Chillin & Grillin In The Glades

2016-07-08 – 2016-07-09 · Wise, VA · 📍 Main Street

Grand Champion: BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM (682.8112) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

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BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

682.8112 · Master Series — Overall

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CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

678.7772 · Master Series — Overall

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HICKORY PRIME

671.9316 · 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.

594.30 median 663.94 682.81 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 169.70
Pork 173.12
Brisket 172.58

141.17 177.14

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

682.8112

Winning margin

4.0340

GC over RC

Field average

650.95

594.30682.81

median 663.94 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

0.5828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.6684

594.30682.81

10th place overall

Field spread

88.5140

winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.7028 pts — BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

How hot was the win?

Top 85%

beats 15% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

56%

10 of 18 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1619

avg power rating going in · stronger than 88% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Under the Radar

rated 1804 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM came in rated below the field's top team, Under the Radar, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1604
top seed 1804

A first Grand Championship

23 tracked contests to get there

This was BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 23rd tracked contest.

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 11 tracked editions

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.

2017
2019

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: SMOKIN NC and HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ and HICKORY PRIME tied on 169.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: MARKS FAMILY BBQ and UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie
Brisket 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 13th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 2nd
Brisket 13th

A contest record in brisket

172.5828 best brisket ever cooked here

Q FACTOR turned in 172.5828 in brisket — past the 170.8344 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 170.8344
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
2015-07-10	Wise, VA	Wise, VA 24293	18	684.4800	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2016-07-08 ← this one	Wise, VA	Main Street	26	682.8112	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
2017-07-14	Wise, VA	206 E Main St	26	677.6688	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2018-07-20	Wise, VA	206 E Main St	29	692.4796	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
2019-07-19	Wise, VA	Wise, VA 24293	27	695.9772	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ
2021-07-16	Wise, VA	309 E Main St	25	696.5488	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ
2022-07-15	Wise, VA	P.O. Box 3494	31	704.5488	UNCLE PIG'S BARBECUE PIT	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2023-07-14	Wise, VA	110 E. Main Street	36	698.2056	MUDVILLE BBQ	Optimus Swine
2024-07-19	Wise, VA	110 E. Main Street	31	712.5600	Swig-N-Pig	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2025-07-18	Wise, VA	303 E. Main Street	34	699.3716	Dog Bite Barbecue	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
2026-07-17	Wise, VA	303 E. Main Street	35	698.2284	Twisted Pair BBQ	Maya Jane BBQ
2027-07-16	Wise, VA	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	170.2744	166.8228
Pork Ribs	169.7028	169.1200	166.2628
Pork	173.1200	169.6800	166.8228
Brisket	172.5828	171.9656	166.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 682.8112 · median 663.9428

#	Team	Score
1	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	682.8112
2	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	678.7772
3	HICKORY PRIME	671.9316
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	671.8628
5	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	670.2056
6	J & B'S BBQ	669.6112
7	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	668.4916
8	UNDER THE RADAR	667.9084
9	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	666.7428
10	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	665.6684
11	DRILLING & GRILLING	664.9944
12	Q FACTOR	664.5368
13	SMOKE ON THIS	664.4912
14	SMOKIN NC	663.3944
15	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	658.7084
16	APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	654.1368
17	CONTAGIOUS Q	650.7200
18	FLAVOR SAVOR	648.4456
19	EAST TENNESSE Q CREW	647.3028
20	MARKS FAMILY BBQ	628.3432
21	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	623.8172
22	BARE BONES BBQ-TN	621.5772
23	Loco Gringos	615.8280
24	Getting' Piggy With It	607.2684
25	SMOKERS WILD	602.7660
26	151 BBQ	594.2972

