Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships 2015

Sep 18–19, 2015 · Spearfish, SD

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PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

701.7144 · Master Series — Overall

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SPITFIRE

700.5140 · Master Series — Overall

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GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA

698.2744 · Master Series — Overall

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships on September 18, 2015 in Spearfish, SD, scoring 701.7144 in a field of 30 teams. SPITFIRE took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5140. Category winners: Chicken — GRILLIN' BEAVERS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — SWINESTEIGER (178.8572); Pork — SPITFIRE (178.8572); Brisket — GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA (176.5600). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by SPITFIRE.

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.

612.43 median 668.75 701.71 🏆

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 178.86
Pork 178.86
Brisket 176.56

145.68 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

701.7144

Winning margin

1.2004

GC over RC

Field average

668.62

612.43701.71

median 668.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.6456

612.43701.71

10th place overall

Field spread

89.2796

winner to last place

Most consistent

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.2972 pts — SWINESTEIGER

How hot was the win?

Top 25%

beats 75% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

55%

16 of 29 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,560

avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

rated 1821 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 razor-thin finish

1.2004 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 77% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2004 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
SPITFIRE

A new contest record

701.7144 highest overall ever cooked here

701.7144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.8228 SPITFIRE set in 2014.

old record 690.8228
set 2014 by SPITFIRE

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 5th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 6–7: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and You 'Que Me All Night Long tied on 172.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ edged CHARQUETERIE by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 4–5: RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY edged CHARQUETERIE by 0.0228.

Pork 6–7 · tie
Pork 9–10 · 0.0112
Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0228
Pork 2–3 · 0.0228

A contest record in pork ribs

178.8572 best pork ribs ever cooked here

SWINESTEIGER turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 174.2744 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.2744
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SPITFIRE (won 2014).

SPITFIRE · 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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Sep 19, 2014	Sprearfish, SD	Sprearfish, SD 57783	29	690.8228	SPITFIRE	LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS
Sep 18, 2015 ← this one	Spearfish, SD	Spearfish, SD 57783	30	701.7144	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	SPITFIRE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	177.1544	172.5600
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4172	170.8228
Pork	178.8572	173.1200	171.4172
Brisket	176.5600	171.9656	167.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 701.7144 · median 668.7540

#	Team	Score
1	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	701.7144
2	SPITFIRE	700.5140
3	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	698.2744
4	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	693.7144
5	PIG CITY BBQ	686.7888
6	CHARQUETERIE	686.2288
7	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	682.7772
8	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	680.5256
9	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	679.3372
10	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	677.6456
11	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	677.6456
12	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	674.8112
13	SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY	673.6112
14	SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	670.1484
15	LOS NERDS	669.0740
16	RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY	668.4340
17	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	667.3256
18	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	664.4796
19	SWINESTEIGER	663.3144
20	TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS	662.7656
21	SCORCH AND RESQUE	660.5256
22	PIT PIGS	660.5140
23	WYOMING BS BBQ	659.9088
24	MAUS-Q-TEERS	653.6000
25	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	651.3144
26	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	649.0056
27	RICHIE Z's	647.3716
28	PAPA'S PIT CREW	646.1256
29	You 'Que Me All Night Long	638.7308
30	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	612.4348

Chicken

30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6970

#	Team	Score
1	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	179.4400
2	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	178.8572
3	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	178.2972
4	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	177.7028
5	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	177.1544
6	PIG CITY BBQ	176.5600
7	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	176
8	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	174.8572
9	SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY	173.7028
10	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	172.5600
11	CHARQUETERIE	171.9772
12	RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY	171.9656
13	SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	171.9656
14	LOS NERDS	170.8800
15	SCORCH AND RESQUE	169.7028
16	SPITFIRE	169.6912
17	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	169.1428
18	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	169.1200
19	MAUS-Q-TEERS	167.9772
20	SWINESTEIGER	166.2744
21	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	166.2284
22	WYOMING BS BBQ	165.6916
23	PAPA'S PIT CREW	165.6800
24	TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS	162.8572
25	RICHIE Z's	162.2628
26	PIT PIGS	159.9884
27	You 'Que Me All Night Long	158.8228
28	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	156.5260
29	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	154.7884
30	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	150.2056

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.2800

#	Team	Score
1	SWINESTEIGER	178.8572
2	SPITFIRE	176.5600
3	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	176.0116
4	RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY	175.4400
5	CHARQUETERIE	175.4172
6	PIG CITY BBQ	173.1200
7	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	171.4288
8	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	170.8916
9	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	170.8572
10	LOS NERDS	170.8228
11	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	169.7256
12	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	169.7028
13	RICHIE Z's	169.1660
14	SCORCH AND RESQUE	169.1544
15	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	168.5600
16	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	168
17	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	167.9772
18	TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS	167.9656
19	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	166.8344
20	SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY	163.4056
21	PAPA'S PIT CREW	162.8572
22	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	162.2744
23	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	162.2516
24	WYOMING BS BBQ	161.1200
25	SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	156.5372
26	MAUS-Q-TEERS	155.3600
27	PIT PIGS	154.2628
28	You 'Que Me All Night Long	154.2284
29	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	154.2056
30	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	150.2172

Pork

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.4172

#	Team	Score
1	SPITFIRE	178.8572
2	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	176.5828
3	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	176.5600
4	WYOMING BS BBQ	175.4056
5	SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	173.1200
6	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	172.5828
7	You 'Que Me All Night Long	172.5828
8	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	172.5600
9	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	171.4284
10	CHARQUETERIE	171.4172
11	SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY	170.2628
12	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	170.2628
13	PIT PIGS	170.2628
14	PIG CITY BBQ	169.6916
15	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	169.6800
16	MAUS-Q-TEERS	169.1544
17	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	168.5828
18	RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY	167.9656
19	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	167.9656
20	LOS NERDS	167.4056
21	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	166.8228
22	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	166.8228
23	TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS	165.1200
24	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	164.5600
25	PAPA'S PIT CREW	163.3828
26	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	163.3828
27	SWINESTEIGER	162.8112
28	RICHIE Z's	161.7028
29	SCORCH AND RESQUE	156.5256
30	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	145.6800

Brisket

30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	176.5600
2	PIT PIGS	176
3	SPITFIRE	175.4056
4	STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	174.8800
5	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	171.9656
6	ADDYQUE'S SMOKIN' RACKS	170.8684
7	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	170.8228
8	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	169.7144
9	SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	168.5256
10	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	167.9656
11	PIG CITY BBQ	167.4172
12	CHARQUETERIE	167.4172
13	TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS	166.8228
14	SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY	166.2400
15	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	165.6916
16	ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	165.6684
17	SCORCH AND RESQUE	165.1428
18	PELLETHEDZ BBQ	165.1200
19	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	163.3828
20	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	162.8228
21	SIN CIRCLE BBQ	162.2400
22	MAUS-Q-TEERS	161.1084
23	SMOKE IT UP BBQ	160.0116
24	LOS NERDS	159.9656
25	WYOMING BS BBQ	157.6916
26	SWINESTEIGER	155.3716
27	RICHIE Z's	154.2400
28	PAPA'S PIT CREW	154.2056
29	You 'Que Me All Night Long	153.0968
30	RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY	153.0628

Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships 2015

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 (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

A new contest record

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

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