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Ribfest (BACKYARD)

Jun 24–25, 2016 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd St

Grand Champion: Half Lit BBQ (333.7256) · 15 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Hillbillly Smoke

Full results from the Ribfest (BACKYARD) 2016, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on June 24, 2016 in Sioux City, IA at 111 3rd St. Hillbillly Smoke took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — Ferg-A-Que (170.2972); Pork Ribs — Half Lit BBQ (172.0228).

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

How the field scored

Chicken 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 170.30
  • Pork Ribs 172.02
127.39 172.02

Entries

15
2 judged meats

Top score

170.2972

Winning margin

2.2744
1st over 2nd in Chicken

Field average

156.33
127.39170.30
Chicken · median 157.09 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
9.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

155.3600
127.39170.30
10th place in Chicken

Field spread

42.9032
winner to last place

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.7944 pts — Half Lit BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 97%
beats 3% of 5581 Chicken wins in the data

Storylines (1 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: Half Lit BBQ and Saul Good BBQ tied on 161.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SMOKEY BLUES BBQ and KANDUE BBQ tied on 160.0344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Schuster Q edged Ferg-A-Que by 0.0116.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0116
  • Chicken 8–9 · 0.4800

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken170.2972160.5600155.3600
Pork Ribs172.0228158.2860153.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Chicken

15 entries · top 170.2972 · median 157.0856

#TeamScore
1 Ferg-A-Que 170.2972
2 Hillbillly Smoke 168.0228
3 Half Lit BBQ 161.7028
4 Saul Good BBQ 161.7028
5 Three Dads BBQ 160.5600
6 SMOKEY BLUES BBQ 160.0344
7 KANDUE BBQ 160.0344
8 Schuster Q 157.0856
9 SIOUX CITY 'QUE 156.6056
10 Hickory Hillbilly's 155.3600
11 KANDUE BBQ 153.7256
12 H & D BBQ 151.9656
13 PGR BBQ 150.2400
14 PAPA CHODEAN'S BBQ 150.2284
15 Bubbaz BBQ 127.3940

Pork Ribs

15 entries · top 172.0228 · median 154.8228

#TeamScore
1 Half Lit BBQ 172.0228
2 Three Dads BBQ 166.2284
3 SIOUX CITY 'QUE 163.4400
4 Hillbillly Smoke 159.3828
5 H & D BBQ 158.2860
6 PAPA CHODEAN'S BBQ 157.6800
7 Saul Good BBQ 155.4972
8 KANDUE BBQ 154.8228
9 Schuster Q 153.6916
10 Ferg-A-Que 153.6800
11 PGR BBQ 153.1088
12 Hickory Hillbilly's 149.6572
13 SMOKEY BLUES BBQ 147.9544
14 KANDUE BBQ 147.4628
15 Bubbaz BBQ 131.9200

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