Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

2016-09-23 – 2016-09-24 · Murphysboro, IL · 📍 Murphysboro, IL

Grand Champion: ONE2BBQ (702.8344) · 64 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

🥇

ONE2BBQ

702.8344 · Master Series — Overall

🥈

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

695.9544 · Master Series — Overall

🥉

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS

693.1316 · 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.

478.77 median 667.05 702.83 🏆

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 178.86
Pork 179.44
Brisket 178.88

139.34 179.44

Winning score by edition

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

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

702.8344

Winning margin

6.8800

GC over RC

Field average

658.42

478.77702.83

median 667.05 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.8008

478.77702.83

10th place overall

Field spread

224.0688

winner to last place

Most consistent

ONE2BBQ

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 1.1428 pts — Ulcer Acres

How hot was the win?

Top 21%

beats 79% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1576

avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 1999 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

One2BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1838
top seed 1999

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ONE2BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 6th
Pork Ribs 8th
Pork 3rd
Brisket 9th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 16 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: GILLY'S BBQ and THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ONE2BBQ and JH OLD SCHOOL tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 4–5 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie

One of the big ones

64 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data

64 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.

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
2016-09-23 ← this one	Murphysboro, IL	Murphysboro, IL	64	702.8344	ONE2BBQ	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2017-09-22	Murphysboro, IL	214 N 17th St	55	701.1084	Q-BONES BBQ	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
2018-09-21	Murphysboro, IL	214 N 17th St	59	712.5600	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	CLARK CREW BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	177.7028	174.2628
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4288	173.1200
Pork	179.4400	176.5600	174.2972
Brisket	178.8800	174.3200	173.1428

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

64 entries · top 702.8344 · median 667.0512

#	Team	Score
1	ONE2BBQ	702.8344
2	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	695.9544
3	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	693.1316
4	SWINE LIFE	691.3944
5	QUAU	691.3484
6	Q-BONES BBQ	690.1944
7	JH OLD SCHOOL	687.9772
8	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	687.9656
9	IQUE	687.4060
10	Ulcer Acres	686.8008
11	GILLY'S BBQ	686.7884
12	KILLER HOGS	686.1940
13	THE BBQ BUS	682.7544
14	PORK PARADISE	681.6000
15	VICTORY LANE BBQ	680.9940
16	SEXY Q	680.4796
17	TENNESSEE MOJO	679.3832
18	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	679.3484
19	Poker Porkers	677.6688
20	Boars Night Out	677.0972
21	SMOKEY'S Q	675.8624
22	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	675.3828
23	JUGS BBQ	674.7888
24	Backdraft Cooking Systems	674.2056
25	GOOD GRIEF BBQ	673.6684
26	BULL RUSH BBQ	673.5884
27	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	673.5540
28	BURNT FINGER BBQ	672.4456
29	BOOTYQUE	670.1140
30	BOSS HAWG BBQ	667.3256
31	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	667.3144
32	RURAL ROUTE BBQ	667.3140
33	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	666.7884
34	Mispits	666.7772
35	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	665.6000
36	TR's Up In Smoke	665.0288
37	Serial Grillers	663.9084
38	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	663.2916
39	BORN OF FIRE!	662.7428
40	Phat Chance BBQ	661.6460
41	THREE PORKS AND A SMOKER	659.3372
42	THE BBQ SHERPAS	657.0172
43	RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE	655.8744
44	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	654.8456
45	Smoke Til We're Broke	652.5256
46	Not too Slabby	652.4456
47	CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS	651.3492
48	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	649.0400
49	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	648.4572
50	EVERY MAN A SMOKER	647.8628
51	PARTY Q	647.8060
52	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	646.1372
53	AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	641.5656
54	Hickory Stick BBQ	639.8400
55	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	638.6972
56	Ninja Pigs	633.0972
57	SMOKIN' SAUCED	631.8400
58	DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE	631.2232
59	Posey County Cookers	625.4520
60	Pork Wrenches	598.2060
61	Boppie's BBQ	597.4744
62	Shawnee Parkway Cracklin Butts	592.9944
63	PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ	498.2288
64	HARDWOOD SMOKERS	478.7656

