.7656) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LIL' FIDDLER'S
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.
602.59
median 638.97
686.77 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 171.41
- Pork Ribs 171.97
- Pork 175.42
- Brisket 173.12
139.42
175.42
Entries
14
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
686.7656
Winning margin
17.7144
GC over RC
Field average
642.36
602.59686.77
median 638.97 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
3.9772 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
628.4572
602.59686.77
10th place overall
Field spread
84.1716
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 78%
beats 22% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1511
avg power rating going in · stronger than 8% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 9–10: Wild Hog BBQ and Phat Guyz BBQ tied on 158.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: LIL' FIDDLER'S edged FIRESTORM by 0.0112. Chicken places 7–8: Swine Flew Too edged DUNN UP BBQ by 0.0344.
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 9–10 · 0.0112
- Chicken 7–8 · 0.0344
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0684
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
GETTIN' SAUCED won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
GETTIN' SAUCED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 2nd.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 1st
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.4056 | 162.2512 | 158.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9656 | 167.9884 | 158.2516 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 167.4172 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 162.8684 | 158.8000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
14 entries · top 686.7656 · median 638.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 2 | LIL' FIDDLER'S | |
| 3 | BACKFIRIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 5 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 6 | Just Blowin' Smoke | |
| 7 | CQ BBQ | |
| 8 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 9 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 10 | FIRESTORM | |
| 11 | Swine Flew Too | |
| 12 | Phat Guyz BBQ | |
| 13 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 14 | Parts-R-Smokin |
Chicken
14 entries · top 171.4056 · median 159.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIL' FIDDLER'S | |
| 2 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 3 | BACKFIRIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | CQ BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 6 | Parts-R-Smokin | |
| 7 | Swine Flew Too | |
| 8 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 9 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 10 | Phat Guyz BBQ | |
| 11 | Just Blowin' Smoke | |
| 12 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 13 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 14 | FIRESTORM |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 171.9656 · median 162.2914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 2 | LIL' FIDDLER'S | |
| 3 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 4 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 5 | Swine Flew Too | |
| 6 | BACKFIRIN' BBQ | |
| 7 | Just Blowin' Smoke | |
| 8 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 9 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 10 | Phat Guyz BBQ | |
| 11 | FIRESTORM | |
| 12 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 13 | CQ BBQ | |
| 14 | Parts-R-Smokin |
Pork
14 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 2 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 3 | FIRESTORM | |
| 4 | Just Blowin' Smoke | |
| 5 | LIL' FIDDLER'S | |
| 6 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 7 | CQ BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 9 | Phat Guyz BBQ | |
| 10 | BACKFIRIN' BBQ | |
| 11 | Parts-R-Smokin | |
| 12 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 13 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 14 | Swine Flew Too |
Brisket
14 entries · top 173.1200 · median 161.3830
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 2 | BACKFIRIN' BBQ | |
| 3 | Just Blowin' Smoke | |
| 4 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 5 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 6 | CQ BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 8 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 9 | LIL' FIDDLER'S | |
| 10 | FIRESTORM | |
| 11 | Swine Flew Too | |
| 12 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 13 | Parts-R-Smokin | |
| 14 | Phat Guyz BBQ |
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 — Anything Goes
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN ROYS | |
| 2 | Phat Guyz BBQ | |
| 3 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 4 | TWO GUYS AND A SMOKER | |
| 5 | FIRESTORM |