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Newport Beach Winter Q

Jan 27–28, 2017 · Newport, CA

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BIG POPPA SMOKERS
697.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
694.2628 · Master Series — Overall
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LADY OF Q
688.5372 · Master Series — Overall

BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Newport Beach Winter Q on January 27, 2017 in Newport, CA, scoring 697.1084 in a field of 56 teams. SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2628. Category winners: Chicken — LADY OF Q (176.5828); Pork Ribs — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (178.2972); Pork — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (176.0000); Brisket — SMOKIN' HART'S (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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 176.58
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 176
  • Brisket 180 🔥
124.54 180

Entries

56
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

697.1084

Winning margin

2.8456
GC over RC

Field average

656.46
566.63697.11
median 661.90 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SMOKIN' HART'S (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
0.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.7428
566.63697.11
10th place overall

Field spread

130.4800
winner to last place

Most consistent

BIG POPPA SMOKERS
avg finish 6.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2856 pts — SMOKIN' HART'S

How hot was the win?

Top 45%
beats 55% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

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

Field strength

1,558
avg power rating going in · stronger than 44% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS
rated 1924 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S and FU MAN QUE CREW tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: BIG POPPA SMOKERS and FU MAN QUE CREW tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Meat Candy Q and JW HAYES BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG POPPA SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.

  • Chicken 15th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 8th

One of the big ones

56 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data

56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.

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.

  • SMOKIN' HART'S · 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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5828173.7028171.9772
Pork Ribs178.2972177.7028172.5716
Pork176174.2628172
Brisket180174.2628170.2856

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 697.1084 · median 661.9026

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 697.1084
2 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 694.2628
3 LADY OF Q 688.5372
4 SMOKIN' HART'S 687.9316
5 Sharpe's Woodshed 687.3716
6 JW HAYES BBQ 686.2172
7 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 684.0344
8 SMELLAQUE 683.3828
9 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 683.2912
10 PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 682.7428
11 FU MAN QUE CREW 680.5372
12 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 679.3600
13 2 Live Q 678.8572
14 Meat Candy Q 678.8116
15 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 678.7540
16 WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 677.0400
17 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 676.4800
18 FUNTIME BBQ 674.2172
19 LEFT COAST Q 673.6228
20 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 673.0288
21 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 667.9084
22 RAD FONDO BBQ 667.8632
23 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 667.8400
24 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 666.8344
25 SMOKIN' MONEY 665.5996
26 7 SINS BBQ 663.8856
27 TEAM WOODSHED 662.2172
28 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 662.1712
29 COOL GRILLING 661.6340
30 Brisket Brothers 661.0632
31 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 659.9200
32 QUED UP 659.8396
33 OUTTA GAS BBQ 659.3948
34 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 658.2744
35 BEAR'S-B-Q 657.5316
36 Solo Dolo BBQ 657.1200
37 IL PROSCIUTTO VIOLENTO 654.6856
38 GRILLIN' THE SHED 653.6572
39 UNCLE AL'S BBQ 650.8572
40 RUDE NOT 2 BBQ 646.8572
41 BLAZED N' GLAZED 645.7948
42 REVIN IT UP BBQ 644.5368
43 ALL ABOUT THE Q 640.4916
44 EMBER BBQ 639.2684
45 JACK9 BBQ - CA 635.2572
46 Uncle Vinny's BBQ 633.6808
47 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 631.2456
48 SMOKE DOG BBQ 629.5768
49 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 626.1828
50 BOB-A-QUE 624.3888
51 BUTT UP BBQ 621.5080
52 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 606.7084
53 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 595.2572
54 THE Q 590.7316
55 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 579.8744
56 JORDANS BARBECUE 566.6284