Chicken

64 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.2514

#	Team	Score
1	JUGS BBQ	179.4400
2	Ulcer Acres	178.8572
3	GILLY'S BBQ	177.7028
4	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	177.7028
5	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	177.7028
6	ONE2BBQ	176.5600
7	JH OLD SCHOOL	176.5600
8	PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ	174.8572
9	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	174.2744
10	BURNT FINGER BBQ	174.2628
11	QUAU	173.1200
12	VICTORY LANE BBQ	173.1200
13	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	172.5944
14	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	172.5600
15	BULL RUSH BBQ	172.5484
16	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	172.5484
17	Phat Chance BBQ	172.0000
18	IQUE	171.9772
19	PORK PARADISE	171.9772
20	SWINE LIFE	171.4172
21	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	171.4172
22	KILLER HOGS	171.4056
23	Poker Porkers	170.8344
24	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	170.2628
25	TENNESSEE MOJO	169.7144
26	BORN OF FIRE!	169.7144
27	BOSS HAWG BBQ	169.7028
28	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	169.6800
29	AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	169.1428
30	THREE PORKS AND A SMOKER	168.5716
31	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	168.5716
32	RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE	168.5372
33	SMOKEY'S Q	167.9656
34	TR's Up In Smoke	167.9656
35	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	167.3828
36	Backdraft Cooking Systems	167.3828
37	Serial Grillers	166.8456
38	THE BBQ BUS	166.8344
39	Q-BONES BBQ	166.2516
40	Mispits	166.2512
41	RURAL ROUTE BBQ	166.2400
42	PARTY Q	165.6800
43	BOOTYQUE	164.5140
44	CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS	163.9772
45	GOOD GRIEF BBQ	163.4400
46	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	163.4056
47	Hickory Stick BBQ	163.4056
48	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	163.3828
49	DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE	161.6916
50	Smoke Til We're Broke	161.1200
51	Posey County Cookers	161.0972
52	SEXY Q	160.5256
53	Not too Slabby	160.4912
54	EVERY MAN A SMOKER	159.9656
55	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	157.1200
56	Boppie's BBQ	157.0972
57	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	156.5372
58	SMOKIN' SAUCED	156.5028
59	Boars Night Out	155.9772
60	Pork Wrenches	154.8116
61	THE BBQ SHERPAS	154.8000
62	HARDWOOD SMOKERS	152.5372
63	Ninja Pigs	150.8112
64	Shawnee Parkway Cracklin Butts	145.1428

Pork Ribs

64 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	Ulcer Acres	178.8572
2	Boars Night Out	177.7144
3	Q-BONES BBQ	177.7028
4	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	176.5600
5	SWINE LIFE	175.4288
6	KILLER HOGS	175.4172
7	Backdraft Cooking Systems	174.2744
8	ONE2BBQ	174.2744
9	GILLY'S BBQ	173.7144
10	RURAL ROUTE BBQ	173.1200
11	RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE	173.1200
12	Mispits	173.1200
13	IQUE	171.9888
14	JUGS BBQ	171.4288
15	BURNT FINGER BBQ	171.4172
16	THE BBQ BUS	170.8228
17	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	170.2856
18	SEXY Q	170.2628
19	VICTORY LANE BBQ	169.6800
20	AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	169.1428
21	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	167.9888
22	Smoke Til We're Broke	167.4400
23	SMOKEY'S Q	167.4056
24	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	167.3828
25	TENNESSEE MOJO	167.3828
26	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	166.8344
27	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	166.8228
28	TR's Up In Smoke	166.2744
29	Serial Grillers	166.2628
30	PORK PARADISE	166.2400
31	Hickory Stick BBQ	165.6800
32	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	165.6800
33	JH OLD SCHOOL	165.6800
34	BOSS HAWG BBQ	165.6800
35	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	165.1200
36	GOOD GRIEF BBQ	165.1084
37	BOOTYQUE	165.0972
38	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	164.0000
39	PARTY Q	163.9544
40	THREE PORKS AND A SMOKER	163.9428
41	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	163.4288
42	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	163.3944
43	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	162.8344
44	DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE	162.2516
45	Ninja Pigs	161.6800
46	Posey County Cookers	161.6688
47	THE BBQ SHERPAS	161.1316
48	QUAU	161.0856
49	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	160.5256
50	Not too Slabby	159.9772
51	HARDWOOD SMOKERS	159.9428
52	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	159.4172
53	EVERY MAN A SMOKER	159.3944
54	SMOKIN' SAUCED	159.3828
55	BULL RUSH BBQ	158.2400
56	CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS	158.2288
57	Poker Porkers	158.2172
58	BORN OF FIRE!	157.6456
59	Phat Chance BBQ	157.1316
60	PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ	157.1088
61	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	151.9428
62	Pork Wrenches	149.7028
63	Boppie's BBQ	149.6688
64	Shawnee Parkway Cracklin Butts	143.9200

