Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q 2016

May 6–7, 2016 · St. Joseph, MO · 📍 1100 Frederick Ave

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R BUTTS R SMOKIN

697.1656 · Master Series — Overall

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PORKY BUTTS BBQ

689.7144 · Master Series — Overall

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QSS SMOKIN

685.6572 · Master Series — Overall

R BUTTS R SMOKIN won Grand Champion at the Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q on May 6, 2016 in St. Joseph, MO at 1100 Frederick Ave, scoring 697.1656 in a field of 31 teams. PORKY BUTTS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.7144. Category winners: Chicken — R BUTTS R SMOKIN (178.2972); Pork Ribs — R BUTTS R SMOKIN (177.1428); Pork — Grandpa Smokeys (177.1428); Brisket — GETTIN' SAUCED (179.4400). This is the 1st of 3 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.

589.62 median 661.07 697.17 🏆

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 179.44

132.49 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

697.1656

Winning margin

7.4512

GC over RC

Field average

656.31

589.62697.17

median 661.07 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.9884 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.6916

589.62697.17

10th place overall

Field spread

107.5432

winner to last place

Most consistent

R BUTTS R SMOKIN

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 4.0228 pts — Grandpa Smokeys

How hot was the win?

Top 44%

beats 56% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,568

avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Smoke-A-Holics

rated 1858 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: SWEETFIRE QUE and BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ tied on 170.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY edged WOODWARD BARBEQUE by 0.0116. Pork places 7–8: QSS SMOKIN edged Rowdy Razorbacks by 0.0116.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
Pork 7–8 · 0.0116
Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

R BUTTS R SMOKIN 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

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

R BUTTS R SMOKIN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 9th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 9th
Brisket 8th

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
May 6, 2016 ← this one	St. Joseph, MO	1100 Frederick Ave	31	697.1656	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	PORKY BUTTS BBQ
May 5, 2017	St. Joseph, MO	1100 Frederick Ave	39	690.2400	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	MAN MEAT BBQ
May 4, 2018	St. Joseph, MO	1100 Frederick Ave	37	694.8228	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	SPITFIRE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	172.5828	168.0228
Pork Ribs	177.1428	173.1544	171.4172
Pork	177.1428	170.2628	168.6172
Brisket	179.4400	173.7144	171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 697.1656 · median 661.0744

#	Team	Score
1	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	697.1656
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	689.7144
3	QSS SMOKIN	685.6572
4	GETTIN' SAUCED	682.7884
5	SMOKEAHOLICS	681.6912
6	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	681.0740
7	SWEET BEAVER BBQ	680.5028
8	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	678.2400
9	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	678.2396
10	POLITICAL PORK	673.6916
11	Rowdy Razorbacks	673.0972
12	S&S BBQ	669.1084
13	OLD SMOKE WAGON	668.0232
14	COOL BLUE Q	667.9656
15	THESLABS.COM	664.4456
16	SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY	661.0744
17	SWEETFIRE QUE	660.5260
18	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	658.2400
19	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	654.1828
20	BULLETS AND BUTTS	651.4060
21	FOWL BALLZ	651.2224
22	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	647.3488
23	CRAZY BONES BBQ	642.2172
24	A & S Up In Smoke	635.9312
25	BRIAN'S BEEF	630.8456
26	LOCAL JOE'S BBQ	630.2404
27	Grandpa Smokeys	627.2688
28	CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ	625.0516
29	MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS	608.0224
30	SMOKIN' BALL-B-QUE	601.0856
31	Bone Pit BBQ	589.6224

Chicken

31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5600

#	Team	Score
1	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	178.2972
2	SMOKEAHOLICS	176.0228
3	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	176
4	QSS SMOKIN	173.1544
5	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	172.5828
6	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	172.5600
7	SWEETFIRE QUE	170.2972
8	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	170.2972
9	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	169.1200
10	A & S Up In Smoke	168.0228
11	POLITICAL PORK	168
12	CRAZY BONES BBQ	167.4172
13	Rowdy Razorbacks	166.8572
14	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	165.6800
15	SWEET BEAVER BBQ	165.1428
16	GETTIN' SAUCED	164.5600
17	SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY	164.5600
18	BULLETS AND BUTTS	164.5372
19	THESLABS.COM	163.9540
20	FOWL BALLZ	163.9428
21	LOCAL JOE'S BBQ	163.4172
22	COOL BLUE Q	162.2628
23	S&S BBQ	161.7028
24	SMOKIN' BALL-B-QUE	159.9656
25	OLD SMOKE WAGON	159.3944
26	BRIAN'S BEEF	158.2972
27	Grandpa Smokeys	158.2172
28	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	155.4288
29	MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS	153.7600
30	CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ	152.5372
31	Bone Pit BBQ	144.5256

