Florida Heritage BBQ Classic 2015

Mar 26–28, 2015 · Kissimmee, FL

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SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

682.2632 · Master Series — Overall

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Uncle Kenny's Take-Away

680.4800 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN BLUE Q FL

677.6688 · Master Series — Overall

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM won Grand Champion at the Florida Heritage BBQ Classic on March 26, 2015 in Kissimmee, FL, scoring 682.2632 in a field of 23 teams. Uncle Kenny's Take-Away took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.4800. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN BLUE Q FL (177.7144); Pork Ribs — Uncle Kenny's Take-Away (176.0116); Pork — SHO GUD BARBEQUE (173.7372); Brisket — EXTRA MILE BBQ (178.8572).

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.

637.02 median 665.11 682.26 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.71
Pork Ribs 176.01
Pork 173.74
Brisket 178.86

143.35 178.86

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

682.2632

Winning margin

1.7832

GC over RC

Field average

662.16

637.02682.26

median 665.11 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

3.4744 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.9084

637.02682.26

10th place overall

Field spread

45.2460

winner to last place

Most consistent

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 7.4516 pts — EXTRA MILE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 86%

beats 14% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,530

avg power rating going in · stronger than 22% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

rated 1711 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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

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

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 6th
Brisket 9th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 7–8: Uncle Kenny's Take-Away and BACKYARD BRO'S tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: INGLORIOUS BASTERS edged SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE by 0.0116. Pork places 9–10: HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS edged BUTTRUB.COM by 0.0116.

Pork 7–8 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · 0.0116
Pork 9–10 · 0.0116
Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0228

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
Mar 26, 2015 ← this one	Kissimmee, FL	Kissimmee, FL 34744	23	682.2632	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away
Apr 8, 2016	Kissimmee, FL	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	172.5484	168.5600
Pork Ribs	176.0116	170.8688	167.4288
Pork	173.7372	170.2628	168.5256
Brisket	178.8572	169.1084	164.0116

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

23 entries · top 682.2632 · median 665.1088

#	Team	Score
1	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	682.2632
2	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	680.4800
3	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	677.6688
4	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	675.9084
5	BUTTRUB.COM	671.9428
6	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	671.3716
7	HOT WACHULA'S	669.5884
8	EXTRA MILE BBQ	669.5772
9	SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE	669.0172
10	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	667.9084
11	BACKYARD BRO'S	666.1256
12	PAPA WOOD BBQ	665.1088
13	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	662.2176
14	FRIENDS OF OBR	660.4112
15	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	659.3260
16	The Redneck Chef	655.9200
17	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	654.0912
18	SOUTHERN SMOKE COOKING TEAM	651.9316
19	FIREHOUSE BBQ	650.1488
20	E.T.'S BBQ	648.5600
21	United Pork Smokers	644.9372
22	PIT PASS BBQ	638.1256
23	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	637.0172

Chicken

23 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.7144

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	177.7144
2	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	174.8456
3	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	174.2628
4	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	173.1316
5	HOT WACHULA'S	172.5484
6	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	171.4172
7	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	170.2628
8	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	169.1316
9	SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE	169.1200
10	PAPA WOOD BBQ	168.5600
11	The Redneck Chef	166.8572
12	SOUTHERN SMOKE COOKING TEAM	165.7144
13	FRIENDS OF OBR	165.0856
14	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	164.5600
15	PIT PASS BBQ	163.9656
16	BUTTRUB.COM	163.3944
17	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	163.3828
18	FIREHOUSE BBQ	162.8344
19	BACKYARD BRO'S	162.2400
20	E.T.'S BBQ	161.7028
21	United Pork Smokers	158.2056
22	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	157.6456
23	EXTRA MILE BBQ	153.6456

