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Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

2016-09-16 – 2016-09-17 · Madison, WI · 📍 Madison, WI

Grand Champion: LUCKY'S Q (705.7144) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 TOTALLY SAUCED

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LUCKY'S Q
705.7144 · Master Series — Overall
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TOTALLY SAUCED
702.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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ONE2BBQ
694.2288 · 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.

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 178.30
  • Pork 179.44
  • Brisket 177.14
151.38 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

2013-04-19 — 667.4280 (TOMBSTONE BBQ) 2013-07-05 — 670.8570 (THE SMOKE HUNTERS) 2013-08-02 — 683.9544 (TheBBQSuperStore.com) 2013-09-06 — 673.6796 (Rhode Hog BBQ) 2013-09-13 — 697.0972 (MOONSWINERS) 2013-10-11 — 697.6684 (CAVEMAN CUISINE) 2014-04-25 — 685.7140 (RHYTHM 'N QUE) 2014-07-11 — 685.0972 (IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ) 2014-08-01 — 689.1316 (BIG BROTHERS BBQ) 2014-08-29 — 673.0740 (CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ) 2014-09-05 — 701.7144 (PIG WHISPERERS) 2014-09-19 — 694.2288 (CLARK CREW BBQ) 2015-04-24 — 702.8576 (RHYTHM 'N QUE) 2015-08-07 — 694.8344 (THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ) 2015-09-04 — 688.5488 (ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE) 2015-09-18 — 701.1200 (CAJUN BLAZE) 2015-09-25 — 694.2632 (CLARK CREW BBQ) 2016-04-22 — 695.4172 (BIG POPPA SMOKERS) 2016-07-01 — 697.6572 (CONTAGIOUS Q) 2016-08-26 — 695.3484 (WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ) 2016-09-16 — 705.7144 (LUCKY'S Q) 2016-09-23 — 698.8572 (JAESTAR BBQ) 2017-04-21 — 706.8572 (BURNIN AND LOOTIN) 2017-06-30 — 704.5488 (SMOKIN BUTT CREW) 2017-08-25 — 698.8228 (SMOKING BUTT HEADS) 2017-09-15 — 685.1432 (LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY) 2017-09-22 — 709.7260 (SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ) 705.71 2013 2017

Entries

30
4 judged meats

Top score

705.7144

Winning margin

2.8800
GC over RC

Field average

680.05
650.13705.71
median 680.23 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.6228
650.13705.71
10th place overall

Field spread

55.5888
winner to last place

Most consistent

LUCKY'S Q
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.7372 pts — SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC

How hot was the win?

Top 11%
beats 89% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

0%
0 of 30 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1688
avg power rating going in · stronger than 99% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PORKY BUTTS BBQ
rated 1885 pre-contest

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.

A new contest record

705.7144 highest overall ever cooked here

705.7144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.8576 RHYTHM 'N QUE set in 2015.

  • old record 702.8576
  • set 2015 by RHYTHM 'N QUE

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 27 tracked editions

RHYTHM 'N QUE has won this contest 2 times across its 27 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2015

A stacked field

1688 average power rating going in

Stronger than 99% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1688 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.

  • top seed PORKY BUTTS BBQ (1885)
  • 30 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: THE REAL SMOKIN ACES and CASE OF RIBS tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: TOTALLY SAUCED and BIG BROTHERS BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: MAC ATTACK BBQ and RUB MY RACK tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

LUCKY'S Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 7th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 7th
  • Brisket 2nd

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE SMOKE HUNTERS (won 2013), BIG BROTHERS BBQ (won 2014).

