Oaktown Throwdown BBQ 2016

Aug 19–20, 2016 · Oakland, CA

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SON OF SMOKE

685.6112 · Master Series — Overall

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Smokey and the Pirate

678.2056 · Master Series — Overall

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SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ

674.2288 · Master Series — Overall

SON OF SMOKE won Grand Champion at the Oaktown Throwdown BBQ on August 19, 2016 in Oakland, CA, scoring 685.6112 in a field of 21 teams. Smokey and the Pirate took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2056. Category winners: Chicken — SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Smokey and the Pirate (173.7028); Pork — BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ (177.1544); Brisket — SON OF SMOKE (176.5600).

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.

252.46 median 650.75 685.61 🏆

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 173.70
Pork 177.15
Brisket 176.56

111.99 177.15

Entries

4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

685.6112

Winning margin

7.4056

GC over RC

Field average

602.38

252.46685.61

median 650.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

5.1888 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

653.6228

252.46685.61

10th place overall

Field spread

433.1536

winner to last place

Most consistent

SON OF SMOKE

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1544 pts — Smokey and the Pirate

How hot was the win?

Top 81%

beats 19% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,546

avg power rating going in · stronger than 35% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SON OF SMOKE

rated 1708 pre-contest

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 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ and BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ tied on 162.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: SON OF SMOKE and SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: RBQ edged ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ by 0.0112.

Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Brisket 1–2 · tie
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0112
Pork 7–8 · 0.0228

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SON OF SMOKE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 3rd
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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Aug 19, 2016 ← this one	Oakland, CA	Oakland, CA 94612	21	685.6112	SON OF SMOKE	Smokey and the Pirate
Aug 18, 2017	Oakland, CA	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176	170.8112	163.4284
Pork Ribs	173.7028	165.6684	159.3828
Pork	177.1544	167.9656	161.1084
Brisket	176.5600	163.3828	161.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

21 entries · top 685.6112 · median 650.7540

#	Team	Score
1	SON OF SMOKE	685.6112
2	Smokey and the Pirate	678.2056
3	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	674.2288
4	SMOKESHOW	667.8740
5	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	663.9084
6	PIRATES OF THE PIG	655.8056
7	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	655.3600
8	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	655.3140
9	Pops BBQ 22	655.2572
10	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	653.6228
11	RBQ	650.7540
12	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	646.1940
13	SLO DOG Q	637.5196
14	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	606.1024
15	Smoakland BBQ	596.5372
16	lord of the ribs bbq	585.7148
17	Alpha Que	537.6456
18	Wooty-Que	519.3596
19	Mz Kettle's BBQ Chicken & Ribs	498.9484
20	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	473.6344
21	Chef Rene's Kitchen and BBQ	252.4576

Chicken

20 entries · top 176 · median 163.4228

#	Team	Score
1	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	176
2	Pops BBQ 22	174.8572
3	Smokey and the Pirate	173.7028
4	SON OF SMOKE	171.4056
5	SMOKESHOW	170.8112
6	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	170.2628
7	PIRATES OF THE PIG	168.5256
8	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	165.6800
9	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	163.4516
10	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	163.4284
11	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	163.4172
12	RBQ	162.8344
13	SLO DOG Q	162.7884
14	Smoakland BBQ	157.1428
15	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	155.9312
16	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	154.2284
17	Alpha Que	148.5484
18	Mz Kettle's BBQ Chicken & Ribs	144.0456
19	lord of the ribs bbq	143.9772
20	Wooty-Que	140.5712

Pork Ribs

20 entries · top 173.7028 · median 158.2572

#	Team	Score
1	Smokey and the Pirate	173.7028
2	PIRATES OF THE PIG	172.5484
3	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	168
4	SMOKESHOW	166.2856
5	RBQ	165.6684
6	SON OF SMOKE	165.0856
7	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	162.8228
8	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	162.8228
9	Pops BBQ 22	161.6456
10	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	159.3828
11	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	157.1316
12	lord of the ribs bbq	155.4400
13	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	153.6684
14	Smoakland BBQ	152.5600
15	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	151.9312
16	SLO DOG Q	150.8000
17	Alpha Que	136.5944
18	Chef Rene's Kitchen and BBQ	119.9316
19	Mz Kettle's BBQ Chicken & Ribs	115.4628
20	Wooty-Que	111.9884

