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Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships

Jun 24–25, 2016 · Santa Clara, CA

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RHYTHM 'N QUE
679.9428 · Master Series — Overall
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SHIG NINJA BBQ
679.5088 · Master Series — Overall
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TOO ASHAMED TO NAME
678.3316 · Master Series — Overall

RHYTHM 'N QUE won Grand Champion at the Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships on June 24, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA, scoring 679.9428 in a field of 54 teams. SHIG NINJA BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.5088. Category winners: Chicken — RHYTHM 'N QUE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — CANYON RIDERS BBQ (174.8572); Pork — BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SHIG NINJA BBQ (174.8572).

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 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 174.86
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 174.86
119.98 180

Entries

54
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

679.9428

Winning margin

0.4340
GC over RC

Field average

631.16
450.35679.94
median 639.64 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

668.4572
450.35679.94
10th place overall

Field spread

229.5884
winner to last place

Most consistent

PORTERHOUSE BBQ
avg finish 9.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.8228 pts — RHYTHM 'N QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 90%
beats 10% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,550
avg power rating going in · stronger than 38% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THE SMOKING HILLS
rated 1816 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 razor-thin finish

0.4340 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 95% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4340 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.

  • RHYTHM 'N QUE
  • SHIG NINJA BBQ

A knife fight at the top

4.5716 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5716 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

  • 1st RHYTHM 'N QUE
  • 2nd SHIG NINJA BBQ
  • 3rd TOO ASHAMED TO NAME
  • 4th PORTERHOUSE BBQ
  • 5th MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

RHYTHM 'N QUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 29th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 29th
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 4th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY 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
Chicken179.4400173.1544169.1544
Pork Ribs174.8572170.8572167.4400
Pork180173.1544169.1316
Brisket174.8572172.5600166.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 679.9428 · median 639.6402

#TeamScore
1 RHYTHM 'N QUE 679.9428
2 SHIG NINJA BBQ 679.5088
3 TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 678.3316
4 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 675.9428
5 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 675.3712
6 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 673.6688
7 GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS 673.1888
8 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 671.9544
9 THE SMOKING HILLS 668.5372
10 SON OF SMOKE 668.4572
11 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 667.3716
12 Hog Island Pitmaster 665.0628
13 RBQ 662.9144
14 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 662.2972
15 PIG PIMP'N BBQ 661.6684
16 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 661.6460
17 Smokey and the Pirate 655.3600
18 PIRATES OF THE PIG 652.5028
19 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 651.3600
20 SMOKED SEDUCTION 650.7888
21 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 650.7316
22 SMOKESHOW 650.2396
23 BOWLING OVER PIGS 648.4684
24 Pops BBQ 22 648.3772
25 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 644.4916
26 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 640.4112
27 RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 639.8856
28 RIGHT ON QUE 639.3948
29 STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ 638.7312
30 THE B TEAM 634.7884
31 DAD'S DOING WHAT THEY LOVE 633.5884
32 BAD S. BBQ 632.3544
33 MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ 632.0120
34 SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL 630.8224
35 JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ 627.2684
36 GIT-R-SMOKED 626.1488
37 SLO DOG Q 623.9656
38 BBQBOT 622.9144
39 SMOKE AND BERNS 619.2340
40 BONES SAUCE & HARMONY 617.0972
41 Los MexiQ"tioners BBQ 612.9372
42 2 ROLLING BONES 611.8392
43 SMOKIN MC 610.9032
44 Jook Sing BBQ 608.5712
45 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 607.3720
46 Dream'n Bout Que 605.5544
47 All Reasons Moving BBQ Team 587.3140
48 Jack & Smoke Barbecue 585.0972
49 3 BROTHERS BBQ 576.5256
50 ROCKIN B BBQ COMPANY 567.7596
51 BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ 566.2516
52 lord of the ribs bbq 550.4340
53 Poppa Bud's BBQ 504.8916
54 Smokein 450.3544