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7256

#	Team	Score
1	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	177.1428
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	176.5944
3	SWEET BEAVER BBQ	175.4172
4	BULLETS AND BUTTS	174.3200
5	POLITICAL PORK	173.1544
6	SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY	173.1200
7	Rowdy Razorbacks	172.5944
8	SMOKEAHOLICS	172.5484
9	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	171.9656
10	QSS SMOKIN	171.4172
11	COOL BLUE Q	171.4172
12	GETTIN' SAUCED	170.2628
13	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	169.7028
14	THESLABS.COM	168.5716
15	OLD SMOKE WAGON	166.2972
16	S&S BBQ	165.7256
17	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	164.0228
18	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	162.8344
19	SWEETFIRE QUE	162.2516
20	A & S Up In Smoke	161.7144
21	CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ	161.1200
22	CRAZY BONES BBQ	160.5372
23	LOCAL JOE'S BBQ	159.9888
24	Grandpa Smokeys	159.4172
25	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	157.6800
26	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	156.5372
27	FOWL BALLZ	155.9656
28	BRIAN'S BEEF	154.8572
29	Bone Pit BBQ	146.8456
30	MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS	141.7484
31	SMOKIN' BALL-B-QUE	139.4400

Pork

31 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.4172

#	Team	Score
1	Grandpa Smokeys	177.1428
2	POLITICAL PORK	173.1200
3	SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY	172
4	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	171.4172
5	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	170.2628
6	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	170.2512
7	QSS SMOKIN	169.6800
8	Rowdy Razorbacks	169.6684
9	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	169.1428
10	OLD SMOKE WAGON	168.6172
11	COOL BLUE Q	168.5600
12	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	168.5600
13	GETTIN' SAUCED	168.5256
14	S&S BBQ	167.9772
15	MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS	167.4284
16	SMOKEAHOLICS	167.4172
17	FOWL BALLZ	166.2284
18	SWEET BEAVER BBQ	165.6800
19	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	164.5600
20	SWEETFIRE QUE	162.8572
21	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	162.2400
22	BULLETS AND BUTTS	161.7372
23	BRIAN'S BEEF	160.5600
24	LOCAL JOE'S BBQ	158.8572
25	CRAZY BONES BBQ	158.8456
26	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	158.7884
27	A & S Up In Smoke	158.2400
28	CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ	156.5600
29	THESLABS.COM	156.5028
30	SMOKIN' BALL-B-QUE	156
31	Bone Pit BBQ	147.4056

Brisket

31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.0856

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' SAUCED	179.4400
2	THESLABS.COM	175.4172
3	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	174.8456
4	SWEET BEAVER BBQ	174.2628
5	OLD SMOKE WAGON	173.7144
6	S&S BBQ	173.7028
7	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	173.1656
8	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	172.5828
9	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	172.5600
10	QSS SMOKIN	171.4056
11	TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW	170.2972
12	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	166.8228
13	COOL BLUE Q	165.7256
14	SMOKEAHOLICS	165.7028
15	SWEETFIRE QUE	165.1200
16	FOWL BALLZ	165.0856
17	Rowdy Razorbacks	163.9772
18	SINISTER SMOKE BBQ	161.7028
19	MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE	160.5600
20	POLITICAL PORK	159.4172
21	BRIAN'S BEEF	157.1312
22	CRAZY BONES BBQ	155.4172
23	CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ	154.8344
24	SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY	151.3944
25	Bone Pit BBQ	150.8456
26	BULLETS AND BUTTS	150.8116
27	LOCAL JOE'S BBQ	147.9772
28	A & S Up In Smoke	147.9540
29	SMOKIN' BALL-B-QUE	145.6800
30	MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS	145.0856
31	Grandpa Smokeys	132.4916

Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q 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)

Photo finishes

A double category winner

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