Rock'n Ribville

2015-10-09 – 2015-10-10 · Lawrenceville, GA · 📍 Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Grand Champion: SWINE AND SHINE BBQ (690.2284) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ATLANTA BBQ STORE

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SWINE AND SHINE BBQ

690.2284 · Master Series — Overall

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ATLANTA BBQ STORE

687.3372 · Master Series — Overall

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ROAST BEAST BBQ

683.2912 · 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.

516.10 median 649.02 690.23 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.86
Pork Ribs 174.26
Pork 177.70
Brisket 172.62

84.22 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

690.2284

Winning margin

2.8912

GC over RC

Field average

642.91

516.10690.23

median 649.02 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.6000

516.10690.23

10th place overall

Field spread

174.1256

winner to last place

Most consistent

SWINE AND SHINE BBQ

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 3.4400 pts — SWINE AND SHINE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 70%

beats 30% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

40%

8 of 20 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1516

avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SWINE AND SHINE BBQ

rated 1682 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 new contest record

690.2284 highest overall ever cooked here

690.2284 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.9312 St. Louis Pit - Que set in 2014.

old record 687.9312
set 2014 by St. Louis Pit - Que

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

ATLANTA BBQ STORE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

2016
2017

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: WAY 2 QUE and ROAST BEAST BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SWINE AND SHINE BBQ and SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ and BUTT'N HEADS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SWINE AND SHINE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.

Chicken 9th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 1st
Brisket 5th

A contest record in chicken

178.8572 best chicken ever cooked here

ATLANTA BBQ STORE turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 176.5600
across 1 past editions

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2014-10-10	Lawrenceville, GA	Lawrenceville, GA 30046	20	687.9312	St. Louis Pit - Que	CURLY TAILS BBQ
2015-10-09 ← this one	Lawrenceville, GA	Lawrenceville, GA 30046	26	690.2284	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	ATLANTA BBQ STORE
2016-09-16	Lawrenceville, GA	210 Luckie St	39	709.7144	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	POT'S BBQ
2017-09-15	Lawrenceville, GA	210 Luckie St	39	697.0856	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	ROAST BEAST BBQ
2018-09-21	Lawrenceville, GA	210 Luckie St	33	697.6688	SWINE DINING GA	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	173.1316	169.7028
Pork Ribs	174.2628	170.8228	168.5256
Pork	177.7028	169.6800	164.5256
Brisket	172.6172	169.1200	166.2284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 690.2284 · median 649.0170

#	Team	Score
1	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	690.2284
2	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	687.3372
3	ROAST BEAST BBQ	683.2912
4	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	678.8000
5	BUTT'N HEADS	677.5772
6	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	676.3996
7	WAY 2 QUE	675.3600
8	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	670.1944
9	SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE	666.1828
10	SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM	665.6000
11	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	655.2340
12	TENACIOUS Q	650.6516
13	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	649.5540
14	E.T.'S BBQ	648.4800
15	Porkaholics Barbeque	646.0916
16	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	646.0796
17	NICE RACK BBQ	642.6056
18	CAST IRON BBQ	636.9488
19	BEAST A' BURNIN	629.0288
20	EAST COAST BBQ	627.2000
21	Brothers BBQ	621.6116
22	Smokemasters Ribs N Pollo	605.8172
23	SMOKE SLINGERS - GA	596.4344
24	LOCAL REPUBLIC	592.9944
25	108B Event Catering	579.7484
26	Spiced Right Ribhouse	516.1028

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.0914

#	Team	Score
1	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	178.8572
2	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	177.7144
3	WAY 2 QUE	174.2628
4	ROAST BEAST BBQ	174.2628
5	Porkaholics Barbeque	173.1316
6	E.T.'S BBQ	172.5828
7	SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM	170.8228
8	CAST IRON BBQ	169.7260
9	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	169.7028
10	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	169.7028
11	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	169.6684
12	SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE	165.1200
13	TENACIOUS Q	165.0972
14	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	165.0856
15	BUTT'N HEADS	165.0856
16	BEAST A' BURNIN	163.4056
17	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	161.6800
18	NICE RACK BBQ	158.2288
19	Brothers BBQ	156.5488
20	SMOKE SLINGERS - GA	155.4172
21	EAST COAST BBQ	154.7772
22	Smokemasters Ribs N Pollo	154.3200
23	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	151.9312
24	Spiced Right Ribhouse	150.8228
25	LOCAL REPUBLIC	149.6456
26	108B Event Catering	141.6800

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 174.2628 · median 165.1142

#	Team	Score
1	ROAST BEAST BBQ	174.2628
2	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	173.7028
3	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	171.9772
4	BUTT'N HEADS	171.9772
5	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	170.8228
6	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	170.3088
7	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	169.7028
8	SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE	169.6800
9	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	169.6800
10	NICE RACK BBQ	168.5256
11	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	166.8112
12	SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM	165.1316
13	EAST COAST BBQ	165.1200
14	Brothers BBQ	165.1084
15	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	165.0972
16	TENACIOUS Q	163.9544
17	WAY 2 QUE	163.9544
18	BEAST A' BURNIN	160.5944
19	E.T.'S BBQ	159.4172
20	CAST IRON BBQ	158.2172
21	Porkaholics Barbeque	155.3600
22	108B Event Catering	151.9656
23	Spiced Right Ribhouse	149.1084
24	Smokemasters Ribs N Pollo	146.2972
25	SMOKE SLINGERS - GA	143.9772
26	LOCAL REPUBLIC	126.2516

Pork

26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.9600

#	Team	Score
1	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	177.7028
2	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	174.2628
3	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	171.4172
4	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	170.2744
5	BUTT'N HEADS	169.6800
6	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	168.5256
7	SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE	167.9656
8	ROAST BEAST BBQ	166.2284
9	SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM	166.2284
10	WAY 2 QUE	164.5256
11	E.T.'S BBQ	162.8344
12	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	161.7028
13	CAST IRON BBQ	160.5372
14	EAST COAST BBQ	159.3828
15	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	158.7884
16	Smokemasters Ribs N Pollo	157.7944
17	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	156.4912
18	Brothers BBQ	155.4172
19	Porkaholics Barbeque	155.3600
20	108B Event Catering	153.0856
21	BEAST A' BURNIN	150.8116
22	TENACIOUS Q	150.1828
23	SMOKE SLINGERS - GA	149.6572
24	NICE RACK BBQ	149.6112
25	LOCAL REPUBLIC	144.5144
26	Spiced Right Ribhouse	131.9544

Brisket

26 entries · top 172.6172 · median 163.4172

#	Team	Score
1	WAY 2 QUE	172.6172
2	LOCAL REPUBLIC	172.5828
3	TENACIOUS Q	171.4172
4	BUTT'N HEADS	170.8344
5	SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	169.1200
6	ROAST BEAST BBQ	168.5372
7	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	167.3828
8	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	166.8344
9	NICE RACK BBQ	166.2400
10	FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	166.2284
11	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	164.0000
12	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	163.9428
13	SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM	163.4172
14	SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE	163.4172
15	Porkaholics Barbeque	162.2400
16	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	161.6456
17	BEAST A' BURNIN	154.2172
18	E.T.'S BBQ	153.6456
19	UNCLE CHET'S BBQ	153.0628
20	CAST IRON BBQ	148.4684
21	EAST COAST BBQ	147.9200
22	Smokemasters Ribs N Pollo	147.4056
23	SMOKE SLINGERS - GA	147.3828
24	Brothers BBQ	144.5372
25	108B Event Catering	133.0172
26	Spiced Right Ribhouse	84.2172

Rock'n Ribville

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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