BBQ and Fly In on the River

2016-08-19 – 2016-08-20 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 R Broadway

Grand Champion: HIGH i QUE II (694.8112) · 56 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKERS PURGATORY

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HIGH i QUE

694.8112 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKERS PURGATORY

693.1088 · Master Series — Overall

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GETTIN' BASTED

691.3600 · Master Series — Overall

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.

601.57 median 665.97 694.81 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 178.30
Pork 178.30
Brisket 177.70

139.90 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

694.8112

Winning margin

1.7024

GC over RC

Field average

660.56

601.57694.81

median 665.97 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

JAESTAR BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3716

601.57694.81

10th place overall

Field spread

93.2456

winner to last place

Most consistent

HIGH i QUE

avg finish 10.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.8572 pts — 50 SHADES OF QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 54%

beats 46% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

46%

31 of 67 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.8 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1591

avg power rating going in · stronger than 72% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1894 pre-contest

Storylines (9 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

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

HIGH i QUE came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1659
top seed 1894

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

HIGH i QUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 23rd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 13th

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

2014
2018

A knife fight at the top

3.4628 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4628 points.

1st HIGH i QUE
2nd SMOKERS PURGATORY
3rd GETTIN' BASTED
4th PORKY BUTTS BBQ
5th 50 SHADES OF QUE

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: SMOKERS PURGATORY and VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY and BURNT FINGER BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS and THESLABS.COM tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

JAESTAR BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

old best 177.1428
across 3 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (won 2014), JAESTAR BBQ (won 2015).

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO · 2014
JAESTAR BBQ · 2015

One of the big ones

56 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data

56 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.

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.

JAESTAR BBQ · Chicken

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO	66	685.6800	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY
2014-08-15	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	51	696.5944	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	R BUTTS R SMOKIN
2015-08-14	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	67	689.6340	JAESTAR BBQ	GETTIN' BASTED
2016-08-19 ← this one	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 R Broadway	56	694.8112	HIGH i QUE II	SMOKERS PURGATORY
2017-08-18	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	65	703.9772	CLARK CREW BBQ	DIRT ROAD BBQ
2018-08-17	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	57	697.0972	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	913 BBQ
2019-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	68	708.5372	Boomerang BBQ	913 BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5600	172.5600
Pork Ribs	178.2972	176.5600	173.7256
Pork	178.2972	177.1544	173.1200
Brisket	177.7028	171.9656	170.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 694.8112 · median 665.9658

#	Team	Score
1	HIGH i QUE	694.8112
2	SMOKERS PURGATORY	693.1088
3	GETTIN' BASTED	691.3600
4	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	691.3600
5	50 SHADES OF QUE	691.3484
6	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	691.3484
7	BURNT FINGER BBQ	690.8116
8	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	687.9428
9	JAESTAR BBQ	687.9312
10	DIRT ROAD BBQ	687.3716
11	SLAPS BBQ	687.3600
12	SMOOTH SMOKE	686.8000
13	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	685.6228
14	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	685.0972
15	913 BBQ	682.7772
16	POLITICAL PORK	682.2172
17	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	680.4800
18	Toad Hollar BBQ	679.3140
19	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	678.2400
20	GONNA GET MESSY	677.0856
21	IN DEEP SAUCE	676.5260
22	THESLABS.COM	676.5144
23	INDIGO PIG	675.9888
24	SMOKE RINGERS	673.6340
25	S&S BBQ	671.4516
26	Three Brothers Different Mothers	670.7540
27	LETHAL INJECTORS	668.4568
28	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	666.8340
29	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	665.0976
30	CHRIS FISHER	662.1480
31	SMOKEY STRUT BBQ	661.0744
32	Bare Bones BBQ	659.2684
33	ON THE SAUCE	657.6572
34	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	655.8860
35	PIG NEWTON	655.2456
36	K CASS BBQ	653.6572
37	Y-WE-Q	651.3484
38	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	650.1484
39	SMOKIN RETURNS	647.9084
40	Grandpa Smokeys	646.7772
41	CHRISTOPHER UTTERBACK	646.7428
42	T'S SMOKIN PIT	640.9712
43	H2 Bar BQ	637.6460
44	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	637.5312
45	BRISKETBONE BBQ	637.0856
46	WOODTICKS (OWEN LUMBER)	635.2916
47	ESPD PORK PATROL	634.1600
48	WOTS SMOKERS	631.4288
49	SERVICE MASTER	629.5888
50	LAST PRECINCT FAMILY BBQ	629.5424
51	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	617.5200
52	Locomotive #1	615.8400
53	K C RIB DOCTOR	611.2684
54	THE INNOCENT PIG	605.0284
55	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	601.6228
56	Money Shot BBQ	601.5656

