Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

2015-04-24 – 2015-04-25 · Springfield, MO · 📍 Springfield, MO 65804

Grand Champion: GETTIN' BASTED (699.9544) · 63 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

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GETTIN' BASTED

699.9544 · Master Series — Overall

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

693.6572 · Master Series — Overall

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QUAU

693.0740 · 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.

150.85 median 635.34 699.95 🏆

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 179.44

127.98 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

699.9544

Winning margin

6.2972

GC over RC

Field average

624.71

150.85699.95

median 635.34 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

GETTIN' BASTED (Chicken), BIG WOODIE BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

5.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.7260

150.85699.95

10th place overall

Field spread

549.1088

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.0116 pts — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 33%

beats 67% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

39%

22 of 57 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1530

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

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1825 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

699.9544 highest overall ever cooked here

699.9544 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 688.5260 K.C. CAN CREW set in 2014.

old record 688.5260
set 2014 by K.C. CAN CREW

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 7–8: GETTIN' BASTED and K.C. CAN CREW tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and BURNT FINGER BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ edged Holla N Swalla BBQ by 0.0112.

Pork 7–8 · tie
Brisket 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0112
Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 7th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 7th
Brisket 4th

A contest record in pork

180.0000 best pork ever cooked here

BIG WOODIE BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.8572
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: K.C. CAN CREW (won 2014).

K.C. CAN CREW · 2014

One of the big ones

63 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data

63 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

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

GETTIN' BASTED · Chicken
BIG WOODIE BBQ · 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2014-05-09	Springfield, MO	Springfield, MO 65804	57	688.5260	K.C. CAN CREW	BURNT FINGER BBQ
2015-04-24 ← this one	Springfield, MO	Springfield, MO 65804	63	699.9544	GETTIN' BASTED	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
2016-04-22	Springfield, MO	Springfield, MO	61	693.0856	QUAU	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
2019-04-26	Springfield, MO	Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds	40	693.0512	R Butts R Smokin	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	174.8572	171.4516
Pork Ribs	178.8572	173.1428	171.4172
Pork	180.0000	174.2628	170.2628
Brisket	179.4400	173.2116	169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

63 entries · top 699.9544 · median 635.3372

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	699.9544
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	693.6572
3	QUAU	693.0740
4	BIG WOODIE BBQ	692.4796
5	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	691.3600
6	Holla N Swalla BBQ	687.9772
7	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	683.3600
8	BURNT FINGER BBQ	680.4452
9	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	677.7372
10	SMOKIN ME CRAZY	677.7260
11	SMOOTH SMOKE	674.8120
12	YELLOW JACKET BBQ	671.3144
13	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	667.3144
14	K.C. CAN CREW	664.9944
15	BLOWN AWAY BBQ	664.5720
16	A GOOD RUB BBQ	664.4228
17	Pork & Barristers	663.3832
18	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	662.2052
19	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	662.1828
20	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	661.0168
21	EPIC BBQ CRU	658.7656
22	Mercy Saucy Saints	657.6344
23	Karnivore Krew	655.2800
24	TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	653.6224
25	PORK N' CIDER	649.0288
26	James Brothers BBQ	647.8972
27	SOUTHEAST ROTARY	646.6744
28	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	646.1944
29	Royal Smoke	641.0744
30	SMOKIN' Q BBQ	641.0060
31	Big Green Egg Sunny Side Up	637.6908
32	Pack N Smoke/ DeLong Plumbing	635.3372
33	A-1 Guarantee Roofing/Smoke-A-Holics	635.2112
34	Springfield Rotary Downtown	634.1140
35	Half in the Bag	633.6804
36	Blue Eye BBQ	632.4112
37	Mediacom HD BBQ	631.8628
38	Up In Smoke MO	631.3600
39	MIHAMI VICE	631.3028
40	SMOKED COMPETITION COOKING TEAM	630.7664
41	Roo-B-Que	628.4344
42	ARBECUEBAY	626.1028
43	BUBBA A'S BBQ	624.4456
44	BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM	622.7088
45	Smokin' Sammy's	619.9544
46	PORK PULLERS	618.6400
47	Cast Iron Catering	616.9368
48	Meat Street Mafia	616.2976
49	Connell Insurance & Pig Pimpin' BBQ	607.9424
50	Creative Outdoor Lighting	607.7832
51	Hy-Vee, Inc	607.2004
52	Swine Pirates	604.4232
53	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	602.1140
54	Team News-Leader: Dr.L and the Meatheads	600.3204
55	SMOKIN WHEELS BBQ	594.6400
56	Faith Technologies	590.0912
57	Loud n Proud	579.2800
58	TRAPPS COMPETITION BARBEQUE	578.1832
59	Sauce Slingers	577.7140
60	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	567.8052
61	State Farm	444.0228
62	All Brick House BBQ	306.2516
63	Blowing Smoke	150.8456

