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Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff

2015-09-18 – 2015-09-19 · Ponca City, OK · 📍 Ponca City, OK 74601

Grand Champion: BUTCHER BBQ (692.5028) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 DR. NORDY'S BBQ

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692.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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688.5144 · Master Series — Overall
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686.8116 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 177.14
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 177.71
102.75 180.00

Entries

32
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

692.5028

Winning margin

3.9884
GC over RC

Field average

645.84
549.62692.50
median 654.20 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken
5.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.7772
549.62692.50
10th place overall

Field spread

142.8804
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 4.5828 pts — KOSMO'S Q

How hot was the win?

Top 63%
beats 37% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1576
avg power rating going in · stronger than 60% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1850 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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BUTCHER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 7th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: BUTCHER BBQ and NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BUTCHER BBQ and LONGBONE BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0112

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • BIG POPPA SMOKERS · Pork

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572173.7028169.6800
Pork Ribs177.1428170.2856167.9772
Pork180.0000174.2744169.6800
Brisket177.7144169.1200164.5828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 692.5028 · median 654.1998

#TeamScore
1 BUTCHER BBQ 692.5028
2 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 688.5144
3 OKIEQ 686.8116
4 BUFFALO'S BBQ 686.7884
5 KOSMO'S Q 686.2856
6 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 682.2168
7 Smokin Hot J's 674.8456
8 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 674.2860
9 LONGBONE BBQ 671.8744
10 RISE N SWINE 670.7772
11 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 665.6576
12 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 661.6344
13 Skinny's BBQ 661.0628
14 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 660.9944
15 BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI 655.9200
16 SPICY SPITFIRE 655.8972
17 HEAD COUNTRY II 652.5024
18 MOOCHEWSOOEY 649.6000
19 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 642.8232
20 BAD INVESTMENT BBQ 642.7308
21 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 641.0512
22 Osage Casino/Smokin Aces 634.8572
23 COOKSHACK 633.5884
24 Banc First Stillwater / Big Money BBQ 633.1316
25 PIGSKIN Q CREW 630.7084
26 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 630.6396
27 WILD BILL'S BBQ 623.9084
28 Triangle S BBQ 607.2572
29 BACK FROM THE DEAD 597.1312
30 Two D's BBQ 565.5088
31 Smoke Wars 555.8512
32 Smokin Amigos 549.6224

Chicken

32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7028

#TeamScore
1 OKIEQ 178.8572
2 BUFFALO'S BBQ 177.7028
3 Skinny's BBQ 175.4516
4 BUTCHER BBQ 173.7028
5 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 173.7028
6 Smokin Hot J's 172.5828
7 LONGBONE BBQ 171.9772
8 RISE N SWINE 170.8228
9 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 169.7144
10 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 169.6800
11 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 168.5484
12 SPICY SPITFIRE 167.4172
13 Osage Casino/Smokin Aces 167.4172
14 KOSMO'S Q 166.8572
15 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 165.7828
16 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 165.7372
17 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 165.6684
18 MOOCHEWSOOEY 165.1200
19 HEAD COUNTRY II 164.0000
20 Banc First Stillwater / Big Money BBQ 162.2632
21 BAD INVESTMENT BBQ 162.2512
22 PIGSKIN Q CREW 161.1084
23 Triangle S BBQ 156.4912
24 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 154.8116
25 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 154.7540
26 BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI 154.2628
27 COOKSHACK 153.1084
28 WILD BILL'S BBQ 150.8344
29 Smoke Wars 149.1544
30 Smokin Amigos 149.1428
31 BACK FROM THE DEAD 142.2284
32 Two D's BBQ 130.7544

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8228

#TeamScore
1 KOSMO'S Q 177.1428
2 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 172.5600
3 BUTCHER BBQ 172.5600
4 LONGBONE BBQ 172.5600
5 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 170.2856
6 BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI 170.2744
7 OKIEQ 169.1544
8 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 169.1200
9 Smokin Hot J's 168.0000
10 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 167.9772
11 Skinny's BBQ 167.3944
12 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 164.0116
13 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 163.9888
14 RISE N SWINE 163.9772
15 BAD INVESTMENT BBQ 163.9312
16 BUFFALO'S BBQ 163.3828
17 MOOCHEWSOOEY 162.2628
18 Banc First Stillwater / Big Money BBQ 161.7600
19 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 161.6800
20 Osage Casino/Smokin Aces 158.8688
21 BACK FROM THE DEAD 158.3200
22 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 157.6804
23 SPICY SPITFIRE 156.5256
24 HEAD COUNTRY II 155.9884
25 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 155.9772
26 COOKSHACK 154.8000
27 PIGSKIN Q CREW 153.0744
28 Triangle S BBQ 151.9660
29 WILD BILL'S BBQ 147.9312
30 Two D's BBQ 146.2400
31 Smoke Wars 145.1084
32 Smokin Amigos 143.4284