Chicken

53 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.1200

#TeamScore
1 RHYTHM 'N QUE 179.4400
2 TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 176.6172
3 GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS 176.0344
4 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 176
5 SHIG NINJA BBQ 173.1544
6 SON OF SMOKE 173.1200
7 Hog Island Pitmaster 171.9656
8 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 170.2744
9 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 170.2628
10 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 169.1544
11 SLO DOG Q 169.1428
12 SMOKED SEDUCTION 168.5256
13 RBQ 167.4400
14 THE SMOKING HILLS 167.4400
15 SMOKESHOW 167.4400
16 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 167.3712
17 Pops BBQ 22 166.8228
18 PIG PIMP'N BBQ 166.2628
19 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 166.2628
20 RIGHT ON QUE 165.6916
21 Los MexiQ"tioners BBQ 165.1656
22 MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ 165.1544
23 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 165.1200
24 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 163.9772
25 DAD'S DOING WHAT THEY LOVE 163.3828
26 STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ 161.6684
27 Smokey and the Pirate 161.1200
28 BOWLING OVER PIGS 159.3944
29 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 158.8688
30 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 158.7884
31 BAD S. BBQ 158.2172
32 THE B TEAM 157.7028
33 BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ 157.1544
34 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 156.5372
35 RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 155.9312
36 PIRATES OF THE PIG 154.8456
37 JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ 154.2284
38 SMOKE AND BERNS 153.1200
39 GIT-R-SMOKED 151.9428
40 Dream'n Bout Que 151.3828
41 BONES SAUCE & HARMONY 150.8344
42 2 ROLLING BONES 149.6684
43 SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL 148.5140
44 Jook Sing BBQ 148.0228
45 Jack & Smoke Barbecue 147.4400
46 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 147.4284
47 lord of the ribs bbq 144.0800
48 SMOKIN MC 144
49 All Reasons Moving BBQ Team 143.4284
50 ROCKIN B BBQ COMPANY 141.7028
51 BBQBOT 138.8228
52 3 BROTHERS BBQ 137.7140
53 Poppa Bud's BBQ 120.9028

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 174.8572 · median 161.1372

#TeamScore
1 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 174.8572
2 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 174.2972
3 RBQ 173.7372
4 SMOKESHOW 173.7256
5 PIG PIMP'N BBQ 170.8572
6 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 170.3088
7 TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 169.1428
8 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 169.1316
9 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 168.5256
10 PIRATES OF THE PIG 167.4400
11 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 166.8344
12 SMOKED SEDUCTION 166.8228
13 SMOKIN MC 166.3088
14 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 166.2744
15 THE B TEAM 165.1428
16 RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 164.5944
17 RIGHT ON QUE 164.5944
18 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 164.5256
19 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 164.0232
20 Hog Island Pitmaster 163.9772
21 Pops BBQ 22 163.3944
22 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 163.3944
23 GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS 162.8572
24 THE SMOKING HILLS 162.8344
25 SMOKE AND BERNS 162.8228
26 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 162.8116
27 SHIG NINJA BBQ 161.7372
28 All Reasons Moving BBQ Team 160.5372
29 RHYTHM 'N QUE 158.7884
30 Smokey and the Pirate 158.3200
31 BBQBOT 157.7488
32 SLO DOG Q 157.1428
33 GIT-R-SMOKED 157.1316
34 DAD'S DOING WHAT THEY LOVE 157.1200
35 JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ 156.5028
36 Smokein 155.4400
37 SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL 155.4400
38 BONES SAUCE & HARMONY 154.8572
39 Jook Sing BBQ 154.8228
40 MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ 154.2744
41 SON OF SMOKE 154.2516
42 BOWLING OVER PIGS 154.2284
43 lord of the ribs bbq 152.6400
44 2 ROLLING BONES 150.8340
45 ROCKIN B BBQ COMPANY 150.7884
46 STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ 149.0856
47 Dream'n Bout Que 147.9544
48 BAD S. BBQ 146.2060
49 3 BROTHERS BBQ 144.5828
50 Jack & Smoke Barbecue 137.6572
51 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 134.8004
52 Los MexiQ"tioners BBQ 132.3772
53 Poppa Bud's BBQ 131.4628
54 BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ 127.9544

