Smokin on the Water

2016-04-29 – 2016-04-30 · Liberty, IN · 📍 Liberty, IN 47353

Grand Champion: GREY STREET BBQ (691.9312) · 33 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

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GREY STREET BBQ

691.9312 · Master Series — Overall

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UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

690.7540 · Master Series — Overall

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BLUE CHIP BBQ

690.1940 · 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.

20.00 median 666.85 691.93 🏆

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 176.59
Pork 177.70
Brisket 177.71

20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

691.9312

Winning margin

1.1772

GC over RC

Field average

631.82

20.00691.93

median 666.85 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.5996

20.00691.93

10th place overall

Field spread

671.9312

winner to last place

Most consistent

GREY STREET BBQ

avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.7028 pts — CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

How hot was the win?

Top 65%

beats 35% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

44%

16 of 36 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1583

avg power rating going in · stronger than 66% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM

rated 1828 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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

1.1772 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 78% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.

GREY STREET BBQ
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ

An upset on the books

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

GREY STREET BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1706
top seed 1828

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

GREY STREET BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 15th
Pork 3rd
Brisket 3rd

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

2013
2015

A knife fight at the top

3.9424 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9424 points.

1st GREY STREET BBQ
2nd UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ
3rd BLUE CHIP BBQ
4th IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
5th CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 8–9: SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. and WEQ4U tied on 176.5944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

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.

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. · 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
2013-05-04	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN	37	682.8570	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
2014-05-03	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN 47353	43	701.7372	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	ONE2BBQ
2015-05-02	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN 47353	36	695.9660	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC
2016-04-29 ← this one	Liberty, IN	Liberty, IN 47353	33	691.9312	GREY STREET BBQ	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ
2018-11-03	Bayswater,	Bayswater,	23	701.7372	MOE CASON BBQ	Perth BBQ School Varsity

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5600	171.9884
Pork Ribs	176.5944	174.2628	169.1316
Pork	177.7028	174.8456	170.8228
Brisket	177.7144	174.2628	171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 691.9312 · median 666.8460

#	Team	Score
1	GREY STREET BBQ	691.9312
2	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	690.7540
3	BLUE CHIP BBQ	690.1940
4	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	689.0628
5	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	687.9888
6	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	683.4056
7	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	683.3832
8	WEQ4U	682.2284
9	THUNDER HOG BBQ	679.9428
10	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	677.5996
11	BRUTUS AND COMPANY	677.0744
12	Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ	674.8000
13	CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q	674.2400
14	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	673.0400
15	CHARCOAL & MORE	671.9312
16	EXTRA MILE BBQ	669.0856
17	HICKORY PRIME	666.8460
18	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	666.7544
19	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	666.1828
20	ALL IN QUE	665.5656
21	BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC	664.4572
22	Smoky's Q	663.2456
23	LIBERTY LIONS CLUB	662.7888
24	SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	661.0288
25	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	659.8740
26	BONEHEAD BBQ	654.7544
27	Ulcer Acres BBQ	649.5768
28	SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS	647.8856
29	HOT MESS BBQ	643.8632
30	PIT TO PLATE BBQ	543.4052
31	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	510.7428
32	Smoke Wagon	306.2744
33	China Rainbow	20.0000

Chicken

33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	180.0000 🔥
2	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	178.2972
3	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	177.7372
4	CHARCOAL & MORE	176.5828
5	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	176.5600
6	BRUTUS AND COMPANY	176.0000
7	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	174.8572
8	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	172.5600
9	BLUE CHIP BBQ	172.5600
10	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	171.9884
11	GREY STREET BBQ	171.9656
12	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	170.8456
13	SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	170.8344
14	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	170.8228
15	CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q	169.6684
16	Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ	169.1544
17	Smoky's Q	168.5372
18	BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC	168.5256
19	BONEHEAD BBQ	167.9656
20	EXTRA MILE BBQ	166.8456
21	THUNDER HOG BBQ	165.7144
22	HOT MESS BBQ	165.1200
23	HICKORY PRIME	165.1200
24	LIBERTY LIONS CLUB	164.5256
25	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	164.5140
26	SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS	164.0000
27	WEQ4U	161.6684
28	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	158.2400
29	ALL IN QUE	157.6572
30	Smoke Wagon	154.2972
31	Ulcer Acres BBQ	152.5372
32	PIT TO PLATE BBQ	142.8684
33	China Rainbow	20.0000

