CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ 2016

Oct 14–15, 2016 · Authur, IL · 📍 106 S Vine St

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ALL IN QUE

696.5144 · Master Series — Overall

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ONE2BBQ

684.5372 · Master Series — Overall

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MAC ATTACK BBQ

683.3596 · Master Series — Overall

ALL IN QUE won Grand Champion at the CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ on October 14, 2016 in Authur, IL at 106 S Vine St, scoring 696.5144 in a field of 55 teams. ONE2BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5372. Category winners: Chicken — Rub Runners (177.1428); Pork Ribs — HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE (177.7028); Pork — OUTSIDERS BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — ALL IN QUE (180.0000). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2017.

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.

598.02 median 658.77 696.51 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 177.70
Pork 177.70
Brisket 180 🔥

131.34 180

Winning score by edition

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

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

696.5144

Winning margin

11.9772

GC over RC

Field average

657.18

598.02696.51

median 658.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

ALL IN QUE (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.2172

598.02696.51

10th place overall

Field spread

98.4916

winner to last place

Most consistent

ALL IN QUE

avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4400 pts — ALL IN QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 48%

beats 52% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,572

avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ

rated 1854 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.

An upset on the books

29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100

ALL IN QUE came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1695
top seed 1854

A statement win

11.9772 points clear of the field

Wider than 92% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The champion won by 11.9772 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: DUCE'S WILD and DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BIG "E" BBQ and MANTUCKY MAYHEM tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: DANDDY BBQ and ALL IN QUE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

ALL IN QUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 8th
Brisket 1st

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

ALL IN QUE · Brisket

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
Oct 14, 2016 ← this one	Authur, IL	106 S Vine St	55	696.5144	ALL IN QUE	ONE2BBQ
Oct 13, 2017	Arthur, IL	Downtown Arthur IL	41	688.5140	SMOKE FREAKS	ONE2BBQ
Oct 12, 2018	Arthur, IL	Downtown Arthur IL	45	689.0632	GILLY'S BBQ	OUTSIDERS BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	171.9772	170.2856
Pork Ribs	177.7028	173.1200	170.8800
Pork	177.7028	174.2628	169.6912
Brisket	180	174.2628	172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 696.5144 · median 658.7660

#	Team	Score
1	ALL IN QUE	696.5144
2	ONE2BBQ	684.5372
3	MAC ATTACK BBQ	683.3596
4	SMOKE FREAKS	681.6340
5	THE SMOKE HUNTERS	678.7656
6	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	677.6228
7	OUTSIDERS BBQ	677.1316
8	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	675.3712
9	iBQ'n	674.7768
10	THE BBQ BUS	674.2172
11	THUNDER HOG BBQ	674.1712
12	Rub Runners	673.1200
13	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	671.9200
14	BIG "E" BBQ	671.9084
15	DUCE'S WILD	671.8972
16	HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE	670.7540
17	SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ	668.5368
18	ABLE ACRES BBQ	667.8740
19	Big Bad Hawg's	666.2056
20	RACK MASTERS BBQ	663.8968
21	PORK PARADISE	663.8856
22	BLUE RIDGE BBQ	663.8632
23	SMOKEY'S Q	663.8284
24	DANDDY BBQ	663.3144
25	QUAU	663.3024
26	CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	661.0744
27	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	661.0400
28	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	658.7660
29	CHANNABILLY BBQ	658.1600
30	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	657.6224
31	PLOWBOYZ BBQ	657.0520
32	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	655.3488
33	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	655.2452
34	Risky Brisket	654.8000
35	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	654.8000
36	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	654.1944
37	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	651.2224
38	JUGS BBQ	650.1712
39	BOSS HAWG BBQ	648.4912
40	PapaDads BBQ	647.3024
41	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	647.2684
42	NUTTHIN BUT PORK	645.0284
43	THE BBQ SHERPAS	644.9940
44	OLD TYME BBQ	644.4348
45	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	644.4116
46	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	644.4112
47	VETERANS Q	642.7316
48	2 SKINNY COOKS	639.2916
49	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	637.5888
50	NORTH END BBQ	634.7204
51	I QUE & BREW	632.4456
52	PAPA SEAN'S BBQ	620.9828
53	SHANG DANG BBQ	620.4796
54	Small Town Boys	600.4228
55	McCarver's BBQ	598.0228

Chicken

55 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7028

#	Team	Score
1	Rub Runners	177.1428
2	MAC ATTACK BBQ	176
3	ONE2BBQ	173.7028
4	ABLE ACRES BBQ	172.5600
5	HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE	171.9772
6	DUCE'S WILD	171.9656
7	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	171.9656
8	SMOKE FREAKS	170.8228
9	BIG "E" BBQ	170.2856
10	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	170.2856
11	ALL IN QUE	170.2744
12	CHANNABILLY BBQ	170.2628
13	iBQ'n	169.6912
14	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	169.6800
15	THUNDER HOG BBQ	169.6684
16	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	169.1084
17	Risky Brisket	168.5600
18	PORK PARADISE	168.5372
19	BLUE RIDGE BBQ	167.3944
20	PLOWBOYZ BBQ	166.8344
21	NORTH END BBQ	166.8228
22	RACK MASTERS BBQ	166.8228
23	THE BBQ BUS	166.2972
24	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	166.2744
25	PAPA SEAN'S BBQ	166.2628
26	VETERANS Q	165.7372
27	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	165.7144
28	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	165.7028
29	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	165.6916
30	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	165.6800
31	QUAU	165.1428
32	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	165.1428
33	SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ	163.9656
34	PapaDads BBQ	163.4056
35	McCarver's BBQ	163.3828
36	JUGS BBQ	162.8228
37	CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	162.8228
38	2 SKINNY COOKS	162.2400
39	DANDDY BBQ	162.2400
40	OUTSIDERS BBQ	161.7144
41	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	161.6800
42	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	161.6800
43	OLD TYME BBQ	160.5144
44	SMOKEY'S Q	159.3484
45	NUTTHIN BUT PORK	158.8572
46	BOSS HAWG BBQ	158.2512
47	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	157.0744
48	SHANG DANG BBQ	156.5484
49	Big Bad Hawg's	156.5256
50	THE SMOKE HUNTERS	156.5028
51	Small Town Boys	153.1312
52	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	153.0512
53	THE BBQ SHERPAS	152.4912
54	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	151.3256
55	I QUE & BREW	146.8112

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1544

#	Team	Score
1	HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE	177.7028
2	ABLE ACRES BBQ	175.4400
3	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	173.1428
4	DANDDY BBQ	173.1200
5	ALL IN QUE	173.1200
6	THE SMOKE HUNTERS	172.5716
7	SMOKE FREAKS	172
8	Big Bad Hawg's	171.4400
9	SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ	170.8800
10	MAC ATTACK BBQ	170.8800
11	ONE2BBQ	170.8688
12	THUNDER HOG BBQ	170.8572
13	THE BBQ BUS	170.8344
14	BOSS HAWG BBQ	170.2972
15	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	170.2860
16	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	170.2628
17	Rub Runners	169.7028
18	BLUE RIDGE BBQ	169.6800
19	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	169.6800
20	RACK MASTERS BBQ	167.9772
21	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	167.9656
22	THE BBQ SHERPAS	167.4288
23	CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	167.3828
24	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	166.8112
25	iBQ'n	165.7372
26	CHANNABILLY BBQ	165.7144
27	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	165.6800
28	JUGS BBQ	165.1544
29	PORK PARADISE	165.1200
30	2 SKINNY COOKS	163.9772
31	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	163.9772
32	QUAU	163.9428
33	I QUE & BREW	163.4172
34	OUTSIDERS BBQ	162.8572
35	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	162.2400
36	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	161.7372
37	OLD TYME BBQ	161.6916
38	DUCE'S WILD	161.1088
39	SMOKEY'S Q	160.5372
40	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	159.4400
41	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	159.3828
42	NORTH END BBQ	158.8344
43	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	158.8116
44	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	158.2744
45	BIG "E" BBQ	156.5372
46	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	156.5372
47	Risky Brisket	155.9772
48	PapaDads BBQ	154.8228
49	VETERANS Q	151.3716
50	McCarver's BBQ	150.8116
51	SHANG DANG BBQ	150.2512
52	PLOWBOYZ BBQ	150.2288
53	Small Town Boys	149.6572
54	NUTTHIN BUT PORK	147.9428
55	PAPA SEAN'S BBQ	139.8972