Chicken

61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	180.0000 🔥
2	YELLOW JACKET BBQ	177.1544
3	BIG WOODIE BBQ	177.1428
4	BURNT FINGER BBQ	175.4056
5	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	174.8572
6	SOUTHEAST ROTARY	173.7372
7	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	172.0228
8	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	172.0000
9	BUBBA A'S BBQ	171.9656
10	BLOWN AWAY BBQ	171.4516
11	Karnivore Krew	171.4400
12	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	170.8228
13	Royal Smoke	170.2972
14	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	170.2628
15	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.2628
16	Meat Street Mafia	169.7028
17	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	169.6800
18	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	169.1200
19	Holla N Swalla BBQ	168.5600
20	A GOOD RUB BBQ	168.5256
21	Faith Technologies	167.4628
22	QUAU	167.4056
23	Pork & Barristers	167.3944
24	TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	167.3828
25	SMOKED COMPETITION COOKING TEAM	166.8916
26	SMOOTH SMOKE	166.8576
27	Half in the Bag	166.8572
28	MIHAMI VICE	166.3200
29	BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM	165.7372
30	PORK N' CIDER	165.6800
31	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	165.1316
32	Big Green Egg Sunny Side Up	165.1312
33	ARBECUEBAY	165.0856
34	Blue Eye BBQ	164.5600
35	PORK PULLERS	163.9428
36	Mercy Saucy Saints	163.3944
37	Roo-B-Que	162.2628
38	Up In Smoke MO	162.2628
39	K.C. CAN CREW	162.2516
40	SMOKIN' Q BBQ	162.2400
41	A-1 Guarantee Roofing/Smoke-A-Holics	162.2284
42	Pack N Smoke/ DeLong Plumbing	161.6916
43	Springfield Rotary Downtown	160.5484
44	Connell Insurance & Pig Pimpin' BBQ	160.0112
45	EPIC BBQ CRU	159.9772
46	Hy-Vee, Inc	159.3828
47	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	158.7996
48	Team News-Leader: Dr.L and the Meatheads	157.6572
49	SMOKIN ME CRAZY	157.0744
50	All Brick House BBQ	155.9772
51	SMOKIN WHEELS BBQ	153.6912
52	Mediacom HD BBQ	153.6572
53	Cast Iron Catering	151.9884
54	Smokin' Sammy's	150.8456
55	James Brothers BBQ	150.7772
56	Swine Pirates	149.6344
57	TRAPPS COMPETITION BARBEQUE	148.5372
58	Loud n Proud	142.8112
59	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	142.2056
60	Creative Outdoor Lighting	137.0972
61	Sauce Slingers	134.2856

