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1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship

2015-10-02 – 2015-10-03 · Oroville, CA · 📍 Oroville, CA 95966

Grand Champion: BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (691.3484) · 41 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ

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691.3484 · Master Series — Overall
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689.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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685.2460 · 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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Pork 175.41
  • Brisket 177.71
129.61 179.44

Entries

41
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

691.3484

Winning margin

1.6800
GC over RC

Field average

643.31
567.26691.35
median 648.48 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
3.3828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.2400
567.26691.35
10th place overall

Field spread

124.0912
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 6.9032 pts — HOG EAT HOG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 67%
beats 33% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1523
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1768 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

1.6800 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 75% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6800 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.

  • BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ
  • MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 17th.

  • Chicken 17th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 4th
  • 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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972173.1544171.4172
Pork Ribs179.4400169.7372168.5716
Pork175.4056172.0228168.5484
Brisket177.7144167.4172164.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

41 entries · top 691.3484 · median 648.4800

#TeamScore
1 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 691.3484
2 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ 689.6684
3 HOG EAT HOG BBQ 685.2460
4 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 684.0000
5 SON OF SMOKE 678.2172
6 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 673.1200
7 PORK DYNASTY 671.3824
8 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 670.2172
9 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 669.7028
10 BARBECUE PATRIOTS 666.2400
11 PIRATES OF THE PIG 663.3944
12 PLASTERED PIG BBQ 663.3824
13 PORK DADDY'S BBQ 663.3484
14 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 661.6344
15 RUBLOVERS 656.4684
16 2 ROLLING BONES 656.0000
17 BIG PIG BBQ 655.4516
18 BIG SHOT BBQ 650.2744
19 GIT R SMOKED CATERING 649.6692
20 LOST HOGS BBQ 649.6572
21 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 648.4800
22 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 647.3484
23 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ - CA 645.7144
24 RBQ 645.6340
25 Smokin' The Bandit BBQ 642.8344
26 SLO DOG Q 637.6004
27 Barrely Smokin 636.4344
28 Dragon Warriors 630.3088
29 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 627.3140
30 Team Timmons 626.6628
31 BIG O & MO BBQ 622.0340
32 PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ 614.2632
33 D&D BBQ 614.1028
34 lord of the ribs bbq 613.7484
35 Smokers Wild BBQ 608.9716
36 Wood Fire & Coal 608.4572
37 Cowabunga BBQ 607.3484
38 BOOTLEG BBQ 605.6228
39 DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ 604.4348
40 IQ4U 572.5712
41 The Haole pig 567.2572

Chicken

41 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ 178.2972
2 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ - CA 173.7828
3 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 173.7256
4 BARBECUE PATRIOTS 173.1772
5 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 173.1544
6 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 173.1428
7 PORK DYNASTY 173.1200
8 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 172.5600
9 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 171.4284
10 PLASTERED PIG BBQ 171.4172
11 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 170.2856
12 BIG PIG BBQ 169.7028
13 HOG EAT HOG BBQ 169.7028
14 SON OF SMOKE 169.6684
15 BIG SHOT BBQ 168.6172
16 PORK DADDY'S BBQ 168.5716
17 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 168.5256
18 LOST HOGS BBQ 166.8572
19 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 166.3084
20 GIT R SMOKED CATERING 166.2744
21 PIRATES OF THE PIG 166.2628
22 2 ROLLING BONES 163.9772
23 SLO DOG Q 163.4172
24 Smokin' The Bandit BBQ 162.3200
25 Dragon Warriors 161.7600
26 BOOTLEG BBQ 161.7028
27 RBQ 161.6684
28 Barrely Smokin 160.0116
29 lord of the ribs bbq 159.4744
30 Smokers Wild BBQ 158.8344
31 RUBLOVERS 158.2172
32 D&D BBQ 157.1544
33 DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ 155.3716
34 PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ 154.3316
35 Wood Fire & Coal 153.7028
36 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 153.6684
37 BIG O & MO BBQ 150.2056
38 Team Timmons 149.6456
39 IQ4U 146.2628
40 Cowabunga BBQ 143.9884
41 The Haole pig 141.1200

