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Puckaway Pigfest

2017-09-08 – 2017-09-09 · Montello, WI · 📍 W 781 Fox Ct

Grand Champion: TURNIN' UP THE HEAT (680.5716) · 31 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW

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Littles BBQ Co
680.5716 · Master Series — Overall
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LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
676.4684 · Master Series — Overall
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43RD PARALLEL BBQ
674.2056 · 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 178.88
  • Pork Ribs 173.15
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 174.85
123.90 178.88

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

2013-09-06 — 680.5144 (IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ) 2014-09-05 — 691.4628 (BRINGIN' THE HEAT) 2015-09-11 — 672.1600 (BIG "E" BBQ) 2016-09-09 — 687.9428 (BIG "E" BBQ) 2017-09-08 — 680.5716 (TURNIN' UP THE HEAT) 2018-09-07 — 684.5144 (SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN) 2019-09-06 — 681.0172 (Big E BBQ) 2021-09-10 — 681.6228 (Que U) 2022-09-09 — 700.5256 (Que U) 2023-09-08 — 684.5256 (The BBQ Bus) 2024-09-06 — 694.8000 (Janky Leg BBQ) 2025-09-05 — 701.6688 (Can Country Outlaw BBQ) 680.57 2013 2025

Entries

31
4 judged meats

Top score

680.5716

Winning margin

4.1032
GC over RC

Field average

640.73
556.90680.57
median 655.33 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
5.1540 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.3720
556.90680.57
10th place overall

Field spread

123.6684
winner to last place

Most consistent

LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 5.1656 pts — B.S. BARBEQUE

How hot was the win?

Top 88%
beats 12% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

57%
21 of 37 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG "E" BBQ
rated 1771 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Littles BBQ Co came in rated below the field's top team, BIG "E" BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1569
  • top seed 1771

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 12 tracked editions

BIG "E" BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 12 tracked editions.

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2019

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 6–7: BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG and FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: BIG "E" BBQ and Littles BBQ Co tied on 164.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: PLASTERED PORK BBQ and SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS tied on 169.6916 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · 0.0112

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Littles BBQ Co took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.

  • Chicken 13th
  • Pork Ribs 10th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 2nd

A contest record in pork

177.7144 best pork ever cooked here

Littles BBQ Co turned in 177.7144 in pork — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.0000
  • across 4 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG "E" BBQ (won 2015, 2016).

  • BIG "E" BBQ · 2015, 2016

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
2013-09-06 Montello, WI Montello, WI 31 680.5144 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ BRINGIN' THE HEAT
2014-09-05 Montello, WI Montello, WI 53949 40 691.4628 BRINGIN' THE HEAT THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ
2015-09-11 Montello, WI Montello, WI 53949 33 672.1600 BIG "E" BBQ A FINE SWINE
2016-09-09 Montello, WI Montello , WI 37 687.9428 BIG "E" BBQ TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI
2017-09-08 ← this one Montello, WI W 781 Fox Ct 31 680.5716 TURNIN' UP THE HEAT LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
2018-09-07 Montello, WI W 781 Fox Ct 31 684.5144 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN BIG "E" BBQ
2019-09-06 Montello, WI W 781 Fox Ct 39 681.0172 Big E BBQ THE BBQ BUS
2021-09-10 Montello, WI W781 Fox Ct 30 681.6228 Que U WICKED SMOKE BBQ
2022-09-09 Montello, WI W781 Fox Ct 38 700.5256 Que U IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2023-09-08 Montello, WI W781 Fox Ct 28 684.5256 The BBQ Bus IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2024-09-06 Montello, WI W781 Fox Ct 37 694.8000 Janky Leg BBQ BURNT TREES BBQ
2025-09-05 Montello, WI W781 Fox Ct 35 701.6688 Can Country Outlaw BBQ QUE U
2026-09-11 Montello, WI — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8800173.1200170.2860
Pork Ribs173.1544167.3828164.5716
Pork177.7144168.5712164.5600
Brisket174.8456169.6916166.2856

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 680.5716 · median 655.3264

#TeamScore
1 Littles BBQ Co 680.5716
2 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 676.4684
3 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 674.2056
4 KANAK ATTACK 671.4060
5 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 670.7772
6 B.S. BARBEQUE 669.1312
7 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 666.2168
8 BIG "E" BBQ 665.1088
9 ZIPS PARTY QUE 665.0628
10 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 663.3720
11 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 661.0976
12 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 661.0060
13 5 FINGER BBQ 660.5372
14 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 659.8628
15 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 658.7656
16 TOO POOR TO SCORE 655.3264
17 FAT ANDY'S BBQ 654.7544
18 KOECK-ER-QUE 633.6460
19 SMOKE 2 PULL 630.1944
20 A BOY NAMED QUE 628.9140
21 KEV-A-QUE 628.4460
22 LOW RENT BBQ 625.6572
23 ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS 621.5088
24 Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 620.5720
25 Beer-Belly-Que 614.7084
26 SMOKIN A FATTY 612.4804
27 GOOD TIMES BBQ MKE 599.2692
28 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 598.1260
29 Butt Ugly Smokers 593.6688
30 WIS BACKDRAFT BBQ 584.9832
31 RED LINE BBQ 556.9032