  • THE SMOKE HUNTERS · 2013
  • BIG BROTHERS BBQ · 2014

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-04-19 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 30 667.4280 TOMBSTONE BBQ GQUE
2013-07-05 Madison, WI Madison, WI 30 670.8570 THE SMOKE HUNTERS SMOKERS PURGATORY
2013-08-02 Rockford, IL Rockford, IL 30 683.9544 TheBBQSuperStore.com GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
2013-09-06 Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake, VA 30 673.6796 Rhode Hog BBQ SMOKE THIS
2013-09-13 Hendersonville, TN Hendersonville, TN 30 697.0972 MOONSWINERS Swamp Boys
2013-10-11 Midwest City, OK Midwest City, OK 30 697.6684 CAVEMAN CUISINE IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2014-04-25 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 30 685.7140 RHYTHM 'N QUE SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ
2014-07-11 Madison, WI Madison, WI 29 685.0972 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ SECOND CITY SMOKE
2014-08-01 Madison, WI Madison, WI 30 689.1316 BIG BROTHERS BBQ iBQ'n
2014-08-29 Richmond, VA Richmond, VA 30 673.0740 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ THE BBQ GURU
2014-09-05 Southaven, MS Southaven, MS 30 701.7144 PIG WHISPERERS LANG BBQ SMOKERS
2014-09-19 Midwest City, OK Midwest City, OK 29 694.2288 CLARK CREW BBQ CAVEMAN CUISINE
2015-04-24 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 30 702.8576 RHYTHM 'N QUE BIG POPPA SMOKERS
2015-08-07 Madison, WI Madison, WI 30 694.8344 THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ BIG T'Z Q CRU
2015-09-04 Richmond, VA Richmond, VA 30 688.5488 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE INSANE SWINE BBQ
2015-09-18 Southaven, MS Southaven, MS 30 701.1200 CAJUN BLAZE EAT MOR BUTT BBQ
2015-09-25 Midwest City, OK Midwest City, OK 30 694.2632 CLARK CREW BBQ SMOKEAHOLICS
2016-04-22 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 30 695.4172 BIG POPPA SMOKERS SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
2016-07-01 Marietta, GA Marietta, GA 30 697.6572 CONTAGIOUS Q Organizer Portal
2016-08-26 N. Charleston, SC N. Charleston, SC 30 695.3484 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
2016-09-16 ← this one Madison, WI Madison, WI 30 705.7144 LUCKY'S Q TOTALLY SAUCED
2016-09-23 Midwest City, OK Midwest City, OK 30 698.8572 JAESTAR BBQ SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
2017-04-21 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 30 706.8572 BURNIN AND LOOTIN LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ
2017-06-30 Bartlett, TN Bartlett, TN 30 704.5488 SMOKIN BUTT CREW RAZORRACKS
2017-08-25 Richmond, VA Richmond, VA 29 698.8228 SMOKING BUTT HEADS WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
2017-09-15 Madison, WI Madison, WI 30 685.1432 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY iBQ'n
2017-09-22 Edmond, OK Edmond, OK 30 709.7260 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ JAESTAR BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.0000174.2628
Pork Ribs178.2972174.2744171.4172
Pork179.4400175.4400173.1200
Brisket177.1428174.2856172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 705.7144 · median 680.2344

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 705.7144
2 TOTALLY SAUCED 702.8344
3 ONE2BBQ 694.2288
4 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 693.6456
5 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 689.7604
6 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 689.1432
7 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 689.0628
8 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 687.9316
9 T-MAC SMOKIN 686.8112
10 FOWL BUTT BBQ 685.6228
11 ABLE ACRES BBQ 684.5488
12 MAC ATTACK BBQ 684.5256
13 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 683.3828
14 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 682.2056
15 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 680.5488
16 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 679.9200
17 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 679.9084
18 WHEN PIGS DIE 679.3484
19 QUETOPIA 678.7656
20 BO B Q BBQ 677.6800
21 iBQ'n 677.0744
22 CASE OF RIBS 675.9200
23 RUB MY RACK 673.0056
24 SMOKIN' IN THE D 671.4288
25 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 670.7884
26 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 669.0972
27 BERKEE RAE'S BBQ 664.4572
28 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 659.8972
29 40 CALIBER BBQ 654.1256
30 CHANNABILLY BBQ 650.1256

