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Smokin on the Water 2 2015

May 1–2, 2015 · Liberty, IN

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RURAL ROUTE BBQ
694.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC
690.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ
690.3656 · Master Series — Overall

RURAL ROUTE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin on the Water 2 on May 1, 2015 in Liberty, IN, scoring 694.7884 in a field of 37 teams. SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8000. Category winners: Chicken — HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE (174.3200); Pork — RURAL ROUTE BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — BLUE CHIP BBQ (177.7144). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2016.

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 174.32
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 177.71
139.35 178.86

Entries

37
4 judged meats

Top score

694.7884

Winning margin

3.9884
GC over RC

Field average

659.11
581.51694.79
median 664.93 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.2000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

680.4684
581.51694.79
10th place overall

Field spread

113.2800
winner to last place

Most consistent

IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4 pts — HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 56%
beats 44% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,558
avg power rating going in · stronger than 45% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ
rated 1780 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.

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

RURAL ROUTE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1629
  • top seed 1780

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: PB&J's BBQ Team and ONE2BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: RURAL ROUTE BBQ and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE and SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Pork 1–2 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

RURAL ROUTE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.

  • Chicken 16th
  • Pork Ribs 8th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 2nd

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
May 1, 2015 ← this one Liberty, IN Liberty, IN 47353 37 694.7884 RURAL ROUTE BBQ SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC
Apr 30, 2016 Liberty, IN Liberty, IN 47353 35 701.7600 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572173.1200170.8456
Pork Ribs174.3200173.1200170.8344
Pork176.5600173.1084170.8228
Brisket177.7144176170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 694.7884 · median 664.9252

#TeamScore
1 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 694.7884
2 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 690.8000
3 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 690.3656
4 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 688.5140
5 SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ 686.7884
6 BLUE CHIP BBQ 685.6000
7 2 PITTS BBQ 684.5372
8 ONE2BBQ 682.2056
9 ACME BBQ 680.5832
10 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 680.4684
11 MONSTER-QUE 679.3712
12 PB&J's BBQ Team 677.6460
13 CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q 677.5996
14 HOGAHOLICS 677.0400
15 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 676.4456
16 RICE BROTHERS BBQ 670.2060
17 GREY STREET BBQ 670.1600
18 EXTRA MILE BBQ 669.0512
19 WEQ4U 664.9252
20 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 662.1256
21 QUBED 658.7544
22 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 658.2400
23 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 657.0628
24 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 653.0744
25 CHARCOAL & MORE 651.8856
26 SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS 651.3944
27 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 650.0912
28 GRILLIANT FOODS 644.4460
29 HISTORIC BBQ 642.6856
30 TNT KICKIN' BBQ 633.0172
31 BLUE DOG BBQ 632.4000
32 J&D Custom Meats 624.4912
33 BONEHEAD BBQ 623.2116
34 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 622.7316
35 SMOKE DYNASTY 607.2692
36 CAL-COOP BBQ 605.5316
37 Lions BBQ Shack 581.5084

Chicken

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 178.8572
2 PB&J's BBQ Team 174.8572
3 ONE2BBQ 174.8572
4 SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ 174.2972
5 HOGAHOLICS 173.1200
6 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 173.1084
7 MONSTER-QUE 172.5600
8 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 172.0228
9 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 171.9656
10 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 170.8456
11 RICE BROTHERS BBQ 170.2744
12 GREY STREET BBQ 170.2628
13 ACME BBQ 169.7372
14 BLUE DOG BBQ 169.7028
15 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 169.1200
16 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 168.5600
17 SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS 168
18 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 167.9656
19 CAL-COOP BBQ 167.4172
20 2 PITTS BBQ 167.4056
21 EXTRA MILE BBQ 167.4056
22 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 166.8344
23 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 166.2972
24 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 166.2744
25 GRILLIANT FOODS 164.5600
26 CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q 163.9428
27 CHARCOAL & MORE 163.4172
28 TNT KICKIN' BBQ 162.8228
29 BLUE CHIP BBQ 161.6456
30 BONEHEAD BBQ 158.2400
31 QUBED 158.2400
32 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 157.6684
33 WEQ4U 153.6112
34 HISTORIC BBQ 152.4800
35 SMOKE DYNASTY 149.6460
36 J&D Custom Meats 149.1200
37 Lions BBQ Shack 139.3828