Pork

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 180.0000 🔥
2 KOSMO'S Q 179.4400
3 BUTCHER BBQ 178.8572
4 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 177.1428
5 RISE N SWINE 174.2744
6 BUFFALO'S BBQ 174.2628
7 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 172.0000
8 WILD BILL'S BBQ 170.2972
9 HEAD COUNTRY II 169.6912
10 SPICY SPITFIRE 169.6800
11 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 168.6056
12 Smokin Hot J's 167.9656
13 BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI 167.4172
14 MOOCHEWSOOEY 166.8228
15 COOKSHACK 165.1428
16 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 164.5256
17 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 163.4284
18 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 162.8000
19 OKIEQ 162.8000
20 LONGBONE BBQ 162.8000
21 Banc First Stillwater / Big Money BBQ 159.4400
22 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 157.1428
23 Skinny's BBQ 155.9540
24 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 155.9200
25 BAD INVESTMENT BBQ 153.6800
26 PIGSKIN Q CREW 151.9428
27 Osage Casino/Smokin Aces 151.4284
28 BACK FROM THE DEAD 149.7028
29 Two D's BBQ 145.6800
30 Triangle S BBQ 143.9656
31 Smoke Wars 111.3600
32 Smokin Amigos 102.7540

Brisket

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.2686

#TeamScore
1 DR. NORDY'S BBQ 177.7144
2 OKIEQ 176.0000
3 BUFFALO'S BBQ 171.4400
4 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 170.8228
5 LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 169.1200
6 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 167.4060
7 BUTCHER BBQ 167.3828
8 Smokin Hot J's 166.2972
9 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 165.1200
10 PIGSKIN Q CREW 164.5828
11 LONGBONE BBQ 164.5372
12 BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI 163.9656
13 BAD INVESTMENT BBQ 162.8684
14 KOSMO'S Q 162.8456
15 HEAD COUNTRY II 162.8228
16 SPICY SPITFIRE 162.2744
17 Skinny's BBQ 162.2628
18 RISE N SWINE 161.7028
19 COOKSHACK 160.5372
20 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 159.3828
21 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 158.8116
22 Osage Casino/Smokin Aces 157.1428
23 STEELE FAMILY BBQ 155.4172
24 MOOCHEWSOOEY 155.3944
25 WILD BILL'S BBQ 154.8456
26 Triangle S BBQ 154.8344
27 Smokin Amigos 154.2972
28 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 150.7772
29 Smoke Wars 150.2284
30 Banc First Stillwater / Big Money BBQ 149.6684
31 BACK FROM THE DEAD 146.8800
32 Two D's BBQ 142.8344

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 Butt

4 entries · top 165.1316 · median 157.1486

#TeamScore
1 Smoke Wars 165.1316
2 HEAD COUNTRY II 159.9656
3 Pink Heals 154.3316
4 IRON WHEEL COOKERS 154.3312

Master Series — Beans

10 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.1770

#TeamScore
1 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 175.4400
2 Smoke Wars 174.8800
3 Pink Heals 171.4400
4 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 168.0228
5 WILD BILL'S BBQ 165.1884
6 HOLY SMOKERS 165.1656
7 HEAD COUNTRY II 165.1428
8 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 161.7028
9 TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ 161.7028
10 Flamin' Rays 144.5256

Master Series — Dessert

4 entries · top 165.7716 · median 159.1144

#TeamScore
1 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 165.7716
2 Three Hog Night ll 164.5372
3 NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ 153.6916
4 Pink Heals 141.7484

Master Series — Sauce

4 entries · top 176.5600 · median 175.1314

#TeamScore
1 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 176.5600
2 Flamin' Rays 176.5600
3 TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW 173.7028
4 Smoke Wars 170.2628

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