A new contest record
705.1200
highest overall ever cooked here
705.1200 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8228 BURNIN AND LOOTIN set in 2013.
- old record 694.8228
- set 2013 by BURNIN AND LOOTIN
Dana Point State BBQ Championship 2016
Oct 7–8, 2016 · Dana Point, CA · 📍 Sea Terrace Park
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Dana Point State BBQ Championship on October 7, 2016 in Dana Point, CA at Sea Terrace Park, scoring 705.1200 in a field of 75 teams. LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8572. Category winners: Chicken — FUNTIME BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (180.0000); Pork — SMOKIN' MONEY (180.0000); Brisket — LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (180.0000). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ.
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.
578.09
median 659.27
705.12 🏆
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 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 180 🔥
118.18
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2016 — this edition picked out.
Entries
75
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
705.1200
Winning margin
6.2628
GC over RC
Field average
654.05
578.09705.12
median 659.27 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
3.4172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
681.0976
578.09705.12
10th place overall
Field spread
127.0288
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 14%
beats 86% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
32%
31 of 97 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,551
avg power rating going in · stronger than 38% of contests
Storylines (8 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
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 11th
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 4th
A day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ · Brisket
- FUNTIME BBQ · Chicken
- SMOKIN' MONEY · Pork
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 5–6: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS and NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: BIG POPPA SMOKERS and COW TIPPIN BBQ tied on 177.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · tie
A contest record in chicken
180.0000
best chicken ever cooked here
FUNTIME BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.3200 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
- old best 178.3200
- across 2 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BURNIN AND LOOTIN (won 2013).
- BURNIN AND LOOTIN · 2013
One of the big ones
75
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 96% of the 5,462 contests in the data
75 teams — bigger than 96% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
The contest returns
2 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2014-10-02.
- previous edition 2014-10-02
This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2013 | Dana Point, CA | Dana Point, CA | 99 | 694.8228 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Dana Point, CA | Dana Point, CA 92629 | 97 | 694.8000 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q |
| Oct 7, 2016 ← this one | Dana Point, CA | Sea Terrace Park | 75 | 705.1200 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Dana Point, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.8572 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 176 | 173.1544 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5828 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
75 entries · top 705.1200 · median 659.2684
Chicken
75 entries · top 180 · median 166.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
75 entries · top 180 · median 163.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
75 entries · top 180 · median 166.2856 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
75 entries · top 180 · median 162.8000 · 🔥 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
28 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180