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Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig

2015-09-11 – 2015-09-12 · Fort Mill, SC · 📍 Fort Mill, SC 29716

Grand Champion: BACKWOODS BBQ (703.3828) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE THIS

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BACKWOODS BBQ
703.3828 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE THIS
699.4060 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKING BUTT HEADS
697.1084 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 177.14
144.51 179.44

Entries

29
4 judged meats

Top score

703.3828

Winning margin

3.9768
GC over RC

Field average

663.17
618.70703.38
median 659.87 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.8628
618.70703.38
10th place overall

Field spread

84.6856
winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKE THIS
avg finish 3.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 4.5944 pts — Burnt Offering

How hot was the win?

Top 20%
beats 80% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

37%
13 of 35 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1535
avg power rating going in · stronger than 26% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Under the Radar
rated 1766 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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 new contest record

703.3828 highest overall ever cooked here

703.3828 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.1828 WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q set in 2014.

  • old record 690.1828
  • set 2014 by WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q

An upset on the books

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Backwoods BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Under the Radar, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1561
  • top seed 1766

A first Grand Championship

19 tracked contests to get there

This was BACKWOODS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: WALKIN' A SWINE LINE and CAMMO'S BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Carolina Grill and THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: CAMMO'S BBQ and HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BACKWOODS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 7th

A contest record in pork

178.8572 best pork ever cooked here

Burnt Offering turned in 178.8572 in pork — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.5600
  • across 1 past editions

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2014-09-19 Fort Mill, SC Fort Mill, SC 29715 35 690.1828 WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q SMOKING BUTT HEADS
2015-09-11 ← this one Fort Mill, SC Fort Mill, SC 29716 29 703.3828 BACKWOODS BBQ SMOKE THIS
2016-09-09 Fort Mill, SC — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400173.1200169.1084
Pork Ribs178.2972173.7144169.7028
Pork178.8572170.8684170.2628
Brisket177.1428174.2628167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 703.3828 · median 659.8740

#TeamScore
1 BACKWOODS BBQ 703.3828
2 SMOKE THIS 699.4060
3 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 697.1084
4 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 687.3600
5 CONTAGIOUS Q 683.2912
6 Too Sauced... 682.2284
7 CAMMO'S BBQ 681.6112
8 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 674.7548
9 QUEOLOGY 672.4568
10 UNDER THE RADAR 671.8628
11 Carolina Grill 670.1944
12 BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC 669.5428
13 Sue E. Pig 661.0972
14 WALKIN' A SWINE LINE 659.9656
15 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 659.8740
16 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 659.3372
17 TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN 658.1144
18 Hiccupin' Hog BBQ 657.7144
19 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 656.4912
20 Cuemando 656.4344
21 SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT 654.6856
22 HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA 654.1140
23 ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE 651.9200
24 Southern Style Catering LLC 647.8860
25 Near The Beer BBQ 642.7424
26 Burnt Offering 638.2288
27 GBQ 632.9824
28 HOG WILD 628.3540
29 The Sauce and All That Goes With It 618.6972

Chicken

29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 BACKWOODS BBQ 179.4400
2 Too Sauced... 177.1428
3 SMOKE THIS 174.8572
4 QUEOLOGY 173.7028
5 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 173.1200
6 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 172.5828
7 WALKIN' A SWINE LINE 172.5600
8 CAMMO'S BBQ 172.5600
9 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 171.9772
10 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 169.1084
11 Cuemando 168.0000
12 UNDER THE RADAR 167.3828
13 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 166.8228
14 Southern Style Catering LLC 166.2972
15 Near The Beer BBQ 166.2628
16 Hiccupin' Hog BBQ 166.2628
17 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.0856
18 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 164.5256
19 TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN 163.9656
20 Carolina Grill 163.4172
21 BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC 162.8000
22 SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT 162.8000
23 ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE 160.5600
24 HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA 157.0856
25 Sue E. Pig 156.5600
26 Burnt Offering 154.8228
27 HOG WILD 153.6340
28 GBQ 151.9196
29 The Sauce and All That Goes With It 144.5144

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE THIS 178.2972
2 BACKWOODS BBQ 177.7144
3 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 176.5944
4 BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC 176.5600
5 Carolina Grill 173.7144
6 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 173.7144
7 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1200
8 Too Sauced... 172.0000
9 CAMMO'S BBQ 169.7028
10 HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA 169.7028
11 WALKIN' A SWINE LINE 169.1772
12 Sue E. Pig 169.1316
13 UNDER THE RADAR 169.1200
14 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 167.4172
15 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 165.1200
16 ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE 164.5716
17 QUEOLOGY 163.4056
18 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 162.2628
19 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 161.6688
20 Cuemando 161.6688
21 TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN 160.5144
22 Near The Beer BBQ 159.9884
23 HOG WILD 159.9428
24 Hiccupin' Hog BBQ 158.8572
25 SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT 158.2400
26 The Sauce and All That Goes With It 157.6916
27 Southern Style Catering LLC 153.1088
28 Burnt Offering 151.4172
29 GBQ 149.6800

Pork

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256

#TeamScore
1 Burnt Offering 178.8572
2 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 174.2628
3 BACKWOODS BBQ 173.1084
4 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 172.5600
5 Near The Beer BBQ 170.8684
6 SMOKE THIS 170.8344
7 BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC 170.8228
8 CAMMO'S BBQ 170.8228
9 CONTAGIOUS Q 170.8228
10 Too Sauced... 170.2628
11 ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE 169.6912
12 UNDER THE RADAR 169.1200
13 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 168.5600
14 TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN 168.5372
15 SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT 168.5256
16 Carolina Grill 167.9772
17 Hiccupin' Hog BBQ 167.4400
18 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 166.8228
19 Southern Style Catering LLC 166.8228
20 GBQ 165.7028
21 QUEOLOGY 163.9312
22 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 162.8228
23 HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA 162.2400
24 HOG WILD 162.2284
25 Sue E. Pig 161.7028
26 The Sauce and All That Goes With It 161.1084
27 Cuemando 158.7884
28 WALKIN' A SWINE LINE 156.5256
29 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 155.3600

Brisket

29 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1084

#TeamScore
1 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 177.1428
2 SMOKE THIS 175.4172
3 HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 174.2860
4 CONTAGIOUS Q 174.2628
5 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 174.2628
6 Sue E. Pig 173.7028
7 BACKWOODS BBQ 173.1200
8 QUEOLOGY 171.4172
9 CAMMO'S BBQ 168.5256
10 Cuemando 167.9772
11 UNDER THE RADAR 166.2400
12 GBQ 165.6800
13 Hiccupin' Hog BBQ 165.1544
14 SMOKE BY DAY, FIRE BY NIGHT 165.1200
15 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 165.1084
16 TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN 165.0972
17 HOGZILLA NORTH CAROLINA 165.0856
18 Carolina Grill 165.0856
19 Too Sauced... 162.8228
20 WALKIN' A SWINE LINE 161.7028
21 Southern Style Catering LLC 161.6572
22 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 161.1428
23 BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC 159.3600
24 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 157.6800
25 ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE 157.0972
26 The Sauce and All That Goes With It 155.3828
27 Burnt Offering 153.1316
28 HOG WILD 152.5488
29 Near The Beer BBQ 145.6228

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