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Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off

2016-10-21 – 2016-10-22 · Union Grove, WI · 📍 19805 Duran Ave

Grand Champion: WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY (681.5768) · 51 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOGLINE

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WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY
681.5768 · Master Series — Overall
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HOGLINE
679.9544 · Master Series — Overall
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THE SMOKE HUNTERS
677.0396 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 177.15
  • Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 175.42
118.19 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2015-10-23 — 689.6800 (THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ) 2016-10-21 — 681.5768 (WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY) 2017-10-20 — 689.6684 (ONE2BBQ) 2018-10-19 — 692.5260 (BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.) 681.58 2015 2018

Entries

51
4 judged meats

Top score

681.5768

Winning margin

1.6224
GC over RC

Field average

638.98
563.25681.58
median 645.09 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
THE SMOKE HUNTERS (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket
3.4172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.9084
563.25681.58
10th place overall

Field spread

118.3308
winner to last place

Most consistent

HOGLINE
avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 4.5944 pts — Steamboat BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 87%
beats 13% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

43%
19 of 44 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

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

Field strength

1548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ
rated 1858 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

1.6224 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6224 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

  • WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY
  • HOGLINE

An upset on the books

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1575
  • top seed 1858

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 34th
  • Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

11 tracked contests to get there

This was WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

THE SMOKE HUNTERS turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 174.2856 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 174.2856
  • across 1 past editions

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.

  • THE SMOKE HUNTERS · Pork Ribs

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2015-10-23 Union Grove, WI Union Grove, WI 53182 44 689.6800 THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ HOGLINE
2016-10-21 ← this one Union Grove, WI 19805 Duran Ave 51 681.5768 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY HOGLINE
2017-10-20 Union Grove, WI 19805 Durand Ave 52 689.6684 ONE2BBQ IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2018-10-19 Union Grove, WI 19805 Durand Ave 42 692.5260 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. D.F.G.'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544171.4400169.7028
Pork Ribs180.0000171.4400167.4056
Pork178.8572170.8572167.9656
Brisket175.4172172.0000169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

51 entries · top 681.5768 · median 645.0856

#TeamScore
1 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 681.5768
2 HOGLINE 679.9544
3 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 677.0396
4 Risky Brisket 674.2400
5 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 669.5884
6 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 667.3604
7 ONE2BBQ 666.7544
8 Croix Valley Sauces 666.6968
9 270 SMOKERS 665.6232
10 Steamboat BBQ 663.9084
11 CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW 663.8972
12 A MOTLEY QUE 663.8744
13 iBQ'n 662.7312
14 VALET PORKING 662.1368
15 BIG "E" BBQ 660.4688
16 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 660.4340
17 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 657.0856
18 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 655.2796
19 TWO BREWS BBQ 653.1312
20 D.F.G.'S BBQ 653.0400
21 THE Q CREW 651.9204
22 BEER & SMOKING IN LAS VEGAS 649.5884
23 DU-LITTLE BBQ 649.1200
24 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 648.9944
25 Littles BBQ Co 648.4688
26 HAZY BLUE BBQ 645.0856
27 BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS 645.0512
28 AXE-MEN BBQ 641.5428
29 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 640.9940
30 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 640.9832
31 Birdman's BBQ 638.6512
32 OINK MASTER 635.8400
33 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 635.3716
34 Low Rent BBQ 631.2344
35 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 630.1828
36 HIGH OCTANE BBQ 626.1144
37 A BOY NAMED QUE 624.9028
38 Backyard BBQ 623.3712
39 SMOKE 2 PULL 623.2688
40 K2 BBQ 610.2176
41 BUCK'S BBQ CLEVELAND OH 610.2172
42 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 609.5888
43 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 605.5544
44 Dip n' Shyt Smokers 603.8860
45 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 600.5028
46 The Heartland Smokehouse 600.4800
47 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 598.1832
48 Sidearm 585.0060
49 SMOKIN PIMP 582.7200
50 TEXTILE PIGS 582.6400
51 Brass Monkey BBQ 563.2460

