13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship

2017-09-08 – 2017-09-09 · Richmond, VA · 📍 2300 Dumbarton RD · State championship

Grand Champion: SAUCE THIS BBQ (697.1088) · 35 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ

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Sauce This BBQ

697.1088 · Master Series — Overall

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ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ

694.8228 · Master Series — Overall

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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

683.3488 · 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.

524.99 median 655.86 697.11 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.85
Pork Ribs 175.42
Pork 175.42
Brisket 176.00

121.11 176.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

697.1088

Winning margin

2.2860

GC over RC

Field average

646.71

524.99697.11

median 655.86 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2512 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

669.6688

524.99697.11

10th place overall

Field spread

172.1144

winner to last place

Most consistent

Sauce This BBQ

avg finish 2.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.8572 pts — Sauce This BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 44%

beats 56% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1597

avg power rating going in · stronger than 76% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1919 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.

An upset on the books

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

SAUCE THIS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1789
top seed 1919

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SIMPLY Q and ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ and APORKALYPSE NOW tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Sauce This BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.

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

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	174.8456	172.5944	169.6684
Pork Ribs	175.4172	171.4056	169.1316
Pork	175.4172	171.4172	168.5256
Brisket	176.0000	173.7028	167.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 697.1088 · median 655.8624

#	Team	Score
1	Sauce This BBQ	697.1088
2	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	694.8228
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	683.3488
4	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	679.3944
5	SIMPLY Q	676.4916
6	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	674.7656
7	LOVE-N-SMOKE	674.2628
8	APORKALYPSE NOW	670.7544
9	HAMTOWN SMOKERS	670.7428
10	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	669.6688
11	E.O.D. WRECKINQ	669.0512
12	FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE	665.6344
13	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	663.9200
14	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	662.1712
15	FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	659.3028
16	4:20 Q	659.2680
17	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	656.4456
18	3N1 Q	655.8624
19	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	654.7888
20	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	654.1828
21	SERIAL GRILLER	653.5884
22	POKE N SMOKE	649.0632
23	TASTE OF GRACE	642.0796
24	UNCLE TONY'S BBQ	632.4800
25	ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA	629.0404
26	WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE	627.2228
27	NO RUSH Q	626.6396
28	BIG DOG BBQ VA	625.5768
29	GRATEFUL 'QUE	625.0636
30	McShin Alumni BBQ Team	621.0744
31	DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	618.1372
32	SMOKECRAFT - MD	598.0800
33	BIG GUY BBQ RVA	588.3084
34	JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	581.6232
35	Fired Up For Recovery /Henrico Drug Court	524.9944

Chicken

35 entries · top 174.8456 · median 165.0856

#	Team	Score
1	E.O.D. WRECKINQ	174.8456
2	Sauce This BBQ	173.7028
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	173.1200
4	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	173.1200
5	LOVE-N-SMOKE	172.5944
6	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	171.9772
7	McShin Alumni BBQ Team	171.4172
8	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	170.2628
9	DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	169.7144
10	4:20 Q	169.6684
11	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	168.5600
12	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	168.0000
13	SERIAL GRILLER	167.9888
14	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	167.4400
15	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	166.2744
16	3N1 Q	166.2284
17	FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE	165.7028
18	TASTE OF GRACE	165.0856
19	WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE	165.0856
20	HAMTOWN SMOKERS	164.5372
21	SIMPLY Q	163.3944
22	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	163.3828
23	POKE N SMOKE	162.8344
24	APORKALYPSE NOW	162.8000
25	BIG DOG BBQ VA	161.1084
26	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	160.5256
27	JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	159.4172
28	FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	157.6340
29	NO RUSH Q	156.5256
30	GRATEFUL 'QUE	154.8688
31	UNCLE TONY'S BBQ	151.9544
32	SMOKECRAFT - MD	151.9428
33	ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA	151.4176
34	Fired Up For Recovery /Henrico Drug Court	142.2856
35	BIG GUY BBQ RVA	139.9428

