Decided by a tiebreaker
Tie
identical totals at the top
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ 2016
Jun 3–4, 2016 · Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN · 📍 323 Camp Jordan Parkway
BOOTYQUE won Grand Champion at the Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ on June 3, 2016 in Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN at 323 Camp Jordan Parkway, scoring 706.8228 in a field of 39 teams. HOT COLE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 706.8228. Category winners: Chicken — BOOTYQUE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — HOT COLE'S BBQ (179.4400); Pork — HOT COLE'S BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — BOOTYQUE (180.0000). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2016.
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.
525.09
median 677.07
706.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 179.44
- Pork Ribs 179.44
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 180 🔥
141.63
180
Entries
39
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
706.8228
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
668.49
525.09706.82
median 677.07 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
684.5144
525.09706.82
10th place overall
Field spread
181.7372
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 10%
beats 90% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,586
avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests
Storylines (6 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.
An upset on the books
32-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
BOOTYQUE came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1731
- top seed 1863
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 16 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 8–9: HOT COLE'S BBQ and CHARCOAL & MORE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: KNOXVEGAS BBQ and ANGRY JACK BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: ANGRY JACK BBQ and CHARCOAL & MORE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BOOTYQUE won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
BOOTYQUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 21st.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 21st
- Pork 8th
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BOOTYQUE · Brisket
- HOT COLE'S BBQ · Pork
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2016 ← this one | Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN | 323 Camp Jordan Parkway | 39 | 706.8228 | BOOTYQUE | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN | 323 Camp Jordan Parkway | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8800 | 172.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
39 entries · top 706.8228 · median 677.0744
Chicken
39 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8112
Pork Ribs
39 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8228
Pork
38 entries · top 180 · median 168.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
39 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Master Series — Dessert
23 entries · top 180 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 4 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 5 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 6 | Folks | |
| 7 | POORBOYS BBQ CO | |
| 8 | E.T.'S BBQ | |
| 9 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | THIRTY SEVEN BBQ | |
| 11 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 12 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 13 | 2 HICKS WITH STICKS | |
| 14 | UNCLE BUTCH BARBEQUE | |
| 15 | BATTLEGROUND BBQ | |
| 16 | CAUGHT BY THE FIRE | |
| 17 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | G-QUE KY | |
| 19 | RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES | |
| 20 | THE LOW & SLOW SMOKERS | |
| 21 | BABE'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SONS OF SMOKE | |
| 23 | Country Cuts BBQ |
Master Series — Sausage
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.7372