*Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest

2017-10-13 – 2017-10-14 · Woodstock, VA · 📍 300 Fairground RD

Grand Champion: ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ (678.2400) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 3 EYZ BBQ

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ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ

678.2400 · Master Series — Overall

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3 EYZ BBQ

675.9204 · Master Series — Overall

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APORKALYPSE NOW

672.4688 · 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.

551.62 median 650.42 678.24 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 173.71
Pork 174.26
Brisket 169.12

126.64 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

678.2400

Winning margin

2.3196

GC over RC

Field average

643.80

551.62678.24

median 650.42 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

4:20 Q (Chicken)

Tightest race

Brisket

1.7488 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

658.6976

551.62678.24

10th place overall

Field spread

126.6172

winner to last place

Most consistent

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 3.4400 pts — 4:20 Q

How hot was the win?

Top 91%

beats 9% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

45%

17 of 38 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1597

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

Top-rated in the field

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

rated 1865 pre-contest

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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 10th
Brisket 12th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: Sauce This BBQ and 1752 BARBECUE tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS and SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: PIGS ON THE RUN and Old Town Smokers tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
Pork 5–6 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

4:20 Q turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

old best 178.8800
across 3 past editions

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ (won 2014), 4:20 Q (won 2015), 3 EYZ BBQ (won 2016).

PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ · 2014
4:20 Q · 2015
3 EYZ BBQ · 2016

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.

4:20 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)

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
2014-10-17	Woodstock, VA	Woodstock, VA 22664	40	679.9544	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	APORKALYPSE NOW
2015-10-16	Woodstock, VA	Woodstock, VA 22664	37	694.8000	4:20 Q	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
2016-10-14	Woodstock, VA	300 Fairground RD	38	687.3600	3 EYZ BBQ	Sauce This BBQ
2017-10-13 ← this one	Woodstock, VA	300 Fairground RD	30	678.2400	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	3 EYZ BBQ
2018-10-12	Woodstock, VA	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	172.0000	169.7028
Pork Ribs	173.7144	169.1316	166.8344
Pork	174.2628	169.1200	166.8228
Brisket	169.1200	167.3712	163.3828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 678.2400 · median 650.4228

#	Team	Score
1	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	678.2400
2	3 EYZ BBQ	675.9204
3	APORKALYPSE NOW	672.4688
4	Sauce This BBQ	671.3140
5	4:20 Q	667.3256
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	664.4344
7	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	663.2456
8	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	662.7884
9	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	660.3768
10	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	658.6976
11	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	655.8628
12	THE GOOD CUE CREW	655.7940
13	Old Town Smokers	652.4112
14	HOOS SMOKIN	651.8400
15	TEAM MEAT COMA	650.6628
16	SMOKETASTIC BBQ	650.1828
17	RED WAX BBQ	649.0632
18	1752 BARBECUE	647.9312
19	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	647.8744
20	PIG PEN BBQ	646.7656
21	GRATEFUL 'QUE	645.0284
22	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	639.3028
23	BAD BOB'S QUE	638.1372
24	PIGS ON THE RUN	635.8516
25	HYZERBOMB BBQ	629.6232
26	BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA	619.2804
27	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	598.6636
28	BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ	591.2800
29	MEAT SHARKS	582.1028
30	BIG RIG BBQ	551.6228

Chicken

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	4:20 Q	180.0000 🔥
2	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	176.5600
3	PIG PEN BBQ	173.1200
4	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	173.1084
5	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	172.0000
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	171.9772
7	Sauce This BBQ	170.8456
8	1752 BARBECUE	170.8456
9	3 EYZ BBQ	169.7144
10	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	169.7028
11	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	168.5600
12	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	167.3828
13	THE GOOD CUE CREW	166.2284
14	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	165.0856
15	APORKALYPSE NOW	163.3944
16	RED WAX BBQ	162.2628
17	HOOS SMOKIN	160.5372
18	SMOKETASTIC BBQ	160.5256
19	TEAM MEAT COMA	160.5028
20	BAD BOB'S QUE	158.8228
21	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	157.6800
22	Old Town Smokers	156.5256
23	GRATEFUL 'QUE	155.9428
24	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	155.4288
25	HYZERBOMB BBQ	155.4288
26	PIGS ON THE RUN	154.8228
27	MEAT SHARKS	144.5600
28	BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA	142.2400
29	BIG RIG BBQ	142.2400
30	BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ	133.7028

