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Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

2015-05-01 – 2015-05-02 · Dwight, IL · 📍 Dwight, IL 60420

Grand Champion: THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS (702.8460) · 40 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE

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THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS
702.8460 · Master Series — Overall
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TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE
693.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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QUAU
689.7256 · 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 177.15
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 178.30
127.35 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2022 — this edition picked out.

2015-05-01 — 702.8460 (THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS) 2016-05-06 — 691.3368 (THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS) 2017-05-05 — 691.9544 (ALL IN QUE) 2018-05-04 — 694.2516 (BILLY RAY BBQ) 2019-05-03 — 693.6916 (Carrol Lou's Smokehouse) 2021-05-01 — 703.4172 (The BBQ Bus) 2022-05-06 — 702.8000 (Que U) 702.85 2015 2022

Entries

40
4 judged meats

Top score

702.8460

Winning margin

9.7604
GC over RC

Field average

646.78
492.61702.85
median 657.65 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.5032
492.61702.85
10th place overall

Field spread

210.2404
winner to last place

Most consistent

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS
avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2856 pts — THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 21%
beats 79% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1516
avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUAU
rated 1770 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.

An upset on the books

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1541
  • top seed 1770

A first Grand Championship

10 tracked contests to get there

This was THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.

A statement win

9.7604 points clear of the field

Wider than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The champion won by 9.7604 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.

A hat-trick of category wins

3 category wins in a day

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

  • 2015
  • 2016

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS and 82'S BBQ CREW tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE and BOURBON SMOKE BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: JH OLD SCHOOL and PAPA LEO'S BARBECUE tied on 176.6172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 11th

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
2015-05-01 ← this one Dwight, IL Dwight, IL 60420 40 702.8460 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE
2016-05-06 Dwight, IL 419 W Waupansie 40 691.3368 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE
2017-05-05 Dwight, IL 419 W Waupansie 29 691.9544 ALL IN QUE OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE
2018-05-04 Dwight, IL 419 W Waupansie 38 694.2516 BILLY RAY BBQ CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE
2019-05-03 Dwight, IL 419 W Waupansie 33 693.6916 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse iBQ'n
2021-05-01 Dwight, IL 132 E main St 44 703.4172 The BBQ Bus BIG "E" BBQ
2022-05-06 Dwight, IL 132 E main St 33 702.8000 Que U THE REAL SMOKIN ACES

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544173.1772169.7372
Pork Ribs178.8572173.1772171.4172
Pork177.7144172.5944169.6800
Brisket178.2972174.8800169.1544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

40 entries · top 702.8460 · median 657.6458

#TeamScore
1 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 702.8460
2 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE 693.0856
3 QUAU 689.7256
4 SINGLE BARREL BBQ 686.8572
5 ALL IN QUE 681.1084
6 FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS 679.9660
7 HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE 678.7656
8 RIB TIP TUESDAY 677.6112
9 DANDDY BBQ 676.5600
10 THE BBQ SHERPAS 672.5032
11 JH OLD SCHOOL 671.9884
12 CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 671.8856
13 82'S BBQ CREW 669.7376
14 JUGS BBQ 669.5768
15 BOURBON SMOKE BBQ 665.6344
16 BRANDIN' IRON BBQ 662.2516
17 Birdman's BBQ 661.7260
18 BOSS HAWG BBQ 659.3372
19 BLUE RIDGE BBQ 658.7768
20 SMOKIN BUTTS & BONES 657.6804
21 SMOKEY'S Q 657.6112
22 WHISKEY SMOKE BBQ 653.6228
23 MEATSMACK 652.4224
24 MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN 642.2056
25 Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas 641.7028
26 Big Bad Hawg's 639.8856
27 TWO REDS BBQ 638.2972
28 Kickin Ash 631.9312
29 CHANNABILLY BBQ 631.8056
30 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 630.7776
31 SMOKIN JOES FIREHOUSE BBQ 625.6684
32 Pig Masters 625.6340
33 SMOKY LINCS 622.6620
34 PIG PAPA BBQ 616.5024
35 ALWAYS SMOKIN' SOMETHING 613.0172
36 2000 NORTH BBQ 610.2056
37 Smokin' Hott Butts 602.3428
38 The Other Bar BBQ Team 597.5884
39 MIKE AND MIKE 557.0060
40 PAPA LEO'S BARBECUE 492.6056

Chicken

40 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.6914

#TeamScore
1 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 177.1544
2 82'S BBQ CREW 177.1544
3 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE 176.5600
4 THE BBQ SHERPAS 176.0000
5 SINGLE BARREL BBQ 173.1772
6 TWO REDS BBQ 171.4628
7 ALL IN QUE 171.4056
8 CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 170.2628
9 BOURBON SMOKE BBQ 170.2628
10 Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas 169.7372
11 WHISKEY SMOKE BBQ 169.7372
12 QUAU 168.5828
13 DANDDY BBQ 168.5600
14 PIG PAPA BBQ 168.0228
15 FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS 167.9656
16 RIB TIP TUESDAY 167.9656
17 HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE 167.4056
18 SMOKIN BUTTS & BONES 166.2972
19 JUGS BBQ 166.2400
20 MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN 165.7144
21 BLUE RIDGE BBQ 165.6684
22 Pig Masters 165.1656
23 Big Bad Hawg's 162.8684
24 SMOKEY'S Q 162.8456
25 MEATSMACK 162.8340
26 JH OLD SCHOOL 161.1200
27 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 160.0344
28 SMOKY LINCS 159.9540
29 CHANNABILLY BBQ 159.3712
30 BRANDIN' IRON BBQ 158.8228
31 ALWAYS SMOKIN' SOMETHING 157.7144
32 BOSS HAWG BBQ 157.6572
33 PAPA LEO'S BARBECUE 154.8456
34 The Other Bar BBQ Team 151.9656
35 Birdman's BBQ 151.4288
36 SMOKIN JOES FIREHOUSE BBQ 151.3600
37 Smokin' Hott Butts 150.2856
38 2000 NORTH BBQ 145.6572
39 Kickin Ash 145.0968
40 MIKE AND MIKE 127.3488

