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The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest

May 29–30, 2015 · Knoxville, TN

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WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
712.5716 · Master Series — Overall
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2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS
710.8688 · Master Series — Overall
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Organizer Portal
702.2400 · Master Series — Overall

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won Grand Champion at The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest on May 29, 2015 in Knoxville, TN, scoring 712.5716 in a field of 39 teams. 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 710.8688. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (179.4400); Pork — 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS (180.0000); Brisket — CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR (180.0000).

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 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 180 🔥
150.79 180

Entries

39
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

712.5716

Winning margin

1.7028
GC over RC

Field average

669.88
308.54712.57
median 683.31 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR (Brisket), 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

693.0628
308.54712.57
10th place overall

Field spread

404.0344
winner to last place

Most consistent

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.8800 pts — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

How hot was the win?

Top 1%
beats 99% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
rated 1870 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: PULL MY MEAT and RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: OWLS NEST BBQ and 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Q SMOKE and Organizer Portal tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.

  • Chicken 6th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 2nd

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.

  • CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR · Brisket
  • 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS · 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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400178.2972176.0228
Pork Ribs179.4400175.4400174.2628
Pork180176.5600174.2628
Brisket180177.7028176.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 712.5716 · median 683.3140

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 712.5716
2 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 710.8688
3 Organizer Portal 702.2400
4 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 700.0116
5 UNDER THE RADAR 698.2860
6 SMOKE ON THIS 697.0628
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 695.9772
8 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 695.3712
9 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 694.8228
10 UNCULTURED SWINE 693.0628
11 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 691.4064
12 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 691.3372
13 PULL MY MEAT 690.2400
14 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 690.2172
15 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 689.6460
16 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 687.8972
17 Q-FACTOR 686.7884
18 BAR-B-Q 101 686.2288
19 SONS OF SMOKE 683.9316
20 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 683.3140
21 OWLS NEST BBQ 681.6228
22 CONTAGIOUS Q 681.6000
23 NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY 679.2912
24 MOLLOY'S BBQ 678.7428
25 Q-WE-DO BBQ 674.1716
26 NIBBLE ME THIS 674.1372
27 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 673.5424
28 Q SMOKE 667.8168
29 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 663.3600
30 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 661.5316
31 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 659.2568
32 BBQ MASTERS 658.3200
33 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 654.7080
34 Cookin Possums 651.3028
35 RIVER ROAD BBQ 649.5888
36 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 648.3768
37 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 645.5320
38 PARADISE QUE 632.4116
39 QUE CORPS 308.5372

Chicken

39 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9656

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 179.4400
2 PULL MY MEAT 178.8572
3 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 178.8572
4 OWLS NEST BBQ 178.2972
5 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 178.2972
6 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 177.7028
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 177.1544
8 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 176.5716
9 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 176.5600
10 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 176.0228
11 Q-FACTOR 176
12 Organizer Portal 176
13 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 175.4288
14 SMOKE ON THIS 175.4056
15 NIBBLE ME THIS 174.2628
16 UNDER THE RADAR 173.7144
17 Q SMOKE 173.1084
18 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 173.1084
19 Q-WE-DO BBQ 171.9772
20 UNCULTURED SWINE 171.9656
21 MOLLOY'S BBQ 171.4056
22 BAR-B-Q 101 170.8344
23 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 170.8228
24 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 169.6684
25 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.1200
26 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 169.1200
27 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 169.1084
28 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 168.5140
29 NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY 167.3944
30 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 167.3712
31 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 166.8112
32 Cookin Possums 165.1200
33 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 164.5140
34 SONS OF SMOKE 162.2744
35 RIVER ROAD BBQ 162.2400
36 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 161.6688
37 QUE CORPS 155.9656
38 BBQ MASTERS 155.4400
39 PARADISE QUE 150.7884

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1316

#TeamScore
1 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 179.4400
2 Q SMOKE 176.5600
3 Organizer Portal 176.5600
4 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 176
5 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 175.4400
6 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 175.4288
7 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 174.8572
8 SMOKE ON THIS 174.2744
9 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 174.2628
10 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 174.2628
11 PULL MY MEAT 173.7028
12 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1200
13 OWLS NEST BBQ 172
14 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 171.9772
15 NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY 171.9656
16 UNDER THE RADAR 170.8344
17 UNCULTURED SWINE 170.2744
18 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 170.2744
19 Q-FACTOR 170.2628
20 MOLLOY'S BBQ 169.1316
21 NIBBLE ME THIS 168.5372
22 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 167.4288
23 Q-WE-DO BBQ 167.4172
24 SONS OF SMOKE 167.3944
25 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 167.3828
26 BAR-B-Q 101 166.2744
27 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 166.2400
28 RIVER ROAD BBQ 165.7144
29 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 162.8116
30 BBQ MASTERS 162.2744
31 Cookin Possums 162.2516
32 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 162.2400
33 PARADISE QUE 161.6916
34 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 161.1084
35 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 160.5828
36 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 156.5144
37 QUE CORPS 152.5716
38 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 152.5028
39 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 151.9316