Chicken

56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	JAESTAR BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	178.8572
3	913 BBQ	177.7028
4	SMOKERS PURGATORY	176.5600
5	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	176.5600
6	BURNT FINGER BBQ	176.5600
7	DIRT ROAD BBQ	175.4172
8	POLITICAL PORK	173.7144
9	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	172.5600
10	THESLABS.COM	172.5600
11	SMOKE RINGERS	172.5484
12	CHRIS FISHER	172.5484
13	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	172.0000
14	Y-WE-Q	172.0000
15	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9656
16	SMOOTH SMOKE	171.4172
17	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	171.4172
18	CHRISTOPHER UTTERBACK	171.4172
19	SMOKEY STRUT BBQ	170.8572
20	INDIGO PIG	170.8456
21	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	170.8344
22	GONNA GET MESSY	170.2972
23	HIGH i QUE	170.2628
24	S&S BBQ	169.7372
25	Toad Hollar BBQ	169.6684
26	50 SHADES OF QUE	169.1084
27	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.1084
28	Three Brothers Different Mothers	167.9656
29	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	167.3828
30	PIG NEWTON	167.3828
31	ON THE SAUCE	166.2628
32	IN DEEP SAUCE	165.7028
33	ESPD PORK PATROL	165.6800
34	SLAPS BBQ	165.6800
35	SMOKIN RETURNS	164.5944
36	LETHAL INJECTORS	164.5600
37	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	163.9656
38	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	163.9312
39	H2 Bar BQ	163.4400
40	Bare Bones BBQ	163.3828
41	WOTS SMOKERS	162.2972
42	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	162.2400
43	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	161.7144
44	K CASS BBQ	161.1200
45	WOODTICKS (OWEN LUMBER)	161.0856
46	Money Shot BBQ	159.9656
47	T'S SMOKIN PIT	158.8000
48	BRISKETBONE BBQ	156.5372
49	K C RIB DOCTOR	156.0000
50	Grandpa Smokeys	155.9772
51	Locomotive #1	153.1088
52	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	153.0628
53	THE INNOCENT PIG	147.9772
54	SERVICE MASTER	146.1828
55	LAST PRECINCT FAMILY BBQ	145.0628
56	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	141.1428

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.7200

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	178.2972
2	HIGH i QUE	177.7144
3	SMOKERS PURGATORY	177.1544
4	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	176.5600
5	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	176.5600
6	SLAPS BBQ	176.5600
7	POLITICAL PORK	176.0116
8	SMOOTH SMOKE	175.4172
9	JAESTAR BBQ	174.2628
10	LAST PRECINCT FAMILY BBQ	173.7256
11	CHRIS FISHER	173.7028
12	Toad Hollar BBQ	173.1316
13	INDIGO PIG	173.1200
14	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	172.5716
15	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	172.5600
16	SMOKE RINGERS	172.5600
17	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.9772
18	913 BBQ	171.4288
19	BURNT FINGER BBQ	171.4288
20	50 SHADES OF QUE	171.4172
21	IN DEEP SAUCE	170.8688
22	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	170.8344
23	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	170.8344
24	Grandpa Smokeys	169.7372
25	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	169.7028
26	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	169.1200
27	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	168.0000
28	Bare Bones BBQ	168.0000
29	S&S BBQ	167.4400
30	Three Brothers Different Mothers	167.4284
31	GONNA GET MESSY	167.3828
32	T'S SMOKIN PIT	166.8344
33	BRISKETBONE BBQ	166.3428
34	ON THE SAUCE	166.2628
35	H2 Bar BQ	165.6916
36	LETHAL INJECTORS	165.1200
37	Y-WE-Q	165.1200
38	PIG NEWTON	165.0972
39	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	163.9772
40	SERVICE MASTER	163.9772
41	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	163.4288
42	SMOKIN RETURNS	162.8228
43	THESLABS.COM	162.2972
44	K CASS BBQ	162.2400
45	Locomotive #1	161.1200
46	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	161.1200
47	CHRISTOPHER UTTERBACK	159.4400
48	WOODTICKS (OWEN LUMBER)	158.8688
49	WOTS SMOKERS	158.8344
50	SMOKEY STRUT BBQ	154.8116
51	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	153.6800
52	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	151.9428
53	ESPD PORK PATROL	149.6800
54	THE INNOCENT PIG	149.1200
55	K C RIB DOCTOR	149.0972
56	Money Shot BBQ	143.9544

