BBQ on the Bricks

2016-08-26 – 2016-08-27 · Kearney, NE · 📍 Kearney, NE

Grand Champion: PORKY BUTTS BBQ (700.5716) · 34 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

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PORKY BUTTS BBQ

700.5716 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

692.5600 · Master Series — Overall

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PORK PATROL BBQ

690.7888 · 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.

575.27 median 651.64 700.57 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 177.14
Brisket 177.70

126.85 178.30

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

700.5716

Winning margin

8.0116

GC over RC

Field average

648.55

575.27700.57

median 651.64 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.4056

575.27700.57

10th place overall

Field spread

125.3028

winner to last place

Most consistent

PORKY BUTTS BBQ

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.7256 pts — PORKY BUTTS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 29%

beats 71% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

44%

11 of 25 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.83 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1581

avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PORKY BUTTS BBQ

rated 1877 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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.

A new contest record

700.5716 highest overall ever cooked here

700.5716 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 691.3828 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE set in 2015.

old record 691.3828
set 2015 by PHAT JACKS BBQ NE

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: PORKY BUTTS BBQ and BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ and SMOKED tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: PORK PATROL BBQ and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

PORKY BUTTS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 13th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 13th
Brisket 2nd

A contest record in brisket

177.7028 best brisket ever cooked here

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 173.1544 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 173.1544
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PHAT JACKS BBQ NE (won 2015).

PHAT JACKS BBQ NE · 2015

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
2015-09-18	Kearney, NE	Kearney, NE 68848	25	691.3828	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	SMOKIN MAX BBQ
2016-08-26 ← this one	Kearney, NE	Kearney, NE	34	700.5716	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
2017-08-25	Kearney, NE	24th street & Central Ave	34	695.9544	Thunder Pig BBQ	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	173.1428	169.7028
Pork Ribs	177.1428	172.5600	169.1200
Pork	177.1428	176.0000	170.8228
Brisket	177.7028	173.1200	168.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

34 entries · top 700.5716 · median 651.6398

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	700.5716
2	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	692.5600
3	PORK PATROL BBQ	690.7888
4	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	690.2512
5	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	688.4912
6	DIRT ROAD BBQ	685.6800
7	WHEN PIGS DIE	685.1540
8	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	683.9540
9	4 LEGS UP BBQ	681.0284
10	SMOKED	675.4056
11	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	668.5368
12	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	668.4568
13	COOK'N WITH WOOD	667.3372
14	HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ	667.3028
15	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	662.2400
16	HELPING U BBQ	658.1256
17	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	653.5880
18	BOXER Q BBQ	649.6916
19	MINISTER OF BARBECUE	644.4228
20	BULL RACK BBQ	642.6968
21	Bug Eaters BBQ	642.1600
22	SMOKE'N BBQ	641.0632
23	GRILLERS IN THE MIST	626.6972
24	TEAM BREW & QUE	626.2400
25	KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	621.5196
26	S.A.M. QUE AND CATERING	620.9484
27	SMOKED HAWG BBQ	619.9660
28	KEARNEY SOUTH SIDE SMOKERS	618.8112
29	SUPER SECRET SEXY SAUCE	612.4684
30	SMOKER'S ASYLUM	612.4456
31	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	605.0744
32	B.F.S. BBQ	594.1144
33	Smokin Naked	577.5772
34	ROWDY ROTT BBQ	575.2688

Chicken

34 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.6914

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	178.2972
2	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	178.2972
3	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	176.0000
4	HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ	174.2628
5	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.1428
6	DIRT ROAD BBQ	172.0000
7	PORK PATROL BBQ	171.9772
8	WHEN PIGS DIE	171.4628
9	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	170.2856
10	COOK'N WITH WOOD	169.7028
11	SMOKED	169.1428
12	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	167.9656
13	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	166.8456
14	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	166.8344
15	BOXER Q BBQ	166.3200
16	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	166.2972
17	GRILLERS IN THE MIST	164.0000
18	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	163.3828
19	SMOKE'N BBQ	161.7144
20	4 LEGS UP BBQ	161.6572
21	MINISTER OF BARBECUE	161.6572
22	HELPING U BBQ	161.6456
23	BULL RACK BBQ	160.5484
24	KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	160.5028
25	TEAM BREW & QUE	160.0000
26	ROWDY ROTT BBQ	158.2516
27	Bug Eaters BBQ	157.0856
28	SUPER SECRET SEXY SAUCE	156.5372
29	SMOKER'S ASYLUM	155.9540
30	SMOKED HAWG BBQ	154.2744
31	S.A.M. QUE AND CATERING	151.4288
32	KEARNEY SOUTH SIDE SMOKERS	150.8916
33	B.F.S. BBQ	149.6800
34	Smokin Naked	126.8456