Chicken

26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9656

#	Team	Score
1	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	177.1428
2	SMOKE ON THIS	175.4400
3	Q FACTOR	173.1428
4	EAST TENNESSE Q CREW	170.8456
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	170.2744
6	SMOKIN NC	169.7028
7	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	169.7028
8	J & B'S BBQ	169.6912
9	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	167.4284
10	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	166.8228
11	Getting' Piggy With It	166.2856
12	APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	166.2628
13	HICKORY PRIME	166.2400
14	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	165.6912
15	CONTAGIOUS Q	165.1200
16	FLAVOR SAVOR	165.1200
17	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	164.5372
18	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	163.3944
19	UNDER THE RADAR	162.8000
20	DRILLING & GRILLING	159.3716
21	BARE BONES BBQ-TN	158.8344
22	Loco Gringos	158.8112
23	MARKS FAMILY BBQ	157.0744
24	SMOKERS WILD	156.5600
25	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	149.6456
26	151 BBQ	141.1660

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 169.7028 · median 163.9772

#	Team	Score
1	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	169.7028
2	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	169.1544
3	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	169.1316
4	HICKORY PRIME	169.1316
5	UNDER THE RADAR	169.1200
6	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	167.9888
7	APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	167.9884
8	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	167.9772
9	SMOKE ON THIS	167.3828
10	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	166.2628
11	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	165.0972
12	J & B'S BBQ	164.5256
13	Q FACTOR	163.9772
14	CONTAGIOUS Q	163.9772
15	DRILLING & GRILLING	163.9656
16	SMOKIN NC	162.8916
17	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	161.6916
18	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	159.9772
19	BARE BONES BBQ-TN	158.8456
20	FLAVOR SAVOR	158.2628
21	EAST TENNESSE Q CREW	155.3828
22	Loco Gringos	148.5600
23	SMOKERS WILD	147.3944
24	Getting' Piggy With It	145.0400
25	151 BBQ	144.5944
26	MARKS FAMILY BBQ	144.4916

Pork

26 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.4114

#	Team	Score
1	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	173.1200
2	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	171.9656
3	SMOKIN NC	171.4400
4	HICKORY PRIME	169.7028
5	DRILLING & GRILLING	169.6800
6	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	169.1428
7	FLAVOR SAVOR	167.4172
8	MARKS FAMILY BBQ	167.3828
9	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	167.3828
10	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	166.8228
11	J & B'S BBQ	165.0972
12	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	165.0972
13	UNDER THE RADAR	163.4400
14	APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	163.3828
15	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	162.8116
16	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	161.6684
17	CONTAGIOUS Q	159.9656
18	EAST TENNESSE Q CREW	159.3944
19	SMOKE ON THIS	157.6684
20	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	155.9428
21	Loco Gringos	155.3712
22	Q FACTOR	154.8340
23	151 BBQ	153.6684
24	Getting' Piggy With It	152.5600
25	BARE BONES BBQ-TN	149.6800
26	SMOKERS WILD	149.0972

Brisket

26 entries · top 172.5828 · median 164.0000

#	Team	Score
1	Q FACTOR	172.5828
2	UNDER THE RADAR	172.5484
3	FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN	172.5484
4	DRILLING & GRILLING	171.9772
5	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	171.9656
6	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	170.8344
7	J & B'S BBQ	170.2972
8	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	169.7256
9	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	169.6684
10	HICKORY PRIME	166.8572
11	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	166.2400
12	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	165.1428
13	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	164.0000
14	SMOKE ON THIS	164.0000
15	EAST TENNESSE Q CREW	161.6800
16	CONTAGIOUS Q	161.6572
17	MARKS FAMILY BBQ	159.3944
18	SMOKIN NC	159.3600
19	FLAVOR SAVOR	157.6456
20	APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	156.5028
21	151 BBQ	154.8684
22	BARE BONES BBQ-TN	154.2172
23	Loco Gringos	153.0856
24	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	151.3828
25	SMOKERS WILD	149.7144
26	Getting' Piggy With It	143.3828

Chillin & Grillin In The Glades

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 (7 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

A first Grand Championship

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

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