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 178.8572
2 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE 176.5716
3 JUGS BBQ 174.8572
4 FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS 173.7260
5 82'S BBQ CREW 173.1772
6 BOURBON SMOKE BBQ 173.1316
7 JH OLD SCHOOL 173.1200
8 SINGLE BARREL BBQ 172.5716
9 BOSS HAWG BBQ 172.0228
10 RIB TIP TUESDAY 171.4172
11 HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE 170.8344
12 TWO REDS BBQ 170.8344
13 DANDDY BBQ 170.2628
14 Birdman's BBQ 169.1656
15 QUAU 169.1428
16 Kickin Ash 168.5944
17 ALL IN QUE 168.0000
18 CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 167.9772
19 SMOKIN BUTTS & BONES 166.8916
20 MEATSMACK 166.8572
21 BRANDIN' IRON BBQ 166.8344
22 MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN 166.2628
23 BLUE RIDGE BBQ 163.4056
24 WHISKEY SMOKE BBQ 163.3944
25 The Other Bar BBQ Team 162.2400
26 SMOKEY'S Q 159.3828
27 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 158.2516
28 THE BBQ SHERPAS 157.6688
29 Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas 157.1428
30 ALWAYS SMOKIN' SOMETHING 155.3828
31 Pig Masters 153.6684
32 SMOKIN JOES FIREHOUSE BBQ 151.3944
33 Big Bad Hawg's 150.8344
34 PIG PAPA BBQ 149.6800
35 CHANNABILLY BBQ 149.6688
36 SMOKY LINCS 145.0512
37 Smokin' Hott Butts 144.0456
38 2000 NORTH BBQ 139.3716
39 MIKE AND MIKE 130.2400

Pork

40 entries · top 177.7144 · median 161.1372

#TeamScore
1 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 177.7144
2 RIB TIP TUESDAY 177.1428
3 ALL IN QUE 176.5600
4 QUAU 173.7028
5 BRANDIN' IRON BBQ 172.5944
6 CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 172.5600
7 THE BBQ SHERPAS 170.8688
8 HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE 170.2628
9 DANDDY BBQ 169.7256
10 SINGLE BARREL BBQ 169.6800
11 FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS 169.1200
12 BOSS HAWG BBQ 168.5716
13 Birdman's BBQ 168.5716
14 JUGS BBQ 167.4056
15 CHANNABILLY BBQ 167.3828
16 2000 NORTH BBQ 165.1428
17 Big Bad Hawg's 165.0972
18 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE 162.8112
19 PAPA LEO'S BARBECUE 161.1428
20 Smokin' Hott Butts 161.1428
21 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 161.1316
22 JH OLD SCHOOL 161.1312
23 Kickin Ash 160.5256
24 SMOKEY'S Q 160.5028
25 BOURBON SMOKE BBQ 159.9656
26 BLUE RIDGE BBQ 158.8800
27 SMOKIN JOES FIREHOUSE BBQ 158.8684
28 SMOKY LINCS 158.8684
29 MEATSMACK 158.2056
30 MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN 157.1312
31 MIKE AND MIKE 156.0228
32 Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas 156.0000
33 82'S BBQ CREW 155.9544
34 SMOKIN BUTTS & BONES 155.9200
35 TWO REDS BBQ 154.2972
36 WHISKEY SMOKE BBQ 153.6684
37 Pig Masters 153.1200
38 PIG PAPA BBQ 151.9540
39 ALWAYS SMOKIN' SOMETHING 143.9428
40 The Other Bar BBQ Team 139.9772

Brisket

40 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8630

#TeamScore
1 QUAU 178.2972
2 TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE 177.1428
3 JH OLD SCHOOL 176.6172
4 PAPA LEO'S BARBECUE 176.6172
5 SMOKEY'S Q 174.8800
6 Birdman's BBQ 172.5600
7 SINGLE BARREL BBQ 171.4284
8 BLUE RIDGE BBQ 170.8228
9 HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE 170.2628
10 FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS 169.1544
11 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 169.1200
12 SMOKIN BUTTS & BONES 168.5716
13 DANDDY BBQ 168.0116
14 THE BBQ SHERPAS 167.9656
15 WHISKEY SMOKE BBQ 166.8228
16 ALL IN QUE 165.1428
17 MEATSMACK 164.5256
18 SMOKIN JOES FIREHOUSE BBQ 164.0456
19 BRANDIN' IRON BBQ 164.0000
20 82'S BBQ CREW 163.4516
21 BOURBON SMOKE BBQ 162.2744
22 CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 161.0856
23 Big Bad Hawg's 161.0856
24 RIB TIP TUESDAY 161.0856
25 BOSS HAWG BBQ 161.0856
26 JUGS BBQ 161.0740
27 2000 NORTH BBQ 160.0340
28 Beer & Smoking in Las Vegas 158.8228
29 SMOKY LINCS 158.7884
30 Kickin Ash 157.7144
31 ALWAYS SMOKIN' SOMETHING 155.9772
32 CHANNABILLY BBQ 155.3828
33 Pig Masters 153.6800
34 MEMPHIS IN MUNDELEIN 153.0972
35 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 151.3600
36 Smokin' Hott Butts 146.8688
37 PIG PAPA BBQ 146.8456
38 The Other Bar BBQ Team 143.4056
39 MIKE AND MIKE 143.3944
40 TWO REDS BBQ 141.7028

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