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*Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic

2017-10-06 – 2017-10-07 · Virginia Beach, VA · 📍 Traual Park

Grand Champion: DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (686.8572) · 23 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN SKULLIES

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686.8572 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
686.2628 · Master Series — Overall
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682.8000 · 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 176.58
  • Pork Ribs 176.59
  • Pork 178.88
  • Brisket 176.56
134.21 178.88

Entries

23
4 judged meats

Top score

686.8572

Winning margin

0.5944
GC over RC

Field average

651.32
590.69686.86
median 650.81 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
4.0000 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

656.4572
590.69686.86
10th place overall

Field spread

96.1716
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.7600 pts — SMOKIN SKULLIES

How hot was the win?

Top 78%
beats 22% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1582
avg power rating going in · stronger than 65% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1817 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.5944 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.

  • DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS
  • SMOKIN SKULLIES

An upset on the books

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1650
  • top seed 1817

A first Grand Championship

71 tracked contests to get there

This was DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 71st tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 6–7: HAMTOWN SMOKERS and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: SMOKE-AHOLICS and Sauce This BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: GREAT WHITE BBQ and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

SMOKIN SKULLIES won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

  • Chicken 11th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 5th

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
Chicken176.5828171.4172165.6800
Pork Ribs176.5944165.6800163.4172
Pork178.8800171.9772165.6800
Brisket176.5600172.5600167.3828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

23 entries · top 686.8572 · median 650.8112

#TeamScore
1 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 686.8572
2 SMOKIN SKULLIES 686.2628
3 BURN BARREL BBQ 682.8000
4 Sauce This BBQ 678.8112
5 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 675.3716
6 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 670.7656
7 E.O.D. WRECKINQ 666.7200
8 NEW REVOLUTION Q 661.0056
9 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 658.1828
10 SMOKE-AHOLICS 656.4572
11 CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE 652.9828
12 GRATEFUL 'QUE 650.8112
13 GRATE SMOKE 645.0400
14 SERIAL GRILLER 643.8628
15 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 643.2800
16 FIRE PIGS BBQ 643.2572
17 GREAT WHITE BBQ 642.6744
18 COLONIAL EMBERS 639.8288
19 KIRBBQ 635.3484
20 MAKIN BACON BBQ 624.4120
21 ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA 622.8344
22 Fireside Academy 622.2056
23 WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING 590.6856

Chicken

23 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.1200

#TeamScore
1 Sauce This BBQ 176.5828
2 SMOKE-AHOLICS 173.1200
3 SMOKIN SKULLIES 172.5600
4 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 171.9656
5 SERIAL GRILLER 171.4172
6 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 170.8112
7 BURN BARREL BBQ 169.6684
8 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 168.5372
9 COLONIAL EMBERS 166.2400
10 Fireside Academy 165.6800
11 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 165.1428
12 E.O.D. WRECKINQ 165.1200
13 MAKIN BACON BBQ 165.1200
14 GRATE SMOKE 163.9772
15 CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE 161.0856
16 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 159.9772
17 KIRBBQ 159.9656
18 GRATEFUL 'QUE 158.8228
19 FIRE PIGS BBQ 157.6572
20 ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA 155.3828
21 GREAT WHITE BBQ 154.8112
22 NEW REVOLUTION Q 154.2056
23 WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING 138.2172

Pork Ribs

23 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.3944

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN SKULLIES 176.5944
2 BURN BARREL BBQ 170.8344
3 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 170.2744
4 E.O.D. WRECKINQ 169.1200
5 NEW REVOLUTION Q 165.6800
6 Sauce This BBQ 165.6684
7 GRATEFUL 'QUE 165.1656
8 MAKIN BACON BBQ 164.5716
9 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 164.5256
10 COLONIAL EMBERS 163.4172
11 FIRE PIGS BBQ 163.4056
12 CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE 163.3944
13 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 162.8456
14 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 162.3088
15 GRATE SMOKE 161.6800
16 SERIAL GRILLER 160.5372
17 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 158.8688
18 KIRBBQ 158.3200
19 Fireside Academy 154.2628
20 GREAT WHITE BBQ 151.3488
21 WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING 147.4056
22 ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA 146.8572
23 SMOKE-AHOLICS 146.8228

Pork

23 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 178.8800
2 E.O.D. WRECKINQ 177.7028
3 GRATEFUL 'QUE 173.7256
4 BURN BARREL BBQ 173.1772
5 NEW REVOLUTION Q 171.9772
6 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 170.2628
7 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 170.2628
8 GRATE SMOKE 167.9772
9 GREAT WHITE BBQ 166.8344
10 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 165.6800
11 CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE 164.5600
12 FIRE PIGS BBQ 164.5372
13 Sauce This BBQ 161.7028
14 WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING 161.6800
15 SMOKE-AHOLICS 161.6572
16 SMOKIN SKULLIES 160.5484
17 MAKIN BACON BBQ 160.5144
18 KIRBBQ 159.4056
19 ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA 157.1544
20 SERIAL GRILLER 157.0972
21 Fireside Academy 154.2972
22 COLONIAL EMBERS 148.5144
23 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 143.3944

Brisket

23 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.9428

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN SKULLIES 176.5600
2 SMOKE-AHOLICS 174.8572
3 Sauce This BBQ 174.8572
4 MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 174.2744
5 DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS 172.5600
6 GREAT WHITE BBQ 169.6800
7 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE 169.6800
8 NEW REVOLUTION Q 169.1428
9 BURN BARREL BBQ 169.1200
10 HAMTOWN SMOKERS 167.3828
11 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 166.8228
12 CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE 163.9428
13 ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA 163.4400
14 COLONIAL EMBERS 161.6572
15 KIRBBQ 157.6572
16 FIRE PIGS BBQ 157.6572
17 SERIAL GRILLER 154.8112
18 E.O.D. WRECKINQ 154.7772
19 GRATEFUL 'QUE 153.0972
20 GRATE SMOKE 151.4056
21 Fireside Academy 147.9656
22 WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING 143.3828
23 MAKIN BACON BBQ 134.2060

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