Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship

2016-05-06 – 2016-05-07 · Mesquite, NV · 📍 Mesquite, NV 89027

Grand Champion: CLARK CREW BBQ (695.3368) · 35 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORTERHOUSE BBQ

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CLARK CREW BBQ

695.3368 · Master Series — Overall

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PORTERHOUSE BBQ

694.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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LUCKY'S Q

691.3716 · 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.

502.24 median 667.90 695.34 🏆

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 176.57
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 179.44

20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2016 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

695.3368

Winning margin

0.5368

GC over RC

Field average

656.02

502.24695.34

median 667.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

LUCKY'S Q (Chicken), OLD 99 MEAT CO. (Chicken), BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.2056

502.24695.34

10th place overall

Field spread

193.0968

winner to last place

Most consistent

CLARK CREW BBQ

avg finish 7.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.5712 pts — CLARK CREW BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 53%

beats 47% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

34%

14 of 41 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1627

avg power rating going in · stronger than 90% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

rated 1890 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

0.5368 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.

CLARK CREW BBQ
PORTERHOUSE BBQ

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

LUCKY'S Q · Chicken
OLD 99 MEAT CO. · Chicken
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ · Pork

A stacked field

1627 average power rating going in

Stronger than 90% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1627 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.

top seed BIG POPPA SMOKERS (1890)
35 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: LUCKY'S Q and OLD 99 MEAT CO. tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: FUNTIME BBQ and ROOFTOP BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Pork 3–4 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

CLARK CREW BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.

Chicken 16th
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 8th
Brisket 1st

A contest record in brisket

179.4400 best brisket ever cooked here

CLARK CREW BBQ turned in 179.4400 in brisket — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

old best 176.5600
across 3 past editions

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PIGGY D'S BBQ (won 2013), BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (won 2014), SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (won 2015).

PIGGY D'S BBQ · 2013
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ · 2014
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ · 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
2013-08-31	Mesquite, NV	Mesquite, NV	54	668.4456	PIGGY D'S BBQ	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ
2014-04-26	Mesquite, NV	Mesquite, NV 89027	51	697.0512	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	WOODHOUSE BARBECUE
2015-05-02	Mesquite, NV	Mesquite, NV 89027	41	693.7376	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ
2016-05-06 ← this one	Mesquite, NV	Mesquite, NV 89027	35	695.3368	CLARK CREW BBQ	PORTERHOUSE BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.0116	173.1200
Pork Ribs	176.5716	173.1544	171.4172
Pork	180.0000	172.5600	170.8572
Brisket	179.4400	173.1200	171.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 695.3368 · median 667.8972

#	Team	Score
1	CLARK CREW BBQ	695.3368
2	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	694.8000
3	LUCKY'S Q	691.3716
4	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	687.3600
5	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	683.3712
6	LEFT COAST Q	681.6344
7	UTAH BBQ COMPANY	681.0856
8	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	679.3600
9	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	678.2744
10	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	678.2056
11	OLD 99 MEAT CO.	677.0972
12	ROOFTOP BBQ	677.0400
13	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	675.3716
14	CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	674.1828
15	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	672.4912
16	RHYTHM 'N QUE	671.2684
17	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	668.4916
18	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	667.8972
19	FUNTIME BBQ	664.4460
20	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	662.8116
21	BOWLING OVER PIGS	661.1088
22	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	660.4684
23	GORILLA ISLANDS	656.4800
24	MAD MAX'S BBQ	654.7888
25	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	652.4572
26	PIGGY D'S BBQ	650.6744
27	SIN CITY SMOKERS	649.5772
28	The BBQ Asylum	643.1996
29	Jessie Rae's Barbecue	642.8460
30	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	641.1088
31	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	622.0800
32	PART TIME BBQ	620.4232
33	GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ	603.8288
34	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	537.6912
35	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	502.2400

