Back-to-back
2 in a row
editions of this contest
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
- 2015
- 2017
Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival 2017
Oct 20–21, 2017 · Lenoir, NC · 📍 Harper Avenue
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival on October 20, 2017 in Lenoir, NC at Harper Avenue, scoring 690.2172 in a field of 39 teams. REDNECK SCIENTIFIC took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.3828. Category winners: Chicken — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (176.0116); Pork Ribs — OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE (177.1428); Pork — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (174.8456); Brisket — HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY (177.7028). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ; the next was held in 2018.
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.
594.71
median 661.55
690.22 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.01
- Pork Ribs 177.14
- Pork 174.85
- Brisket 177.70
135.31
177.70
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Entries
39
4 judged meats
Top score
690.2172
Winning margin
2.8344
GC over RC
Field average
659.54
594.71690.22
median 661.55 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
677.0168
594.71690.22
10th place overall
Field spread
95.5084
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 71%
beats 29% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
51%
19 of 37 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.83 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,609
avg power rating going in · stronger than 83% of contests
Storylines (8 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
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 21st
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 2nd
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 3 tracked editions
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
- 2015
- 2017
A knife fight at the top
4.5828
points across the top five
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5828 points.
- 1st WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
- 2nd REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
- 3rd WHO CARES BBQ
- 4th HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY
- 5th SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: WHO CARES BBQ and TWISTED PAIR BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: TEX-A-LINA COOKERS and MIDNIGHT BURN tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and ELITE BBQ SMOKERS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 7–8 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM won Chicken, Pork — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (won 2015).
- WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ · 2015
The contest returns
2 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2015-10-16.
- previous edition 2015-10-16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2015 | Lenoir, NC | Lenoir, NC 28645 | 37 | 709.1200 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| Oct 20, 2017 ← this one | Lenoir, NC | Harper Avenue | 39 | 690.2172 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Lenoir, NC | Harper Avenue | 35 | 699.3600 | SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0116 | 173.1316 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 171.9772 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 174.8456 | 170.8228 | 167.9656 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2856 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
39 entries · top 690.2172 · median 661.5540
Chicken
39 entries · top 176.0116 · median 168.5140
Pork Ribs
39 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.4516
Pork
39 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.5256
Brisket
39 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6916