Chicken

51 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.7372

#TeamScore
1 270 SMOKERS 177.1544
2 D.F.G.'S BBQ 176.0000
3 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 174.2628
4 iBQ'n 173.1200
5 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 171.4400
6 A MOTLEY QUE 170.8572
7 HOGLINE 170.8228
8 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 170.8228
9 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 169.7144
10 Croix Valley Sauces 169.7028
11 Littles BBQ Co 169.1428
12 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 167.9656
13 THE Q CREW 167.4288
14 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 167.4172
15 BEER & SMOKING IN LAS VEGAS 166.8456
16 BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS 166.2628
17 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 166.2400
18 VALET PORKING 165.6684
19 Steamboat BBQ 165.1312
20 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 164.5828
21 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 163.3712
22 Risky Brisket 162.8572
23 DU-LITTLE BBQ 162.8344
24 CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW 162.2400
25 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 162.2284
26 HIGH OCTANE BBQ 161.7372
27 Backyard BBQ 161.7028
28 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 161.6916
29 Birdman's BBQ 161.6456
30 BIG "E" BBQ 159.9772
31 ONE2BBQ 159.9544
32 Dip n' Shyt Smokers 159.3944
33 SMOKE 2 PULL 159.3600
34 TWO BREWS BBQ 158.8684
35 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 158.2400
36 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 157.6684
37 OINK MASTER 157.0744
38 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 156.5372
39 BUCK'S BBQ CLEVELAND OH 154.8572
40 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 154.2972
41 AXE-MEN BBQ 153.6456
42 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 153.1316
43 Low Rent BBQ 153.0744
44 K2 BBQ 150.8344
45 HAZY BLUE BBQ 150.8344
46 TEXTILE PIGS 150.7884
47 SMOKIN PIMP 149.6800
48 Sidearm 149.1316
49 A BOY NAMED QUE 146.8000
50 Brass Monkey BBQ 146.2400
51 The Heartland Smokehouse 141.1200

Pork Ribs

51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 180.0000 🔥
2 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 177.7028
3 OINK MASTER 172.0000
4 CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW 171.9772
5 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 171.4400
6 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 169.1316
7 iBQ'n 168.5600
8 Risky Brisket 168.0000
9 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 167.4400
10 ONE2BBQ 167.4056
11 A BOY NAMED QUE 167.3944
12 K2 BBQ 165.7372
13 AXE-MEN BBQ 165.6916
14 HOGLINE 165.6800
15 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 164.5372
16 Croix Valley Sauces 164.5256
17 DU-LITTLE BBQ 163.4400
18 VALET PORKING 163.3828
19 THE Q CREW 162.2516
20 HAZY BLUE BBQ 162.2400
21 The Heartland Smokehouse 161.1200
22 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 160.5600
23 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 160.5372
24 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 160.5144
25 TWO BREWS BBQ 160.0228
26 Sidearm 158.2744
27 D.F.G.'S BBQ 158.2516
28 BEER & SMOKING IN LAS VEGAS 158.2400
29 A MOTLEY QUE 156.5144
30 SMOKE 2 PULL 155.9772
31 Steamboat BBQ 155.9772
32 270 SMOKERS 155.3716
33 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 154.8572
34 BIG "E" BBQ 154.8116
35 BUCK'S BBQ CLEVELAND OH 154.2628
36 BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS 153.6800
37 Backyard BBQ 151.9772
38 Littles BBQ Co 151.9660
39 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 151.9432
40 TEXTILE PIGS 151.9428
41 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 150.8000
42 Low Rent BBQ 149.6572
43 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 148.5488
44 HIGH OCTANE BBQ 147.9316
45 Dip n' Shyt Smokers 145.1544
46 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 144.4916
47 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 143.9200
48 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 142.2744
49 SMOKIN PIMP 140.5372
50 Birdman's BBQ 139.9200
51 Brass Monkey BBQ 139.3944

