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Maryland State BBQ Bash 2016

Aug 12–13, 2016 · Bel Air, MD

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
683.9540 · Master Series — Overall
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HAWG NATION BBQ
681.0740 · Master Series — Overall
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CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
679.8740 · Master Series — Overall

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won Grand Champion at the Maryland State BBQ Bash on August 12, 2016 in Bel Air, MD, scoring 683.9540 in a field of 42 teams. HAWG NATION BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.0740. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION (178.8572); Pork Ribs — DRILLING & GRILLING (173.7372); Pork — SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE (176.5600); Brisket — SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE (175.4056). This is the 1st of 7 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2017.

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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 173.74
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 175.41
20 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2023 — this edition picked out.

2016-08-12 — 683.9540 (SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE) 2017-08-11 — 686.2056 (UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT) 2018-08-10 — 687.4056 (APORKALYPSE NOW) 2019-08-09 — 690.2284 (Nice Racks) 2021-10-15 — 701.1200 (3N1 Q) 2022-10-14 — 693.6684 (TNT Explosive BBQ) 2023-10-13 — 699.9660 (Cool Smoke) 683.95 2016 2023

Entries

42
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

683.9540

Winning margin

2.8800
GC over RC

Field average

648.77
475.27683.95
median 659.63 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.1712
475.27683.95
10th place overall

Field spread

208.6852
winner to last place

Most consistent

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
avg finish 10.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4516 pts — SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

How hot was the win?

Top 84%
beats 16% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,571
avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests

Top-rated in the field

3 EYZ BBQ
rated 1870 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.

An upset on the books

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1589
  • top seed 1870

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: TEAM MEAT COMA and HAWG NATION BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ and SMOKIN' TEX BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMOKIN' TEX BBQ and SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 31st.

  • Chicken 31st
  • Pork Ribs 8th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

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
Aug 12, 2016 ← this one Bel Air, MD Bel Air, MD 42 683.9540 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE HAWG NATION BBQ
Aug 11, 2017 Bel Air, MD 2S Bond Street 47 686.2056 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Aug 10, 2018 Bel Air, MD 2S Bond Street 38 687.4056 APORKALYPSE NOW CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
Aug 9, 2019 Belair, MD 2S Bond St 30 690.2284 Nice Racks APORKALYPSE NOW
Oct 15, 2021 Belair, MD 2 S Bond St 25 701.1200 3N1 Q DRILLING & GRILLING
Oct 14, 2022 Belair, MD 2 S Bond St 30 693.6684 TNT Explosive BBQ NOT SO FAMOUS DAVE'S BBQ
Oct 13, 2023 Bel Air, MD 2 S Bond St 23 699.9660 Cool Smoke SWEET BELLY'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.5600173.1084
Pork Ribs173.7372171.4172170.8228
Pork176.5600171.4056169.1772
Brisket175.4056170.2628167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

42 entries · top 683.9540 · median 659.6342

#TeamScore
1 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 683.9540
2 HAWG NATION BBQ 681.0740
3 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 679.8740
4 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 679.2796
5 50 SHADES OF PORK 677.6800
6 SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION 677.5884
7 DRILLING & GRILLING 675.9312
8 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 675.8740
9 SMOKIN FOOLZ 675.3712
10 LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 674.1712
11 BONE TO BARK BBQ 670.1828
12 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 669.1312
13 TEAM MEAT COMA 668.3996
14 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 666.1600
15 LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER 666.1596
16 QUEGASM 665.6684
17 FLYING PORKERS 664.4000
18 3 EYZ BBQ 662.1600
19 DIZZY PIG 661.6456
20 JACKED UP BBQ 660.4912
21 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 659.9200
22 SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 659.3484
23 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 658.1140
24 ASTRO PIGS BBQ 656.9712
25 WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? 654.7544
26 J-BONE'S BARBECUE 654.7312
27 Country Boy's Barbecue 649.1660
28 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 648.3884
29 PORKS & REC 647.8628
30 FAT DADDY JOE'S BBQ 641.5652
31 QUE TALKIN' TO ME 639.2564
32 WICKED BUZZ BBQ 637.6228
33 Main Street BBQ 625.7604
34 CHARM CITY COOKERS 622.1368
35 BIG BULLY BBQ 619.7712
36 Fat Pig 619.4168
37 THE GREAT HAMBINO 618.7316
38 G. Henn BBQ 617.5316
39 SAUCED BY NOON 616.3996
40 Dyvine BBQ in Motion 603.8860
41 Justice is Brined 586.7432
42 Moshpit BBQ 475.2688