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166.2688

#	Team	Score
1	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	176.5944
2	WEQ4U	176.5944
3	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	175.4172
4	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	174.2628
5	BLUE CHIP BBQ	174.2628
6	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	171.9772
7	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	170.8228
8	THUNDER HOG BBQ	170.2628
9	SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS	170.2628
10	CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q	169.1316
11	HICKORY PRIME	169.1316
12	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	169.1200
13	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	168.0000
14	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	167.4172
15	GREY STREET BBQ	167.4056
16	HOT MESS BBQ	166.2748
17	EXTRA MILE BBQ	166.2628
18	ALL IN QUE	165.6800
19	Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ	163.9656
20	Ulcer Acres BBQ	163.4056
21	Smoky's Q	163.3828
22	CHARCOAL & MORE	162.8572
23	LIBERTY LIONS CLUB	161.1544
24	BRUTUS AND COMPANY	160.5716
25	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	160.5600
26	BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC	160.5372
27	SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	159.9772
28	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	159.3828
29	BONEHEAD BBQ	157.1316
30	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	154.8000
31	Smoke Wagon	151.9772
32	PIT TO PLATE BBQ	150.2856

Pork

31 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	177.7028
2	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	177.1428
3	GREY STREET BBQ	177.1428
4	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	176.5600
5	BLUE CHIP BBQ	174.8456
6	HICKORY PRIME	174.2972
7	THUNDER HOG BBQ	172.5600
8	WEQ4U	171.4056
9	LIBERTY LIONS CLUB	170.8344
10	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	170.8228
11	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	170.8228
12	SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	169.1200
13	Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ	169.1200
14	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	168.0116
15	BONEHEAD BBQ	167.4056
16	Smoky's Q	167.3828
17	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	166.8228
18	Ulcer Acres BBQ	165.6684
19	EXTRA MILE BBQ	165.0972
20	BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC	165.0972
21	CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q	164.5600
22	ALL IN QUE	164.5256
23	SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS	164.5256
24	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	164.0000
25	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	163.3828
26	BRUTUS AND COMPANY	162.7884
27	HOT MESS BBQ	162.2628
28	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	161.6340
29	CHARCOAL & MORE	158.2284
30	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	157.6572
31	PIT TO PLATE BBQ	131.9884

Brisket

31 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	BRUTUS AND COMPANY	177.7144
2	ALL IN QUE	177.7028
3	GREY STREET BBQ	175.4172
4	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	174.2856
5	CHARCOAL & MORE	174.2628
6	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	173.1200
7	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	172.5600
8	WEQ4U	172.5600
9	Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ	172.5600
10	THUNDER HOG BBQ	171.4056
11	CARSON'S BBQ / LIVY-Q	170.8800
12	EXTRA MILE BBQ	170.8800
13	BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC	170.2972
14	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	169.1200
15	BLUE CHIP BBQ	168.5256
16	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	167.9656
17	Ulcer Acres BBQ	167.9656
18	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	166.8344
19	LIBERTY LIONS CLUB	166.2744
20	SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	166.2400
21	Smoky's Q	163.9428
22	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	163.3828
23	BONEHEAD BBQ	162.2516
24	SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	161.0972
25	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	159.3944
26	HICKORY PRIME	158.2972
27	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	156.5488
28	HOT MESS BBQ	150.2056
29	SMR GOOD BBQ'ERS	149.0972
30	PIT TO PLATE BBQ	118.2628
31	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	20.0000

Smokin on the Water

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 (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

A double category winner

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