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2972

#	Team	Score
1	Sauce This BBQ	175.4172
2	SIMPLY Q	172.5600
3	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	172.5600
4	APORKALYPSE NOW	172.5600
5	LOVE-N-SMOKE	171.4056
6	POKE N SMOKE	169.7144
7	FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	169.7144
8	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	169.7144
9	FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE	169.6800
10	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	169.1316
11	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	168.5716
12	SERIAL GRILLER	168.0000
13	HAMTOWN SMOKERS	168.0000
14	E.O.D. WRECKINQ	167.9884
15	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	167.3944
16	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	167.3828
17	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	166.3088
18	ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA	166.2972
19	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	166.2744
20	UNCLE TONY'S BBQ	166.2628
21	4:20 Q	165.6800
22	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	163.4400
23	3N1 Q	163.3828
24	NO RUSH Q	161.0856
25	BIG GUY BBQ RVA	159.3828
26	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	157.1200
27	GRATEFUL 'QUE	155.9660
28	TASTE OF GRACE	155.3828
29	BIG DOG BBQ VA	154.2972
30	DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	151.9544
31	WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE	149.6456
32	SMOKECRAFT - MD	146.2516
33	McShin Alumni BBQ Team	145.6572
34	JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	143.3716
35	Fired Up For Recovery /Henrico Drug Court	121.1316

Pork

35 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.4172

#	Team	Score
1	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	175.4172
2	FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	174.2744
3	Sauce This BBQ	173.7144
4	E.O.D. WRECKINQ	173.1200
5	SIMPLY Q	171.4172
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	170.2744
7	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.7028
8	APORKALYPSE NOW	169.1200
9	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	168.5600
10	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	168.5256
11	McShin Alumni BBQ Team	168.0000
12	WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE	167.4516
13	4:20 Q	166.2856
14	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	166.2628
15	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	164.5256
16	HAMTOWN SMOKERS	163.9428
17	FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE	163.4172
18	LOVE-N-SMOKE	163.4172
19	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	161.6456
20	POKE N SMOKE	160.5372
21	TASTE OF GRACE	160.4912
22	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	159.9428
23	GRATEFUL 'QUE	159.4172
24	3N1 Q	158.8456
25	NO RUSH Q	158.8112
26	JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	157.7256
27	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	157.6800
28	BIG DOG BBQ VA	157.6572
29	UNCLE TONY'S BBQ	156.5600
30	SMOKECRAFT - MD	156.5256
31	SERIAL GRILLER	155.9312
32	DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	152.5028
33	ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA	147.3600
34	BIG GUY BBQ RVA	133.6000
35	Fired Up For Recovery /Henrico Drug Court	121.6228

Brisket

35 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.6684

#	Team	Score
1	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	176.0000
2	Sauce This BBQ	174.2744
3	HAMTOWN SMOKERS	174.2628
4	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	173.7256
5	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	173.7028
6	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	172.5600
7	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	169.6800
8	SIMPLY Q	169.1200
9	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.1200
10	3N1 Q	167.4056
11	LOVE-N-SMOKE	166.8456
12	FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE	166.8344
13	APORKALYPSE NOW	166.2744
14	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	164.5600
15	ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA	163.9656
16	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	162.8572
17	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	161.6800
18	SERIAL GRILLER	161.6684
19	TASTE OF GRACE	161.1200
20	UNCLE TONY'S BBQ	157.7028
21	FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	157.6800
22	4:20 Q	157.6340
23	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	156.5256
24	POKE N SMOKE	155.9772
25	BIG GUY BBQ RVA	155.3828
26	GRATEFUL 'QUE	154.8116
27	E.O.D. WRECKINQ	153.0972
28	BIG DOG BBQ VA	152.5140
29	NO RUSH Q	150.2172
30	WIGGLE STICK BARBECUE	145.0400
31	DIRTY POSSUM BBQ	143.9656
32	SMOKECRAFT - MD	143.3600
33	Fired Up For Recovery /Henrico Drug Court	139.9544
34	McShin Alumni BBQ Team	136.0000
35	JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	121.1088

13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship

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)

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

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