Pork Ribs

63 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2400

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	178.8572
2	Mercy Saucy Saints	174.8456
3	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2744
4	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	174.2628
5	TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	173.1428
6	Holla N Swalla BBQ	173.1316
7	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	172.5828
8	SMOKIN ME CRAZY	172.5600
9	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	171.4288
10	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	171.4172
11	EPIC BBQ CRU	171.4172
12	QUAU	171.4056
13	Big Green Egg Sunny Side Up	170.8684
14	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	170.8456
15	BIG WOODIE BBQ	170.8228
16	Sauce Slingers	169.7484
17	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	169.7144
18	BURNT FINGER BBQ	169.6684
19	SMOOTH SMOKE	167.4288
20	BLOWN AWAY BBQ	167.3944
21	Cast Iron Catering	166.8572
22	Smokin' Sammy's	166.2972
23	K.C. CAN CREW	165.6800
24	James Brothers BBQ	165.1772
25	Up In Smoke MO	164.5600
26	YELLOW JACKET BBQ	164.5372
27	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	164.5256
28	Pack N Smoke/ DeLong Plumbing	163.4172
29	Springfield Rotary Downtown	163.3944
30	PORK N' CIDER	162.8344
31	Creative Outdoor Lighting	162.8000
32	PORK PULLERS	162.2400
33	Pork & Barristers	161.7032
34	Mediacom HD BBQ	159.4056
35	SOUTHEAST ROTARY	158.2288
36	A GOOD RUB BBQ	157.0856
37	SMOKIN WHEELS BBQ	155.3716
38	Karnivore Krew	155.3600
39	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	154.8228
40	A-1 Guarantee Roofing/Smoke-A-Holics	153.6684
41	BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM	153.1088
42	Blue Eye BBQ	153.0628
43	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	151.9656
44	Royal Smoke	151.9544
45	Blowing Smoke	150.8456
46	MIHAMI VICE	150.7772
47	All Brick House BBQ	150.2744
48	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	149.6572
49	ARBECUEBAY	149.6456
50	SMOKED COMPETITION COOKING TEAM	148.5032
51	SMOKIN' Q BBQ	147.9316
52	Half in the Bag	146.8688
53	Swine Pirates	146.2172
54	Team News-Leader: Dr.L and the Meatheads	145.0516
55	Hy-Vee, Inc	143.9088
56	Roo-B-Que	142.8000
57	State Farm	141.7028
58	Connell Insurance & Pig Pimpin' BBQ	141.7028
59	BUBBA A'S BBQ	139.9656
60	Faith Technologies	138.8228
61	TRAPPS COMPETITION BARBEQUE	138.2744
62	Meat Street Mafia	135.8172
63	Loud n Proud	127.9772

Pork

61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BIG WOODIE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Holla N Swalla BBQ	177.7372
3	QUAU	177.7028
4	SMOKIN ME CRAZY	174.8800
5	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	174.2628
6	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	173.1200
7	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9656
8	K.C. CAN CREW	171.9656
9	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	170.2856
10	YELLOW JACKET BBQ	170.2628
11	Meat Street Mafia	169.6916
12	Karnivore Krew	169.6800
13	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	169.6800
14	Connell Insurance & Pig Pimpin' BBQ	168.5484
15	BLOWN AWAY BBQ	167.4400
16	SMOOTH SMOKE	167.3828
17	Pork & Barristers	166.8800
18	Roo-B-Que	166.8344
19	BUBBA A'S BBQ	165.7372
20	ARBECUEBAY	165.7144
21	Royal Smoke	165.6800
22	A-1 Guarantee Roofing/Smoke-A-Holics	165.6800
23	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	165.6684
24	Blue Eye BBQ	165.1428
25	Loud n Proud	164.5716
26	Half in the Bag	164.5716
27	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	163.9656
28	A GOOD RUB BBQ	163.9544
29	BURNT FINGER BBQ	163.9540
30	Up In Smoke MO	163.4628
31	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	163.4628
32	Mercy Saucy Saints	163.4516
33	James Brothers BBQ	163.4172
34	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	162.2628
35	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	161.7028
36	Creative Outdoor Lighting	161.6572
37	SMOKIN' Q BBQ	161.1200
38	Hy-Vee, Inc	161.1200
39	EPIC BBQ CRU	161.1200
40	PORK N' CIDER	161.0972
41	Pack N Smoke/ DeLong Plumbing	160.0000
42	Mediacom HD BBQ	159.9656
43	MIHAMI VICE	159.9656
44	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	159.4056
45	SMOKED COMPETITION COOKING TEAM	157.0856
46	PORK PULLERS	156.5256
47	Swine Pirates	155.9656
48	SOUTHEAST ROTARY	154.2056
49	BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM	153.6456
50	TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	151.9884
51	Springfield Rotary Downtown	149.6456
52	Cast Iron Catering	149.6228
53	Team News-Leader: Dr.L and the Meatheads	148.5372
54	SMOKIN WHEELS BBQ	147.9312
55	Big Green Egg Sunny Side Up	147.4056
56	Smokin' Sammy's	143.9656
57	TRAPPS COMPETITION BARBEQUE	142.8572
58	Faith Technologies	142.6972
59	State Farm	142.3428
60	Sauce Slingers	135.4628
61	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	129.0628