Pork

38 entries · top 180 · median 171.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 180 🔥
2 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 177.7144
3 UNDER THE RADAR 177.1772
4 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 176.5716
5 SONS OF SMOKE 176.5600
6 BAR-B-Q 101 176
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 175.4400
8 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 175.4172
9 PULL MY MEAT 174.2972
10 UNCULTURED SWINE 174.2628
11 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 173.7144
12 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 173.7028
13 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 173.1428
14 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 173.1200
15 MOLLOY'S BBQ 173.1200
16 NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY 172.5484
17 CONTAGIOUS Q 171.9772
18 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 171.9772
19 Organizer Portal 171.9656
20 BBQ MASTERS 171.4400
21 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 170.8228
22 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 169.6800
23 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 169.6800
24 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 169.6800
25 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 168.5832
26 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 168.5484
27 Q-WE-DO BBQ 168.5372
28 SMOKE ON THIS 168.5256
29 Q-FACTOR 167.3828
30 PARADISE QUE 166.8572
31 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 166.8228
32 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 165.0972
33 NIBBLE ME THIS 163.9428
34 Cookin Possums 162.8228
35 Q SMOKE 162.8000
36 OWLS NEST BBQ 162.7884
37 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 160.5368
38 RIVER ROAD BBQ 159.9772

Brisket

38 entries · top 180 · median 169.9942 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 180 🔥
2 WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 178.8572
3 SMOKE ON THIS 178.8572
4 Organizer Portal 177.7144
5 SONS OF SMOKE 177.7028
6 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 177.1428
7 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 177.1428
8 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS 176.5716
9 UNCULTURED SWINE 176.5600
10 UNDER THE RADAR 176.5600
11 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 175.4172
12 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 174.8456
13 Q-FACTOR 173.1428
14 SWINE AND SHINE BBQ 173.1200
15 BAR-B-Q 101 173.1200
16 UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE 172
17 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 171.9656
18 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 170.8344
19 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 170.8228
20 BBQ MASTERS 169.1656
21 OWLS NEST BBQ 168.5372
22 NIBBLE ME THIS 167.3944
23 CONTAGIOUS Q 167.3828
24 NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY 167.3828
25 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 166.8344
26 SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ 166.2516
27 Q-WE-DO BBQ 166.2400
28 MOLLOY'S BBQ 165.0856
29 HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 165.0856
30 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 165.0856
31 PULL MY MEAT 163.3828
32 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 161.6800
33 RIVER ROAD BBQ 161.6572
34 Cookin Possums 161.1084
35 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 157.0744
36 Q SMOKE 155.3484
37 PARADISE QUE 153.0744
38 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 151.3372

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 — Beans

18 entries · top 174.8800 · median 162.8856

#TeamScore
1 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 174.8800
2 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 174.3544
3 UNDER THE RADAR 169.1772
4 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 169.1544
5 RIVER ROAD BBQ 166.3200
6 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 165.7372
7 Cookin Possums 165.1428
8 SONS OF SMOKE 164.5716
9 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 164.0228
10 MOLLOY'S BBQ 161.7484
11 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 161.1428
12 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 160.5828
13 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 160.5028
14 QUE CORPS 158.3428
15 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 158.2972
16 PARADISE QUE 155.3712
17 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 150.7884
18 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 149.6456

Master Series — Dessert

16 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.1600

#TeamScore
1 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 177.7372
2 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 176.5600
3 Q SMOKE 175.4400
4 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 170.8572
5 EAST TENNESSE Q CREW 170.3200
6 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 166.8228
7 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 165.6684
8 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 165.2344
9 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 165.0856
10 SONS OF SMOKE 163.9884
11 NIBBLE ME THIS 162.8456
12 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 161.7256
13 Cookin Possums 161.1200
14 PARADISE QUE 157.0512
15 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 149.6228
16 RIVER ROAD BBQ 146.8800

Master Series — Sausage

21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1200

#TeamScore
1 CAUGHT BY THE FIRE 176.5600
2 Q SMOKE 170.2856
3 Cookin Possums 169.7600
4 RIVER ROAD BBQ 169.7372
5 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES 169.1084
6 FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN 166.8684
7 UNDER THE RADAR 166.2400
8 MOLLOY'S BBQ 162.2972
9 SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS 162.2628
10 PARADISE QUE 161.7372
11 NIBBLE ME THIS 161.1200
12 WOOD N PIG SMOKERS 160.6056
13 SONS OF SMOKE 160.4912
14 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 159.9772
15 GOT SMOKE KNOXVILLE 158.2972
16 KNOXVEGAS BBQ 158.2856
17 THE MEAT MAGICIANS 156.5256
18 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 156.0228
19 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 156
20 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR 154.8228
21 QUE CORPS 153.7028

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