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Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off

2017-10-20 – 2017-10-21 · Union Grove, WI · 📍 19805 Durand Ave

Grand Champion: ONE2BBQ (689.6684) · 52 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

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ONE2BBQ
689.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
685.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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HOGLINE
682.8344 · 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 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 174.88
  • Brisket 173.14
20.00 177.71

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2015-10-23 — 689.6800 (THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ) 2016-10-21 — 681.5768 (WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY) 2017-10-20 — 689.6684 (ONE2BBQ) 2018-10-19 — 692.5260 (BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.) 689.67 2015 2018

Entries

52
4 judged meats

Top score

689.6684

Winning margin

4.5828
GC over RC

Field average

637.65
509.10689.67
median 641.58 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

661.5884
509.10689.67
10th place overall

Field spread

180.5712
winner to last place

Most consistent

ONE2BBQ
avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4172 pts — ONE2BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 72%
beats 28% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

50%
25 of 50 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1563
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2048 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.

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

One2BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1899
  • top seed 2048

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: A BOY NAMED QUE and WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY and OINK MASTER tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: ONE2BBQ and SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

ONE2BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

ONE2BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 1st

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY (won 2016).

  • WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY · 2016

The biggest field yet

52 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 48 teams

52 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 48.

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
2015-10-23 Union Grove, WI Union Grove, WI 53182 44 689.6800 THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ HOGLINE
2016-10-21 Union Grove, WI 19805 Duran Ave 51 681.5768 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY HOGLINE
2017-10-20 ← this one Union Grove, WI 19805 Durand Ave 52 689.6684 ONE2BBQ IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2018-10-19 Union Grove, WI 19805 Durand Ave 42 692.5260 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. D.F.G.'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600170.8800167.4056
Pork Ribs177.7144172.0000169.6800
Pork174.8800170.2628168.5828
Brisket173.1428172.0000169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

52 entries · top 689.6684 · median 641.5774

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 689.6684
2 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 685.0856
3 HOGLINE 682.8344
4 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 682.7884
5 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 682.7656
6 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 677.6688
7 SMOKE FREAKS 668.4572
8 Littles BBQ Co 666.8004
9 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 665.6112
10 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 661.5884
11 KANAK ATTACK 660.5032
12 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 659.9548
13 A MOTLEY QUE 659.3028
14 BURNIN BENJAMINS 656.0116
15 A BOY NAMED QUE 655.8744
16 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 654.6740
17 TOPPGATOR BBQ 654.2744
18 BIG "E" BBQ 654.2056
19 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 653.6112
20 SMOKE INFUSION 653.0056
21 QUE U 651.4400
22 CHANNABILLY BBQ 650.8000
23 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 649.6456
24 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 646.6628
25 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 645.0856
26 SMOKE 2 PULL 642.6860
27 Risky Brisket 640.4688
28 THE BBQ SHERPAS 640.4460
29 EF-Q 637.5200
30 SIX BUTT BBQ 637.0624
31 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 634.1828
32 OINK MASTER 632.9716
33 BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ 631.3828
34 MAC ATTACK BBQ 628.9600
35 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 628.9488
36 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 627.9776
37 SMOKE SYNDICATE 623.7828
38 No soup for you 623.2800
39 D.F.G.'S BBQ 623.1204
40 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 622.5828
41 Disruptive Q bbq team 619.3492
42 BBQ'd Productions 617.6344
43 TWO BREWS BBQ 611.8744
44 DU-LITTLE BBQ 611.8056
45 JJ QUE 608.4576
46 APPLE BOY BBQ 599.3944
47 Eat My Meat BBQ 592.3316
48 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 591.3720
49 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 589.0636
50 JACOBS SMOKEHOUSE 586.7884
51 Grease Heads BBQ 576.9372
52 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 509.0972