Pork

64 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5256

#	Team	Score
1	QUAU	179.4400
2	GOOD GRIEF BBQ	178.8572
3	ONE2BBQ	178.8572
4	SEXY Q	176.5828
5	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	176.5600
6	CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS	175.4400
7	THE BBQ BUS	175.4172
8	BOOTYQUE	175.4172
9	SWINE LIFE	174.8456
10	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	174.2972
11	BOSS HAWG BBQ	174.2972
12	EVERY MAN A SMOKER	174.2856
13	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	174.2628
14	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	173.1544
15	JH OLD SCHOOL	173.1544
16	THE BBQ SHERPAS	172.5600
17	TENNESSEE MOJO	171.9772
18	VICTORY LANE BBQ	171.9656
19	Not too Slabby	171.4172
20	Ulcer Acres	170.8460
21	Backdraft Cooking Systems	170.8228
22	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	170.2856
23	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	170.2744
24	Poker Porkers	169.7372
25	SMOKEY'S Q	169.6800
26	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	169.6800
27	IQUE	169.1200
28	Boars Night Out	169.1084
29	TR's Up In Smoke	168.5372
30	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	168.5372
31	BULL RUSH BBQ	168.5372
32	KILLER HOGS	168.5256
33	PORK PARADISE	168.5256
34	BORN OF FIRE!	167.9772
35	Phat Chance BBQ	167.3944
36	Q-BONES BBQ	167.3828
37	BURNT FINGER BBQ	166.8228
38	HARDWOOD SMOKERS	166.2856
39	JUGS BBQ	166.2628
40	PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ	166.2628
41	Hickory Stick BBQ	166.2400
42	Mispits	165.6916
43	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	165.1200
44	PARTY Q	165.1088
45	THREE PORKS AND A SMOKER	165.1084
46	Ninja Pigs	164.5944
47	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	164.5600
48	AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	163.9428
49	GILLY'S BBQ	162.2284
50	Smoke Til We're Broke	161.7028
51	Serial Grillers	161.6800
52	SMOKIN' SAUCED	161.1428
53	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	161.0972
54	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	159.9772
55	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	159.3600
56	RURAL ROUTE BBQ	158.8456
57	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	158.2172
58	Posey County Cookers	158.2172
59	Shawnee Parkway Cracklin Butts	154.8344
60	RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE	154.2400
61	Pork Wrenches	153.6916
62	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	149.6912
63	Boppie's BBQ	149.6228
64	DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE	149.0512

Brisket

62 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2456

#	Team	Score
1	Poker Porkers	178.8800
2	Q-BONES BBQ	178.8572
3	QUAU	177.7028
4	PORK PARADISE	174.8572
5	IQUE	174.3200
6	Boars Night Out	174.2972
7	BULL RUSH BBQ	174.2628
8	GILLY'S BBQ	173.1428
9	ONE2BBQ	173.1428
10	BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	173.1428
11	THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	173.1428
12	SEXY Q	173.1084
13	JH OLD SCHOOL	172.5828
14	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	171.4172
15	KILLER HOGS	170.8456
16	SMOKEY'S Q	170.8112
17	TENNESSEE MOJO	170.3088
18	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	169.7028
19	SWINE LIFE	169.7028
20	THE BBQ BUS	169.6800
21	Serial Grillers	169.1200
22	RURAL ROUTE BBQ	169.1084
23	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	169.1084
24	CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT	168.5600
25	THE BBQ SHERPAS	168.5256
26	WRIGHT ON QUE-IL	168.5256
27	F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS	167.9656
28	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	167.4056
29	BORN OF FIRE!	167.4056
30	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	167.4056
31	GOOD GRIEF BBQ	166.2628
32	VICTORY LANE BBQ	166.2284
33	Phat Chance BBQ	165.1200
34	A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE	165.0856
35	BOOTYQUE	165.0856
36	Smoke Til We're Broke	162.2628
37	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	162.2628
38	TR's Up In Smoke	162.2516
39	SMOKI BROS. BBQ	162.2400
40	Backdraft Cooking Systems	161.7256
41	Mispits	161.7144
42	THREE PORKS AND A SMOKER	161.7144
43	Not too Slabby	160.5600
44	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	160.5600
45	RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE	159.9772
46	BURNT FINGER BBQ	159.9428
47	Ulcer Acres	158.2404
48	DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE	158.2288
49	JUGS BBQ	157.6572
50	BOSS HAWG BBQ	157.6456
51	Big O' Dang O' BBQ	156.5488
52	Ninja Pigs	156.0116
53	SMOKIN' SAUCED	154.8116
54	EVERY MAN A SMOKER	154.2172
55	CARNIE'S TRAVELING MEAT CIRCUS	153.7032
56	PARTY Q	153.0628
57	Shawnee Parkway Cracklin Butts	149.0972
58	Hickory Stick BBQ	144.5144
59	Posey County Cookers	144.4688
60	Boppie's BBQ	141.0856
61	Pork Wrenches	140.0000
62	AUTO"BE"GRILLIN	139.3372

Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

One of the big ones

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