PigMaina Lima

May 27–28, 2016 · Lima, OH · 📍 Allen County Fairgrounds

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SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ

691.9428 · Master Series — Overall

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PB&J'S BBQ TEAM

686.7772 · Master Series — Overall

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SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM

681.6228 · Master Series — Overall

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the PigMaina Lima on May 27, 2016 in Lima, OH at Allen County Fairgrounds, scoring 691.9428 in a field of 29 teams. PB&J'S BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.7772. Category winners: Chicken — TIRE SMOKE BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — HOLY SMOKERS MI (177.1428); Pork — SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — BLUE DOG BBQ (176.5716).

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.

596.88 median 666.15 691.94 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.86
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 177.71
Brisket 176.57

131.98 178.86

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

691.9428

Winning margin

5.1656

GC over RC

Field average

657.22

596.88691.94

median 666.15 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

3.4632 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.4572

596.88691.94

10th place overall

Field spread

95.0628

winner to last place

Most consistent

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ

avg finish 5 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.5828 pts — HOLY SMOKERS MI

How hot was the win?

Top 65%

beats 35% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,539

avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THUNDER HOG BBQ

rated 1742 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ and THUNDER HOG BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: PB&J'S BBQ TEAM and CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: TIRE SMOKE BBQ and SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 8th
Pork 1st
Brisket 7th

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	173.1084	170.8228
Pork Ribs	177.1428	171.4056	167.3944
Pork	177.7144	170.2628	166.2512
Brisket	176.5716	173.1084	168.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 691.9428 · median 666.1484

#	Team	Score
1	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	691.9428
2	PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	686.7772
3	SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	681.6228
4	HOLY SMOKERS MI	680.5028
5	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	680.4572
6	THUNDER HOG BBQ	677.0512
7	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	676.9940
8	BO B Q BBQ	675.9204
9	TIRE SMOKE BBQ	672.9828
10	GREY STREET BBQ	672.4572
11	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	672.4568
12	CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY	671.3256
13	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	669.0628
14	FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE	666.1828
15	BIG ED'S BBQ	666.1484
16	ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	663.3372
17	BANKIN BABY BBQ	661.5772
18	LARSON BARBECUE	661.0176
19	BARK BROTHERS BBQ	654.1372
20	BLUE DOG BBQ	652.3772
21	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	650.1024
22	EXTRA MILE BBQ	644.9368
23	DOUBLE E SMOKERS	634.1028
24	D'VINE SWINE	630.6052
25	BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	626.0800
26	UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ	620.3544
27	BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	618.5484
28	Billy of the Hills	603.3260
29	CORPORAL KLINGERS Q	596.8800

Chicken

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1084

#	Team	Score
1	TIRE SMOKE BBQ	178.8572
2	HOLY SMOKERS MI	174.8572
3	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	174.8456
4	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	173.1084
5	THUNDER HOG BBQ	173.1084
6	LARSON BARBECUE	172.5716
7	CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY	172.5600
8	GREY STREET BBQ	172
9	SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	170.8344
10	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	170.8228
11	ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	169.7028
12	BANKIN BABY BBQ	169.6800
13	FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE	169.6684
14	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	169.1084
15	PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	169.1084
16	BO B Q BBQ	168.5372
17	BIG ED'S BBQ	167.4172
18	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	166.8228
19	BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	165.1200
20	BARK BROTHERS BBQ	163.9544
21	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	160.5256
22	D'VINE SWINE	160.5028
23	EXTRA MILE BBQ	158.2056
24	Billy of the Hills	156.5484
25	BLUE DOG BBQ	156.5028
26	DOUBLE E SMOKERS	155.9544
27	BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	153.0628
28	CORPORAL KLINGERS Q	151.9200
29	UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ	149.0856

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.5488

#	Team	Score
1	HOLY SMOKERS MI	177.1428
2	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	172.5600
3	PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	171.4172
4	CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY	171.4172
5	BIG ED'S BBQ	171.4056
6	SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	169.7028
7	THUNDER HOG BBQ	168.5828
8	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	168.5600
9	TIRE SMOKE BBQ	167.3944
10	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	167.3944
11	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	166.8228
12	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	166.8112
13	BANKIN BABY BBQ	165.6916
14	BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	164.5600
15	BO B Q BBQ	164.5488
16	GREY STREET BBQ	163.9544
17	EXTRA MILE BBQ	163.3828
18	BARK BROTHERS BBQ	162.8456
19	CORPORAL KLINGERS Q	162.8228
20	ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	161.1316
21	DOUBLE E SMOKERS	159.9544
22	UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ	159.3716
23	BLUE DOG BBQ	158.8000
24	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	158.8000
25	LARSON BARBECUE	157.6688
26	FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE	154.8344
27	D'VINE SWINE	153.6456
28	BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	153.6228
29	Billy of the Hills	131.9776

Pork

29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	177.7144
2	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	175.4172
3	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	174.2628
4	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	170.8228
5	BO B Q BBQ	170.2628
6	PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	169.6916
7	THUNDER HOG BBQ	169.6800
8	SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	167.9656
9	FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE	167.3828
10	CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY	166.2512
11	BARK BROTHERS BBQ	166.2400
12	GREY STREET BBQ	166.2400
13	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	165.7028
14	ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	165.1200
15	HOLY SMOKERS MI	165.1200
16	BIG ED'S BBQ	165.0856
17	LARSON BARBECUE	164.5256
18	BANKIN BABY BBQ	162.2400
19	DOUBLE E SMOKERS	161.1312
20	BLUE DOG BBQ	160.5028
21	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	159.3828
22	TIRE SMOKE BBQ	159.3484
23	EXTRA MILE BBQ	156.5256
24	UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ	155.3828
25	BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	155.3600
26	BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	155.3600
27	Billy of the Hills	153.6572
28	D'VINE SWINE	153.6340
29	CORPORAL KLINGERS Q	141.6112

Brisket

29 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	BLUE DOG BBQ	176.5716
2	PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	176.5600
3	FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE	174.2972
4	SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	173.1200
5	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	173.1084
6	BO B Q BBQ	172.5716
7	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	172.5600
8	GREY STREET BBQ	170.2628
9	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	168.5372
10	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	168.5256
11	ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	167.3828
12	TIRE SMOKE BBQ	167.3828
13	EXTRA MILE BBQ	166.8228
14	LARSON BARBECUE	166.2516
15	THUNDER HOG BBQ	165.6800
16	BANKIN BABY BBQ	163.9656
17	BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ	163.3828
18	HOLY SMOKERS MI	163.3828
19	D'VINE SWINE	162.8228
20	BIG ED'S BBQ	162.2400
21	Billy of the Hills	161.1428
22	BARK BROTHERS BBQ	161.0972
23	CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY	161.0972
24	DOUBLE E SMOKERS	157.0628
25	UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ	156.5144
26	BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	156.5028
27	HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ	155.4172
28	BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	141.0400
29	CORPORAL KLINGERS Q	140.5260

PigMaina Lima

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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 (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

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)

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