Chicken

52 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.4056

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 176.5600
2 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1428
3 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 172.5828
4 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 171.9656
5 BURNIN BENJAMINS 170.8800
6 A BOY NAMED QUE 169.6800
7 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 169.6800
8 BIG "E" BBQ 169.1544
9 A MOTLEY QUE 167.9772
10 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 167.4056
11 HOGLINE 166.8344
12 BBQ'd Productions 166.2628
13 SMOKE INFUSION 165.6800
14 SMOKE FREAKS 165.0972
15 EF-Q 165.0856
16 KANAK ATTACK 163.4172
17 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 163.3944
18 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 163.3828
19 SMOKE 2 PULL 163.3828
20 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 163.3828
21 Eat My Meat BBQ 162.8116
22 QUE U 162.3200
23 TOPPGATOR BBQ 162.2856
24 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 161.7028
25 OINK MASTER 161.6916
26 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 161.6684
27 BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ 161.1428
28 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 160.5828
29 Disruptive Q bbq team 160.5716
30 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 160.5256
31 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 159.9660
32 SIX BUTT BBQ 159.4056
33 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 158.8000
34 Littles BBQ Co 157.6916
35 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 157.6684
36 SMOKE SYNDICATE 157.1200
37 JJ QUE 155.9888
38 TWO BREWS BBQ 155.9656
39 APPLE BOY BBQ 154.2972
40 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 154.2744
41 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 153.6800
42 CHANNABILLY BBQ 153.6800
43 DU-LITTLE BBQ 153.6572
44 Risky Brisket 153.0860
45 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 152.6060
46 JACOBS SMOKEHOUSE 151.4172
47 Grease Heads BBQ 150.2856
48 THE BBQ SHERPAS 149.6572
49 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 148.4916
50 No soup for you 147.9540
51 MAC ATTACK BBQ 141.5428
52 D.F.G.'S BBQ 134.6744

Pork Ribs

52 entries · top 177.7144 · median 159.9886

#TeamScore
1 Littles BBQ Co 177.7144
2 CHANNABILLY BBQ 176.5944
3 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 174.2744
4 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 172.5600
5 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 172.0000
6 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 170.8572
7 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 170.2744
8 OINK MASTER 170.2744
9 ONE2BBQ 169.7028
10 D.F.G.'S BBQ 169.6800
11 HOGLINE 169.1200
12 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 168.5716
13 SMOKE 2 PULL 168.5488
14 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 167.9772
15 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 167.3944
16 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 166.2744
17 KANAK ATTACK 166.2744
18 THE BBQ SHERPAS 165.6800
19 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 165.1428
20 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 163.3944
21 SMOKE FREAKS 162.8344
22 TOPPGATOR BBQ 161.6800
23 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 161.6684
24 BIG "E" BBQ 161.1428
25 Grease Heads BBQ 160.5600
26 TWO BREWS BBQ 159.9888
27 SIX BUTT BBQ 159.9884
28 SMOKE INFUSION 159.9772
29 MAC ATTACK BBQ 159.4400
30 SMOKE SYNDICATE 159.3484
31 A MOTLEY QUE 158.2400
32 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 158.2284
33 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 156.5372
34 APPLE BOY BBQ 156.0228
35 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 156.0000
36 A BOY NAMED QUE 155.4288
37 BURNIN BENJAMINS 155.3944
38 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 154.2748
39 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 154.2172
40 Risky Brisket 153.7144
41 QUE U 153.7028
42 Disruptive Q bbq team 153.1088
43 JJ QUE 151.9888
44 JACOBS SMOKEHOUSE 150.8572
45 EF-Q 150.8116
46 DU-LITTLE BBQ 150.2172
47 BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ 147.9544
48 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 146.8344
49 No soup for you 146.2172
50 Eat My Meat BBQ 145.6456
51 BBQ'd Productions 143.3944
52 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 142.8800

