A new contest record
692.6172
highest overall ever cooked here
692.6172 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.4628 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI set in 2014.
- old record 683.4628
- set 2014 by TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) 2015
May 23–24, 2015 · Westmont, IL
A FINE SWINE won Grand Champion at the Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) on May 23, 2015 in Westmont, IL, scoring 692.6172 in a field of 58 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.1940. Category winners: Chicken — MAC ATTACK BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — SERIAL GRILLER (178.8800); Pork — TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (177.7028); Brisket — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (179.4400). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by MUD'S BBQ.
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.
590.77
median 651.08
692.62 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 179.44
- Pork Ribs 178.88
- Pork 177.70
- Brisket 179.44
135.98
179.44
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2015 — this edition picked out.
Entries
58
4 judged meats
Top score
692.6172
Winning margin
2.4232
GC over RC
Field average
651.09
590.77692.62
median 651.08 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
675.2908
590.77692.62
10th place overall
Field spread
101.8512
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 62%
beats 38% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
100%
41 of 41 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,562
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests
Storylines (8 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
17-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
A FINE SWINE came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1658
- top seed 1934
Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
A FINE SWINE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 9th
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 5th
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: HOG CALL BBQ and YELLOW RIVER BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: YELLOW RIVER BBQ and A FINE SWINE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: YELLOW RIVER BBQ and DUCE'S WILD tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork 6–7 · tie
A contest record in brisket
179.4400
best brisket ever cooked here
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ turned in 179.4400 in brisket — past the 176.5944 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
- old best 176.5944
- across 3 past editions
Back to defend
3
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2014), TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (won 2014), MUD'S BBQ (won 2015).
- IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ · 2014
- TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI · 2014
- MUD'S BBQ · 2015
One of the big ones
58
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
They keep coming back
100%
of last edition’s field returned
41 of 41 teams from 2015-05-22 came back
41 of the 41 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2014 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 43 | 680 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | MUD'S BBQ |
| May 24, 2014 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 72 | 683.4628 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | A FINE SWINE |
| May 22, 2015 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 41 | 681.6800 | MUD'S BBQ | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ |
| May 23, 2015 ← this one | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 58 | 692.6172 | A FINE SWINE | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176 | 171.4744 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 169.7028 | 168.5716 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 172.5944 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 170.8456 | 168.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
58 entries · top 692.6172 · median 651.0798
Chicken
58 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8286
Pork Ribs
58 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.9542
Pork
58 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1314
Brisket
58 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162