Pork

54 entries · top 180 · median 161.7314 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 180 🔥
2 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 177.7144
3 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 174.3200
4 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 174.2628
5 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 173.1544
6 BOWLING OVER PIGS 171.4400
7 TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 170.8572
8 SON OF SMOKE 170.8228
9 SHIG NINJA BBQ 169.7600
10 RHYTHM 'N QUE 169.1316
11 Smokey and the Pirate 168.5256
12 MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ 166.8916
13 THE SMOKING HILLS 166.8228
14 SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL 166.2856
15 PIRATES OF THE PIG 166.2744
16 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 166.2628
17 SMOKED SEDUCTION 165.1660
18 RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 165.1200
19 Hog Island Pitmaster 163.9772
20 BAD S. BBQ 163.9656
21 Dream'n Bout Que 163.9656
22 RIGHT ON QUE 162.8572
23 Los MexiQ"tioners BBQ 162.8572
24 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 162.8112
25 BBQBOT 162.3544
26 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 162.2972
27 GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS 161.7372
28 JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ 161.7256
29 STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ 161.1200
30 GIT-R-SMOKED 161.1200
31 DAD'S DOING WHAT THEY LOVE 161.1084
32 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 160.5600
33 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 159.9656
34 RBQ 158.8572
35 PIG PIMP'N BBQ 158.8112
36 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 158.2628
37 SMOKESHOW 157.1084
38 THE B TEAM 156.5372
39 Smokein 156.0572
40 Pops BBQ 22 154.7772
41 SMOKIN MC 153.7256
42 3 BROTHERS BBQ 153.7144
43 Jack & Smoke Barbecue 153.1428
44 2 ROLLING BONES 152.5256
45 BONES SAUCE & HARMONY 151.4400
46 Jook Sing BBQ 149.1428
47 ROCKIN B BBQ COMPANY 147.3484
48 All Reasons Moving BBQ Team 146.8456
49 SLO DOG Q 146.8228
50 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 144.4800
51 SMOKE AND BERNS 143.3484
52 BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ 139.4628
53 Poppa Bud's BBQ 125.1200
54 lord of the ribs bbq 119.9768

Brisket

54 entries · top 174.8572 · median 159.3770

#TeamScore
1 SHIG NINJA BBQ 174.8572
2 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 173.7600
3 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 172.5944
4 RHYTHM 'N QUE 172.5828
5 GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS 172.5600
6 THE SMOKING HILLS 171.4400
7 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 170.3200
8 SON OF SMOKE 170.2628
9 Smokey and the Pirate 167.3944
10 STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ 166.8572
11 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 166.2400
12 PIG PIMP'N BBQ 165.7372
13 Hog Island Pitmaster 165.1428
14 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 164.5828
15 BBQBOT 163.9884
16 BAD S. BBQ 163.9656
17 PIRATES OF THE PIG 163.9428
18 BOWLING OVER PIGS 163.4056
19 Pops BBQ 22 163.3828
20 RBQ 162.8800
21 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 162.2856
22 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 162.2744
23 TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 161.7144
24 SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL 160.5828
25 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 160.5028
26 BONES SAUCE & HARMONY 159.9656
27 SMOKE AND BERNS 159.9428
28 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 158.8112
29 2 ROLLING BONES 158.8112
30 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 157.0972
31 Jook Sing BBQ 156.5828
32 GIT-R-SMOKED 155.9544
33 THE B TEAM 155.4056
34 JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ 154.8116
35 RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 154.2400
36 Los MexiQ"tioners BBQ 152.5372
37 DAD'S DOING WHAT THEY LOVE 151.9772
38 SMOKESHOW 151.9656
39 SLO DOG Q 150.8572
40 SMOKED SEDUCTION 150.2744
41 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 148.5144
42 SMOKIN MC 146.8688
43 Jack & Smoke Barbecue 146.8572
44 RIGHT ON QUE 146.2516
45 MEAT FIRE BREW BBQ 145.6916
46 Dream'n Bout Que 142.2516
47 FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. 141.7144
48 BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ 141.6800
49 3 BROTHERS BBQ 140.5144
50 Smokein 138.8572
51 All Reasons Moving BBQ Team 136.5028
52 lord of the ribs bbq 133.7372
53 ROCKIN B BBQ COMPANY 127.9200
54 Poppa Bud's BBQ 127.4060