Brisket

61 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.2860

#	Team	Score
1	HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	179.4400
2	QUAU	176.5600
3	A GOOD RUB BBQ	174.8572
4	GETTIN' BASTED	173.7144
5	SMOKIN ME CRAZY	173.2116
6	SMOOTH SMOKE	173.1428
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.4172
8	BURNT FINGER BBQ	171.4172
9	SMOKIN' Q BBQ	169.7144
10	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	169.7028
11	DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES	169.7028
12	Holla N Swalla BBQ	168.5484
13	James Brothers BBQ	168.5256
14	Pork & Barristers	167.4056
15	EPIC BBQ CRU	166.2512
16	K.C. CAN CREW	165.0972
17	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	164.5256
18	BIG WOODIE BBQ	164.5140
19	THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	163.9428
20	TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ	161.1084
21	Springfield Rotary Downtown	160.5256
22	SOUTHEAST ROTARY	160.5028
23	State Farm	159.9772
24	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	159.9312
25	PORK N' CIDER	159.4172
26	YELLOW JACKET BBQ	159.3600
27	Smokin' Sammy's	158.8460
28	Mediacom HD BBQ	158.8344
29	Karnivore Krew	158.8000
30	SMOKED COMPETITION COOKING TEAM	158.2860
31	BLOWN AWAY BBQ	158.2860
32	Roo-B-Que	156.5372
33	Mercy Saucy Saints	155.9428
34	Half in the Bag	155.3828
35	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	154.8116
36	Big Green Egg Sunny Side Up	154.2856
37	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	154.2516
38	MIHAMI VICE	154.2400
39	A-1 Guarantee Roofing/Smoke-A-Holics	153.6344
40	Royal Smoke	153.1428
41	Swine Pirates	152.6060
42	Pack N Smoke/ DeLong Plumbing	150.2284
43	BRO B QUE SMOKIN TEAM	150.2172
44	Blue Eye BBQ	149.6456
45	Team News-Leader: Dr.L and the Meatheads	149.0744
46	TRAPPS COMPETITION BARBEQUE	148.5144
47	Cast Iron Catering	148.4684
48	BUBBA A'S BBQ	146.7772
49	Creative Outdoor Lighting	146.2288
50	ARBECUEBAY	145.6572
51	Loud n Proud	143.9200
52	Hy-Vee, Inc	142.7888
53	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	141.1200
54	Faith Technologies	141.1084
55	Meat Street Mafia	141.0860
56	Up In Smoke MO	141.0744
57	Sauce Slingers	138.2172
58	Connell Insurance & Pig Pimpin' BBQ	137.6800
59	SMOKIN WHEELS BBQ	137.6460
60	PORK PULLERS	135.9316
61	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	127.9772

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 — Whole Hog Blind

6 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1086

#	Team	Score
1	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	178.8572
2	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	170.8344
3	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	168.5372
4	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	165.6800
5	Cast Iron Catering	154.7656
6	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	153.0740

Master Series — Whole Hog Visit

6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1370 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS	180.0000 🔥
2	Pigg'n & Swigg'n	173.1544
3	Tritell Communications & Hogzilla	170.8228
4	Cast Iron Catering	167.4512
5	Joplin Supply Company with Sock Monkey BBQ	165.7028
6	WHOLE HOG CAFE - SPRINGFIELD	164.5828

Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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 (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

One of the big ones

A perfect score on the table

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 — Whole Hog Blind

Master Series — Whole Hog Visit