Chicken

42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9714

#TeamScore
1 SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION 178.8572
2 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 177.7144
3 BONE TO BARK BBQ 177.7028
4 TEAM MEAT COMA 176.5600
5 HAWG NATION BBQ 176.5600
6 QUEGASM 175.4400
7 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 174.8572
8 PORKS & REC 173.7372
9 3 EYZ BBQ 173.1200
10 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 173.1084
11 50 SHADES OF PORK 172
12 DRILLING & GRILLING 171.9656
13 LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 171.4056
14 LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER 170.8228
15 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.6684
16 G. Henn BBQ 169.1428
17 JACKED UP BBQ 169.1084
18 FAT DADDY JOE'S BBQ 169.1084
19 J-BONE'S BARBECUE 168.5372
20 SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 166.2628
21 CHARM CITY COOKERS 166.2400
22 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 165.7028
23 DIZZY PIG 165.6800
24 Dyvine BBQ in Motion 165.1660
25 THE GREAT HAMBINO 165.1084
26 SMOKIN FOOLZ 164.5828
27 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 164.5484
28 WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? 162.8456
29 Main Street BBQ 162.8228
30 Fat Pig 161.7028
31 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 161.1084
32 ASTRO PIGS BBQ 161.0856
33 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 160.5256
34 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 159.3484
35 WICKED BUZZ BBQ 158.2516
36 FLYING PORKERS 157.6456
37 Country Boy's Barbecue 156.5600
38 Moshpit BBQ 153.6456
39 QUE TALKIN' TO ME 153.1200
40 SAUCED BY NOON 153.1196
41 BIG BULLY BBQ 151.9772
42 Justice is Brined 145.6228

Pork Ribs

42 entries · top 173.7372 · median 165.4400

#TeamScore
1 DRILLING & GRILLING 173.7372
2 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 173.7028
3 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 173.1428
4 SMOKIN FOOLZ 173.1200
5 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 171.4172
6 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 171.4172
7 SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 171.4172
8 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 170.8800
9 ASTRO PIGS BBQ 170.8228
10 LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 170.8228
11 J-BONE'S BARBECUE 170.2972
12 50 SHADES OF PORK 170.2628
13 HAWG NATION BBQ 169.7372
14 FLYING PORKERS 169.6916
15 LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER 169.1428
16 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 168.5484
17 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 167.3712
18 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 166.8228
19 SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION 166.8228
20 PORKS & REC 166.2400
21 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 165.7372
22 WICKED BUZZ BBQ 165.1428
23 3 EYZ BBQ 165.1200
24 TEAM MEAT COMA 164.5140
25 QUE TALKIN' TO ME 163.9884
26 G. Henn BBQ 162.8576
27 Country Boy's Barbecue 162.8344
28 BONE TO BARK BBQ 162.8116
29 WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? 162.2516
30 FAT DADDY JOE'S BBQ 162.2512
31 BIG BULLY BBQ 160.5256
32 THE GREAT HAMBINO 160
33 DIZZY PIG 159.4628
34 QUEGASM 158.2400
35 Fat Pig 157.7256
36 SAUCED BY NOON 157.6800
37 JACKED UP BBQ 156.5028
38 CHARM CITY COOKERS 150.7768
39 Dyvine BBQ in Motion 148.5716
40 Main Street BBQ 146.2860
41 Justice is Brined 145.1660
42 Moshpit BBQ 20

Pork

42 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5314

#TeamScore
1 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 176.5600
2 FLYING PORKERS 173.1084
3 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 171.9884
4 JACKED UP BBQ 171.4628
5 DIZZY PIG 171.4056
6 3 EYZ BBQ 170.8572
7 50 SHADES OF PORK 170.8572
8 SMOKIN FOOLZ 170.2628
9 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.6800
10 Country Boy's Barbecue 169.1772
11 DRILLING & GRILLING 167.9656
12 QUE TALKIN' TO ME 167.9540
13 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 167.3944
14 SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 166.8456
15 SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION 166.8112
16 ASTRO PIGS BBQ 166.2628
17 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 166.2284
18 LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER 165.6800
19 HAWG NATION BBQ 165.1084
20 TEAM MEAT COMA 164.5372
21 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 164.5372
22 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 164.5256
23 WICKED BUZZ BBQ 163.9656
24 Main Street BBQ 162.9372
25 Moshpit BBQ 162.2744
26 FAT DADDY JOE'S BBQ 162.2512
27 CHARM CITY COOKERS 161.1656
28 LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 161.0856
29 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 160.5028
30 J-BONE'S BARBECUE 160.5028
31 WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? 159.3944
32 BONE TO BARK BBQ 158.2628
33 QUEGASM 157.6684
34 BIG BULLY BBQ 157.0512
35 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 156.5028
36 PORKS & REC 153.1084
37 SAUCED BY NOON 150.8000
38 THE GREAT HAMBINO 147.3944
39 Justice is Brined 146.2628
40 Dyvine BBQ in Motion 143.9428
41 Fat Pig 141.1200
42 G. Henn BBQ 141.0284

