Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
4:20 Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 7th
The Great Adirondack BBQ Festival
Jul 29–30, 2016 · Old Forge, NY · 📍 100 North St
4:20 Q won Grand Champion at The Great Adirondack BBQ Festival on July 29, 2016 in Old Forge, NY at 100 North St, scoring 685.1084 in a field of 24 teams. Priorville took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.2972. Category winners: Chicken — CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — GOOD SMOKE BBQ (174.8916); Pork — THE SNORTIN' BOAR (173.7600); Brisket — 270 SMOKERS (174.8456).
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.
143.38
median 637.83
685.11 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176
- Pork Ribs 174.89
- Pork 173.76
- Brisket 174.85
128.53
176
Entries
24
4 judged meats
Top score
685.1084
Winning margin
2.8112
GC over RC
Field average
613.75
143.38685.11
median 637.83 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
659.3256
143.38685.11
10th place overall
Field spread
541.7256
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 82%
beats 18% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,574
avg power rating going in · stronger than 59% of contests
Storylines (2 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 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 7–8: PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE and DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM edged THE SNORTIN' BOAR by 0.0116.
- Pork 7–8 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0116
- Chicken 8–9 · 0.0116
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 172.5600 | 165.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 168.5600 | 159.9772 |
| Pork | 173.7600 | 167.3828 | 162.8112 |
| Brisket | 174.8456 | 169.7028 | 165.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
24 entries · top 685.1084 · median 637.8340
Chicken
23 entries · top 176 · median 162.3200
Pork Ribs
24 entries · top 174.8916 · median 157.9714
Pork
23 entries · top 173.7600 · median 162.2856
Brisket
23 entries · top 174.8456 · median 161.7260