Chicken

56 entries · top 176.5828 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 LADY OF Q 176.5828
2 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 176
3 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 174.2628
4 FU MAN QUE CREW 174.2628
5 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 173.7028
6 OUTTA GAS BBQ 173.1428
7 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 173.1200
8 7 SINS BBQ 172.5828
9 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 172.5716
10 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 171.9772
11 SMOKIN' HART'S 171.9772
12 FUNTIME BBQ 171.9656
13 IL PROSCIUTTO VIOLENTO 171.9656
14 WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 171.4172
15 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 171.4056
16 SMELLAQUE 170.8684
17 RAD FONDO BBQ 170.8344
18 BEAR'S-B-Q 170.8344
19 2 Live Q 170.2972
20 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 170.2628
21 RUDE NOT 2 BBQ 169.7716
22 JW HAYES BBQ 169.6800
23 Sharpe's Woodshed 169.6800
24 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 169.1200
25 Meat Candy Q 168.5600
26 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 168.5256
27 COOL GRILLING 168
28 GRILLIN' THE SHED 167.4172
29 Solo Dolo BBQ 167.4172
30 EMBER BBQ 167.3828
31 Brisket Brothers 166.2744
32 LEFT COAST Q 165.7028
33 UNCLE AL'S BBQ 165.6916
34 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 165.0856
35 PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 165.0856
36 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 164.5256
37 ALL ABOUT THE Q 164.0116
38 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 163.4172
39 BUTT UP BBQ 163.3940
40 QUED UP 163.3828
41 TEAM WOODSHED 162.8228
42 REVIN IT UP BBQ 160
43 Uncle Vinny's BBQ 159.4060
44 SMOKE DOG BBQ 157.6684
45 SMOKIN' MONEY 157.0740
46 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 156.5028
47 JACK9 BBQ - CA 154.8000
48 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 154.2744
49 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 154.2284
50 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 153.6800
51 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 149.1544
52 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 148.4912
53 BLAZED N' GLAZED 148.0460
54 THE Q 147.9428
55 BOB-A-QUE 145.6572
56 JORDANS BARBECUE 124.5372

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.7430

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 178.2972
2 FU MAN QUE CREW 178.2972
3 Meat Candy Q 177.7144
4 JW HAYES BBQ 177.7144
5 LEFT COAST Q 177.7028
6 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 176.5944
7 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 176.5600
8 Sharpe's Woodshed 174.3088
9 BEAR'S-B-Q 173.7028
10 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 172.5716
11 SMELLAQUE 172.5600
12 PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 172.5600
13 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 172.0228
14 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 170.9144
15 2 Live Q 170.2744
16 TEAM WOODSHED 169.7144
17 RAD FONDO BBQ 169.6916
18 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 169.1544
19 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 168.5600
20 SMOKIN' MONEY 168.5484
21 QUED UP 168.5484
22 WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 168.5372
23 FUNTIME BBQ 167.4516
24 OUTTA GAS BBQ 166.8804
25 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 166.8572
26 COOL GRILLING 166.8456
27 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 166.8344
28 BLAZED N' GLAZED 165.7716
29 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 165.7144
30 RUDE NOT 2 BBQ 165.7028
31 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 165.7028
32 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 165.6916
33 BOB-A-QUE 164.5716
34 LADY OF Q 164.5372
35 JACK9 BBQ - CA 163.9772
36 SMOKIN' HART'S 163.9772
37 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 163.4516
38 Solo Dolo BBQ 163.4400
39 GRILLIN' THE SHED 162.8344
40 SMOKE DOG BBQ 162.2972
41 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 162.2628
42 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 162.2628
43 IL PROSCIUTTO VIOLENTO 162.2400
44 UNCLE AL'S BBQ 160.5828
45 Brisket Brothers 159.9544
46 Uncle Vinny's BBQ 159.3832
47 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 156.5600
48 ALL ABOUT THE Q 156.5372
49 REVIN IT UP BBQ 155.9768
50 EMBER BBQ 154.8000
51 7 SINS BBQ 154.2172
52 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 152.5256
53 THE Q 151.4628
54 BUTT UP BBQ 150.7772
55 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 149.6800
56 JORDANS BARBECUE 135.8972

Pork

56 entries · top 176 · median 166.5714

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 176
2 LADY OF Q 175.4400
3 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 175.4172
4 7 SINS BBQ 174.2856
5 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 174.2628
6 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 174.2628
7 FUNTIME BBQ 172.5600
8 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 172.5600
9 WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 172
10 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 172
11 SMOKIN' HART'S 171.9772
12 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 171.9656
13 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 171.4744
14 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 171.4056
15 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 170.8456
16 SMELLAQUE 170.8344
17 Meat Candy Q 170.2972
18 JW HAYES BBQ 170.2628
19 Brisket Brothers 169.7144
20 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 169.6800
21 PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 169.6800
22 Sharpe's Woodshed 169.1200
23 2 Live Q 168
24 Solo Dolo BBQ 167.9656
25 RUDE NOT 2 BBQ 167.4284
26 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 167.3828
27 ALL ABOUT THE Q 167.3828
28 GRILLIN' THE SHED 166.8684
29 BLAZED N' GLAZED 166.2744
30 LEFT COAST Q 166.2400
31 COOL GRILLING 166.2400
32 RAD FONDO BBQ 166.2400
33 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 166.2284
34 UNCLE AL'S BBQ 165.1428
35 TEAM WOODSHED 164.5600
36 REVIN IT UP BBQ 164.5600
37 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 163.4172
38 FU MAN QUE CREW 162.8344
39 BOB-A-QUE 162.8228
40 QUED UP 162.8228
41 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 162.8000
42 SMOKIN' MONEY 162.2628
43 IL PROSCIUTTO VIOLENTO 161.6800
44 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 160
45 SMOKE DOG BBQ 159.3712
46 OUTTA GAS BBQ 156.5372
47 EMBER BBQ 155.4284
48 JORDANS BARBECUE 154.8112
49 JACK9 BBQ - CA 154.8000
50 BEAR'S-B-Q 154.7772
51 THE Q 151.9656
52 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 150.8000
53 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 147.9884
54 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 147.9428
55 BUTT UP BBQ 147.3828
56 Uncle Vinny's BBQ 142.2972

