Hot Springs Blues & BBQ

2015-09-19 – 2015-09-20 · Hot Springs, AR · 📍 Hot Springs, AR 71901

Grand Champion: FIRE DANCER BBQ (695.3944) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RAZORRACKS

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FIRE DANCER BBQ

695.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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RAZORRACKS

693.0512 · Master Series — Overall

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Q-BONES BBQ

689.6684 · 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.

613.58 median 665.06 695.39 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 177.71
Pork Ribs 177.70
Pork 175.41
Brisket 177.74

136.55 177.74

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

695.3944

Winning margin

2.3432

GC over RC

Field average

661.31

613.58695.39

median 665.06 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7144 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.2912

613.58695.39

10th place overall

Field spread

81.8172

winner to last place

Most consistent

FIRE DANCER BBQ

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.3316 pts — LOTTA BULL BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 52%

beats 48% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1563

avg power rating going in · stronger than 49% of contests

Top-rated in the field

FIRE DANCER BBQ

rated 1752 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 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: LOTTA BULL BBQ and CHARCOAL COWBOYS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ and Q-BONES BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Righteous Smoke BBQ and Smoking N" the Dark tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 2–3 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie
Brisket 4–5 · tie
Chicken 1–2 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

FIRE DANCER BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

FIRE DANCER BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 17th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 1st
Brisket 17th

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)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	176.0000	170.2628
Pork Ribs	177.7028	175.4056	169.7028
Pork	175.4056	173.1200	167.4400
Brisket	177.7372	174.2628	169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 695.3944 · median 665.0628

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE DANCER BBQ	695.3944
2	RAZORRACKS	693.0512
3	Q-BONES BBQ	689.6684
4	LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ	685.0744
5	LOTTA BULL BBQ	682.2056
6	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	680.4684
7	Smoking N" the Dark	680.4456
8	BAD TO THE BONE TOO	678.8000
9	BARRY & ERICA	677.0860
10	SWINE LIFE	675.2912
11	KILLER HOGS	672.4340
12	EPIC BBQ CRU	671.3712
13	BBQR'S DELIGHT	669.0628
14	501 BBQ	666.7772
15	K & K KOOKERS	665.0628
16	SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ	665.0056
17	INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	663.8856
18	CHARCOAL COWBOYS	661.0396
19	SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	660.4804
20	Q-aholic	651.3256
21	Righteous Smoke BBQ	648.9596
22	SCALDED HOG BBQ	648.3888
23	Tator 2	641.5996
24	2 FAT DRUNKS COOKIN	638.6856
25	HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON	633.5884
26	ROYAL SMOKERS	633.5428
27	The Barber Q Pharm	618.2164
28	J-N-J Bodacious Butts BBQ	617.5428
29	Devil's Smoke	613.5772

Chicken

29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9888

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE DANCER BBQ	177.7144
2	LOTTA BULL BBQ	177.7028
3	CHARCOAL COWBOYS	177.7028
4	BARRY & ERICA	177.1428
5	Q-BONES BBQ	176.0000
6	INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	175.4172
7	RAZORRACKS	174.8456
8	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	173.1200
9	KILLER HOGS	171.9656
10	SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ	170.2628
11	501 BBQ	170.2628
12	BBQR'S DELIGHT	169.6800
13	Smoking N" the Dark	169.6684
14	EPIC BBQ CRU	169.1428
15	LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ	167.9888
16	SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	166.3088
17	2 FAT DRUNKS COOKIN	165.0972
18	K & K KOOKERS	164.5600
19	BAD TO THE BONE TOO	163.9884
20	Q-aholic	161.1200
21	SWINE LIFE	161.0856
22	HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON	159.9428
23	Tator 2	158.8112
24	SCALDED HOG BBQ	158.8000
25	The Barber Q Pharm	155.3940
26	J-N-J Bodacious Butts BBQ	154.8000
27	ROYAL SMOKERS	153.6456
28	Righteous Smoke BBQ	153.6228
29	Devil's Smoke	149.1088

