Pig Mania Marion

Oct 7–8, 2016 · Marion, OH

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YELLOW RIVER BBQ

699.9656 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

698.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ

694.8344 · Master Series — Overall

YELLOW RIVER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Pig Mania Marion on October 7, 2016 in Marion, OH, scoring 699.9656 in a field of 26 teams. OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8000. Category winners: Chicken — HISTORIC BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — YELLOW RIVER BBQ (178.8572); Pork — QUAU (180.0000); Brisket — HISTORIC BBQ (180.0000).

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.

599.38 median 670.45 699.97 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 180 🔥
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 180 🔥
Brisket 180 🔥

124.51 180

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

699.9656

Winning margin

1.1656

GC over RC

Field average

664.14

599.38699.97

median 670.45 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

HISTORIC BBQ (Brisket), HISTORIC BBQ (Chicken), QUAU (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7312

599.38699.97

10th place overall

Field spread

100.5828

winner to last place

Most consistent

YELLOW RIVER BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 3.4400 pts — QUAU

How hot was the win?

Top 33%

beats 67% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,597

avg power rating going in · stronger than 75% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS

rated 1850 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

1.1656 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 79% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.

YELLOW RIVER BBQ
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

HISTORIC BBQ · Brisket
HISTORIC BBQ · Chicken
QUAU · Pork

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ and SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and FIREHOUSE SMOKE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ and SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HISTORIC BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

YELLOW RIVER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 8th
Brisket 5th

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	180	176.5600	174.2744
Pork Ribs	178.8572	174.2972	169.1084
Pork	180	173.1084	170.2628
Brisket	180	173.7028	169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 699.9656 · median 670.4514

#	Team	Score
1	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	699.9656
2	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	698.8000
3	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	694.8344
4	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	693.6572
5	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	691.3716
6	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	690.8116
7	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	690.7772
8	HISTORIC BBQ	689.0744
9	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	680.5484
10	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	678.7312
11	BANKIN BABY BBQ	675.9428
12	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	674.7084
13	QUAU	673.5772
14	Big Dogg BBQ	667.3256
15	HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	665.0632
16	SMOKING BAD	661.6112
17	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	659.3140
18	EXTRA MILE BBQ	654.7656
19	S & G BBQ	654.7428
20	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	649.0288
21	TIMOTHY T & THE BBQ HI-ROLLERS	643.2800
22	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	627.2456
23	Smokin GP	622.7200
24	BIG ED'S BBQ	619.7028
25	SMOKE STACK LIGHTNING BBQ	610.7200
26	H & W HOGROASTING	599.3828

Chicken

26 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HISTORIC BBQ	180 🔥
2	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	178.8572
3	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	178.8572
4	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	176.5828
5	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	176.5600
6	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	175.4172
7	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	175.4172
8	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	175.4056
9	BANKIN BABY BBQ	174.8572
10	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	174.2744
11	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	174.2628
12	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	170.2628
13	S & G BBQ	169.7028
14	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	168.5372
15	QUAU	166.2400
16	Big Dogg BBQ	165.6684
17	EXTRA MILE BBQ	164.5600
18	HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	163.9656
19	TIMOTHY T & THE BBQ HI-ROLLERS	163.4172
20	SMOKING BAD	160.5368
21	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	159.9772
22	SMOKE STACK LIGHTNING BBQ	159.9656
23	BIG ED'S BBQ	159.3600
24	Smokin GP	156.5716
25	H & W HOGROASTING	155.4284
26	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	154.7656

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.4058

#	Team	Score
1	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	178.8572
2	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	176.0116
3	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	175.4056
4	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	174.2972
5	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	174.2972
6	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	172.5716
7	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	170.8572
8	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	170.8228
9	S & G BBQ	169.1200
10	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	169.1084
11	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	168.5256
12	HISTORIC BBQ	167.9772
13	Big Dogg BBQ	165.7144
14	TIMOTHY T & THE BBQ HI-ROLLERS	165.0972
15	SMOKING BAD	164.5488
16	BANKIN BABY BBQ	163.9772
17	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	163.9772
18	Smokin GP	162.8000
19	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	162.7884
20	HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	161.7144
21	QUAU	159.9544
22	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	158.2516
23	EXTRA MILE BBQ	158.2400
24	BIG ED'S BBQ	151.3716
25	H & W HOGROASTING	150.2856
26	SMOKE STACK LIGHTNING BBQ	145.0972

Pork

26 entries · top 180 · median 167.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	QUAU	180 🔥
2	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	176.5600
3	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	175.4172
4	HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	174.2744
5	BANKIN BABY BBQ	173.1084
6	SMOKING BAD	172.5600
7	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	171.4172
8	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	170.8228
9	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	170.8228
10	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	170.2628
11	H & W HOGROASTING	169.1544
12	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	169.1200
13	Big Dogg BBQ	168.5600
14	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	167.3828
15	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	164.5712
16	EXTRA MILE BBQ	164.5600
17	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	163.3828
18	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	163.3828
19	S & G BBQ	161.6800
20	HISTORIC BBQ	161.0972
21	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	160.0228
22	TIMOTHY T & THE BBQ HI-ROLLERS	159.3944
23	BIG ED'S BBQ	157.6340
24	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	157.0856
25	SMOKE STACK LIGHTNING BBQ	154.8228
26	Smokin GP	151.3828

Brisket

26 entries · top 180 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HISTORIC BBQ	180 🔥
2	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	177.7144
3	SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	174.8572
4	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	174.2628
5	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	173.7028
6	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	172.5600
7	PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS	171.9772
8	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	170.8344
9	SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ	170.8228
10	SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	169.6684
11	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	168.5600
12	EXTRA MILE BBQ	167.4056
13	QUAU	167.3828
14	Big Dogg BBQ	167.3828
15	HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	165.1088
16	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	165.0856
17	BANKIN BABY BBQ	164
18	SMOKING BAD	163.9656
19	TIMOTHY T & THE BBQ HI-ROLLERS	155.3712
20	S & G BBQ	154.2400
21	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	153.1316
22	Smokin GP	151.9656
23	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	151.4172
24	BIG ED'S BBQ	151.3372
25	SMOKE STACK LIGHTNING BBQ	150.8344
26	H & W HOGROASTING	124.5144

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

6 entries · top 180 · median 174.0172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	180 🔥
2	HISTORIC BBQ	176.5716
3	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	174.3200
4	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	173.7144
5	Big Daddy Dave's BBQ	172.5828
6	Smokin GP	161.7144

Pig Mania Marion

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 (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

A day of perfect scores

Photo finishes

A double category winner

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Dessert