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Smokin Butts & Tires (GBC Qualifier)

Sep 23–24, 2016 · Conyers, GA

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688.4568 · Master Series — Overall
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686.2172 · Master Series — Overall
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685.6112 · Master Series — Overall

MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM won Grand Champion at the Smokin Butts & Tires (GBC Qualifier) on September 23, 2016 in Conyers, GA, scoring 688.4568 in a field of 25 teams. POT'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2172. Category winners: Chicken — HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS (176.5600); Pork Ribs — KILLER B'S BBQ (176.5600); Pork — POT'S BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS (178.8572).

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 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 178.86
144 178.86

Entries

25
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

688.4568

Winning margin

2.2396
GC over RC

Field average

663.35
614.18688.46
median 668.51 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.3144
614.18688.46
10th place overall

Field spread

74.2740
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 7 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.2972 pts — POT'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 75%
beats 25% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,564
avg power rating going in · stronger than 49% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1833 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 9th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 18th
  • Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 4–5: SWINE DINING GA and BLAZIN'7'S tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: POT'S BBQ and MEN AT PORK tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ and MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600173.1200168.5484
Pork Ribs176.5600172.5600168.5256
Pork178.8572171.4516168.5256
Brisket178.8572175.4056167.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 688.4568 · median 668.5144

#TeamScore
1 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 688.4568
2 POT'S BBQ 686.2172
3 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 685.6112
4 KILLER B'S BBQ 682.7428
5 THE PIT CREW GA 682.1712
6 YES, DEAR BBQ 682.1480
7 SWINE DINING GA 681.5884
8 PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS 677.6688
9 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 677.5996
10 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 671.3144
11 SHADE TREE BBQ 670.6852
12 WICKED QUE 670.1596
13 CABIN CREEK BBQ CO. 668.5144
14 HOOTIE-Q 666.7200
15 CLAUDE'S Q 662.1828
16 BLAZIN'7'S 662.1484
17 WYANDOTTE SMOKE 659.8396
18 AWESOME Q 653.0172
19 WAY 2 QUE 652.4000
20 MEN AT PORK 651.8628
21 ROAD WARRIORS BBQ 646.6288
22 RUNWAY SMOKE 645.5084
23 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 627.8288
24 3 BUDDIES BBQ 616.4576
25 SMOKED FINE PIT BBQ 614.1828

Chicken

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9772

#TeamScore
1 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 176.5600
2 POT'S BBQ 175.4172
3 YES, DEAR BBQ 174.2628
4 KILLER B'S BBQ 173.7028
5 PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS 173.1200
6 SHADE TREE BBQ 173.1084
7 WICKED QUE 172.5484
8 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 171.9656
9 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 171.4056
10 THE PIT CREW GA 168.5484
11 ROAD WARRIORS BBQ 168.5372
12 WAY 2 QUE 168.5256
13 CABIN CREEK BBQ CO. 167.9772
14 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 167.3828
15 CLAUDE'S Q 166.8228
16 SWINE DINING GA 165.0856
17 WYANDOTTE SMOKE 163.9656
18 RUNWAY SMOKE 163.9428
19 MEN AT PORK 163.4400
20 BLAZIN'7'S 162.2628
21 SMOKED FINE PIT BBQ 162.2628
22 HOOTIE-Q 162.2400
23 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 159.9656
24 3 BUDDIES BBQ 159.4060
25 AWESOME Q 155.9084

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 KILLER B'S BBQ 176.5600
2 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 175.4172
3 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 173.1428
4 SWINE DINING GA 172.5600
5 BLAZIN'7'S 172.5600
6 THE PIT CREW GA 171.9772
7 YES, DEAR BBQ 170.2512
8 POT'S BBQ 169.6800
9 MEN AT PORK 169.6800
10 SHADE TREE BBQ 168.5256
11 WYANDOTTE SMOKE 168
12 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 167.4056
13 WICKED QUE 166.2628
14 CLAUDE'S Q 165.6800
15 AWESOME Q 165.1200
16 HOOTIE-Q 164.5256
17 3 BUDDIES BBQ 164
18 PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS 162.8000
19 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 161.1200
20 CABIN CREEK BBQ CO. 158.8228
21 ROAD WARRIORS BBQ 155.9316
22 WAY 2 QUE 155.3716
23 RUNWAY SMOKE 152.4684
24 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 150.8116
25 SMOKED FINE PIT BBQ 144

Pork

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 POT'S BBQ 178.8572
2 YES, DEAR BBQ 176.5600
3 SWINE DINING GA 174.2628
4 HOOTIE-Q 171.9772
5 PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS 171.4516
6 MEN AT PORK 170.8228
7 WAY 2 QUE 169.7028
8 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 169.6800
9 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 168.5372
10 WYANDOTTE SMOKE 168.5256
11 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 167.4056
12 THE PIT CREW GA 166.2400
13 CLAUDE'S Q 165.1200
14 WICKED QUE 165.0856
15 KILLER B'S BBQ 165.0856
16 AWESOME Q 164.5488
17 CABIN CREEK BBQ CO. 164.0116
18 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 163.9312
19 SHADE TREE BBQ 161.6684
20 RUNWAY SMOKE 161.1316
21 BLAZIN'7'S 161.0856
22 ROAD WARRIORS BBQ 160.5144
23 SMOKED FINE PIT BBQ 159.9428
24 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 154.7772
25 3 BUDDIES BBQ 147.4172

Brisket

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS 178.8572
2 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ 177.7028
3 MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 177.7028
4 CABIN CREEK BBQ CO. 177.7028
5 THE PIT CREW GA 175.4056
6 PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS 170.2972
7 SWINE DINING GA 169.6800
8 BAREKNUCKLES BBQ 169.6684
9 HOOTIE-Q 167.9772
10 RUNWAY SMOKE 167.9656
11 AWESOME Q 167.4400
12 KILLER B'S BBQ 167.3944
13 SHADE TREE BBQ 167.3828
14 WICKED QUE 166.2628
15 BLAZIN'7'S 166.2400
16 CLAUDE'S Q 164.5600
17 POT'S BBQ 162.2628
18 ROAD WARRIORS BBQ 161.6456
19 YES, DEAR BBQ 161.0740
20 WYANDOTTE SMOKE 159.3484
21 WAY 2 QUE 158.8000
22 SMOKED FINE PIT BBQ 147.9772
23 MEN AT PORK 147.9200
24 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 147.3716
25 3 BUDDIES BBQ 145.6344

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 — Mystery Box

8 entries · top 167.3940 · median 159.1314

#TeamScore
1 AWESOME Q 167.3940
2 RUNWAY SMOKE 164.5372
3 KILLER B'S BBQ 160.5256
4 WICKED QUE 160.0228
5 BLAZIN'7'S 158.2400
6 3 BUDDIES BBQ 144.5944
7 MOUNTAIN SMOKE BBQ 143.9540
8 SHADE TREE BBQ 140.5484

Master Series — Steak

8 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.8230

#TeamScore
1 WICKED QUE 174.2628
2 RUNWAY SMOKE 171.9772
3 SHADE TREE BBQ 167.3944
4 POT'S BBQ 166.2516
5 THE PIT CREW GA 163.3944
6 AWESOME Q 160.5028
7 BLAZIN'7'S 160.0116
8 3 BUDDIES BBQ 159.9544

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