Pork

56 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.5714

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	178.2972
2	HIGH i QUE	177.7028
3	BURNT FINGER BBQ	177.7028
4	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	177.7028
5	SMOKERS PURGATORY	177.1544
6	GETTIN' BASTED	176.0000
7	WOODTICKS (OWEN LUMBER)	175.4400
8	DIRT ROAD BBQ	174.8572
9	GONNA GET MESSY	174.2628
10	50 SHADES OF QUE	173.1200
11	Three Brothers Different Mothers	173.1200
12	SLAPS BBQ	172.5600
13	THESLABS.COM	171.9772
14	Toad Hollar BBQ	171.9656
15	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	170.8228
16	CHRISTOPHER UTTERBACK	170.8228
17	LETHAL INJECTORS	170.8228
18	K CASS BBQ	170.2856
19	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	170.2856
20	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	169.7028
21	JAESTAR BBQ	169.1084
22	SMOKEY STRUT BBQ	168.5600
23	IN DEEP SAUCE	168.5372
24	913 BBQ	167.9656
25	Grandpa Smokeys	167.9656
26	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	167.4172
27	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	167.3828
28	ON THE SAUCE	166.8800
29	SMOKE RINGERS	166.2628
30	SMOOTH SMOKE	166.2628
31	WOTS SMOKERS	165.7600
32	POLITICAL PORK	165.6800
33	ESPD PORK PATROL	165.1428
34	Bare Bones BBQ	165.0972
35	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	165.0972
36	S&S BBQ	164.5600
37	SERVICE MASTER	164.0116
38	BRISKETBONE BBQ	163.9656
39	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	162.8572
40	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	162.2744
41	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	162.2628
42	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	161.7028
43	Y-WE-Q	161.6912
44	INDIGO PIG	161.1660
45	SMOKIN RETURNS	160.5484
46	PIG NEWTON	159.9428
47	THE INNOCENT PIG	159.4172
48	LAST PRECINCT FAMILY BBQ	159.4056
49	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	159.3828
50	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	158.2628
51	CHRIS FISHER	156.5256
52	Locomotive #1	154.8112
53	T'S SMOKIN PIT	153.6684
54	Money Shot BBQ	153.0972
55	H2 Bar BQ	150.8228
56	K C RIB DOCTOR	150.1940

Brisket

56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 162.8228

#	Team	Score
1	50 SHADES OF QUE	177.7028
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	174.8456
3	SMOOTH SMOKE	173.7028
4	SLAPS BBQ	172.5600
5	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	171.9656
6	IN DEEP SAUCE	171.4172
7	BAPTIZED IN SMOKE	171.4172
8	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	171.4056
9	INDIGO PIG	170.8572
10	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	170.8572
11	S&S BBQ	169.7144
12	THESLABS.COM	169.6800
13	HIGH i QUE	169.1312
14	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.1200
15	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	168.5600
16	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	168.0228
17	LETHAL INJECTORS	167.9540
18	SMOKEY STRUT BBQ	166.8456
19	POLITICAL PORK	166.8112
20	913 BBQ	165.6800
21	GONNA GET MESSY	165.1428
22	DIRT ROAD BBQ	165.1200
23	BURNT FINGER BBQ	165.1200
24	GETTIN' BASTED	165.0972
25	JAESTAR BBQ	164.5600
26	Toad Hollar BBQ	164.5484
27	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	163.9544
28	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	162.8228
29	PIG NEWTON	162.8228
30	Bare Bones BBQ	162.7884
31	SMOKE RINGERS	162.2628
32	Three Brothers Different Mothers	162.2400
33	SMOKERS PURGATORY	162.2400
34	T'S SMOKIN PIT	161.6684
35	K CASS BBQ	160.0116
36	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	159.9772
37	SMOKIN RETURNS	159.9428
38	CHRIS FISHER	159.3712
39	ON THE SAUCE	158.2516
40	H2 Bar BQ	157.6916
41	K C RIB DOCTOR	155.9772
42	SERVICE MASTER	155.4172
43	ESPD PORK PATROL	153.6572
44	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	153.6456
45	Grandpa Smokeys	153.0972
46	Y-WE-Q	152.5372
47	LAST PRECINCT FAMILY BBQ	151.3484
48	BRISKETBONE BBQ	150.2400
49	THE INNOCENT PIG	148.5140
50	Locomotive #1	146.8000
51	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	145.6800
52	CHRISTOPHER UTTERBACK	145.0628
53	Money Shot BBQ	144.5484
54	WOTS SMOKERS	144.5372
55	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	143.3372
56	WOODTICKS (OWEN LUMBER)	139.8972

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 — Desert

13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	180.0000 🔥
2	INDIGO PIG	180.0000 🔥
3	BURNT FINGER BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	PIG NEWTON	180.0000 🔥
5	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	178.8572
6	K CASS BBQ	177.7028
7	Money Shot BBQ	177.1428
8	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	174.8572
9	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	174.8456
10	SERVICE MASTER	173.7600
11	Y-WE-Q	170.2628
12	THE INNOCENT PIG	169.1428
13	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	166.8684

Master Series — Pasta

21 entries · top 176.5828 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	176.5828
2	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	175.4056
3	Bare Bones BBQ	174.8572
4	MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE	171.9772
5	H2 Bar BQ	171.9656
6	ON THE SAUCE	171.4056
7	Grandpa Smokeys	168.5600
8	GONNA GET MESSY	168.5372
9	SERVICE MASTER	167.9656
10	Money Shot BBQ	167.9656
11	K CASS BBQ	167.3828
12	THESLABS.COM	166.8228
13	ESPD PORK PATROL	166.2400
14	THE INNOCENT PIG	165.6800
15	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	163.9772
16	50 SHADES OF QUE	163.9656
17	LIP SMACKIN BBQ	163.3828
18	BURNT FINGER BBQ	161.0856
19	I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SMOKING	158.2856
20	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	154.8000
21	Y-WE-Q	151.3712

BBQ and Fly In on the River

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (9 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

One of the big ones

A perfect score on the table

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Desert

Master Series — Pasta