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Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest

2015-09-12 – 2015-09-13 · Harvard, MA · 📍 Harvard, MA 01451

Grand Champion: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (694.7996) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORK BUTT PARADISE

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SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
694.7996 · Master Series — Overall
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A Mazie Q
686.2056 · Master Series — Overall
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PORK BUTT PARADISE
693.6684 · 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 177.14
  • Pork Ribs 176.00
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 173.20
131.34 178.30

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2015 — this edition picked out.

2013-09-14 — 686.2628 (QUE AND A HALF MEN) 2014-09-13 — 686.2744 (SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA) 2015-09-12 — 694.7996 (SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA) 694.80 2013 2015

Entries

54
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

694.7996

Winning margin

8.5940
GC over RC

Field average

642.70
481.57694.80
median 653.43 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.9372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.2912
481.57694.80
10th place overall

Field spread

213.2344
winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.7256 pts — JOHN'S TWISTED Q

How hot was the win?

Top 55%
beats 45% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

44%
19 of 43 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1538
avg power rating going in · stronger than 28% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Rogue Hog BBQ
rated 1778 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

694.7996 highest overall ever cooked here

694.7996 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 686.2744 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA set in 2014.

  • old record 686.2744
  • set 2014 by SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

Back-to-back

2 in a row editions of this contest

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.

  • 2014
  • 2015

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

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

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 3 tracked editions

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2015

A contest record in chicken

177.1428 best chicken ever cooked here

JOHN'S TWISTED Q turned in 177.1428 in chicken — past the 176.0228 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.0228
  • across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2014).

  • SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA · 2014

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
2013-09-14 Harvard, MA Harvard, MA 42 686.2628 QUE AND A HALF MEN CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ
2014-09-13 Harvard, MA Harvard, MA 01451 43 686.2744 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD
2015-09-12 ← this one Harvard, MA Harvard, MA 01451 37 694.7996 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA PORK BUTT PARADISE

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1428171.4400166.8456
Pork Ribs176.0000171.9772168.5600
Pork178.2972173.1200170.3084
Brisket173.2000170.2628166.8456

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 694.7996 · median 653.4344

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 694.7996
1 A Mazie Q 686.2056
2 PORK BUTT PARADISE 693.6684
2 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - MA 677.7028
3 FIRE DOWN BELOW 681.0512
3 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 673.6572
4 INSANE SWINE BBQ 679.9544
4 BOO BOO QUED 671.3944
5 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 679.3600
5 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 667.2912
6 Rogue Hog BBQ 676.5712
6 Bare Bones BBQ 665.0400
7 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 674.1940
7 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 663.8968
8 A Mazie Q 663.9772
8 PADDY MCQ'S 661.6344
9 SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT 662.2512
9 10 BOOBS AND A BOB 661.0628
10 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 662.2168
10 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 658.8344
11 ELJEFE SMOKE 660.5028
11 Nor'Easter Smoke 656.4800
12 SAUCEHOUND 659.3712
12 Q SHANTY 655.3256
13 MEAT @ SLIMS 658.1716
13 SAUCEHOUND 653.7488
14 SMOKIN ACES 655.9200
14 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 653.1200
15 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 647.9200
15 BACON HOGS BBQ 629.0400
16 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 647.3832
16 B.B.Q.T.'s 627.7936
17 SMOKE 'EM IF YA GUT EM 646.3316
17 PIT FIENDS 481.5652
18 JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 641.6228
19 Bare Bones BBQ 641.5884
20 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 639.2572
21 LOCAL 225 BBQ 635.5088
22 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 635.4400
23 Nor'Easter Smoke 634.8004
24 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 634.7084
25 BARNYARD BBQ SMOKEHOUSE 630.7656
26 CAPE COD COWBOYS 627.9196
27 Q SHANTY 627.3600
28 CIDER BOYS BBQ 616.9372
29 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 607.8168
30 PADDY MCQ'S 606.6968
31 BEN'S BIG RED BBQ 605.0288
32 BACON HOGS BBQ 602.3088
33 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 600.9600
34 B.B.Q.T.'s 596.4344
35 Bulldog BBQ 589.0056
36 QUE-PID'S BBQ 584.4800
37 PIT FIENDS 559.7488