Pork

55 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	OUTSIDERS BBQ	177.7028
2	THE SMOKE HUNTERS	177.1428
3	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	175.4056
4	DUCE'S WILD	174.2628
5	BIG "E" BBQ	174.2628
6	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	173.7144
7	PLOWBOYZ BBQ	173.7144
8	ALL IN QUE	173.1200
9	THE BBQ BUS	169.7028
10	QUAU	169.6912
11	Big Bad Hawg's	169.6800
12	iBQ'n	168.5256
13	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	168.0116
14	NUTTHIN BUT PORK	167.9656
15	BOSS HAWG BBQ	167.4172
16	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	167.3828
17	SMOKEY'S Q	167.3828
18	Rub Runners	166.8572
19	CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	166.8572
20	SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ	166.8456
21	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	166.8456
22	SMOKE FREAKS	166.8340
23	THUNDER HOG BBQ	166.8228
24	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	166.8112
25	Small Town Boys	166.2972
26	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	165.7372
27	ONE2BBQ	165.7028
28	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	165.1200
29	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	165.0856
30	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	163.9656
31	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	163.9544
32	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	163.4632
33	MAC ATTACK BBQ	163.3712
34	PAPA SEAN'S BBQ	162.8456
35	PapaDads BBQ	162.8228
36	VETERANS Q	162.2400
37	SHANG DANG BBQ	161.7372
38	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	161.6800
39	THE BBQ SHERPAS	161.6684
40	BLUE RIDGE BBQ	161.6572
41	JUGS BBQ	161.6456
42	I QUE & BREW	161.1084
43	DANDDY BBQ	161.0972
44	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	160.5372
45	CHANNABILLY BBQ	159.9428
46	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	159.9428
47	2 SKINNY COOKS	158.8344
48	RACK MASTERS BBQ	158.2512
49	OLD TYME BBQ	158.2400
50	PORK PARADISE	158.2284
51	Risky Brisket	157.7028
52	HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE	157.1084
53	ABLE ACRES BBQ	157.0856
54	NORTH END BBQ	155.9888
55	McCarver's BBQ	145.6340

Brisket

55 entries · top 180 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ALL IN QUE	180 🔥
2	SMOKEY'S Q	176.5600
3	OUTSIDERS BBQ	174.8572
4	YELLOW RIVER BBQ	174.2628
5	ONE2BBQ	174.2628
6	MAC ATTACK BBQ	173.1084
7	Risky Brisket	172.5600
8	THE SMOKE HUNTERS	172.5484
9	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	172.0116
10	PORK PARADISE	172
11	SMOKE FREAKS	171.9772
12	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	171.4056
13	RACK MASTERS BBQ	170.8456
14	BIG "E" BBQ	170.8228
15	iBQ'n	170.8228
16	NUTTHIN BUT PORK	170.2628
17	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	168.5828
18	Big Bad Hawg's	168.5600
19	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	167.3828
20	THE BBQ BUS	167.3828
21	DANDDY BBQ	166.8572
22	SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ	166.8456
23	THUNDER HOG BBQ	166.8228
24	PLOWBOYZ BBQ	166.2744
25	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	166.2628
26	PapaDads BBQ	166.2512
27	BLUE RIDGE BBQ	165.1316
28	RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	165.1200
29	DUCE'S WILD	164.5600
30	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	164.5372
31	QUAU	164.5256
32	CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	164.0116
33	OLD TYME BBQ	163.9888
34	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	163.9656
35	HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE	163.9656
36	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	163.4284
37	THE BBQ SHERPAS	163.4056
38	VETERANS Q	163.3828
39	ABLE ACRES BBQ	162.7884
40	CHANNABILLY BBQ	162.2400
41	I QUE & BREW	161.1088
42	JUGS BBQ	160.5484
43	FIDDLIN' FATBACK	160.5256
44	Rub Runners	159.4172
45	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	154.2512
46	2 SKINNY COOKS	154.2400
47	NORTH END BBQ	153.0744
48	BOSS HAWG BBQ	152.5256
49	PAPA SEAN'S BBQ	151.9772
50	SHANG DANG BBQ	151.9428
51	HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL	151.9084
52	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	145.6228
53	CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	145.6228
54	McCarver's BBQ	138.1944
55	Small Town Boys	131.3372

CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ 2016

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 (5 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

A statement win

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A perfect score on the table

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