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 Chicken

25 entries · top 169.7256 · median 153.0856

#TeamScore
1 .SCPD Reserves 169.7256
2 SWEET TINK BBQ 166.2628
3 .Smokin J's 163.4400
4 .SHOWOFF BBQ 162.8112
5 Rob's Smokin' Rub BBQ Crew 162.7884
6 .Sun, Smoke & Suds 158.8456
7 WHERE THERE'S SMOKE 156.5600
8 .Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ 156.5256
9 .Burning Down the House 154.8000
10 Smokin' Ray 153.7372
11 .Grillin Gils BBQ 153.1312
12 .Ready, Set, Smoke 153.1200
13 HELLO BBQ 153.0856
14 .Cutting Edge BBQ 152.5028
15 .Nearly Famous BBQ 150.2284
16 .KJ's Big Boy BBQ 145.6456
17 .JT and the Smoking Chestnuts 144.5828
18 .Herb's BBQ 144
19 .Beer & Bones BBQ 143.3712
20 .Allen BBQ 141.7256
21 .Code 3 Grilling 141.7028
22 .Los Barrachos 140.5600
23 Bottom of the Barrel 138.3200
24 .DOUBLE Bees BBQ 133.1316
25 .Parks On Fire 125.1084

Master Series — Backyard Overall

25 entries · top 336.0800 · median 307.4284

#TeamScore
1 .Smokin J's 336.0800
2 SWEET TINK BBQ 331.4400
3 Rob's Smokin' Rub BBQ Crew 322.2396
4 .Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ 321.7028
5 .SHOWOFF BBQ 321.0740
6 .SCPD Reserves 319.4284
7 WHERE THERE'S SMOKE 317.7144
8 .Burning Down the House 314.8460
9 .Cutting Edge BBQ 311.9312
10 .Herb's BBQ 310.2744
11 HELLO BBQ 309.0628
12 .Ready, Set, Smoke 307.9772
13 .JT and the Smoking Chestnuts 307.4284
14 .Grillin Gils BBQ 305.1540
15 .Sun, Smoke & Suds 303.3828
16 .Code 3 Grilling 302.8456
17 .Beer & Bones BBQ 300.4340
18 Smokin' Ray 298.2744
19 .Allen BBQ 298.2740
20 .KJ's Big Boy BBQ 298.1712
21 .Nearly Famous BBQ 286.7428
22 .Los Barrachos 285.7144
23 Bottom of the Barrel 277.7716
24 .DOUBLE Bees BBQ 277.6460
25 .Parks On Fire 273.7028

Master Series — Backyard Tri-Tip

25 entries · top 172.6400 · median 156.5484

#TeamScore
1 .Smokin J's 172.6400
2 .Herb's BBQ 166.2744
3 SWEET TINK BBQ 165.1772
4 .Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ 165.1772
5 .JT and the Smoking Chestnuts 162.8456
6 WHERE THERE'S SMOKE 161.1544
7 .Code 3 Grilling 161.1428
8 .Burning Down the House 160.0460
9 Rob's Smokin' Rub BBQ Crew 159.4512
10 .Cutting Edge BBQ 159.4284
11 .SHOWOFF BBQ 158.2628
12 .Beer & Bones BBQ 157.0628
13 .Allen BBQ 156.5484
14 HELLO BBQ 155.9772
15 .Ready, Set, Smoke 154.8572
16 .KJ's Big Boy BBQ 152.5256
17 .Grillin Gils BBQ 152.0228
18 .SCPD Reserves 149.7028
19 .Parks On Fire 148.5944
20 .Los Barrachos 145.1544
21 Smokin' Ray 144.5372
22 .Sun, Smoke & Suds 144.5372
23 .DOUBLE Bees BBQ 144.5144
24 Bottom of the Barrel 139.4516
25 .Nearly Famous BBQ 136.5144

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