A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BIG SHOT BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES )
Aug 5–6, 2016 · Clayton, CA · 📍 Main Street
Grand Champion: BIG SHOT BBQ (334.8000) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHUCK'SWAGON BBQ
Full results from the 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ), a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on August 5, 2016 in Clayton, CA at Main Street. CHUCK'SWAGON BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — BIG SHOT BBQ (170.8228); Pork Ribs — BIG SHOT BBQ (163.9772).
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.
133.14
median 154.88
170.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 170.82
- Pork Ribs 163.98
119.95
170.82
Entries
17
2 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
170.8228
Winning margin
1.0628
1st over 2nd in Chicken
Field average
153.18
133.14170.82
Chicken · median 154.88 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
8.4912 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
153.7028
133.14170.82
10th place in Chicken
Field spread
37.6800
winner to last place
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
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.
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 170.8228 | 162.3316 | 153.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 163.9772 | 153.7028 | 141.6912 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Chicken
17 entries · top 170.8228 · median 154.8800
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 163.9772 · median 146.2686
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
27 entries · top 169.7028 · median 147.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stokes Rollin' Smoke | |
| 2 | Sticky Business BBQ | |
| 3 | 3 B's BBQ | |
| 4 | Hot Link & Chorizo | |
| 5 | SWEET TINK BBQ | |
| 6 | Bad Dad's BBQ | |
| 7 | Give the Dawg a Bone | |
| 8 | The Cooking Dead BBQ | |
| 9 | HELLO BBQ | |
| 10 | Spitz Bros BBQ | |
| 11 | Grill Dad's | |
| 12 | Houston Hotness | |
| 13 | Bob's Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | HomeBrew BBQ | |
| 15 | Pig Sooie BBQ | |
| 16 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 17 | Reisch's Righteous BBQ | |
| 18 | KLKM The Rib Station | |
| 19 | Bucket Boy BBQ | |
| 20 | UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ | |
| 21 | Small Thyme | |
| 22 | Schneidmen BBQ | |
| 23 | BACK YARD BREW & Q | |
| 24 | C & C Barbecue | |
| 25 | Shorteez | |
| 26 | BBQ BOYS | |
| 27 | BBQ & Meat King |
Master Series — Backyard Overall
29 entries · top 326.3888 · median 290.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Dad's BBQ | |
| 2 | Stokes Rollin' Smoke | |
| 3 | HELLO BBQ | |
| 4 | The Cooking Dead BBQ | |
| 5 | Hot Link & Chorizo | |
| 6 | 3 B's BBQ | |
| 7 | Give the Dawg a Bone | |
| 8 | Bob's Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | Houston Hotness | |
| 10 | SWEET TINK BBQ | |
| 11 | Grill Dad's | |
| 12 | Sticky Business BBQ | |
| 13 | HomeBrew BBQ | |
| 14 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 15 | BACK YARD BREW & Q | |
| 16 | Pig Sooie BBQ | |
| 17 | Reisch's Righteous BBQ | |
| 18 | UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ | |
| 19 | Spitz Bros BBQ | |
| 20 | KLKM The Rib Station | |
| 21 | Schneidmen BBQ | |
| 22 | Small Thyme | |
| 23 | Bucket Boy BBQ | |
| 24 | BBQ & Meat King | |
| 25 | C & C Barbecue | |
| 26 | Shorteez | |
| 27 | BBQ BOYS | |
| 28 | I-55 BBQ | |
| 29 | HOLY SMOKE |
Master Series — Backyard Ribs
29 entries · top 169.1888 · median 149.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELLO BBQ | |
| 2 | The Cooking Dead BBQ | |
| 3 | BACK YARD BREW & Q | |
| 4 | Bad Dad's BBQ | |
| 5 | Hot Link & Chorizo | |
| 6 | Stokes Rollin' Smoke | |
| 7 | Bob's Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ & Meat King | |
| 9 | Houston Hotness | |
| 10 | Give the Dawg a Bone | |
| 11 | HomeBrew BBQ | |
| 12 | I-55 BBQ | |
| 13 | 3 B's BBQ | |
| 14 | Grill Dad's | |
| 15 | UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ | |
| 16 | Bull Market BBQ | |
| 17 | Reisch's Righteous BBQ | |
| 18 | Pig Sooie BBQ | |
| 19 | SWEET TINK BBQ | |
| 20 | KLKM The Rib Station | |
| 21 | C & C Barbecue | |
| 22 | Shorteez | |
| 23 | Sticky Business BBQ | |
| 24 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 25 | BBQ BOYS | |
| 26 | Schneidmen BBQ | |
| 27 | Spitz Bros BBQ | |
| 28 | Small Thyme | |
| 29 | Bucket Boy BBQ |