Brisket

56 entries · top 180 · median 162.5200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' HART'S 180 🔥
2 SMOKIN' MONEY 177.7144
3 PORKCHOP & BUBBAS 175.4172
4 Sharpe's Woodshed 174.2628
5 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 174.2628
6 Uncle Vinny's BBQ 172.5944
7 LADY OF Q 171.9772
8 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 171.4056
9 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 170.2972
10 2 Live Q 170.2856
11 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 169.7028
12 SMELLAQUE 169.1200
13 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 169.1200
14 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 168.5600
15 JW HAYES BBQ 168.5600
16 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 168.5256
17 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 168.5256
18 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 167.9656
19 BLAZED N' GLAZED 165.7028
20 FU MAN QUE CREW 165.1428
21 TEAM WOODSHED 165.1200
22 Brisket Brothers 165.1200
23 QUED UP 165.0856
24 WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 165.0856
25 REVIN IT UP BBQ 164
26 LEFT COAST Q 163.9772
27 OUTTA GAS BBQ 162.8344
28 7 SINS BBQ 162.8000
29 Meat Candy Q 162.2400
30 FUNTIME BBQ 162.2400
31 JACK9 BBQ - CA 161.6800
32 EMBER BBQ 161.6572
33 RAD FONDO BBQ 161.0972
34 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 161.0856
35 COOL GRILLING 160.5484
36 BUTT UP BBQ 159.9540
37 UNCLE AL'S BBQ 159.4400
38 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 159.3600
39 IL PROSCIUTTO VIOLENTO 158.8000
40 Solo Dolo BBQ 158.2972
41 BEAR'S-B-Q 158.2172
42 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 158.2056
43 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 157.1200
44 CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S 157.0972
45 GRILLIN' THE SHED 156.5372
46 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 155.4400
47 ALL ABOUT THE Q 152.5600
48 JORDANS BARBECUE 151.3828
49 BOB-A-QUE 151.3372
50 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 150.8000
51 SMOKE DOG BBQ 150.2400
52 RUDE NOT 2 BBQ 143.9544
53 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 139.9544
54 THE Q 139.3604
55 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 131.8972
56 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 130.2516

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

12 entries · top 180 · median 174.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' HART'S 180 🔥
2 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 178.8572
3 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 178.2972
4 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 177.7144
5 OUTTA GAS BBQ 176.5600
6 7 SINS BBQ 175.4400
7 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 174.2628
8 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 173.1544
9 WANG DANGLERS BEER N BBQ 166.8800
10 EMBER BBQ 165.1200
11 THE BARBACOA BOYZ 159.4172
12 ALL ABOUT THE Q 153.7028

Master Series — Kid'S Que Old

5 entries · top 169.7028 · median 169.1084

#TeamScore
1 ..Zach McCune 169.7028
2 ..Travis Paterson 169.1200
3 Smokin Jayden 169.1084
4 Ferbeque 168.5256
5 Smokin Brendan 166.2628

Master Series — Kid'S Que Young

13 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6912

#TeamScore
1 .Trent Paterson 179.4400
2 .Matthew Diamond 178.2972
3 .Ethan Lin 176.0228
4 .SmellaCuties Katie (7) 170.8228
5 .Wyatt Judge 168.5828
6 .Molly Diamond 166.8456
7 .Peter Kertz 165.6912
8 ..Remy 165.1200
9 .Aidan Faraj 161.7256
10 .Sophia D'Angelo 158.8340
11 .Nathanial Williams-Jenkins 158.8228
12 .CHLOE SEARLES 154.2400
13 .Zeb Jarry 152

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