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Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash

Aug 12–13, 2016 · Winston, MO · 📍 13141 State Hwy 6

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706.8460 · Master Series — Overall
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700.6060 · Master Series — Overall
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699.4288 · Master Series — Overall

THE SMOKING HILLS won Grand Champion at the Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash on August 12, 2016 in Winston, MO at 13141 State Hwy 6, scoring 706.8460 in a field of 17 teams. SUBLIME BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.6060. Category winners: Chicken — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (177.7144); Pork Ribs — THE SMOKING HILLS (177.7144); Pork — THE SMOKING HILLS (178.8572); Brisket — SUBLIME BBQ (176.0572).

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 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 176.06
138.25 178.86

Entries

17
4 judged meats

Top score

706.8460

Winning margin

6.2400
GC over RC

Field average

663.81
586.17706.85
median 669.67 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.3200 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.2860
586.17706.85
10th place overall

Field spread

120.6744
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 1.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB

How hot was the win?

Top 9%
beats 91% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,609
avg power rating going in · stronger than 82% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1882 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 Ribs places 3–4: DIG-IN COOKERS and SUBLIME BBQ tied on 175.4288 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SHIG NINJA BBQ and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: THE SMOKING HILLS and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 5–6 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

THE SMOKING HILLS 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

THE SMOKING HILLS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 3rd.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 3rd

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
Chicken177.7144173.7028167.4284
Pork Ribs177.7144173.7372169.1544
Pork178.8572175.4172167.9772
Brisket176.0572173.7372168

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

17 entries · top 706.8460 · median 669.6688

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKING HILLS 706.8460
2 SUBLIME BBQ 700.6060
3 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 699.4288
4 DIG-IN COOKERS 693.1432
5 SHIG NINJA BBQ 691.3944
6 THESLABS.COM 688.5716
7 Three Brothers Different Mothers 688.5488
8 DIRT ROAD BBQ 685.6684
9 BUCKSHOTBBQ 669.6688
10 PRAIRIE FIRE SMOKERS 666.2860
11 TURN 2 'PIT CREW 661.0740
12 SMOKIN BAD HABIT 655.8744
13 Smokin'101 646.7884
14 ROUND BOYS BBQ 633.6112
15 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 615.8056
16 TRAILER HOGS 595.1996
17 SMOKE, WINE & FUN 586.1716

Chicken

17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6684

#TeamScore
1 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 177.7144
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 175.4172
3 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.8916
4 SHIG NINJA BBQ 174.8572
5 SUBLIME BBQ 173.7028
6 THESLABS.COM 170.8344
7 PRAIRIE FIRE SMOKERS 170.3088
8 BUCKSHOTBBQ 169.6800
9 DIRT ROAD BBQ 169.6684
10 ROUND BOYS BBQ 167.4284
11 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 166.8228
12 DIG-IN COOKERS 166.2400
13 TURN 2 'PIT CREW 164.5256
14 Smokin'101 161.1428
15 SMOKIN BAD HABIT 160.5144
16 SMOKE, WINE & FUN 146.8344
17 TRAILER HOGS 138.2512

Pork Ribs

17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.7028

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKING HILLS 177.7144
2 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 176
3 DIG-IN COOKERS 175.4288
4 SUBLIME BBQ 175.4288
5 SMOKIN BAD HABIT 173.7372
6 Three Brothers Different Mothers 172
7 BUCKSHOTBBQ 170.2744
8 SHIG NINJA BBQ 169.7028
9 DIRT ROAD BBQ 169.7028
10 THESLABS.COM 169.1544
11 Smokin'101 165.1428
12 TURN 2 'PIT CREW 156.5256
13 PRAIRIE FIRE SMOKERS 154.8572
14 TRAILER HOGS 153.1200
15 ROUND BOYS BBQ 148.5488
16 SMOKE, WINE & FUN 140.5372
17 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 140.4572

Pork

17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKING HILLS 178.8572
2 DIG-IN COOKERS 177.7372
3 DIRT ROAD BBQ 177.1544
4 SHIG NINJA BBQ 176
5 SUBLIME BBQ 175.4172
6 THESLABS.COM 173.1772
7 TURN 2 'PIT CREW 172.0228
8 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 170.8572
9 Three Brothers Different Mothers 168.5372
10 BUCKSHOTBBQ 167.9772
11 SMOKIN BAD HABIT 167.4056
12 PRAIRIE FIRE SMOKERS 167.3828
13 Smokin'101 162.8228
14 ROUND BOYS BBQ 159.9656
15 TRAILER HOGS 159.3484
16 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 158.2628
17 SMOKE, WINE & FUN 150.2400

Brisket

17 entries · top 176.0572 · median 169.1428

#TeamScore
1 SUBLIME BBQ 176.0572
2 THESLABS.COM 175.4056
3 THE SMOKING HILLS 174.8572
4 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 174.8572
5 DIG-IN COOKERS 173.7372
6 PRAIRIE FIRE SMOKERS 173.7372
7 Three Brothers Different Mothers 173.1200
8 SHIG NINJA BBQ 170.8344
9 DIRT ROAD BBQ 169.1428
10 TURN 2 'PIT CREW 168
11 BUCKSHOTBBQ 161.7372
12 Smokin'101 157.6800
13 ROUND BOYS BBQ 157.6684
14 SMOKIN BAD HABIT 154.2172
15 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 150.2628
16 SMOKE, WINE & FUN 148.5600
17 TRAILER HOGS 144.4800

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