Pork

52 entries · top 174.8800 · median 162.2286

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 174.8800
2 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 173.1428
3 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 171.9656
4 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 170.2972
5 ONE2BBQ 170.2628
6 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 170.2628
7 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 169.7144
8 A MOTLEY QUE 169.7144
9 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 169.1544
10 BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ 168.5828
11 Risky Brisket 168.5600
12 SMOKE INFUSION 168.5256
13 SMOKE FREAKS 167.9656
14 QUE U 167.4172
15 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 166.8572
16 D.F.G.'S BBQ 166.8228
17 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 166.8228
18 EF-Q 166.8228
19 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 166.8228
20 KANAK ATTACK 166.2516
21 BURNIN BENJAMINS 165.7372
22 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 165.0856
23 TOPPGATOR BBQ 164.5716
24 No soup for you 162.8572
25 Disruptive Q bbq team 162.8456
26 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 162.8000
27 A BOY NAMED QUE 161.6572
28 SIX BUTT BBQ 160.5600
29 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 159.9428
30 BIG "E" BBQ 159.9312
31 Littles BBQ Co 159.3944
32 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 158.8344
33 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 158.2284
34 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 157.6456
35 THE BBQ SHERPAS 156.5372
36 MAC ATTACK BBQ 156.5372
37 TWO BREWS BBQ 154.8456
38 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 154.8116
39 OINK MASTER 154.8000
40 Eat My Meat BBQ 152.5600
41 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 152.5372
42 SMOKE SYNDICATE 152.5144
43 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 152.5028
44 APPLE BOY BBQ 151.3828
45 DU-LITTLE BBQ 151.3828
46 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 150.8572
47 CHANNABILLY BBQ 150.8228
48 SMOKE 2 PULL 150.7772
49 JJ QUE 148.5028
50 BBQ'd Productions 147.4172
51 JACOBS SMOKEHOUSE 139.3824
52 Grease Heads BBQ 133.0400

Brisket

52 entries · top 173.1428 · median 160.8686

#TeamScore
1 ONE2BBQ 173.1428
2 SMOKE FREAKS 172.5600
3 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 172.0000
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 172.0000
5 HOGLINE 172.0000
6 Littles BBQ Co 172.0000
7 MAC ATTACK BBQ 171.4400
8 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 170.8456
9 CHANNABILLY BBQ 169.7028
10 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 169.6684
11 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 169.1200
12 A BOY NAMED QUE 169.1084
13 THE BBQ SHERPAS 168.5716
14 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 168.5600
15 QUE U 168.0000
16 No soup for you 166.2516
17 TOPPGATOR BBQ 165.7372
18 Risky Brisket 165.1084
19 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 164.5600
20 KANAK ATTACK 164.5600
21 BURNIN BENJAMINS 164.0000
22 BIG "E" BBQ 163.9772
23 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 163.9656
24 A MOTLEY QUE 163.3712
25 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 161.6684
26 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 161.1200
27 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 160.6172
28 BBQ'd Productions 160.5600
29 SMOKE 2 PULL 159.9772
30 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 159.4172
31 SMOKE INFUSION 158.8228
32 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 157.7144
33 SIX BUTT BBQ 157.1084
34 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 157.0740
35 DU-LITTLE BBQ 156.5484
36 EF-Q 154.8000
37 SMOKE SYNDICATE 154.8000
38 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 154.2056
39 BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ 153.7028
40 JJ QUE 151.9772
41 D.F.G.'S BBQ 151.9432
42 MOOSE'S BARBECUE 146.7888
43 OINK MASTER 146.2056
44 JACOBS SMOKEHOUSE 145.1316
45 Disruptive Q bbq team 142.8232
46 TWO BREWS BBQ 141.0744
47 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 139.4060
48 APPLE BOY BBQ 137.6916
49 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 137.0860
50 Grease Heads BBQ 133.0516
51 Eat My Meat BBQ 131.3144
52 THE 4 SMOKEMEN BBQ 20.0000

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