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 173.7144 · median 163.6800

#	Team	Score
1	3 EYZ BBQ	173.7144
2	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	172.5944
3	1752 BARBECUE	171.4172
4	THE GOOD CUE CREW	169.6916
5	SMOKETASTIC BBQ	169.1316
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	169.1200
7	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	169.1200
8	4:20 Q	168.0000
9	APORKALYPSE NOW	167.4172
10	GRATEFUL 'QUE	166.8344
11	RED WAX BBQ	166.8344
12	BAD BOB'S QUE	165.6916
13	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	165.0972
14	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	164.5604
15	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	163.9656
16	Sauce This BBQ	163.3944
17	Old Town Smokers	163.3828
18	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	162.2744
19	HOOS SMOKIN	161.6916
20	PIGS ON THE RUN	158.2744
21	TEAM MEAT COMA	158.2516
22	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	155.9888
23	HYZERBOMB BBQ	155.3944
24	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	154.7772
25	BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ	154.2400
26	PIG PEN BBQ	150.8228
27	MEAT SHARKS	149.6800
28	BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA	145.1088
29	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	145.0744
30	BIG RIG BBQ	137.0284

Pork

30 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.9828

#	Team	Score
1	APORKALYPSE NOW	174.2628
2	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	170.8344
3	HOOS SMOKIN	170.8228
4	Sauce This BBQ	169.7028
5	PIGS ON THE RUN	169.1200
6	Old Town Smokers	169.1200
7	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	168.5256
8	PIG PEN BBQ	167.9772
9	4:20 Q	167.9772
10	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	166.8228
11	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	166.2628
12	TEAM MEAT COMA	165.6800
13	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	165.0972
14	3 EYZ BBQ	165.0972
15	GRATEFUL 'QUE	164.5484
16	HYZERBOMB BBQ	163.4172
17	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	163.3944
18	BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA	162.8116
19	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	162.7884
20	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	159.9428
21	THE GOOD CUE CREW	158.8000
22	SMOKETASTIC BBQ	158.2628
23	RED WAX BBQ	158.2516
24	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	157.7028
25	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	155.3716
26	BAD BOB'S QUE	155.3600
27	BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ	153.6572
28	1752 BARBECUE	152.5256
29	MEAT SHARKS	137.6456
30	BIG RIG BBQ	126.6400

Brisket

30 entries · top 169.1200 · median 159.9428

#	Team	Score
1	SMACK THAT BUTT BBQ	169.1200
2	BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA	169.1200
3	3 EYZ BBQ	167.3944
4	APORKALYPSE NOW	167.3944
5	Sauce This BBQ	167.3712
6	LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	166.2628
7	TEAM MEAT COMA	166.2284
8	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	165.6800
9	Old Town Smokers	163.3828
10	SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY	163.3828
11	SMOKETASTIC BBQ	162.2628
12	ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	162.2628
13	RED WAX BBQ	161.7144
14	THE GOOD CUE CREW	161.0740
15	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	159.9428
16	JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	159.9428
17	HOOS SMOKIN	158.7884
18	BAD BOB'S QUE	158.2628
19	GRATEFUL 'QUE	157.7028
20	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	155.9200
21	HYZERBOMB BBQ	155.3828
22	PIG PEN BBQ	154.8456
23	PIGS ON THE RUN	153.6344
24	1752 BARBECUE	153.1428
25	4:20 Q	151.3484
26	MEAT SHARKS	150.2172
27	BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ	149.6800
28	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	147.3828
29	BIG RIG BBQ	145.7144
30	COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC	142.7888

*Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

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 →

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