Chicken

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5716

#TeamScore
1 B.S. BARBEQUE 178.8800
2 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 173.7144
3 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 173.1544
4 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 173.1316
5 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 173.1200
6 FAT ANDY'S BBQ 171.4172
7 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 170.8684
8 BIG "E" BBQ 170.8572
9 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 170.8456
10 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 170.2860
11 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 169.7144
12 TOO POOR TO SCORE 166.2516
13 Littles BBQ Co 165.7256
14 5 FINGER BBQ 165.6684
15 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 165.0856
16 ZIPS PARTY QUE 164.5716
17 ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS 164.5484
18 SMOKE 2 PULL 162.2516
19 A BOY NAMED QUE 161.6800
20 KEV-A-QUE 159.9660
21 KANAK ATTACK 158.2516
22 GOOD TIMES BBQ MKE 155.9888
23 LOW RENT BBQ 155.9884
24 KOECK-ER-QUE 154.8572
25 WIS BACKDRAFT BBQ 154.2744
26 Butt Ugly Smokers 153.7372
27 SMOKIN A FATTY 152.5488
28 Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 150.8460
29 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 150.3084
30 Beer-Belly-Que 146.7884
31 RED LINE BBQ 134.8232

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 173.1544 · median 160.5260

#TeamScore
1 ZIPS PARTY QUE 173.1544
2 KANAK ATTACK 171.4172
3 5 FINGER BBQ 169.1316
4 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 167.4060
5 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 167.3828
6 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 165.7028
7 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 165.7028
8 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 165.6800
9 BIG "E" BBQ 164.5716
10 Littles BBQ Co 164.5716
11 KOECK-ER-QUE 161.7144
12 A BOY NAMED QUE 161.7028
13 KEV-A-QUE 160.5828
14 SMOKE 2 PULL 160.5488
15 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 160.5488
16 TOO POOR TO SCORE 160.5260
17 FAT ANDY'S BBQ 160.5256
18 B.S. BARBEQUE 159.9656
19 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 159.4060
20 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 158.2400
21 GOOD TIMES BBQ MKE 155.9660
22 SMOKIN A FATTY 154.8572
23 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 153.6460
24 Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 152.0116
25 ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS 150.8116
26 RED LINE BBQ 150.2172
27 LOW RENT BBQ 149.6572
28 Butt Ugly Smokers 139.3832
29 Beer-Belly-Que 138.2400
30 WIS BACKDRAFT BBQ 136.5260
31 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 127.9088

Pork

31 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.3828

#TeamScore
1 Littles BBQ Co 177.7144
2 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 172.5828
3 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 170.2628
4 KANAK ATTACK 169.7372
5 B.S. BARBEQUE 168.5712
6 Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 168.0344
7 TOO POOR TO SCORE 168.0116
8 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 168.0000
9 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 166.2628
10 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 164.5600
11 KOECK-ER-QUE 164.5372
12 BIG "E" BBQ 164.0000
13 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 163.9772
14 SMOKIN A FATTY 163.9656
15 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 163.9656
16 ZIPS PARTY QUE 163.3828
17 LOW RENT BBQ 162.8572
18 5 FINGER BBQ 161.7372
19 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 160.5256
20 Beer-Belly-Que 160.0000
21 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 159.9428
22 ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS 159.3716
23 SMOKE 2 PULL 154.8228
24 FAT ANDY'S BBQ 153.6800
25 KEV-A-QUE 153.0744
26 Butt Ugly Smokers 150.2740
27 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 150.2172
28 RED LINE BBQ 147.9656
29 WIS BACKDRAFT BBQ 143.3600
30 GOOD TIMES BBQ MKE 142.1944
31 A BOY NAMED QUE 141.5884

Brisket

31 entries · top 174.8456 · median 163.9428

#TeamScore
1 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 174.8456
2 Littles BBQ Co 172.5600
3 KANAK ATTACK 172.0000
4 PLASTERED PORK BBQ 169.6916
5 SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS 169.6916
6 Beer-Belly-Que 169.6800
7 FAT ANDY'S BBQ 169.1316
8 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 169.1084
9 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 168.5484
10 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 166.2856
11 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 165.6800
12 BIG "E" BBQ 165.6800
13 TRUE SMOKE BBQ 164.5256
14 5 FINGER BBQ 164.0000
15 ZIPS PARTY QUE 163.9540
16 A BOY NAMED QUE 163.9428
17 B.S. BARBEQUE 161.7144
18 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 161.6572
19 TOO POOR TO SCORE 160.5372
20 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 157.7144
21 LOW RENT BBQ 157.1544
22 KEV-A-QUE 154.8228
23 SMOKE 2 PULL 152.5712
24 KOECK-ER-QUE 152.5372
25 WIS BACKDRAFT BBQ 150.8228
26 Butt Ugly Smokers 150.2744
27 Parruthead's Tact-i-Que 149.6800
28 ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS 146.7772
29 GOOD TIMES BBQ MKE 145.1200
30 SMOKIN A FATTY 141.1088
31 RED LINE BBQ 123.8972

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