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	RAZORRACKS	177.7028
2	FIRE DANCER BBQ	177.1772
3	Smoking N" the Dark	177.1544
4	SWINE LIFE	175.4172
5	KILLER HOGS	175.4056
6	Q-BONES BBQ	174.2856
7	Q-aholic	171.9772
8	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	171.4056
9	K & K KOOKERS	170.8228
10	BBQR'S DELIGHT	169.7028
11	CHARCOAL COWBOYS	169.1428
12	HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON	169.1316
13	LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ	168.5600
14	BAD TO THE BONE TOO	168.5372
15	SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ	167.3828
16	BARRY & ERICA	166.8460
17	501 BBQ	166.2628
18	SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	166.2516
19	SCALDED HOG BBQ	163.9772
20	ROYAL SMOKERS	162.2744
21	Righteous Smoke BBQ	162.2628
22	LOTTA BULL BBQ	162.2400
23	EPIC BBQ CRU	162.2400
24	Devil's Smoke	160.5600
25	J-N-J Bodacious Butts BBQ	159.9428
26	The Barber Q Pharm	157.1884
27	Tator 2	153.6684
28	INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	153.0856
29	2 FAT DRUNKS COOKIN	151.9200

Pork

29 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.5256

#	Team	Score
1	FIRE DANCER BBQ	175.4056
2	SWINE LIFE	174.8456
3	EPIC BBQ CRU	174.2856
4	LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ	173.1200
5	Q-BONES BBQ	173.1200
6	BAD TO THE BONE TOO	172.0000
7	SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	169.1200
8	RAZORRACKS	168.5256
9	Q-aholic	167.9884
10	K & K KOOKERS	167.4400
11	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	166.2628
12	SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ	166.2400
13	501 BBQ	166.2400
14	INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	165.1200
15	LOTTA BULL BBQ	164.5256
16	BARRY & ERICA	162.8228
17	BBQR'S DELIGHT	161.1200
18	2 FAT DRUNKS COOKIN	159.3828
19	Smoking N" the Dark	159.3600
20	Righteous Smoke BBQ	158.8112
21	Devil's Smoke	157.7028
22	KILLER HOGS	157.0856
23	Tator 2	157.0856
24	SCALDED HOG BBQ	157.0744
25	CHARCOAL COWBOYS	156.4912
26	ROYAL SMOKERS	154.2056
27	J-N-J Bodacious Butts BBQ	153.7144
28	The Barber Q Pharm	146.8228
29	HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON	136.5484

Brisket

29 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.2628

#	Team	Score
1	LOTTA BULL BBQ	177.7372
2	LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ	175.4056
3	BAD TO THE BONE TOO	174.2744
4	Righteous Smoke BBQ	174.2628
5	Smoking N" the Dark	174.2628
6	Tator 2	172.0344
7	RAZORRACKS	171.9772
8	BARRY & ERICA	170.2744
9	INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	170.2628
10	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	169.6800
11	BBQR'S DELIGHT	168.5600
12	SCALDED HOG BBQ	168.5372
13	KILLER HOGS	167.9772
14	HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON	167.9656
15	Q-BONES BBQ	166.2628
16	EPIC BBQ CRU	165.7028
17	FIRE DANCER BBQ	165.0972
18	501 BBQ	164.0116
19	SWINE LIFE	163.9428
20	ROYAL SMOKERS	163.4172
21	2 FAT DRUNKS COOKIN	162.2856
22	K & K KOOKERS	162.2400
23	SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ	161.1200
24	The Barber Q Pharm	158.8112
25	SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	158.8000
26	CHARCOAL COWBOYS	157.7028
27	Q-aholic	150.2400
28	J-N-J Bodacious Butts BBQ	149.0856
29	Devil's Smoke	146.2056

Hot Springs Blues & BBQ

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

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)

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket