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2015 Downtown Barbecue Throwdown

2015-12-11 – 2015-12-12 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Las Vegas, NV

Grand Champion: SMOKIN MO'S BBQ (697.0628) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ

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SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
697.0628 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN IT UP BBQ
693.7256 · Master Series — Overall
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FUNTIME BBQ
693.7028 · 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 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 177.70
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 176.00
123.36 180.00

Entries

30
4 judged meats

Top score

697.0628

Winning margin

3.3372
GC over RC

Field average

659.73
600.42697.06
median 667.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
FUNTIME BBQ (Chicken), WHISKEY RANCH BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.1828
600.42697.06
10th place overall

Field spread

96.6396
winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.2972 pts — WHISKEY RANCH BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 46%
beats 54% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Rooftop BBQ
rated 1756 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.

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKIN MO'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 9th

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • FUNTIME BBQ · Chicken
  • WHISKEY RANCH BBQ · Pork

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
Chicken180.0000177.7028171.9656
Pork Ribs177.7028174.8800169.6684
Pork180.0000174.2628169.7028
Brisket176.0000172.5600169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 697.0628 · median 667.9028

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 697.0628
2 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 693.7256
3 FUNTIME BBQ 693.7028
4 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 691.9544
5 STEEL CITY BBQ 690.2056
6 YOUR BEHIND BBQ 688.5600
7 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 688.5144
8 ROOFTOP BBQ 687.3256
9 SHIG NINJA BBQ 683.3488
10 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 678.1828
11 WHISKEY RANCH BBQ 677.6112
12 BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q 676.5028
13 Three Brothers Different Mothers 673.0400
14 RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ 670.2284
15 The BBQ Asylum 669.5656
16 Jessie Rae's Barbecue 666.2400
17 RANCH 13 BBQ 663.8856
18 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 647.8740
19 SMOKIN' WITH SWAG 646.7540
20 Rolling Smoke BBQ 642.2060
21 DESPERADO 641.0400
22 PIKE INTERNATIONAL GRILLERS & SMOKERS 636.3544
23 SMOKEIT BBQ & CATERING 634.6856
24 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 634.1712
25 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 633.0744
26 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 629.0628
27 Deep Forest Spices 624.3888
28 VEGAS SOL 616.3204
29 Big Bad Barbecue 615.8284
30 Swanny's Smokehouse Que 600.4232

Chicken

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 FUNTIME BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 The BBQ Asylum 178.8572
3 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 178.8572
4 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 178.8572
5 YOUR BEHIND BBQ 177.7028
6 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 176.0000
7 STEEL CITY BBQ 175.4172
8 SHIG NINJA BBQ 171.9772
9 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 171.9772
10 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 171.9656
11 Deep Forest Spices 171.4172
12 Three Brothers Different Mothers 171.4056
13 RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ 171.4056
14 BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q 170.8684
15 ROOFTOP BBQ 170.8228
16 Jessie Rae's Barbecue 169.1428
17 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 168.0000
18 RANCH 13 BBQ 166.2628
19 WHISKEY RANCH BBQ 165.7028
20 DESPERADO 163.9656
21 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 163.4056
22 Swanny's Smokehouse Que 160.5716
23 Rolling Smoke BBQ 156.5372
24 Big Bad Barbecue 156.5372
25 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 155.9312
26 SMOKIN' WITH SWAG 152.5256
27 SMOKEIT BBQ & CATERING 151.3828
28 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 150.2400
29 VEGAS SOL 149.0860
30 PIKE INTERNATIONAL GRILLERS & SMOKERS 148.5144

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.4000

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 177.7028
2 FUNTIME BBQ 177.1428
3 WHISKEY RANCH BBQ 176.0116
4 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 175.4400
5 YOUR BEHIND BBQ 174.8800
6 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 174.8688
7 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 173.7144
8 BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q 170.8688
9 ROOFTOP BBQ 170.8344
10 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 169.6684
11 Rolling Smoke BBQ 167.4172
12 Jessie Rae's Barbecue 165.7144
13 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 165.6916
14 SMOKIN' WITH SWAG 165.6800
15 STEEL CITY BBQ 165.6800
16 RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ 165.1200
17 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 165.1084
18 Big Bad Barbecue 164.5372
19 The BBQ Asylum 164.5372
20 DESPERADO 163.9772
21 SHIG NINJA BBQ 161.1088
22 SMOKEIT BBQ & CATERING 160.5028
23 Three Brothers Different Mothers 159.9772
24 RANCH 13 BBQ 159.3600
25 Deep Forest Spices 158.2516
26 VEGAS SOL 157.6572
27 PIKE INTERNATIONAL GRILLERS & SMOKERS 155.9200
28 Swanny's Smokehouse Que 153.6688
29 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 153.1200
30 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 149.1084

Pork

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6970 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 WHISKEY RANCH BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 177.7028
3 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 176.0228
4 BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q 174.2628
5 SHIG NINJA BBQ 174.2628
6 STEEL CITY BBQ 173.1084
7 ROOFTOP BBQ 173.1084
8 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 172.5600
9 PIKE INTERNATIONAL GRILLERS & SMOKERS 172.5600
10 Jessie Rae's Barbecue 169.7028
11 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.6800
12 Rolling Smoke BBQ 169.1544
13 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 168.5828
14 RANCH 13 BBQ 168.5600
15 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 167.9656
16 SMOKIN' WITH SWAG 167.4284
17 YOUR BEHIND BBQ 166.8228
18 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 165.6800
19 DESPERADO 165.6800
20 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 161.7028
21 FUNTIME BBQ 161.6800
22 The BBQ Asylum 161.6456
23 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 161.1200
24 RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ 158.8572
25 SMOKEIT BBQ & CATERING 158.8228
26 Big Bad Barbecue 153.0856
27 VEGAS SOL 152.4800
28 Deep Forest Spices 149.6456
29 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 149.1200
30 Swanny's Smokehouse Que 123.3600

Brisket

30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.2514

#TeamScore
1 SHIG NINJA BBQ 176.0000
2 STEEL CITY BBQ 176.0000
3 FUNTIME BBQ 174.8800
4 RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ 174.8456
5 ROOFTOP BBQ 172.5600
6 Three Brothers Different Mothers 171.9772
7 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 170.8572
8 RANCH 13 BBQ 169.7028
9 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 169.6916
10 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 169.6800
11 YOUR BEHIND BBQ 169.1544
12 BULLPEN BBQ TEAM 168.0228
13 THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 166.8228
14 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 165.7144
15 The BBQ Asylum 164.5256
16 SMOKEIT BBQ & CATERING 163.9772
17 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 163.4056
18 Swanny's Smokehouse Que 162.8228
19 Jessie Rae's Barbecue 161.6800
20 SMOKIN' WITH SWAG 161.1200
21 BROTHER OF SWEET SMOKE Q 160.5028
22 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 159.9544
23 PIKE INTERNATIONAL GRILLERS & SMOKERS 159.3600
24 VEGAS SOL 157.0972
25 WHISKEY RANCH BBQ 155.8968
26 Rolling Smoke BBQ 149.0972
27 DESPERADO 147.4172
28 Deep Forest Spices 145.0744
29 Big Bad Barbecue 141.6684
30 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 139.3600

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