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 174.3200 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 174.3200
2 ACME BBQ 173.7260
3 EXTRA MILE BBQ 173.7144
4 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 173.1428
5 SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ 173.1200
6 2 PITTS BBQ 172.5716
7 MONSTER-QUE 171.9772
8 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 171.9656
9 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 170.8572
10 HISTORIC BBQ 170.8344
11 CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q 170.2856
12 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 170.2744
13 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 170.2628
14 PB&J's BBQ Team 169.7260
15 BLUE CHIP BBQ 169.6800
16 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 169.1316
17 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 168.5600
18 CHARCOAL & MORE 167.9656
19 HOGAHOLICS 167.4172
20 BLUE DOG BBQ 167.4172
21 WEQ4U 167.3944
22 J&D Custom Meats 166.8572
23 ONE2BBQ 166.8344
24 GREY STREET BBQ 166.2400
25 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 163.9428
26 SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS 162.8344
27 RICE BROTHERS BBQ 162.2516
28 QUBED 161.1316
29 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 160.5372
30 GRILLIANT FOODS 158.8460
31 SMOKE DYNASTY 153.6916
32 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 152.5372
33 TNT KICKIN' BBQ 150.7888
34 Lions BBQ Shack 149.6456
35 BONEHEAD BBQ 145.6572
36 CAL-COOP BBQ 143.3600
37 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 143.3372

Pork

37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 176.5600
2 BLUE CHIP BBQ 176.5600
3 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 174.2628
4 ACME BBQ 173.7028
5 CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q 173.1084
6 GREY STREET BBQ 172
7 ONE2BBQ 171.9656
8 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 171.4056
9 SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ 171.4056
10 HOGAHOLICS 170.8228
11 QUBED 170.8228
12 WEQ4U 170.8112
13 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 170.2972
14 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 170.2972
15 MONSTER-QUE 170.2628
16 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 169.6684
17 2 PITTS BBQ 168.5600
18 PB&J's BBQ Team 168.5372
19 RICE BROTHERS BBQ 167.3828
20 CHARCOAL & MORE 166.8572
21 EXTRA MILE BBQ 165.1428
22 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 164.5944
23 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 164.5256
24 SMOKE DYNASTY 164
25 SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS 161.7256
26 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 161.6800
27 TNT KICKIN' BBQ 161.6800
28 J&D Custom Meats 160.5484
29 GRILLIANT FOODS 159.9428
30 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 158.8228
31 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 155.9772
32 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 155.9312
33 CAL-COOP BBQ 155.4056
34 BONEHEAD BBQ 151.9316
35 HISTORIC BBQ 150.8228
36 Lions BBQ Shack 144.5256
37 BLUE DOG BBQ 141.0628

Brisket

37 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5712

#TeamScore
1 BLUE CHIP BBQ 177.7144
2 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 177.7028
3 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 176.5600
4 SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ 176.5600
5 2 PITTS BBQ 176
6 BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 174.9028
7 SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE 173.1428
8 WEQ4U 173.1084
9 RICE BROTHERS BBQ 170.2972
10 CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q 170.2628
11 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 169.6800
12 QUBED 168.5600
13 HISTORIC BBQ 168.5484
14 ONE2BBQ 168.5484
15 SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ 167.9656
16 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ 167.3828
17 BONEHEAD BBQ 167.3828
18 HOGAHOLICS 165.6800
19 MONSTER-QUE 164.5712
20 PB&J's BBQ Team 164.5256
21 ACME BBQ 163.4172
22 FEEL THE BURN BBQ 163.4056
23 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE 163.3828
24 EXTRA MILE BBQ 162.7884
25 GREY STREET BBQ 161.6572
26 GRILLIANT FOODS 161.0972
27 SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 159.9428
28 SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS 158.8344
29 RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT 158.2056
30 TNT KICKIN' BBQ 157.7256
31 BLUE DOG BBQ 154.2172
32 CHARCOAL & MORE 153.6456
33 FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE 151.4288
34 J&D Custom Meats 147.9656
35 Lions BBQ Shack 147.9544
36 SMOKE DYNASTY 139.9316
37 CAL-COOP BBQ 139.3488

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