Chicken

37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.7028

#TeamScore
1 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 177.1428
2 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 175.4172
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.1084
4 MEAT @ SLIMS 172.5828
5 INSANE SWINE BBQ 171.4400
6 PORK BUTT PARADISE 171.4056
7 A Mazie Q 170.9028
8 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 167.9656
9 Rogue Hog BBQ 167.4056
10 LOCAL 225 BBQ 166.8456
11 Q SHANTY 166.2856
12 PADDY MCQ'S 165.1200
13 BARNYARD BBQ SMOKEHOUSE 163.3828
14 SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT 162.8456
15 FIRE DOWN BELOW 162.8112
16 Nor'Easter Smoke 162.2744
17 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 162.2400
18 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 161.7488
19 ELJEFE SMOKE 161.7028
20 SMOKIN ACES 161.1544
21 CIDER BOYS BBQ 159.3944
22 JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 158.8000
23 SMOKE 'EM IF YA GUT EM 158.3200
24 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 158.2740
25 SAUCEHOUND 156.5600
26 PIT FIENDS 154.2628
27 BACON HOGS BBQ 153.7488
28 Bare Bones BBQ 153.6684
29 CAPE COD COWBOYS 153.6572
30 B.B.Q.T.'s 153.6572
31 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 150.2628
32 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 147.4056
33 QUE-PID'S BBQ 146.8116
34 Bulldog BBQ 145.6800
35 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 145.6572
36 BEN'S BIG RED BBQ 143.3828
37 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 143.3144

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 176.0000 · median 160.5372

#TeamScore
1 FIRE DOWN BELOW 176.0000
2 SAUCEHOUND 174.9028
3 PORK BUTT PARADISE 174.8456
4 INSANE SWINE BBQ 173.7144
5 SMOKIN ACES 171.9772
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 170.8456
7 A Mazie Q 170.8344
8 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 170.2628
9 Bare Bones BBQ 169.1316
10 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 168.5600
11 Rogue Hog BBQ 168.0572
12 SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT 166.9028
13 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 166.2628
14 Nor'Easter Smoke 165.1544
15 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 165.1200
16 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 164.5716
17 JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 162.2628
18 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 160.5372
19 ELJEFE SMOKE 160.5372
20 Bulldog BBQ 158.8228
21 BEN'S BIG RED BBQ 158.2632
22 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 157.7144
23 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 155.9772
24 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 154.8116
25 MEAT @ SLIMS 154.8116
26 CAPE COD COWBOYS 153.6684
27 SMOKE 'EM IF YA GUT EM 152.0000
28 BACON HOGS BBQ 151.9772
29 PADDY MCQ'S 150.2168
30 Q SHANTY 149.1544
31 B.B.Q.T.'s 149.1200
32 BARNYARD BBQ SMOKEHOUSE 147.9772
33 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 147.3600
34 QUE-PID'S BBQ 146.8456
35 CIDER BOYS BBQ 146.7884
36 LOCAL 225 BBQ 141.1316
37 PIT FIENDS 133.6000

Pork

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.7256

#TeamScore
1 PORK BUTT PARADISE 178.2972
2 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 178.2972
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 177.7028
4 Rogue Hog BBQ 173.7028
5 A Mazie Q 173.1200
6 SMOKE 'EM IF YA GUT EM 172.5828
7 MEAT @ SLIMS 172.5600
8 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 172.0000
9 FIRE DOWN BELOW 171.4172
10 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 170.3084
11 SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT 169.1200
12 SAUCEHOUND 167.9656
13 SMOKIN ACES 166.8228
14 ELJEFE SMOKE 166.8228
15 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 166.3200
16 Bare Bones BBQ 166.2512
17 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 165.1200
18 INSANE SWINE BBQ 164.5372
19 CAPE COD COWBOYS 161.7256
20 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 161.1428
21 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 161.1200
22 Q SHANTY 157.6800
23 CIDER BOYS BBQ 157.6800
24 Nor'Easter Smoke 155.9544
25 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 155.9540
26 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 155.9428
27 JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 154.8572
28 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 154.8340
29 LOCAL 225 BBQ 154.3316
30 BARNYARD BBQ SMOKEHOUSE 152.5600
31 PADDY MCQ'S 151.9656
32 QUE-PID'S BBQ 151.9656
33 BEN'S BIG RED BBQ 148.5600
34 B.B.Q.T.'s 143.9656
35 BACON HOGS BBQ 143.9656
36 PIT FIENDS 140.5488
37 Bulldog BBQ 136.0000

Brisket

37 entries · top 173.2000 · median 159.9428

#TeamScore
1 LOCAL 225 BBQ 173.2000
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.1428
3 ELJEFE SMOKE 171.4400
4 FIRE DOWN BELOW 170.8228
5 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 170.2628
6 INSANE SWINE BBQ 170.2628
7 PORK BUTT PARADISE 169.1200
8 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 169.1084
9 Rogue Hog BBQ 167.4056
10 BARNYARD BBQ SMOKEHOUSE 166.8456
11 JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM 165.7028
12 BONE DADDY'S BBQ 164.5828
13 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 164.0000
14 SMOKE 'EM IF YA GUT EM 163.4288
15 SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT 163.3828
16 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 160.5600
17 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 159.9544
18 SAUCEHOUND 159.9428
19 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 159.9428
20 CAPE COD COWBOYS 158.8684
21 MEAT @ SLIMS 158.2172
22 SMOKIN ACES 155.9656
23 BEN'S BIG RED BBQ 154.8228
24 Q SHANTY 154.2400
25 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 153.6572
26 CIDER BOYS BBQ 153.0744
27 BACON HOGS BBQ 152.6172
28 Bare Bones BBQ 152.5372
29 Nor'Easter Smoke 151.4172
30 B.B.Q.T.'s 149.6916
31 A Mazie Q 149.1200
32 Bulldog BBQ 148.5028
33 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 147.9084
34 PADDY MCQ'S 139.3944
35 QUE-PID'S BBQ 138.8572
36 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 137.6344
37 PIT FIENDS 131.3372

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 — Nebs Bbq Fatties

17 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 10 BOOBS AND A BOB 174.8572
2 BOO BOO QUED 172.0228
3 PADDY MCQ'S 170.8572
4 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 169.7028
5 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 168.5600
6 A Mazie Q 168.5256
7 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 168.0344
8 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 167.9656
9 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - MA 166.8572
10 Q SHANTY 165.1084
11 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 162.8112
12 Nor'Easter Smoke 162.2628
13 SAUCEHOUND 161.6800
14 Bare Bones BBQ 158.2400
15 PIT FIENDS 155.9312
16 BACON HOGS BBQ 147.3600
17 B.B.Q.T.'s 139.9084

Master Series — Nebs Chicken

16 entries · top 172.5600 · median 160.8170

#TeamScore
1 A Mazie Q 172.5600
2 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 170.2972
3 Bare Bones BBQ 169.6800
4 SAUCEHOUND 167.4628
5 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 166.2628
6 B.B.Q.T.'s 164.5828
7 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - MA 162.8456
8 Nor'Easter Smoke 161.6340
9 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 160.0000
10 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 157.7028
11 BOO BOO QUED 157.6688
12 Q SHANTY 155.4172
13 PADDY MCQ'S 154.2400
14 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 153.6456
15 10 BOOBS AND A BOB 153.6456
16 BACON HOGS BBQ 144.4800

Master Series — Nebs Dessert

17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.9144

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - MA 179.4400
2 10 BOOBS AND A BOB 177.1428
3 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 175.4056
4 Bare Bones BBQ 174.8572
5 BACON HOGS BBQ 173.7372
6 BOO BOO QUED 173.1200
7 PADDY MCQ'S 171.4400
8 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 171.4172
9 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 170.9144
10 B.B.Q.T.'s 170.8112
11 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 169.6800
12 Q SHANTY 169.6800
13 A Mazie Q 165.1200
14 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 164.5944
15 PIT FIENDS 158.8228
16 SAUCEHOUND 157.1544
17 Nor'Easter Smoke 156.5716

Master Series — Nebs Shrimp

17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0972 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 A Mazie Q 180.0000 🔥
2 Nor'Easter Smoke 176.0116
3 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 174.2628
4 BOO BOO QUED 168.5828
5 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM - MA 168.5600
6 SAUCEHOUND 167.4516
7 PIT FIENDS 166.8112
8 Q SHANTY 165.1200
9 PADDY MCQ'S 165.0972
10 BACON HOGS BBQ 163.4628
11 HUMPHREY'S BBQ 163.3828
12 SMOKIN BULLDOGS 162.8228
13 Bare Bones BBQ 162.2628
14 ROLLING BONEZ (MA) 159.9428
15 LIVIN THE Q LIFE 159.3944
16 10 BOOBS AND A BOB 155.4172
17 B.B.Q.T.'s 152.4912

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