Pork

20 entries · top 177.1544 · median 160.5314

#	Team	Score
1	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	177.1544
2	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	176.5600
3	SON OF SMOKE	172.5600
4	SMOKESHOW	171.9772
5	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	167.9656
6	Smokey and the Pirate	167.4172
7	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	164.5600
8	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	164.5372
9	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	162.8228
10	SLO DOG Q	161.1084
11	Pops BBQ 22	159.9544
12	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	155.9544
13	RBQ	154.2284
14	PIRATES OF THE PIG	152.4916
15	Smoakland BBQ	150.2516
16	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	148.5484
17	lord of the ribs bbq	143.4400
18	Wooty-Que	128.4800
19	Alpha Que	118.8228
20	Mz Kettle's BBQ Chicken & Ribs	114.8572

Brisket

21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 158.8000

#	Team	Score
1	SON OF SMOKE	176.5600
2	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	176.5600
3	RBQ	168.0228
4	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	168.0116
5	Smokey and the Pirate	163.3828
6	PLASTERED PIG BBQ	162.8572
7	SLO DOG Q	162.8228
8	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	162.2972
9	PIRATES OF THE PIG	162.2400
10	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	161.1084
11	Pops BBQ 22	158.8000
12	SMOKESHOW	158.8000
13	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	154.2284
14	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	149.0856
15	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	147.9544
16	lord of the ribs bbq	142.8576
17	Wooty-Que	138.3200
18	Smoakland BBQ	136.5828
19	Alpha Que	133.6800
20	Chef Rene's Kitchen and BBQ	132.5260
21	Mz Kettle's BBQ Chicken & Ribs	124.5828

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

10 entries · top 160.5600 · median 150.8400

#	Team	Score
1	The Fat Guys	160.5600
2	ROB'S SMOKIN' RUB BBQ CREW	153.6684
3	.Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ	153.0856
4	We Rest Our Pork, Your Honor	151.9772
5	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	150.8456
6	HELLO BBQ	150.8344
7	BBQ, ESQUIRE	149.0740
8	SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ	147.3944
9	BACKYARD BONIN BBQ	145.1428
10	Just the Tip	144.5600

Master Series — Backyard Overall

11 entries · top 478.7656 · median 462.3432

#	Team	Score
1	HELLO BBQ	478.7656
2	SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ	474.8688
3	.Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ	469.6228
4	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	467.4856
5	ROB'S SMOKIN' RUB BBQ CREW	463.3256
6	The Fat Guys	462.3432
7	BBQ, ESQUIRE	444.5024
8	BACKYARD BONIN BBQ	417.7028
9	Just the Tip	417.6344
10	We Rest Our Pork, Your Honor	404.8228
11	Three Legged Pig	267.3600

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

11 entries · top 171.4400 · median 149.6572

#	Team	Score
1	SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ	171.4400
2	HELLO BBQ	162.8228
3	.Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ	162.2860
4	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	153.7144
5	Three Legged Pig	151.4056
6	ROB'S SMOKIN' RUB BBQ CREW	149.6572
7	BBQ, ESQUIRE	145.7256
8	The Fat Guys	145.7032
9	We Rest Our Pork, Your Honor	134.2400
10	BACKYARD BONIN BBQ	130.2628
11	Just the Tip	129.7144

Master Series — Backyard Tri-Tip

11 entries · top 165.1084 · median 154.2512

#	Team	Score
1	HELLO BBQ	165.1084
2	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	162.9256
3	ROB'S SMOKIN' RUB BBQ CREW	160
4	The Fat Guys	156.0800
5	SPITZ BROTHERS BBQ	156.0344
6	.Hot Link & Chorizo BBQ	154.2512
7	BBQ, ESQUIRE	149.7028
8	Just the Tip	143.3600
9	BACKYARD BONIN BBQ	142.2972
10	We Rest Our Pork, Your Honor	118.6056
11	Three Legged Pig	115.9544

Master Series — Dessert

12 entries · top 180 · median 165.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SON OF SMOKE	180 🔥
2	Smokey and the Pirate	176.5600
3	SMOKESHOW	173.7028
4	BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ	166.2628
5	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	165.7028
6	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	165.7028
7	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	165.1200
8	BACKYARD BONIN BBQ	156.0572
9	ED'S SMOKED OUT BBQ	155.4628
10	We Rest Our Pork, Your Honor	153.7028
11	The Fat Guys	150.9144
12	BBQ, ESQUIRE	145.1200

Oaktown Throwdown BBQ 2016

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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 — Backyard Chicken

Master Series — Backyard Overall

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

Master Series — Backyard Tri-Tip

Master Series — Dessert