The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship

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

Grand Champion: ZZYZX BAR.B.Q (712.6060) · 22 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LADY OF Q

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ZZYZX BAR.B.Q

712.6060 · Master Series — Overall

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LADY OF Q

705.6916 · Master Series — Overall

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BURNIN AND LOOTIN

702.2516 · 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.

630.32 median 687.14 712.61 🏆

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 178.86
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

148.54 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

712.6060

Winning margin

6.9144

GC over RC

Field average

679.82

630.32712.61

median 687.14 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (Brisket), BURNIN AND LOOTIN (Chicken), ZZYZX BAR.B.Q (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

694.8228

630.32712.61

10th place overall

Field spread

82.2856

winner to last place

Most consistent

ZZYZX BAR.B.Q

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 1.7028 pts — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 1%

beats 99% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

64%

18 of 28 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1606

avg power rating going in · stronger than 81% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

rated 1858 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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

712.6060 highest overall ever cooked here

712.6060 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 709.1428 BIG POPPA SMOKERS set in 2015.

old record 709.1428
set 2015 by BIG POPPA SMOKERS

An upset on the books

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

ZZYZX BAR.B.Q came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1737
top seed 1858

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ · Brisket
BURNIN AND LOOTIN · Chicken
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q · Pork

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: SMOKIN MO'S BBQ and THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: ZZYZX BAR.B.Q and SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BAR-B-Q'S-2GO and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ZZYZX BAR.B.Q won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ZZYZX BAR.B.Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.

Chicken 6th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st
Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork ribs

178.8572 best pork ribs ever cooked here

ZZYZX BAR.B.Q turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 177.7144
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG POPPA SMOKERS (won 2015).

BIG POPPA SMOKERS · 2015

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	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore, CA 92530	28	709.1428	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ
2015-09-13 ← this one	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	176.5828	174.8456
Pork Ribs	178.8572	176.5600	172.5944
Pork	180.0000	176.0000	170.8228
Brisket	180.0000	174.8456	173.7372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

22 entries · top 712.6060 · median 687.1428

#	Team	Score
1	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	712.6060
2	LADY OF Q	705.6916
3	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	702.2516
4	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	700.6172
5	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	699.9772
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	698.2168
7	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	696.5600
8	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	694.8800
9	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	694.8576
10	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	694.8228
11	COOL GRILLING	689.2000
12	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	685.0856
13	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	682.2744
14	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	675.9884
15	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	674.8576
16	LOST HOGS BBQ	668.4916
17	DEAD PIG WALKING	667.3484
18	Big Red BBQ	659.9432
19	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	654.7088
20	SMOKIN ACES	635.9656
21	TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP	631.3488
22	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	630.3204

Chicken

22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	180.0000 🔥
2	LADY OF Q	178.8572
3	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	178.2972
4	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	176.5828
5	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	176.5828
6	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	175.4516
7	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	175.4400
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	175.4056
9	LOST HOGS BBQ	174.8572
10	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	174.8456
11	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	172.5600
12	DEAD PIG WALKING	172.5484
13	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	171.4400
14	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	170.8572
15	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	169.7256
16	COOL GRILLING	169.7144
17	SMOKIN ACES	168.5828
18	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	168.0460
19	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	168.0228
20	TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP	161.1316
21	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	161.0972
22	Big Red BBQ	158.8344

Pork Ribs

22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1430

#	Team	Score
1	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	178.8572
2	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	178.8572
3	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	178.2972
4	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	176.5600
5	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	176.5600
6	COOL GRILLING	175.4400
7	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	174.8572
8	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	174.2860
9	LADY OF Q	174.2744
10	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	172.5944
11	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	171.4172
12	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	170.8688
13	DEAD PIG WALKING	169.6800
14	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	169.1316
15	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	168.5600
16	Big Red BBQ	167.9772
17	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	167.4172
18	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	163.3944
19	LOST HOGS BBQ	162.8688
20	SMOKIN ACES	156.5716
21	TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP	151.3944
22	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	150.8916

Pork

22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	180.0000 🔥
2	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	179.4400
3	LADY OF Q	178.2972
4	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	176.5944
5	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	176.0000
6	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	175.4400
7	COOL GRILLING	174.8572
8	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	172.5600
9	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	171.4172
10	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	170.8228
11	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	170.2744
12	TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP	169.7256
13	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.1084
14	DEAD PIG WALKING	168.5484
15	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	168.0116
16	LOST HOGS BBQ	166.2284
17	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	165.7028
18	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	165.6684
19	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	163.9772
20	Big Red BBQ	163.4172
21	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	162.8456
22	SMOKIN ACES	155.4284

Brisket

22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8686 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	178.2972
3	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	176.0000
4	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	175.4172
5	BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ	174.8456
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	174.8456
7	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	174.2744
8	KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	174.2628
9	LADY OF Q	174.2628
10	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	173.7372
11	JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS	173.7256
12	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	172.0116
13	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	171.4056
14	Big Red BBQ	169.7144
15	COOL GRILLING	169.1884
16	LOST HOGS BBQ	164.5372
17	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	162.8228
18	DEAD PIG WALKING	156.5716
19	SMOKIN ACES	155.3828
20	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	153.0744
21	TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP	149.0972
22	1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ	148.5372

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A day of perfect scores

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

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