Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo

2015-09-25 – 2015-09-26 · Omaha, NE · 📍 Omaha, NE 68106

Grand Champion: PORKY BUTTS BBQ (693.1544) · 18 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORK PATROL BBQ

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PORKY BUTTS BBQ

693.1544 · Master Series — Overall

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PORK PATROL BBQ

687.9772 · Master Series — Overall

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SPITFIRE

686.2400 · 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.

601.01 median 659.65 693.15 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.26
Pork Ribs 173.14
Pork 175.44
Brisket 174.29

142.24 175.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

693.1544

Winning margin

5.1772

GC over RC

Field average

656.69

601.01693.15

median 659.65 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

2.8684 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

657.0400

601.01693.15

10th place overall

Field spread

92.1484

winner to last place

Most consistent

PORKY BUTTS BBQ

avg finish 2.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.3084 pts — PORK PATROL BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 59%

beats 41% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1542

avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SPITFIRE

rated 1815 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 3–4: SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY and YOU GONNA LIKE IT tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew and PORK PATROL BBQ tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA edged PORKY BUTTS BBQ by 0.0116.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork 2–3 · 0.0116
Pork 7–8 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

PORK PATROL BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PORKY BUTTS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 3rd
Brisket 2nd

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	174.2628	169.7144	168.5372
Pork Ribs	173.1428	168.0000	162.2284
Pork	175.4400	168.5600	162.8228
Brisket	174.2856	171.4172	166.2400

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 693.1544 · median 659.6516

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	693.1544
2	PORK PATROL BBQ	687.9772
3	SPITFIRE	686.2400
4	SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA	675.4632
5	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	674.2172
6	TIMBONE BARBECUE	668.5828
7	BOURBON & BONES	668.5028
8	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	662.7428
9	COUNTRY ROADS NE	662.2632
10	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	657.0400
11	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	651.8972
12	BABY BACK BBQ	650.7544
13	YOU GONNA LIKE IT	646.7428
14	Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew	640.4000
15	SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	639.9432
16	ALWAYS SMOK'D	635.2572
17	RIBS N WHISKEY NEB	618.1712
18	FAT POSSUM BBQ	601.0060

Chicken

18 entries · top 174.2628 · median 168.5372

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	174.2628
2	SPITFIRE	173.7028
3	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	173.1428
4	YOU GONNA LIKE IT	173.1428
5	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	169.7144
6	COUNTRY ROADS NE	169.7028
7	TIMBONE BARBECUE	169.1428
8	BOURBON & BONES	168.5600
9	Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew	168.5372
10	PORK PATROL BBQ	168.5372
11	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	168.0000
12	SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA	163.4172
13	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	161.6800
14	BABY BACK BBQ	159.4172
15	SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	159.3828
16	ALWAYS SMOK'D	158.7884
17	RIBS N WHISKEY NEB	158.2856
18	FAT POSSUM BBQ	142.2400

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 173.1428 · median 162.8342

#	Team	Score
1	PORK PATROL BBQ	173.1428
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	172.5828
3	SPITFIRE	172.0344
4	BABY BACK BBQ	168.5600
5	BOURBON & BONES	168.0000
6	SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA	166.8800
7	ALWAYS SMOK'D	166.2628
8	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	163.9772
9	TIMBONE BARBECUE	163.4400
10	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	162.2284
11	COUNTRY ROADS NE	161.6916
12	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	160.5372
13	RIBS N WHISKEY NEB	160.5256
14	Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew	156.5028
15	YOU GONNA LIKE IT	155.9772
16	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	155.3716
17	FAT POSSUM BBQ	151.4172
18	SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	148.5488

Pork

18 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.1200

#	Team	Score
1	PORK PATROL BBQ	175.4400
2	SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA	173.1316
3	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	173.1200
4	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	170.8572
5	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	168.5600
6	SPITFIRE	168.5372
7	SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	164.5716
8	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	164.5600
9	COUNTRY ROADS NE	163.4172
10	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	162.8228
11	TIMBONE BARBECUE	161.7144
12	Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew	161.1544
13	BABY BACK BBQ	161.0972
14	ALWAYS SMOK'D	160.5488
15	BOURBON & BONES	160.5256
16	YOU GONNA LIKE IT	157.0628
17	FAT POSSUM BBQ	149.6572
18	RIBS N WHISKEY NEB	145.6800

Brisket

18 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.8400

#	Team	Score
1	TIMBONE BARBECUE	174.2856
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	173.1888
3	SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA	172.0344
4	SPITFIRE	171.9656
5	BOURBON & BONES	171.4172
6	PORK PATROL BBQ	170.8572
7	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	170.2628
8	COUNTRY ROADS NE	167.4516
9	SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	167.4400
10	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	166.2400
11	SHAKIN NOT STIRRED	165.7028
12	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	162.2400
13	BABY BACK BBQ	161.6800
14	YOU GONNA LIKE IT	160.5600
15	FAT POSSUM BBQ	157.6916
16	Flying Wrench Smokin It Crew	154.2056
17	RIBS N WHISKEY NEB	153.6800
18	ALWAYS SMOK'D	149.6572

Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo

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