Pork

51 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.9772

#TeamScore
1 Steamboat BBQ 178.8572
2 Risky Brisket 174.2628
3 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 171.9772
4 TWO BREWS BBQ 171.4056
5 HOGLINE 170.8572
6 DU-LITTLE BBQ 170.2856
7 BIG "E" BBQ 170.2628
8 270 SMOKERS 168.5600
9 A MOTLEY QUE 167.9772
10 VALET PORKING 167.9656
11 BEER & SMOKING IN LAS VEGAS 167.4056
12 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 166.8456
13 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 166.2628
14 BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS 165.7028
15 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 165.1316
16 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 165.0972
17 Birdman's BBQ 165.0856
18 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 164.5828
19 ONE2BBQ 164.5372
20 Littles BBQ Co 163.9428
21 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 162.8344
22 Croix Valley Sauces 162.8000
23 HAZY BLUE BBQ 162.2628
24 CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW 161.7028
25 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 160.5372
26 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 159.9772
27 Dip n' Shyt Smokers 159.9428
28 Brass Monkey BBQ 159.4172
29 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 159.4056
30 Low Rent BBQ 158.8228
31 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 158.2972
32 THE Q CREW 158.2628
33 AXE-MEN BBQ 158.2400
34 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 157.6340
35 Sidearm 157.1428
36 Backyard BBQ 157.1200
37 The Heartland Smokehouse 156.5828
38 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 155.4056
39 D.F.G.'S BBQ 155.3828
40 SMOKIN PIMP 154.8456
41 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 154.2284
42 HIGH OCTANE BBQ 154.2056
43 iBQ'n 153.6684
44 A BOY NAMED QUE 153.0628
45 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 152.5140
46 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 151.9772
47 K2 BBQ 150.8456
48 OINK MASTER 147.3712
49 BUCK'S BBQ CLEVELAND OH 142.2628
50 SMOKE 2 PULL 139.3716
51 TEXTILE PIGS 137.0744

Brisket

51 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.9428

#TeamScore
1 BIG "E" BBQ 175.4172
2 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 175.4172
3 ONE2BBQ 174.8572
4 HOGLINE 172.5944
5 Birdman's BBQ 172.0000
6 THE SMOKE HUNTERS 170.2628
7 HAZY BLUE BBQ 169.7484
8 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 169.7028
9 Low Rent BBQ 169.6800
10 Croix Valley Sauces 169.6684
11 Risky Brisket 169.1200
12 SMOKE 2 PULL 168.5600
13 A MOTLEY QUE 168.5256
14 CHUCKWAGON'S TWO TWO SMOKIN CREW 167.9772
15 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 167.4400
16 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 167.4172
17 iBQ'n 167.3828
18 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 166.2284
19 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 165.6800
20 VALET PORKING 165.1200
21 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 165.1084
22 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 164.5484
23 270 SMOKERS 164.5372
24 THE Q CREW 163.9772
25 AXE-MEN BBQ 163.9656
26 Steamboat BBQ 163.9428
27 Littles BBQ Co 163.4172
28 D.F.G.'S BBQ 163.4056
29 TWO BREWS BBQ 162.8344
30 HIGH OCTANE BBQ 162.2400
31 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 161.0856
32 BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS 159.4056
33 OINK MASTER 159.3944
34 BUCK'S BBQ CLEVELAND OH 158.8344
35 A BOY NAMED QUE 157.6456
36 BEER & SMOKING IN LAS VEGAS 157.0972
37 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 156.5256
38 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 153.6456
39 Backyard BBQ 152.5712
40 DU-LITTLE BBQ 152.5600
41 TEXTILE PIGS 142.8344
42 K2 BBQ 142.8004
43 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 141.6684
44 The Heartland Smokehouse 141.6572
45 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 141.0972
46 Dip n' Shyt Smokers 139.3944
47 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 138.2400
48 SMOKIN PIMP 137.6572
49 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 133.6344
50 Sidearm 120.4572
51 Brass Monkey BBQ 118.1944

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