Flags are Flying

2015-11-06 – 2015-11-07 · Winder, GA · 📍 Winder, GA 30680

Grand Champion: TENACIOUS Q (689.6228) · 21 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal

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TENACIOUS Q

689.6228 · Master Series — Overall

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Organizer Portal

681.0052 · Master Series — Overall

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ATLANTA BBQ STORE

677.1088 · 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.

611.86 median 662.09 689.62 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.70
Pork Ribs 173.12
Pork 174.26
Brisket 174.85

147.92 177.70

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

689.6228

Winning margin

8.6176

GC over RC

Field average

659.70

611.86689.62

median 662.09 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

3.4516 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

664.4456

611.86689.62

10th place overall

Field spread

77.7600

winner to last place

Most consistent

TENACIOUS Q

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2972 pts — TENACIOUS Q

How hot was the win?

Top 72%

beats 28% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.38 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1557

avg power rating going in · stronger than 44% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS

rated 1879 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.

An upset on the books

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

TENACIOUS Q came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1620
top seed 1879

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: TUFF DAWG GRILLERS and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: UNCLE BUD'S BBQ and BUTTN' HEADS BBQ tied on 169.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Organizer Portal and ATLANTA BBQ STORE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

TENACIOUS Q won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

TENACIOUS Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 1st
Brisket 5th

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	177.7028	171.4172	169.6684
Pork Ribs	173.1200	169.1084	163.3944
Pork	174.2628	170.8112	167.3828
Brisket	174.8456	169.6916	165.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

21 entries · top 689.6228 · median 662.0912

#	Team	Score
1	TENACIOUS Q	689.6228
2	Organizer Portal	681.0052
3	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	677.1088
4	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	676.4568
5	CRIMSON Q	674.7312
6	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	673.5768
7	POT'S BBQ	673.0628
8	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	669.5884
9	SMOKE ON THIS	666.6856
10	BUTTN' HEADS BBQ	664.4456
11	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	662.0912
12	CAST IRON BBQ	660.4800
13	HOOTIE Q COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	659.2796
14	WANNA B A PITMASTER	658.7428
15	4 K'S BBQ	658.1600
16	TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	656.9600
17	SMOKING THE BLUES AWAY	644.3772
18	DAWG ON "GUD" BBQ	643.1768
19	Porkaholics Barbeque	630.6512
20	Gator's Backyard BBQ	621.5884
21	LAZY DAYS BBQ	611.8628

Chicken

21 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228

#	Team	Score
1	TENACIOUS Q	177.7028
2	Organizer Portal	175.4056
3	CAST IRON BBQ	174.8572
4	POT'S BBQ	174.2628
5	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	171.4172
6	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	170.8228
7	TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	169.6800
8	SMOKE ON THIS	169.6800
9	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	169.6684
10	BUTTN' HEADS BBQ	169.6684
11	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	166.8228
12	CRIMSON Q	165.0856
13	Porkaholics Barbeque	164.5600
14	HOOTIE Q COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	164.5256
15	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	163.3828
16	WANNA B A PITMASTER	162.2628
17	DAWG ON "GUD" BBQ	161.6456
18	SMOKING THE BLUES AWAY	160.5144
19	Gator's Backyard BBQ	160.0000
20	4 K'S BBQ	159.3828
21	LAZY DAYS BBQ	151.3828

Pork Ribs

21 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.3828

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	173.1200
2	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	173.1200
3	CRIMSON Q	173.1200
4	HOOTIE Q COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	170.2628
5	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	169.1084
6	CAST IRON BBQ	167.9772
7	TENACIOUS Q	167.9656
8	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	167.3828
9	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	166.8456
10	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	163.3944
11	TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	163.3828
12	POT'S BBQ	162.8228
13	BUTTN' HEADS BBQ	162.8000
14	DAWG ON "GUD" BBQ	159.3600
15	SMOKE ON THIS	159.3600
16	Gator's Backyard BBQ	157.7144
17	SMOKING THE BLUES AWAY	157.0972
18	4 K'S BBQ	155.9544
19	WANNA B A PITMASTER	155.3828
20	LAZY DAYS BBQ	154.2516
21	Porkaholics Barbeque	147.9200

Pork

21 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.8228

#	Team	Score
1	TENACIOUS Q	174.2628
2	WANNA B A PITMASTER	172.5600
3	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	171.4172
4	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	170.8228
5	Organizer Portal	170.8112
6	SMOKING THE BLUES AWAY	170.2628
7	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	169.7028
8	4 K'S BBQ	167.9772
9	SMOKE ON THIS	167.9772
10	CRIMSON Q	167.3828
11	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	166.8228
12	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	165.6800
13	BUTTN' HEADS BBQ	165.1316
14	POT'S BBQ	164.5372
15	DAWG ON "GUD" BBQ	164.5256
16	CAST IRON BBQ	163.4056
17	TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	162.2400
18	HOOTIE Q COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	160.5256
19	Porkaholics Barbeque	159.3484
20	LAZY DAYS BBQ	155.4056
21	Gator's Backyard BBQ	151.3712

Brisket

21 entries · top 174.8456 · median 163.9656

#	Team	Score
1	4 K'S BBQ	174.8456
2	UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	173.1200
3	GEORGIA JO'S SMOKIN Q	171.9656
4	POT'S BBQ	171.4400
5	TENACIOUS Q	169.6916
6	SMOKE ON THIS	169.6684
7	CRIMSON Q	169.1428
8	WANNA B A PITMASTER	168.5372
9	BUTTN' HEADS BBQ	166.8456
10	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	165.6684
11	HOOTIE Q COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	163.9656
12	Organizer Portal	161.6684
13	TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	161.6572
14	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	161.1544
15	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	160.5028
16	Porkaholics Barbeque	158.8228
17	DAWG ON "GUD" BBQ	157.6456
18	SMOKING THE BLUES AWAY	156.5028
19	CAST IRON BBQ	154.2400
20	Gator's Backyard BBQ	152.5028
21	LAZY DAYS BBQ	150.8228

Flags are Flying

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

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