Nebo Fall Festival BBQ

2015-09-18 – 2015-09-19 · Nebo, KY · 📍 Nebo, KY 42441

Grand Champion: SMOKE ME SILLY (710.8688) · 16 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SON SEEKERS BBQ

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Organizer Portal

710.8688 · Master Series — Overall

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SON SEEKERS BBQ

706.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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BLUE CHIP BBQ

702.8228 · 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.

646.18 median 689.07 710.87 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 177.74
Brisket 179.44

154.22 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

710.8688

Winning margin

4.6060

GC over RC

Field average

682.08

646.18710.87

median 689.07 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.0744

646.18710.87

10th place overall

Field spread

64.6860

winner to last place

Most consistent

Organizer Portal

avg finish 2.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.7372 pts — SON SEEKERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 2%

beats 98% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1593

avg power rating going in · stronger than 74% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1886 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: HOBBIE BAR-B-Q and HICKORY PIT CREW tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Hawg Feathers and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BLUE CHIP BBQ and KENTUCKY KOOKERS tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Organizer Portal 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

Organizer Portal took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 4th.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 4th
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)

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	178.2972	174.2628	171.4056
Pork Ribs	178.8572	173.7028	169.1200
Pork	177.7372	176.0000	168.5372
Brisket	179.4400	176.5600	167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

16 entries · top 710.8688 · median 689.0742

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	710.8688
2	SON SEEKERS BBQ	706.2628
3	BLUE CHIP BBQ	702.8228
4	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	698.2400
5	Pappy Q	695.9544
6	Hawg Feathers	694.8228
7	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	691.3600
8	HICKORY PIT CREW	689.6456
9	TRU BLUE BBQ	688.5028
10	SMOKE ON THIS	685.0744
11	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	673.0512
12	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	663.8628
13	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	663.3144
14	PIG SEXY BBQ	651.8632
15	HOLY TOWN COOKERS	651.4172
16	LEFLER'S PIT CREW	646.1828

Chicken

16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9656

#	Team	Score
1	SON SEEKERS BBQ	178.2972
2	Organizer Portal	176.5600
3	TRU BLUE BBQ	176.0000
4	Pappy Q	175.4056
5	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	174.2628
6	HICKORY PIT CREW	174.2628
7	Hawg Feathers	171.9656
8	BLUE CHIP BBQ	171.9656
9	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	171.9656
10	SMOKE ON THIS	171.4056
11	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	170.2972
12	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	169.1200
13	PIG SEXY BBQ	165.1316
14	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	161.0856
15	HOLY TOWN COOKERS	160.5600
16	LEFLER'S PIT CREW	160.5256

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6972

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	178.8572
2	SON SEEKERS BBQ	177.1428
3	Pappy Q	174.8572
4	BLUE CHIP BBQ	174.2628
5	TRU BLUE BBQ	173.7028
6	HICKORY PIT CREW	171.9656
7	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	171.4172
8	PIG SEXY BBQ	170.2744
9	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	169.1200
10	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	169.1200
11	Hawg Feathers	169.1084
12	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	168.0000
13	HOLY TOWN COOKERS	167.4172
14	SMOKE ON THIS	166.8344
15	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	163.3944
16	LEFLER'S PIT CREW	160.5600

Pork

16 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.2628

#	Team	Score
1	BLUE CHIP BBQ	177.7372
2	Hawg Feathers	177.7144
3	SON SEEKERS BBQ	176.5600
4	Organizer Portal	176.0116
5	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	176.0000
6	SMOKE ON THIS	174.8572
7	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	174.2628
8	TRU BLUE BBQ	170.8228
9	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	169.7028
10	Pappy Q	168.5372
11	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	167.9656
12	HICKORY PIT CREW	167.3944
13	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	165.0856
14	LEFLER'S PIT CREW	163.9428
15	HOLY TOWN COOKERS	162.2972
16	PIG SEXY BBQ	162.2400

Brisket

16 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.1200

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	179.4400
2	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	178.8572
3	BLUE CHIP BBQ	178.8572
4	Pappy Q	177.1544
5	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	176.5600
6	Hawg Feathers	176.0344
7	HICKORY PIT CREW	176.0228
8	SON SEEKERS BBQ	174.2628
9	SMOKE ON THIS	171.9772
10	TRU BLUE BBQ	167.9772
11	KENTUCKY KOOKERS	165.1200
12	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	164.5372
13	OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS	163.9544
14	LEFLER'S PIT CREW	161.1544
15	HOLY TOWN COOKERS	161.1428
16	PIG SEXY BBQ	154.2172

Nebo Fall Festival BBQ

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)

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket