*Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off

2016-11-11 – 2016-11-12 · Mt. Pleasant, NC · 📍 8590 Park Dr. Mt. Pleasant

Grand Champion: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (697.1204) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC

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CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

697.1204 · Master Series — Overall

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REDNECK SCIENTIFIC

693.6228 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN NC

686.7772 · 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.

619.22 median 655.33 697.12 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.70
Pork Ribs 177.15
Pork 177.70
Brisket 180.00 🔥

146.77 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

697.1204

Winning margin

3.4976

GC over RC

Field average

658.13

619.22697.12

median 655.33 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (Brisket)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.0172

619.22697.12

10th place overall

Field spread

77.8980

winner to last place

Most consistent

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 5.1544 pts — CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 44%

beats 56% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1577

avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC

rated 1884 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and SMOKE THIS tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: House of Smoke NC and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 165.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork 9–10 · tie
Brisket 6–7 · tie
Pork 8–9 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 8th
Pork 1st
Brisket 2nd

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.

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC · 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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7028	174.8572	170.8344
Pork Ribs	177.1544	170.8228	165.1200
Pork	177.7028	169.6916	165.0856
Brisket	180.0000	173.1200	168.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 697.1204 · median 655.3256

#	Team	Score
1	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	697.1204
2	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	693.6228
3	SMOKIN NC	686.7772
4	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	685.6688
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	684.4340
6	Too Sauced...	678.2288
7	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	674.7544
8	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	671.8512
9	SMOKE THIS	670.1368
10	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	665.0172
11	e2BBQ	660.4800
12	THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT	658.1368
13	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	655.3256
14	THE ROOKIES	653.6916
15	House of Smoke NC	650.7432
16	PORKYLICIOUS	648.3884
17	TEAM HOLY SMOKES	645.5428
18	BLACK POWDER SMOKEHOUSE	645.5200
19	SMOKIN STORY BBQ	643.8288
20	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	641.0060
21	JL CUSTOM SMOKERS	638.0456
22	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	634.1712
23	ROCKY RIVER SMOKIN' BBQ	629.5088
24	Johnny Ray's BBQ	622.0456
25	49 Yard Line	619.2224

Chicken

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	177.7028
2	THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT	177.1544
3	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	176.0000
4	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	175.4056
5	SMOKIN NC	174.8572
6	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	173.1428
7	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	173.1084
8	SMOKE THIS	173.1084
9	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	172.5600
10	e2BBQ	170.8344
11	Too Sauced...	169.6916
12	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	168.5372
13	JL CUSTOM SMOKERS	167.9656
14	TEAM HOLY SMOKES	166.2628
15	BLACK POWDER SMOKEHOUSE	164.5488
16	THE ROOKIES	163.4172
17	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	163.3828
18	PORKYLICIOUS	163.3828
19	House of Smoke NC	162.8688
20	SMOKIN STORY BBQ	159.3600
21	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	158.8572
22	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	155.3600
23	Johnny Ray's BBQ	154.8228
24	49 Yard Line	151.9428
25	ROCKY RIVER SMOKIN' BBQ	151.3828

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.9544

#	Team	Score
1	PORKYLICIOUS	177.1544
2	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	174.8572
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.2628
4	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	173.1200
5	SMOKE THIS	170.8228
6	THE ROOKIES	169.7144
7	Too Sauced...	169.6916
8	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	166.8460
9	SMOKIN NC	166.2516
10	e2BBQ	165.1200
11	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	164.5716
12	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	164.5256
13	ROCKY RIVER SMOKIN' BBQ	163.9544
14	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	160.5372
15	House of Smoke NC	160.5260
16	SMOKIN STORY BBQ	159.9888
17	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	159.9544
18	JL CUSTOM SMOKERS	159.3716
19	BLACK POWDER SMOKEHOUSE	158.2400
20	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	155.3716
21	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	154.2284
22	THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT	153.0972
23	TEAM HOLY SMOKES	151.3372
24	Johnny Ray's BBQ	149.6344
25	49 Yard Line	146.7656

Pork

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 162.8228

#	Team	Score
1	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	177.7028
2	SMOKIN NC	172.5484
3	Too Sauced...	170.2856
4	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	170.2628
5	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	169.6916
6	THE ROOKIES	168.5828
7	Johnny Ray's BBQ	166.2284
8	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	165.0972
9	House of Smoke NC	165.0856
10	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	165.0856
11	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	164.5256
12	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	163.3828
13	SMOKE THIS	162.8228
14	e2BBQ	162.8228
15	49 Yard Line	162.2628
16	BLACK POWDER SMOKEHOUSE	162.2284
17	JL CUSTOM SMOKERS	159.9312
18	TEAM HOLY SMOKES	159.3828
19	SMOKIN STORY BBQ	159.3828
20	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	158.8456
21	ROCKY RIVER SMOKIN' BBQ	158.8000
22	THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT	158.2168
23	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	157.1316
24	PORKYLICIOUS	157.0856
25	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	155.9656

Brisket

25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	180.0000 🔥
2	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	176.5716
3	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	174.2628
4	HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	173.7028
5	SMOKIN NC	173.1200
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	171.9772
7	THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	171.9772
8	CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	171.4172
9	THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT	169.6684
10	Too Sauced...	168.5600
11	TEAM HOLY SMOKES	168.5600
12	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	167.9656
13	2 GUYS AND A CHICK	165.1200
14	SMOKIN STORY BBQ	165.0972
15	SMOKE THIS	163.3828
16	House of Smoke NC	162.2628
17	e2BBQ	161.7028
18	BLACK POWDER SMOKEHOUSE	160.5028
19	Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ	159.9544
20	49 Yard Line	158.2512
21	ROCKY RIVER SMOKIN' BBQ	155.3716
22	THE ROOKIES	151.9772
23	Johnny Ray's BBQ	151.3600
24	JL CUSTOM SMOKERS	150.7772
25	PORKYLICIOUS	150.7656

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 — Backyard

8 entries · top 330.7884 · median 293.9314

#	Team	Score
1	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	330.7884
2	DOCTOR CUE NC	326.2056
3	MP Que & Brew Crew	301.0860
4	On My Nerve	297.6344
5	JDQ	290.2284
6	WE BE SMOKIN	285.5996
7	C3 BBQ COMPANY	284.4912
8	Hickory Smokers	265.6800

Master Series — By Chicken

8 entries · top 167.3828 · median 146.5428

#	Team	Score
1	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	167.3828
2	DOCTOR CUE NC	164.5600
3	On My Nerve	151.9772
4	C3 BBQ COMPANY	147.9772
5	WE BE SMOKIN	145.1084
6	MP Que & Brew Crew	143.9432
7	JDQ	139.4056
8	Hickory Smokers	132.5600

Master Series — By Pork

8 entries · top 163.4056 · median 148.2400

#	Team	Score
1	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	163.4056
2	DOCTOR CUE NC	161.6456
3	MP Que & Brew Crew	157.1428
4	JDQ	150.8228
5	On My Nerve	145.6572
6	WE BE SMOKIN	140.4912
7	C3 BBQ COMPANY	136.5140
8	Hickory Smokers	133.1200

*Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off

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 (3 found in this contest's numbers)

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)

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 — Backyard

Master Series — By Chicken

Master Series — By Pork