A new contest record
700.5484
highest overall ever cooked here
700.5484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.6800 TOTALLY SAUCED set in 2016.
- old record 693.6800
- set 2016 by TOTALLY SAUCED
Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship 2017
Mar 3–4, 2017 · Onamia, MN · 📍 40005 85th Ave
LUCKY'S Q won Grand Champion at the Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship on March 3, 2017 in Onamia, MN at 40005 85th Ave, scoring 700.5484 in a field of 47 teams. TOTALLY SAUCED took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0972. Category winners: Chicken — LUCKY'S Q (180.0000); Pork Ribs — LUCKY'S Q (176.5600); Pork — CASE OF RIBS (175.4400); Brisket — RUB MY RACK (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by TOTALLY SAUCED; the next was held in 2018.
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.
599.79
median 654.15
700.55 🏆
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 176.56
- Pork 175.44
- Brisket 180 🔥
135.92
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Entries
47
4 judged meats
Top score
700.5484
Winning margin
11.4512
GC over RC
Field average
650.86
599.79700.55
median 654.15 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
1.1772 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
673.6000
599.79700.55
10th place overall
Field spread
100.7540
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 31%
beats 69% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
54%
32 of 59 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,569
avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% 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.
A statement win
11.4512
points clear of the field
Wider than 91% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4512 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 8–9: SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN and DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CASE OF RIBS and TRUE SMOKE BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: TOTALLY SAUCED edged WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY by 0.0116.
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0228
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
LUCKY'S Q won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
LUCKY'S Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 9th
- Brisket 4th
A contest record in chicken
180.0000
best chicken ever cooked here
LUCKY'S Q turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 175.4516 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 175.4516
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: TOTALLY SAUCED (won 2016).
- TOTALLY SAUCED · 2016
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- RUB MY RACK · Brisket
- LUCKY'S Q · Chicken
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2016 | Isle, MN | 45401 Mille Lacs Parkway | 59 | 693.6800 | TOTALLY SAUCED | LUCKY'S Q |
| Mar 3, 2017 ← this one | Onamia, MN | 40005 85th Ave | 47 | 700.5484 | LUCKY'S Q | TOTALLY SAUCED |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Onamia, MN | 40005 85th Ave | 57 | 695.9312 | RUB MY RACK | TRUE SMOKE BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 173.1428 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.4172 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1084 | 170.2972 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
47 entries · top 700.5484 · median 654.1484
Chicken
47 entries · top 180 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
47 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.4172
Pork
47 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.9772
Brisket
47 entries · top 180 · median 161.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180