Chicken

34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2570 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LUCKY'S Q	180.0000 🔥
2	OLD 99 MEAT CO.	180.0000 🔥
3	UTAH BBQ COMPANY	177.7372
4	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	177.7028
5	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	176.0116
6	PIGGY D'S BBQ	175.4172
7	BOWLING OVER PIGS	174.2744
8	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	174.2628
9	FUNTIME BBQ	173.1200
10	ROOFTOP BBQ	173.1200
11	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	173.1200
12	Jessie Rae's Barbecue	172.5828
13	CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	172.5716
14	LEFT COAST Q	171.9656
15	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	171.4056
16	CLARK CREW BBQ	169.6684
17	RHYTHM 'N QUE	168.5256
18	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	167.9884
19	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	167.9656
20	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	167.4172
21	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	166.8228
22	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	166.2628
23	MAD MAX'S BBQ	165.1200
24	GORILLA ISLANDS	165.1200
25	The BBQ Asylum	164.5256
26	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	163.4516
27	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	161.7028
28	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	161.1200
29	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	157.1084
30	SIN CITY SMOKERS	157.0856
31	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	156.5716
32	GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ	154.8228
33	PART TIME BBQ	151.9200
34	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	20.0000

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.1316

#	Team	Score
1	LEFT COAST Q	176.5716
2	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	176.0116
3	CLARK CREW BBQ	174.2628
4	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	173.7028
5	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	173.1544
6	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	173.1544
7	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	172.0000
8	ROOFTOP BBQ	171.9772
9	SIN CITY SMOKERS	171.4400
10	LUCKY'S Q	171.4172
11	CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	168.5600
12	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	167.9772
13	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	167.4400
14	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	167.4172
15	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	167.3944
16	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	167.3828
17	OLD 99 MEAT CO.	166.2628
18	FUNTIME BBQ	165.1316
19	PIGGY D'S BBQ	165.0972
20	RHYTHM 'N QUE	164.5256
21	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	163.9772
22	UTAH BBQ COMPANY	163.9544
23	GORILLA ISLANDS	162.8000
24	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	161.7256
25	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	161.6800
26	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	160.5372
27	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	160.5372
28	MAD MAX'S BBQ	160.5372
29	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	160.5260
30	BOWLING OVER PIGS	160.5144
31	PART TIME BBQ	159.4060
32	Jessie Rae's Barbecue	153.7032
33	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	153.0972
34	The BBQ Asylum	147.3140
35	GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ	139.9544

Pork

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4744 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	179.4400
3	LUCKY'S Q	176.5716
4	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	176.5600
5	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	172.5600
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	172.5484
7	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	172.0000
8	CLARK CREW BBQ	171.9656
9	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	171.4400
10	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	170.8572
11	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	170.8456
12	SIN CITY SMOKERS	170.8228
13	GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ	170.2628
14	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	169.7144
15	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	169.7028
16	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	168.5256
17	OLD 99 MEAT CO.	167.9772
18	BOWLING OVER PIGS	167.4744
19	RHYTHM 'N QUE	167.3828
20	UTAH BBQ COMPANY	167.3712
21	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	165.7028
22	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	165.1200
23	LEFT COAST Q	164.5600
24	ROOFTOP BBQ	163.3944
25	Jessie Rae's Barbecue	162.8800
26	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	162.8456
27	CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	162.7884
28	PART TIME BBQ	161.6684
29	FUNTIME BBQ	161.0972
30	The BBQ Asylum	160.5028
31	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	159.9544
32	PIGGY D'S BBQ	159.3828
33	GORILLA ISLANDS	157.1200
34	MAD MAX'S BBQ	154.2744
35	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	151.9428

Brisket

35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372

#	Team	Score
1	CLARK CREW BBQ	179.4400
2	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	174.8688
3	MAD MAX'S BBQ	174.8572
4	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	174.2628
5	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	173.1200
6	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	172.5828
7	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	172.5484
8	UTAH BBQ COMPANY	172.0228
9	GORILLA ISLANDS	171.4400
10	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	171.4056
11	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	170.8688
12	The BBQ Asylum	170.8572
13	RHYTHM 'N QUE	170.8344
14	CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S	170.2628
15	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	169.1200
16	ROOFTOP BBQ	168.5484
17	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	168.5372
18	LEFT COAST Q	168.5372
19	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	166.2628
20	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	166.2512
21	FUNTIME BBQ	165.0972
22	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	165.0856
23	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	164.5600
24	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	163.9656
25	LUCKY'S Q	163.3828
26	OLD 99 MEAT CO.	162.8572
27	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	160.5488
28	BOWLING OVER PIGS	158.8456
29	Jessie Rae's Barbecue	153.6800
30	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	151.9428
31	PIGGY D'S BBQ	150.7772
32	SIN CITY SMOKERS	150.2288
33	PART TIME BBQ	147.4288
34	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	142.1600
35	GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ	138.7888

Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship

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 (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

A day of perfect scores

A stacked field

Photo finishes

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