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Smoking in the Woods 2016

Jul 22–23, 2016 · Kingdom City, MO · 📍 3643 Country RD 221

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ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ
691.9316 · Master Series — Overall
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POLITICAL PORK
685.0972 · Master Series — Overall
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Three Brothers Different Mothers
683.3600 · Master Series — Overall

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoking in the Woods on July 22, 2016 in Kingdom City, MO at 3643 Country RD 221, scoring 691.9316 in a field of 18 teams. POLITICAL PORK took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.0972. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY HILLS (177.1772); Pork Ribs — ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (177.1544); Pork — ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — IN DEEP SAUCE (177.1428).

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 177.18
  • Pork Ribs 177.15
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 177.14
141.66 180

Entries

18
4 judged meats

Top score

691.9316

Winning margin

6.8344
GC over RC

Field average

660.66
606.73691.93
median 666.47 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
6.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.1944
606.73691.93
10th place overall

Field spread

85.2004
winner to last place

Most consistent

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.1772 pts — ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 65%
beats 35% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BRICKHEAD BBQ
rated 1776 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.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 10th

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.

  • ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jul 22, 2016 ← this one Kingdom City, MO 3643 Country RD 221 18 691.9316 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ POLITICAL PORK
Jul 21, 2017 Kingdom City, MO — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1772169.6800167.9656
Pork Ribs177.1544169.6800165.0972
Pork180170.8344165.6800
Brisket177.1428170.8456165.0972

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 691.9316 · median 666.4744

#TeamScore
1 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 691.9316
2 POLITICAL PORK 685.0972
3 Three Brothers Different Mothers 683.3600
4 HICKORY HILLS 677.6916
5 BIG AND BIGGER BBQ 676.4684
6 IN DEEP SAUCE 675.9088
7 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 673.5772
8 BRICKHEAD BBQ 673.0284
9 SHOOTIN SMOKE 666.7544
10 FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE 666.1944
11 Tall Boys and a lil' Smoke 665.0520
12 CALLAWAY CREAMATORS 656.4684
13 H QUE 655.3372
14 Smokin in the Ozarks 645.5772
15 H2 BAR B QUE 642.1140
16 RT'S RIBS 'N BIBS 632.0688
17 Junk Yard Hog 618.5484
18 SMOKIN' IT 606.7312

Chicken

18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 168.2456

#TeamScore
1 HICKORY HILLS 177.1772
2 FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE 175.4056
3 BRICKHEAD BBQ 171.9884
4 Tall Boys and a lil' Smoke 169.6916
5 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 169.6800
6 SHOOTIN SMOKE 169.6800
7 H QUE 169.1200
8 CALLAWAY CREAMATORS 168.5600
9 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 168.5256
10 H2 BAR B QUE 167.9656
11 BIG AND BIGGER BBQ 167.9656
12 POLITICAL PORK 167.4172
13 IN DEEP SAUCE 165.1200
14 Smokin in the Ozarks 163.9772
15 Three Brothers Different Mothers 162.8344
16 RT'S RIBS 'N BIBS 157.7716
17 SMOKIN' IT 143.3828
18 Junk Yard Hog 143.1312

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.5430

#TeamScore
1 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 177.1544
2 BIG AND BIGGER BBQ 171.9772
3 SHOOTIN SMOKE 170.8344
4 Three Brothers Different Mothers 170.2628
5 POLITICAL PORK 169.6800
6 BRICKHEAD BBQ 169.6684
7 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 169.1316
8 IN DEEP SAUCE 168.5488
9 Tall Boys and a lil' Smoke 167.9888
10 FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE 165.0972
11 HICKORY HILLS 164.5372
12 H2 BAR B QUE 162.2400
13 RT'S RIBS 'N BIBS 161.7372
14 H QUE 161.6800
15 Junk Yard Hog 155.9772
16 SMOKIN' IT 154.2284
17 CALLAWAY CREAMATORS 151.3828
18 Smokin in the Ozarks 149.6572

Pork

18 entries · top 180 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 180 🔥
2 Three Brothers Different Mothers 177.1428
3 HICKORY HILLS 172
4 POLITICAL PORK 171.4172
5 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 170.8344
6 H QUE 168.5372
7 CALLAWAY CREAMATORS 167.9656
8 SMOKIN' IT 167.4628
9 BIG AND BIGGER BBQ 167.4056
10 Tall Boys and a lil' Smoke 165.6800
11 IN DEEP SAUCE 165.0972
12 Smokin in the Ozarks 165.0856
13 FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE 164.5256
14 BRICKHEAD BBQ 159.3944
15 RT'S RIBS 'N BIBS 158.8800
16 H2 BAR B QUE 158.2512
17 SHOOTIN SMOKE 155.3944
18 Junk Yard Hog 154.2628

Brisket

18 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1372

#TeamScore
1 IN DEEP SAUCE 177.1428
2 POLITICAL PORK 176.5828
3 Three Brothers Different Mothers 173.1200
4 BRICKHEAD BBQ 171.9772
5 SHOOTIN SMOKE 170.8456
6 BIG AND BIGGER BBQ 169.1200
7 CALLAWAY CREAMATORS 168.5600
8 Smokin in the Ozarks 166.8572
9 Junk Yard Hog 165.1772
10 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 165.0972
11 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 165.0856
12 HICKORY HILLS 163.9772
13 Tall Boys and a lil' Smoke 161.6916
14 FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE 161.1660
15 H QUE 156
16 RT'S RIBS 'N BIBS 153.6800
17 H2 BAR B QUE 153.6572
18 SMOKIN' IT 141.6572

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