Pork Ribs

23 entries · top 176.0116 · median 166.8460

#	Team	Score
1	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	176.0116
2	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	173.1660
3	BUTTRUB.COM	171.4400
4	SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE	171.4172
5	FIREHOUSE BBQ	170.8688
6	EXTRA MILE BBQ	170.8344
7	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	170.2744
8	PAPA WOOD BBQ	169.7144
9	The Redneck Chef	169.1200
10	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	167.4288
11	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	167.3944
12	United Pork Smokers	166.8460
13	FRIENDS OF OBR	166.2400
14	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	165.6800
15	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	165.6800
16	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	165.1200
17	BACKYARD BRO'S	165.0972
18	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	164.5372
19	PIT PASS BBQ	163.4172
20	HOT WACHULA'S	163.3944
21	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	158.8000
22	E.T.'S BBQ	157.6916
23	SOUTHERN SMOKE COOKING TEAM	157.0972

Pork

23 entries · top 173.7372 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	173.7372
2	SOUTHERN SMOKE COOKING TEAM	172.5828
3	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	172.0344
4	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	170.8228
5	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	170.2628
6	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	169.7144
7	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	169.6800
8	BACKYARD BRO'S	169.6800
9	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	168.5372
10	BUTTRUB.COM	168.5256
11	SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE	167.9656
12	United Pork Smokers	167.9656
13	PIT PASS BBQ	167.3944
14	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	166.8228
15	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	166.2400
16	EXTRA MILE BBQ	166.2400
17	HOT WACHULA'S	165.6800
18	PAPA WOOD BBQ	162.8344
19	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	160.5256
20	FRIENDS OF OBR	160.5256
21	E.T.'S BBQ	159.4400
22	The Redneck Chef	158.2628
23	FIREHOUSE BBQ	153.0628

Brisket

23 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.3828

#	Team	Score
1	EXTRA MILE BBQ	178.8572
2	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	171.4056
3	E.T.'S BBQ	169.7256
4	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	169.7028
5	BACKYARD BRO'S	169.1084
6	BUTTRUB.COM	168.5828
7	FRIENDS OF OBR	168.5600
8	HOT WACHULA'S	167.9656
9	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	164.5372
10	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	164.0116
11	PAPA WOOD BBQ	164
12	FIREHOUSE BBQ	163.3828
13	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	162.2284
14	The Redneck Chef	161.6800
15	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	160.5256
16	SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE	160.5144
17	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	159.4172
18	SOUTHERN SMOKE COOKING TEAM	156.5372
19	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	155.3712
20	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	153.1316
21	United Pork Smokers	151.9200
22	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	149.0972
23	PIT PASS BBQ	143.3484

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 — Dessert

12 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.5714

#	Team	Score
1	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	178.2972
2	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	177.1428
3	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	171.9884
4	FIREHOUSE BBQ	169.1772
5	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	168.5828
6	The Redneck Chef	168
7	BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN	165.1428
8	BILL'S GRILL ON WHEELS	161.7028
9	BACKYARD BRO'S	161.1888
10	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	153.1656
11	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	152.5372
12	PAPA WOOD BBQ	152.4800

Master Series — Steak

21 entries · top 164 · median 158.2516

#	Team	Score
1	E.T.'S BBQ	164
2	FRIENDS OF OBR	163.4628
3	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	163.4400
4	EVERGLADES SEASONINGS BBQ TEAM	162.8000
5	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	162.2856
6	SHO GUD BARBEQUE	162.2628
7	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	160.5372
8	EXTRA MILE BBQ	160.0340
9	Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	158.9256
10	United Pork Smokers	158.8000
11	FIREHOUSE BBQ	158.2516
12	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	156.6172
13	HOT WACHULA'S	155.9200
14	BACKYARD BRO'S	153.0856
15	INGLORIOUS BASTERS	152.0456
16	PAPA WOOD BBQ	151.4172
17	BUTTRUB.COM	143.9428
18	BILL'S GRILL ON WHEELS	142.8684
19	The Redneck Chef	141.6800
20	BUCKAROO BAR B QUE	135.9772
21	PIT PASS BBQ	119.9428

Florida Heritage BBQ Classic 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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Dessert

Master Series — Steak