SaucyRossyBBQ KCBS Helper

← All events

Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' 2015

Jun 12–13, 2015 · Fitzgerald, GA

🥇
THE PIT CREW GA
697.6916 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N
695.3484 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW
685.7032 · Master Series — Overall

THE PIT CREW GA won Grand Champion at the Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' on June 12, 2015 in Fitzgerald, GA, scoring 697.6916 in a field of 20 teams. QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3484. Category winners: Chicken — PIG WHISPERERS (177.7028); Pork Ribs — CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ (176.5600); Pork — CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW (178.8800); Brisket — ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE (178.8572). 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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 178.88
  • Brisket 178.86
122.21 178.88

Entries

20
4 judged meats

Top score

697.6916

Winning margin

2.3432
GC over RC

Field average

669.93
605.07697.69
median 677.07 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.6344
605.07697.69
10th place overall

Field spread

92.6172
winner to last place

Most consistent

THE PIT CREW GA
avg finish 4 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 4.0228 pts — CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW

How hot was the win?

Top 42%
beats 58% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N
rated 1835 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

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

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

THE PIT CREW GA came in rated below the field's top team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1636
  • top seed 1835

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE PIT CREW GA won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 7th
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ and POT'S BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ and 92 BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: ATLANTA BBQ STORE and HEAVENLY HAWGS GA tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie

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
Jun 12, 2015 ← this one Fitzgerald, GA Fitzgerald, GA 31750 20 697.6916 THE PIT CREW GA QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N
Jun 10, 2016 Fitzgerald, GA Fitzgerald, GA 26 704.5488 BULL RUSH BBQ BOOG-A-LOU SMOKE CREW

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028173.1200169.6800
Pork Ribs176.5600174.2744171.9772
Pork178.8800172.5600169.1200
Brisket178.8572173.1084168.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

20 entries · top 697.6916 · median 677.0744

#TeamScore
1 THE PIT CREW GA 697.6916
2 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 695.3484
3 CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW 685.7032
4 POT'S BBQ 682.7544
5 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 682.1596
6 PIG WHISPERERS 681.6000
7 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 681.0168
8 CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 680.4916
9 RESCUE SMOKERS 680.4800
10 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 677.6344
11 ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE 676.5144
12 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 675.9200
13 HEAVENLY HAWGS GA 674.7312
14 92 BBQ 672.4912
15 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 670.7428
16 BITE MY BUTT BBQ 670.7312
17 PARTY FOWL BBQ 647.8512
18 Generations BBQ Crew 633.0284
19 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 626.6744
20 TRUE BLUE BBQ 605.0744

Chicken

20 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6742

#TeamScore
1 PIG WHISPERERS 177.7028
2 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 177.1428
3 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 176.5600
4 HEAVENLY HAWGS GA 174.2628
5 BITE MY BUTT BBQ 173.1200
6 92 BBQ 172.5828
7 THE PIT CREW GA 171.9772
8 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 170.8572
9 CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 169.6800
10 POT'S BBQ 169.6800
11 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 169.6684
12 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 168.5600
13 CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW 167.4172
14 ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE 167.4172
15 RESCUE SMOKERS 165.6800
16 TRUE BLUE BBQ 164.5828
17 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 163.9656
18 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 163.4172
19 PARTY FOWL BBQ 161.1428
20 Generations BBQ Crew 150.2284

Pork Ribs

20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4000

#TeamScore
1 CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 176.5600
2 92 BBQ 176.5600
3 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 174.2744
4 HEAVENLY HAWGS GA 174.2744
5 THE PIT CREW GA 174.2744
6 POT'S BBQ 173.7144
7 CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW 173.1316
8 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 173.1200
9 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 172.5600
10 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 171.9772
11 RESCUE SMOKERS 170.8228
12 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 170.8112
13 PIG WHISPERERS 169.1316
14 Generations BBQ Crew 167.4172
15 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 163.9772
16 ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE 163.4172
17 PARTY FOWL BBQ 161.6456
18 BITE MY BUTT BBQ 160.5372
19 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 159.9660
20 TRUE BLUE BBQ 122.2056

Pork

20 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.8228

#TeamScore
1 CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW 178.8800
2 THE PIT CREW GA 174.8572
3 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 174.2628
4 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 173.1200
5 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 172.5600
6 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 171.9772
7 RESCUE SMOKERS 170.8344
8 POT'S BBQ 170.8228
9 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 169.6800
10 PARTY FOWL BBQ 169.1200
11 HEAVENLY HAWGS GA 168.5256
12 ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE 166.8228
13 CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 164.5372
14 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 163.3712
15 PIG WHISPERERS 162.8000
16 BITE MY BUTT BBQ 162.2284
17 TRUE BLUE BBQ 161.1544
18 Generations BBQ Crew 160.5256
19 92 BBQ 159.4056
20 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 155.9656

Brisket

20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE 178.8572
2 THE PIT CREW GA 176.5828
3 BITE MY BUTT BBQ 174.8456
4 RESCUE SMOKERS 173.1428
5 QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 173.1084
6 PIG WHISPERERS 171.9656
7 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 170.8228
8 CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 169.7144
9 TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 169.6912
10 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 168.5372
11 POT'S BBQ 168.5372
12 CAPTAIN JACK'S BBQ CREW 166.2744
13 JACK'S OLD SOUTH 166.2284
14 92 BBQ 163.9428
15 ATLANTA BBQ STORE 161.1316
16 HEAVENLY HAWGS GA 157.6684
17 TRUE BLUE BBQ 157.1316
18 PARTY FOWL BBQ 155.9428
19 Generations BBQ Crew 154.8572
20 SPRAT BOY BARBEQUE 142.1828

Heading out? 🔥

Are you sure you want to leave the KCBS Helper Tool and go to SaucyRossyBBQ.com?

Yes, take me there

Hey, I’m Ross

Most folks know me as SaucyRossyBBQ. I built this Helper App myself and put it out for free, because I wanted the tool to exist for our sport — no paywall, no account needed.

If you’ve got it in you to chip in, it means a whole lot. And if you’ve already bought me a coffee — thank you so much. Your support pays the server and hosting bills that keep a system like this running.

Buy me a coffee

You won’t see this again for a month. Now get back to it — good luck at your next cook. 🔥