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Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival

2015-09-25 – 2015-09-26 · Junction City, KS · 📍 Junction City, KS 66441

Grand Champion: GRILLIN' BEAVERS (685.7256) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE SMOKING HILLS

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GRILLIN' BEAVERS
685.7256 · Master Series — Overall
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THE SMOKING HILLS
685.6800 · Master Series — Overall
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PHAT JACKS BBQ NE
685.6800 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 177.70
  • Pork 175.44
  • Brisket 172.56
138.23 177.70

Entries

25
4 judged meats

Top score

685.7256

Winning margin

0.0456
GC over RC

Field average

644.19
586.16685.73
median 649.01 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
3.4628 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.9940
586.16685.73
10th place overall

Field spread

99.5656
winner to last place

Most consistent

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE
avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.6912 pts — LAZY 2 BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 80%
beats 20% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

4 LEGS UP BBQ
rated 1791 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.0456 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 96% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0456 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.

  • GRILLIN' BEAVERS
  • THE SMOKING HILLS

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

GRILLIN' BEAVERS came in rated below the field's top team, 4 LEGS UP BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1642
  • top seed 1791

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GRILLIN' BEAVERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 6th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 3rd

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
2015-09-25 ← this one Junction City, KS Junction City, KS 66441 25 685.7256 GRILLIN' BEAVERS THE SMOKING HILLS
2017-09-22 Junction City, KS Heritage Park, 6th & Jefferson 35 706.8688 THE SMOKING HILLS R BUTTS R SMOKIN

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600166.2628164.0000
Pork Ribs177.7028172.0000167.4056
Pork175.4400171.9772166.2628
Brisket172.5600167.9656165.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 685.7256 · median 649.0056

#TeamScore
1 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 685.7256
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 685.6800
3 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 685.6800
4 4 LEGS UP BBQ 678.7884
5 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 678.2512
6 GREAT PLAINS BBQ 675.9196
7 SMOKIN MAX BBQ 670.2172
8 LAZY 2 BBQ 668.5372
9 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 658.7428
10 MANNY'S BBQ 656.9940
11 BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ 654.8116
12 MELTON IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 649.6224
13 HALL OF FLAME 649.0056
14 ABE FORMAN AND THE SAUSAGES 646.7540
15 Tread Heads BBQ 642.7772
16 LAZY 2 BBQ 638.2860
17 Finger Leikam Good 630.2400
18 Skake N' Bake BBQ 621.6344
19 Big Daddy & The Butt Rubbers 621.0404
20 OINK & MOO BBQ 617.0056
21 3 ROOKIES BBQ 611.2912
22 The Barbecue Bandits 599.9084
23 Smoky Hills Bros BBQ 599.3828
24 Pork-N-Fathers 592.4116
25 Big Red Won 586.1600

Chicken

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.5600

#TeamScore
1 BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ 176.5600
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 176.5600
3 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 174.8800
4 GREAT PLAINS BBQ 166.2856
5 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 166.2628
6 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 165.7256
7 MELTON IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 165.1428
8 4 LEGS UP BBQ 165.1200
9 LAZY 2 BBQ 164.5828
10 SMOKIN MAX BBQ 164.0000
11 Tread Heads BBQ 163.9656
12 LAZY 2 BBQ 163.4172
13 3 ROOKIES BBQ 160.5600
14 MANNY'S BBQ 158.8228
15 ABE FORMAN AND THE SAUSAGES 158.2284
16 OINK & MOO BBQ 157.1200
17 Skake N' Bake BBQ 157.1200
18 HALL OF FLAME 155.3600
19 Finger Leikam Good 154.2628
20 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 154.2056
21 Big Daddy & The Butt Rubbers 152.5600
22 Smoky Hills Bros BBQ 152.5256
23 Pork-N-Fathers 151.3372
24 The Barbecue Bandits 147.3600
25 Big Red Won 138.2284

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 162.8456

#TeamScore
1 LAZY 2 BBQ 177.7028
2 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 176.0116
3 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 174.2972
4 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 173.1200
5 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 172.0000
6 4 LEGS UP BBQ 170.8800
7 THE SMOKING HILLS 170.2628
8 GREAT PLAINS BBQ 167.9656
9 SMOKIN MAX BBQ 167.4172
10 MELTON IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 167.4056
11 MANNY'S BBQ 163.9428
12 Finger Leikam Good 162.8456
13 The Barbecue Bandits 162.8456
14 HALL OF FLAME 162.8228
15 OINK & MOO BBQ 161.6800
16 LAZY 2 BBQ 161.1544
17 3 ROOKIES BBQ 160.5600
18 ABE FORMAN AND THE SAUSAGES 159.4056
19 Tread Heads BBQ 159.3944
20 Big Daddy & The Butt Rubbers 156.5488
21 Skake N' Bake BBQ 153.0972
22 Smoky Hills Bros BBQ 152.0000
23 BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ 151.9544
24 Pork-N-Fathers 144.5372
25 Big Red Won 139.9544

Pork

25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.6684

#TeamScore
1 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 175.4400
2 4 LEGS UP BBQ 175.4056
3 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 174.8800
4 GREAT PLAINS BBQ 173.7028
5 SMOKIN MAX BBQ 171.9772
6 BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ 170.3200
7 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 169.1200
8 HALL OF FLAME 167.3828
9 THE SMOKING HILLS 166.8228
10 ABE FORMAN AND THE SAUSAGES 166.2628
11 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 165.1428
12 Big Daddy & The Butt Rubbers 162.2856
13 MANNY'S BBQ 161.6684
14 Tread Heads BBQ 159.4056
15 LAZY 2 BBQ 158.2744
16 Pork-N-Fathers 157.7256
17 Big Red Won 157.7256
18 MELTON IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 157.1312
19 LAZY 2 BBQ 154.8800
20 OINK & MOO BBQ 154.2628
21 Finger Leikam Good 154.2628
22 3 ROOKIES BBQ 149.6684
23 The Barbecue Bandits 146.8572
24 Skake N' Bake BBQ 144.5028
25 Smoky Hills Bros BBQ 143.9656

Brisket

25 entries · top 172.5600 · median 162.8572

#TeamScore
1 MANNY'S BBQ 172.5600
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 172.0344
3 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 170.8228
4 LAZY 2 BBQ 167.9772
5 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 167.9656
6 GREAT PLAINS BBQ 167.9656
7 4 LEGS UP BBQ 167.3828
8 Skake N' Bake BBQ 166.9144
9 SMOKIN MAX BBQ 166.8228
10 RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS 165.1084
11 HALL OF FLAME 163.4400
12 SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE 163.4172
13 ABE FORMAN AND THE SAUSAGES 162.8572
14 Tread Heads BBQ 160.0116
15 MELTON IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 159.9428
16 Finger Leikam Good 158.8688
17 LAZY 2 BBQ 158.8344
18 BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ 155.9772
19 Smoky Hills Bros BBQ 150.8916
20 Big Red Won 150.2516
21 Big Daddy & The Butt Rubbers 149.6460
22 OINK & MOO BBQ 143.9428
23 The Barbecue Bandits 142.8456
24 3 ROOKIES BBQ 140.5028
25 Pork-N-Fathers 138.8116

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