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2017-10-13 – 2017-10-14 · Waxhaw, NC · 📍 Downtown Waxhaw

Grand Champion: SMOKING BUTT HEADS (692.4684) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 3N1 Q

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SMOKING BUTT HEADS
692.4684 · Master Series — Overall
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3N1 Q
686.8112 · Master Series — Overall
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CONTAGIOUS Q
682.1368 · 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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 175.42
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 175.46
123.38 177.70

Entries

29
4 judged meats

Top score

692.4684

Winning margin

5.6572
GC over RC

Field average

643.71
465.11692.47
median 660.96 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
3.4972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.3484
465.11692.47
10th place overall

Field spread

227.3600
winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKING BUTT HEADS
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4400 pts — BUBBAJACK'S

How hot was the win?

Top 63%
beats 37% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

40%
10 of 25 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1574
avg power rating going in · stronger than 58% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CONTAGIOUS Q
rated 1831 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY and STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA tied on 169.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Brisket 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKING BUTT HEADS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 10th

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
2016-10-07 Waxhaw, NC Downtown 25 699.9884 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ
2017-10-13 ← this one Waxhaw, NC Downtown Waxhaw 29 692.4684 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 3N1 Q

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028172.5600169.1200
Pork Ribs175.4172170.2628166.8572
Pork177.7028172.0000169.1200
Brisket175.4628171.9656169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 692.4684 · median 660.9596

#TeamScore
1 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 692.4684
2 3N1 Q 686.8112
3 CONTAGIOUS Q 682.1368
4 SMOKE ON THIS 681.6112
5 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 681.0396
6 RECYCLED SMOKE 675.3712
7 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 674.1828
8 CRIMSON Q 673.6800
9 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 672.5600
10 BUBBAJACK'S 671.3484
11 MIDNIGHT BURN 670.7312
12 PORKYLICIOUS 670.2744
13 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 662.7656
14 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 661.6804
15 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 660.9596
16 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 659.8740
17 SMOKE N BREW 658.7200
18 SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ 648.9824
19 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 648.4576
20 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 643.3140
21 Butt Burners BBQ 638.6856
22 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 635.2572
23 MAC'S SMOKE SHOP 625.6572
24 SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ 621.0748
25 BUTTS R US 614.7316
26 High on 'da Hog 604.8912
27 CROSSROADS BARBECREW 585.7716
28 Too Sauced... 499.3140
29 MAKE DADDY PROUD 465.1084

Chicken

29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2628

#TeamScore
1 BUBBAJACK'S 177.7028
2 CRIMSON Q 174.2628
3 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 173.1084
4 SMOKE ON THIS 173.1084
5 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 172.5600
6 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 172.0000
7 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 170.8572
8 MIDNIGHT BURN 169.7028
9 CONTAGIOUS Q 169.6684
10 3N1 Q 169.1200
11 RECYCLED SMOKE 169.1084
12 Too Sauced... 167.3712
13 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 166.8456
14 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 166.8228
15 SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ 166.2628
16 SMOKE N BREW 166.2284
17 PORKYLICIOUS 165.7028
18 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 165.1084
19 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 164.5600
20 Butt Burners BBQ 163.4172
21 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 159.3944
22 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 157.0856
23 SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ 155.9544
24 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 155.3828
25 High on 'da Hog 153.0856
26 MAC'S SMOKE SHOP 150.2972
27 MAKE DADDY PROUD 141.1084
28 BUTTS R US 131.9772
29 CROSSROADS BARBECREW 123.3828

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.6800

#TeamScore
1 CONTAGIOUS Q 175.4172
2 3N1 Q 172.0000
3 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 171.9772
4 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 170.8572
5 MIDNIGHT BURN 170.2628
6 SMOKE ON THIS 169.6800
7 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 169.6684
8 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 169.6684
9 RECYCLED SMOKE 168.5716
10 PORKYLICIOUS 166.8572
11 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 166.8344
12 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 166.2284
13 BUTTS R US 163.3944
14 BUBBAJACK'S 162.8228
15 Too Sauced... 161.6800
16 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 160.5372
17 SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ 159.4288
18 SMOKE N BREW 159.3944
19 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 158.8228
20 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 158.8228
21 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 158.8228
22 Butt Burners BBQ 158.2516
23 MAKE DADDY PROUD 157.7028
24 CRIMSON Q 154.8344
25 MAC'S SMOKE SHOP 154.2400
26 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 153.1088
27 High on 'da Hog 151.3600
28 CROSSROADS BARBECREW 148.5716
29 SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ 146.7540

Pork

28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2686

#TeamScore
1 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 177.7028
2 3N1 Q 174.2856
3 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 173.7028
4 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 173.1200
5 SMOKE N BREW 172.0000
6 CONTAGIOUS Q 171.9656
7 PORKYLICIOUS 171.4400
8 SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ 170.2972
9 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 169.7028
10 CRIMSON Q 169.1200
11 MAC'S SMOKE SHOP 168.5828
12 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 167.9772
13 RECYCLED SMOKE 167.4056
14 MAKE DADDY PROUD 166.2972
15 MIDNIGHT BURN 166.2400
16 SMOKE ON THIS 165.1200
17 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 165.1200
18 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 163.9888
19 SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ 162.9028
20 BUBBAJACK'S 162.2628
21 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 161.7028
22 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 160.4912
23 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 159.3944
24 Butt Burners BBQ 159.3712
25 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 158.2744
26 CROSSROADS BARBECREW 154.9372
27 BUTTS R US 154.8000
28 High on 'da Hog 147.9312

Brisket

28 entries · top 175.4628 · median 165.9714

#TeamScore
1 CRIMSON Q 175.4628
2 SMOKE ON THIS 173.7028
3 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 173.1544
4 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY 173.1428
5 CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ 171.9656
6 3N1 Q 171.4056
7 RECYCLED SMOKE 170.2856
8 Too Sauced... 170.2628
9 ELITE BBQ SMOKERS 169.6800
10 SMOKING BUTT HEADS 169.6800
11 THE SAUCE & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT 169.1316
12 BUBBAJACK'S 168.5600
13 Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ 167.9656
14 PORKYLICIOUS 166.2744
15 SCREAMIN NITE HOG BBQ 165.6684
16 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.0856
17 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ 164.5944
18 BUTTS R US 164.5600
19 STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA 164.5372
20 MIDNIGHT BURN 164.5256
21 SMOKE N BREW 161.0972
22 CROSSROADS BARBECREW 158.8800
23 Butt Burners BBQ 157.6456
24 THE GIGGLIN' PIG BBQ 155.3940
25 BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ 153.0628
26 MAC'S SMOKE SHOP 152.5372
27 High on 'da Hog 152.5144
28 SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ 142.7888

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