A hat-trick of category wins
3
category wins in a day
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
BBBrew For Hope
2017-09-22 – 2017-09-23 · Ft.Collins, CO · 📍 Colorado State University Equine Center
Grand Champion: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (702.8228) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE CELTIC PIG
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.
603.87
median 666.18
702.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.86
- Pork Ribs 176.56
- Pork 176.00
- Brisket 180.00 🔥
137.65
180.00
Entries
25
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
702.8228
Winning margin
5.7372
GC over RC
Field average
655.78
603.87702.82
median 666.18 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4516 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
673.0280
603.87702.82
10th place overall
Field spread
98.9488
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 22%
beats 78% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1565
avg power rating going in · stronger than 50% of contests
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.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 2 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
- 2017
- 2018
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 9–10: BURNTOUT BBQ CO and BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BACKDRAFT BBQ and THE CELTIC PIG tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SWEET SMOKIN' STEVE and SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 13th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 13th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
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.
- PARROTHEAD SMOKERS · 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 ← this one | Ft.Collins, CO | Colorado State University Equine Center | 25 | 702.8228 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | THE CELTIC PIG |
| 2018-07-27 | Fort Collins, CO | 735 S Overland Trails | 35 | 691.3716 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | THE CELTIC PIG |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.4056 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 171.9772 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 171.4056 | 168.5484 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 702.8228 · median 666.1828
Chicken
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9656
Pork
25 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.9888
Brisket
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Sauce
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180