Pork Ribs

41 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.0116

#TeamScore
1 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 179.4400
2 PORK DYNASTY 174.8456
3 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 170.8800
4 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 170.2972
5 HOG EAT HOG BBQ 169.7372
6 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ 169.7028
7 Smokin' The Bandit BBQ 169.7028
8 PLASTERED PIG BBQ 169.1428
9 RUBLOVERS 168.5828
10 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 168.5716
11 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 168.5488
12 PORK DADDY'S BBQ 167.9656
13 Team Timmons 167.9656
14 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 166.8800
15 SON OF SMOKE 166.2744
16 GIT R SMOKED CATERING 165.6916
17 2 ROLLING BONES 164.6172
18 LOST HOGS BBQ 164.5944
19 BARBECUE PATRIOTS 164.5600
20 PIRATES OF THE PIG 164.5600
21 BIG PIG BBQ 164.0116
22 Barrely Smokin 163.9428
23 lord of the ribs bbq 163.4516
24 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 163.3944
25 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ - CA 160.5716
26 BOOTLEG BBQ 160.5600
27 BIG SHOT BBQ 160.5372
28 RBQ 160.5028
29 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 160.0000
30 Dragon Warriors 158.8456
31 SLO DOG Q 158.2516
32 D&D BBQ 158.2400
33 Cowabunga BBQ 155.3944
34 Wood Fire & Coal 154.8460
35 PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ 150.2400
36 DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ 150.2288
37 BIG O & MO BBQ 148.4800
38 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 147.9772
39 Smokers Wild BBQ 147.9544
40 IQ4U 137.1540
41 The Haole pig 129.6116

Pork

41 entries · top 175.4056 · median 162.8572

#TeamScore
1 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ 175.4056
2 SON OF SMOKE 174.8572
3 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 173.7372
4 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 172.5716
5 BIG PIG BBQ 172.0228
6 GIT R SMOKED CATERING 170.8344
7 PIRATES OF THE PIG 170.2972
8 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 169.1200
9 RUBLOVERS 168.5828
10 BARBECUE PATRIOTS 168.5484
11 HOG EAT HOG BBQ 168.0916
12 Team Timmons 167.3828
13 PLASTERED PIG BBQ 166.2740
14 PORK DADDY'S BBQ 164.5600
15 BIG O & MO BBQ 164.5484
16 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 163.9884
17 Barrely Smokin 163.9772
18 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 163.3944
19 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 163.3828
20 Dragon Warriors 162.8688
21 PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ 162.8572
22 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 161.7028
23 2 ROLLING BONES 161.7028
24 LOST HOGS BBQ 160.5484
25 BIG SHOT BBQ 160.0228
26 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ - CA 159.9656
27 PORK DYNASTY 158.2512
28 SLO DOG Q 158.2400
29 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 158.2284
30 IQ4U 157.7372
31 RBQ 154.8572
32 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 154.8112
33 Smokin' The Bandit BBQ 154.2288
34 Cowabunga BBQ 151.9656
35 D&D BBQ 151.9200
36 DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ 150.8572
37 The Haole pig 147.4056
38 Wood Fire & Coal 145.0972
39 Smokers Wild BBQ 143.3600
40 lord of the ribs bbq 141.7024
41 BOOTLEG BBQ 131.3828

Brisket

41 entries · top 177.7144 · median 158.8000

#TeamScore
1 HOG EAT HOG BBQ 177.7144
2 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 170.8112
3 RBQ 168.6056
4 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 168.5372
5 SON OF SMOKE 167.4172
6 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 166.8228
7 MR. APPLEJACKS BBQ 166.2628
8 2 ROLLING BONES 165.7028
9 PORK DYNASTY 165.1656
10 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 164.5600
11 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 164.5600
12 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 163.9656
13 PIRATES OF THE PIG 162.2744
14 PORK DADDY'S BBQ 162.2512
15 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 161.6800
16 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 161.1088
17 BIG SHOT BBQ 161.0972
18 RUBLOVERS 161.0856
19 BARBECUE PATRIOTS 159.9544
20 Smokers Wild BBQ 158.8228
21 BIG O & MO BBQ 158.8000
22 SLO DOG Q 157.6916
23 LOST HOGS BBQ 157.6572
24 Smokin' The Bandit BBQ 156.5828
25 PLASTERED PIG BBQ 156.5484
26 Cowabunga BBQ 156.0000
27 Wood Fire & Coal 154.8112
28 BOOTLEG BBQ 151.9772
29 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 151.3944
30 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ - CA 151.3944
31 BIG PIG BBQ 149.7144
32 The Haole pig 149.1200
33 lord of the ribs bbq 149.1200
34 Barrely Smokin 148.5028
35 DOUBLE TROUBLE BACK YARD BBQ 147.9772
36 GIT R SMOKED CATERING 146.8688
37 Dragon Warriors 146.8344
38 PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ 146.8344
39 D&D BBQ 146.7884
40 Team Timmons 141.6688
41 IQ4U 131.4172

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 — Backyard Ribs

6 entries · top 148.6744 · median 134.5428

#TeamScore
1 Boys & Girls Club 148.6744
2 Oroville Rhinos 142.9256
3 The Oroville Veterans Memorial Team 140.0000
4 Tiny Houses 129.0856
5 NAACP 128.5828
6 Northwest SPCA 121.1084

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