NYC BBQ Cookoff 2016

Apr 8–9, 2016 · Staten Island, NY

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MISS PIGGY'S U.K.

672.4800 · Master Series — Overall

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Q HAVEN BBQ

671.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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BEERBEQUE

665.0512 · Master Series — Overall

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. won Grand Champion at the NYC BBQ Cookoff on April 8, 2016 in Staten Island, NY, scoring 672.4800 in a field of 35 teams. Q HAVEN BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 671.9656. Category winners: Chicken — Townline BBQ (174.2856); Pork Ribs — HANDSOME DEVIL (169.7028); Pork — R2-BQ (171.4400); Brisket — SMOKOPOLIS BBQ (171.4172). This is the 1st of 4 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.

537.12 median 629.73 672.48 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.29
Pork Ribs 169.70
Pork 171.44
Brisket 171.42

114.15 174.29

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

672.4800

Winning margin

0.5144

GC over RC

Field average

623.63

537.12672.48

median 629.73 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

1.7600 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

650.2056

537.12672.48

10th place overall

Field spread

135.3604

winner to last place

Most consistent

MISS PIGGY'S U.K.

avg finish 5 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2628 pts — Townline BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 95%

beats 5% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,543

avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ

rated 1704 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.5144 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 94% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5144 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.

MISS PIGGY'S U.K.
Q HAVEN BBQ

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 6th
Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Brisket places 1–2: SMOKOPOLIS BBQ and DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Q HAVEN BBQ and SMOKIN IRISH tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: BEERBEQUE edged RIBS WITHIN by 0.0112.

Brisket 1–2 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · tie
Pork 4–5 · 0.0112
Pork Ribs 2–3 · 0.0116

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
Apr 8, 2016 ← this one	Staten Island, NY	Staten Island, NY	35	672.4800	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	Q HAVEN BBQ
Apr 7, 2017	Staten Island, NY	441 Clarke Ave	43	672.6288	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	PADDY MCQ'S
Apr 6, 2018	Staten Island, NY	441 Clark Ave	36	670.1600	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	PAT BBQ
Apr 5, 2019	Staten Island, NY	441 Clark Ave	26	687.9084	Uncle Pigs BBQ Pit	TOP GUN BARBECUE
Apr 30, 2021	Staten Island, NY	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	174.2856	169.1200	165.1200
Pork Ribs	169.7028	166.8572	162.2860
Pork	171.4400	169.6800	164.5600
Brisket	171.4172	167.9656	161.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 672.4800 · median 629.7256

#	Team	Score
1	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	672.4800
2	Q HAVEN BBQ	671.9656
3	BEERBEQUE	665.0512
4	THE SMOKING SECTION - NY	663.3832
5	HANDSOME DEVIL	660.5260
6	R2-BQ	656
7	SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	655.9316
8	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	655.4516
9	BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	650.2056
10	RIBS WITHIN	650.2056
11	DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM	644.4228
12	QUE BIZ	643.3832
13	THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	640.9712
14	MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	639.9312
15	THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)	639.9088
16	CHICKEN CHOKERS	631.2456
17	FIREHOUSE SMOKER	630.8000
18	HOCUS SMOKUS	629.7256
19	TOP GUN BARBECUE	619.2344
20	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	617.6460
21	SMOKIN IRISH	616.3768
22	THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ	613.5656
23	5 BOROUGH BBQ	611.9544
24	Richmond County Pit Brothers	611.8052
25	Bridge Builder BBQ	610.7884
26	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	604.3664
27	DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE	603.3596
28	Townline BBQ	601.0284
29	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	591.1768
30	Shake 'N' Bake BBQ Team	590.7884
31	GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ	587.2684
32	A-Que	577.0396
33	B-BOM BBQ	566.2512
34	SMOKE THIS L.I.	565.5312
35	Fig Puckers	537.1196

Chicken

35 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.1084

#	Team	Score
1	Townline BBQ	174.2856
2	Q HAVEN BBQ	172.0228
3	R2-BQ	170.2972
4	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	169.7144
5	DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM	169.1200
6	5 BOROUGH BBQ	168.6172
7	TOP GUN BARBECUE	167.9772
8	BEERBEQUE	167.4172
9	MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	165.7256
10	QUE BIZ	165.1200
11	Bridge Builder BBQ	164.0228
12	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	164
13	THE SMOKING SECTION - NY	162.8344
14	Richmond County Pit Brothers	162.2628
15	CHICKEN CHOKERS	161.6456
16	HANDSOME DEVIL	161.1544
17	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	161.1200
18	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	161.1084
19	FIREHOUSE SMOKER	159.9772
20	RIBS WITHIN	159.9544
21	THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)	159.4516
22	THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	159.3828
23	THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ	158.8112
24	DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE	157.6684
25	BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	157.1084
26	HOCUS SMOKUS	155.4056
27	SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	154.8228
28	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	153.6572
29	GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ	149.6800
30	B-BOM BBQ	146.2628
31	SMOKIN IRISH	144.5600
32	SMOKE THIS L.I.	142.2400
33	Shake 'N' Bake BBQ Team	137.1200
34	Fig Puckers	117.7256
35	A-Que	114.1484