Pork Ribs

34 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.9772

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	177.1428
2	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	175.4172
3	HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ	173.1544
4	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	172.5600
5	SMOKED	172.5600
6	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.4172
7	PORK PATROL BBQ	170.2744
8	WHEN PIGS DIE	170.2628
9	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	169.1428
10	4 LEGS UP BBQ	169.1200
11	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	167.4056
12	Bug Eaters BBQ	167.3944
13	BOXER Q BBQ	166.8572
14	HELPING U BBQ	166.8228
15	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	166.2400
16	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	164.0000
17	SMOKE'N BBQ	163.9888
18	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	163.9656
19	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	161.7028
20	BULL RACK BBQ	159.4172
21	KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	158.2628
22	MINISTER OF BARBECUE	158.2400
23	TEAM BREW & QUE	157.1428
24	S.A.M. QUE AND CATERING	155.3484
25	KEARNEY SOUTH SIDE SMOKERS	154.8572
26	COOK'N WITH WOOD	154.8000
27	GRILLERS IN THE MIST	151.9428
28	SMOKER'S ASYLUM	151.3828
29	SUPER SECRET SEXY SAUCE	148.0228
30	SMOKED HAWG BBQ	144.5372
31	B.F.S. BBQ	143.3828
32	ROWDY ROTT BBQ	142.8228
33	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	141.6688
34	Smokin Naked	141.6456

Pork

34 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.0000

#	Team	Score
1	4 LEGS UP BBQ	177.1428
2	PORK PATROL BBQ	176.5600
3	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	176.5600
4	MINISTER OF BARBECUE	176.0000
5	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	176.0000
6	WHEN PIGS DIE	175.4400
7	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	173.7256
8	SMOKED	173.1428
9	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	173.1428
10	DIRT ROAD BBQ	170.8228
11	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	169.1084
12	HELPING U BBQ	167.9772
13	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	167.9772
14	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	167.9772
15	COOK'N WITH WOOD	167.9772
16	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	166.8456
17	SMOKE'N BBQ	166.2628
18	Smokin Naked	165.7372
19	HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ	164.5256
20	SMOKED HAWG BBQ	161.7372
21	BOXER Q BBQ	161.0856
22	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	159.4284
23	GRILLERS IN THE MIST	158.2628
24	Bug Eaters BBQ	158.2400
25	BULL RACK BBQ	156.5028
26	S.A.M. QUE AND CATERING	156.5028
27	TEAM BREW & QUE	155.9656
28	SMOKER'S ASYLUM	154.8572
29	KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	153.6912
30	SUPER SECRET SEXY SAUCE	153.1312
31	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	152.5256
32	KEARNEY SOUTH SIDE SMOKERS	147.8968
33	B.F.S. BBQ	147.3828
34	ROWDY ROTT BBQ	139.4172

Brisket

34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.6970

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	177.7028
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	177.1544
3	COOK'N WITH WOOD	174.8572
4	GRATE EXPECTATIONS	174.2628
5	PHAT JACKS BBQ NE	173.1200
6	4 LEGS UP BBQ	173.1084
7	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	172.5484
8	PORK PATROL BBQ	171.9772
9	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.4400
10	BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	168.5256
11	WHEN PIGS DIE	167.9884
12	BULL RACK BBQ	166.2284
13	KEARNEY SOUTH SIDE SMOKERS	165.1656
14	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	163.4284
15	HELPING U BBQ	161.6800
16	SMOKED	160.5600
17	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	159.9540
18	Bug Eaters BBQ	159.4400
19	SMOKED HAWG BBQ	159.4172
20	S.A.M. QUE AND CATERING	157.6684
21	BOXER Q BBQ	155.4288
22	HOT SAUCE HOPPE'S BBQ	155.3600
23	SUPER SECRET SEXY SAUCE	154.7772
24	B.F.S. BBQ	153.6688
25	TEAM BREW & QUE	153.1316
26	GREAT PLAINS BBQ	153.1084
27	GRILLERS IN THE MIST	152.4916
28	SMOKER'S ASYLUM	150.2516
29	SMOKE'N BBQ	149.0972
30	KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	149.0628
31	MINISTER OF BARBECUE	148.5256
32	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	144.0344
33	Smokin Naked	143.3488
34	ROWDY ROTT BBQ	134.7772

BBQ on the Bricks

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 (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

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