Chicken

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4228

#TeamScore
1 FOWL BUTT BBQ 178.8572
2 ONE2BBQ 177.7144
3 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 177.7028
4 iBQ'n 177.1428
5 LUCKY'S Q 176.0000
6 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 175.4056
7 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 174.2972
8 CASE OF RIBS 174.2972
9 TOTALLY SAUCED 174.2744
10 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 174.2628
11 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 173.7488
12 RUB MY RACK 173.1084
13 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 172.6060
14 T-MAC SMOKIN 172.5600
15 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 172.0000
16 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 170.8456
17 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 169.7372
18 CHANNABILLY BBQ 169.6800
19 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.6800
20 MAC ATTACK BBQ 169.1428
21 ABLE ACRES BBQ 168.5828
22 WHEN PIGS DIE 167.9772
23 QUETOPIA 167.9656
24 BERKEE RAE'S BBQ 167.4172
25 SMOKIN' IN THE D 166.2972
26 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 166.2628
27 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 165.0972
28 40 CALIBER BBQ 165.0856
29 BO B Q BBQ 163.3944
30 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 162.8000

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.2744

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 178.2972
2 BO B Q BBQ 177.7372
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 177.1544
4 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 175.4288
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 174.2744
6 TOTALLY SAUCED 173.7144
7 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 173.7144
8 40 CALIBER BBQ 172.5600
9 MAC ATTACK BBQ 171.4172
10 RUB MY RACK 171.4172
11 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 170.8572
12 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 170.8572
13 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 170.8228
14 SMOKIN' IN THE D 170.2972
15 ONE2BBQ 170.2744
16 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 170.2744
17 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 170.2628
18 WHEN PIGS DIE 169.7028
19 BERKEE RAE'S BBQ 169.1200
20 T-MAC SMOKIN 168.5372
21 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 168.5372
22 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 167.9772
23 CHANNABILLY BBQ 167.9772
24 ABLE ACRES BBQ 167.4288
25 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 167.4288
26 QUETOPIA 166.2516
27 iBQ'n 162.8344
28 FOWL BUTT BBQ 162.7884
29 CASE OF RIBS 159.9656
30 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 158.8344

Pork

30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.1314

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 179.4400
2 TOTALLY SAUCED 177.7028
3 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 177.1428
4 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 176.0000
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4400
6 CASE OF RIBS 175.4172
7 LUCKY'S Q 174.8572
8 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 174.2628
9 ABLE ACRES BBQ 173.1316
10 MAC ATTACK BBQ 173.1200
11 FOWL BUTT BBQ 171.9772
12 ONE2BBQ 171.9772
13 T-MAC SMOKIN 171.4284
14 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 171.4056
15 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 171.4056
16 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 170.8572
17 QUETOPIA 170.8456
18 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 170.8228
19 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2856
20 WHEN PIGS DIE 170.2628
21 BERKEE RAE'S BBQ 169.6684
22 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 167.9884
23 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 167.9772
24 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 167.3828
25 BO B Q BBQ 165.1428
26 SMOKIN' IN THE D 163.4172
27 iBQ'n 162.8344
28 RUB MY RACK 161.0972
29 CHANNABILLY BBQ 161.0856
30 40 CALIBER BBQ 159.3944

Brisket

30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 171.1256

#TeamScore
1 TOTALLY SAUCED 177.1428
2 LUCKY'S Q 176.5600
3 ABLE ACRES BBQ 175.4056
4 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 174.8572
5 T-MAC SMOKIN 174.2856
6 ONE2BBQ 174.2628
7 iBQ'n 174.2628
8 QUETOPIA 173.7028
9 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.1200
10 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 172.5600
11 RURAL ROUTE BBQ 172.5600
12 FOWL BUTT BBQ 172.0000
13 SMOKIN' IN THE D 171.4172
14 BO B Q BBQ 171.4056
15 WHEN PIGS DIE 171.4056
16 MAC ATTACK BBQ 170.8456
17 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 170.2628
18 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2628
19 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 167.9656
20 RUB MY RACK 167.3828
21 CASE OF RIBS 166.2400
22 SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC 166.2400
23 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 165.1544
24 RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 163.9312
25 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 161.6800
26 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 159.4172
27 BERKEE RAE'S BBQ 158.2516
28 40 CALIBER BBQ 157.0856
29 TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS 156.0000
30 CHANNABILLY BBQ 151.3828

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