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 169.7028 · median 156

#	Team	Score
1	HANDSOME DEVIL	169.7028
2	THE SMOKING SECTION - NY	169.1316
3	BEERBEQUE	169.1200
4	BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	167.4288
5	RIBS WITHIN	166.8572
6	HOCUS SMOKUS	165.7600
7	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	165.0972
8	Q HAVEN BBQ	164.5372
9	THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	163.9428
10	SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	162.2860
11	QUE BIZ	161.7144
12	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	161.7144
13	MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	160.0116
14	DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE	159.9884
15	CHICKEN CHOKERS	156.5372
16	THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)	156.5144
17	SMOKIN IRISH	156.4912
18	Bridge Builder BBQ	156
19	R2-BQ	155.4172
20	5 BOROUGH BBQ	154.8572
21	THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ	152.5944
22	Richmond County Pit Brothers	152.5372
23	A-Que	151.4628
24	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	150.8344
25	Shake 'N' Bake BBQ Team	149.7256
26	SMOKE THIS L.I.	148.5028
27	TOP GUN BARBECUE	146.8000
28	FIREHOUSE SMOKER	146.2400
29	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	145.6804
30	Townline BBQ	145.1200
31	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	142.2400
32	GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ	137.6572
33	Fig Puckers	134.8572
34	DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM	134.1828
35	B-BOM BBQ	126.2628

Pork

35 entries · top 171.4400 · median 160.5256

#	Team	Score
1	R2-BQ	171.4400
2	BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	171.4172
3	DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM	169.7028
4	BEERBEQUE	169.6912
5	RIBS WITHIN	169.6800
6	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	168.5484
7	Q HAVEN BBQ	167.4400
8	THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)	167.4172
9	SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	167.4056
10	THE SMOKING SECTION - NY	164.5600
11	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	164.0228
12	HOCUS SMOKUS	164.0228
13	FIREHOUSE SMOKER	162.8800
14	THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	162.8228
15	MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	162.2284
16	HANDSOME DEVIL	161.6916
17	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	161.1088
18	CHICKEN CHOKERS	160.5256
19	Shake 'N' Bake BBQ Team	159.9884
20	A-Que	158.8800
21	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	154.3088
22	TOP GUN BARBECUE	152.5028
23	QUE BIZ	151.9772
24	Richmond County Pit Brothers	150.8112
25	THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ	150.2400
26	Bridge Builder BBQ	149.6684
27	DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE	149.1544
28	B-BOM BBQ	149.1428
29	GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ	147.3940
30	SMOKIN IRISH	147.3600
31	Townline BBQ	146.2400
32	5 BOROUGH BBQ	144.5028
33	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	142.7656
34	SMOKE THIS L.I.	141.6684
35	Fig Puckers	134.8340

Brisket

35 entries · top 171.4172 · median 152.5372

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	171.4172
2	DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM	171.4172
3	MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	169.1200
4	HANDSOME DEVIL	167.9772
5	Q HAVEN BBQ	167.9656
6	SMOKIN IRISH	167.9656
7	THE SMOKING SECTION - NY	166.8572
8	MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	165.7144
9	QUE BIZ	164.5716
10	FIREHOUSE SMOKER	161.7028
11	R2-BQ	158.8456
12	BEERBEQUE	158.8228
13	THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ)	156.5256
14	THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	154.8228
15	BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	154.2512
16	RIBS WITHIN	153.7140
17	A-Que	152.5484
18	CHICKEN CHOKERS	152.5372
19	GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ	152.5372
20	MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	151.9656
21	TOP GUN BARBECUE	151.9544
22	THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ	151.9200
23	THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	151.3828
24	Fig Puckers	149.7028
25	Richmond County Pit Brothers	146.1940
26	BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	145.0628
27	B-BOM BBQ	144.5828
28	HOCUS SMOKUS	144.5372
29	5 BOROUGH BBQ	143.9772
30	Shake 'N' Bake BBQ Team	143.9544
31	PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	143.9200
32	Bridge Builder BBQ	141.0972
33	DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE	136.5484
34	Townline BBQ	135.3828
35	SMOKE THIS L.I.	133.1200

NYC BBQ Cookoff 2016

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

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