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WBA Pork In The Park

May 15–16, 2015 · Wyandotte, MI

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SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ
684.5488 · Master Series — Overall
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Q'N CANUCKS
673.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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FIREHOUSE SMOKE
671.9312 · Master Series — Overall

SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the WBA Pork In The Park on May 15, 2015 in Wyandotte, MI, scoring 684.5488 in a field of 22 teams. Q'N CANUCKS took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.1084. Category winners: Chicken — 40 CALIBER BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — EXTRA MILE BBQ (180.0000); Pork — 40 CALIBER BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — OMG BBQ (169.7600).

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 178.88
  • Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 169.76
20 180

Entries

22
4 judged meats

Top score

684.5488

Winning margin

11.4404
GC over RC

Field average

634.64
462.83684.55
median 649.37 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
EXTRA MILE BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket
5.7828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

650.7196
462.83684.55
10th place overall

Field spread

221.7144
winner to last place

Most consistent

SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 5.1200 pts — 40 CALIBER BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 83%
beats 17% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,526
avg power rating going in · stronger than 18% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES
rated 1746 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

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, THE REAL SMOKIN ACES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1550
  • top seed 1746

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

20 tracked contests to get there

This was SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.

A statement win

11.4404 points clear of the field

Wider than 91% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The champion won by 11.4404 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

40 CALIBER BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • EXTRA MILE BBQ · Pork Ribs

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8800169.7144163.4056
Pork Ribs180173.7144163.4400
Pork176.5600168.5484162.8112
Brisket169.7600163.9772160.0344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

22 entries · top 684.5488 · median 649.3714

#TeamScore
1 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 684.5488
2 Q'N CANUCKS 673.1084
3 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 671.9312
4 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 671.8856
5 MOTLEY QUE CREW 670.2516
6 40 CALIBER BBQ 669.1316
7 EXTRA MILE BBQ 665.0628
8 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 654.7772
9 JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ 654.7652
10 PB&J's BBQ Team 650.7196
11 MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ 650.1828
12 B & R SMOKE 648.5600
13 OMG BBQ 644.5600
14 MAIZE N QUE 644.5372
15 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 620.6172
16 BS BBQ 615.9316
17 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 613.0396
18 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 603.8628
19 Q-JITSU 602.2860
20 KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 597.6572
21 Schultz's Backyard BBQ 591.8856
22 SMOKEY RHODES BBQ 462.8344

Chicken

22 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.8342

#TeamScore
1 40 CALIBER BBQ 178.8800
2 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 177.7028
3 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 174.2972
4 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 172.5828
5 MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ 169.7144
6 B & R SMOKE 168.0228
7 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 168
8 PB&J's BBQ Team 166.8228
9 Q'N CANUCKS 164.0228
10 OMG BBQ 163.4056
11 Schultz's Backyard BBQ 163.4056
12 MOTLEY QUE CREW 162.2628
13 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 161.6912
14 KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 159.9656
15 JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ 159.3940
16 EXTRA MILE BBQ 157.6800
17 BS BBQ 157.1428
18 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 156.5716
19 Q-JITSU 153.1200
20 MAIZE N QUE 147.4172
21 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 143.9544
22 SMOKEY RHODES BBQ 20

Pork Ribs

22 entries · top 180 · median 162.5772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 EXTRA MILE BBQ 180 🔥
2 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 176.0116
3 MOTLEY QUE CREW 176
4 PB&J's BBQ Team 174.8572
5 Q'N CANUCKS 173.7144
6 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 172.0116
7 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 166.8344
8 40 CALIBER BBQ 165.6916
9 MAIZE N QUE 164.5372
10 JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ 163.4400
11 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 162.8344
12 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 162.3200
13 B & R SMOKE 161.1200
14 MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ 161.1200
15 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 159.4284
16 OMG BBQ 158.2744
17 BS BBQ 152.5256
18 KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 151.4172
19 Schultz's Backyard BBQ 151.3944
20 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 150.2856
21 Q-JITSU 143.9772
22 SMOKEY RHODES BBQ 131.9428

Pork

22 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2628

#TeamScore
1 40 CALIBER BBQ 176.5600
2 MAIZE N QUE 171.4400
3 Q'N CANUCKS 171.4400
4 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 169.1200
5 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 168.5484
6 MOTLEY QUE CREW 168.0116
7 B & R SMOKE 167.9772
8 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 166.2628
9 MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ 165.6684
10 JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ 162.8112
11 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 162.2972
12 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 162.2284
13 EXTRA MILE BBQ 158.8228
14 PB&J's BBQ Team 158.1940
15 BS BBQ 156
16 OMG BBQ 153.1200
17 SMOKEY RHODES BBQ 150.8572
18 Q-JITSU 149.7716
19 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 145.6684
20 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 144.5256
21 Schultz's Backyard BBQ 143.3944
22 KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 132

Brisket

22 entries · top 169.7600 · median 155.4058

#TeamScore
1 OMG BBQ 169.7600
2 SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 169.1200
3 JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ 169.1200
4 EXTRA MILE BBQ 168.5600
5 MOTLEY QUE CREW 163.9772
6 Q'N CANUCKS 163.9312
7 MAIZE N QUE 161.1428
8 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 161.1084
9 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 161.0856
10 SMOKEY RHODES BBQ 160.0344
11 Q-JITSU 155.4172
12 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 155.3944
13 BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 154.8116
14 KEVIN'S HOUSE OF SMOKE 154.2744
15 MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ 153.6800
16 SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 151.4628
17 B & R SMOKE 151.4400
18 PB&J's BBQ Team 150.8456
19 BS BBQ 150.2632
20 40 CALIBER BBQ 148
21 DUB TOWN SMOKERS 144.5028
22 Schultz's Backyard BBQ 133.6912

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