Brisket

42 entries · top 175.4056 · median 159.4058

#TeamScore
1 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 175.4056
2 QUEGASM 174.3200
3 BONE TO BARK BBQ 171.4056
4 LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 170.8572
5 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 170.2628
6 WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? 170.2628
7 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 169.6684
8 HAWG NATION BBQ 169.6684
9 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 169.1200
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 167.9772
11 SMOKIN FOOLZ 167.4056
12 SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION 165.0972
13 DIZZY PIG 165.0972
14 50 SHADES OF PORK 164.5600
15 FLYING PORKERS 163.9544
16 JACKED UP BBQ 163.4172
17 TEAM MEAT COMA 162.7884
18 DRILLING & GRILLING 162.2628
19 Country Boy's Barbecue 160.5944
20 LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER 160.5140
21 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 159.4172
22 BROWN LIQUOR BBQ 159.3944
23 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD 159.3600
24 Fat Pig 158.8684
25 ASTRO PIGS BBQ 158.8000
26 MAY THE SMOKE BE WITH YOU 156.5484
27 J-BONE'S BARBECUE 155.3940
28 SMOKIN TURTLE LOW N SLOW BAR-BE-QUE 154.8228
29 SAUCED BY NOON 154.8000
30 PORKS & REC 154.7772
31 QUE TALKIN' TO ME 154.1940
32 Main Street BBQ 153.7144
33 3 EYZ BBQ 153.0628
34 WICKED BUZZ BBQ 150.2628
35 BIG BULLY BBQ 150.2172
36 Justice is Brined 149.6916
37 FAT DADDY JOE'S BBQ 147.9544
38 THE GREAT HAMBINO 146.2288
39 Dyvine BBQ in Motion 146.2056
40 G. Henn BBQ 144.5028
41 CHARM CITY COOKERS 143.9544
42 Moshpit BBQ 139.3488

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 — Tailgate - Ribs

45 entries · top 174.8572 · median 151.9544

#TeamScore
1 SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ 174.8572
2 Smokin' Deusens 167.4744
3 LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ 165.1084
4 Charm City BBQ 162.8572
5 HL2Q 162.3428
6 TBD 162.3316
7 HARCO LOCO BBQ 162.2856
8 Nub-B-Q 161.7488
9 Dirty Boy BBQ 161.7144
10 Big G Pit Beef 161.1428
11 GreenRidge BBQ 161.1204
12 Four Roses Barbeque 158.8228
13 Hold My Beer & Watch This 158.2516
14 BPK BBQ 156.0116
15 BAND OF BROTHERS 154.8800
16 Hoggie Style 154.8456
17 Smoking Guns 154.8344
18 Reber BBQ 154.8228
19 Backyard Smoken 154.3084
20 Woodbourne BBQ 154.2744
21 RIGHT ON QUE 153.0972
22 Bubba Joe's Que 152.5600
23 SLABULOUS 151.9544
24 Bush River BBQ 150.8572
25 Uncle Sam's Misguided Cookers 149.7716
26 In 'Que We Trust 149.7372
27 B&C BBQ 149.6572
28 Smokin' Daddio 148.5372
29 DHG Pit Boys BBQ 147.9772
30 Almshouse Creek 147.9544
31 TWO BROTHERS BBQ 147.9428
32 Every Day's Saturday But Sunday 147.9312
33 Clubhouse BBQ 147.3372
34 Smoke on Bond MaGerk's 146.8572
35 Granny-Q 145.6916
36 Savory Swine Smokin' BBQ 145.6800
37 ChurchvilleBrewers 145.0972
38 PIG KAHUNA'S 142.2516
39 Big E's BBQ 142.2172
40 QU2 139.9200
41 Goat Hill Q 139.3944
42 Buckley Boys BBQ 134.7768
43 J & B BBQ 133.6568
44 Pork Engineering 130.8112
45 Ryan Smith 125.7716

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