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NYC BBQ Cookoff

2017-04-07 – 2017-04-08 · Staten Island, NY · 📍 441 Clarke Ave

Grand Champion: THE BEARDED ONE BBQ (672.6288) · 43 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PADDY MCQ'S

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THE BEARDED ONE BBQ
672.6288 · Master Series — Overall
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PADDY MCQ'S
669.1772 · Master Series — Overall
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5-ALARM BBQ
667.8968 · 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 173.74
  • Pork Ribs 174.27
  • Pork 175.42
  • Brisket 178.30
20.00 178.30

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2016-04-08 — 672.4800 (MISS PIGGY'S U.K.) 2017-04-07 — 672.6288 (THE BEARDED ONE BBQ) 2018-04-06 — 670.1600 (SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA) 2019-04-05 — 687.9084 (Uncle Pigs BBQ Pit) 672.63 2016 2019

Entries

43
4 judged meats

Top score

672.6288

Winning margin

3.4516
GC over RC

Field average

619.87
439.28672.63
median 634.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
3.4744 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

651.3140
439.28672.63
10th place overall

Field spread

233.3488
winner to last place

Most consistent

PADDY MCQ'S
avg finish 7.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 5.7256 pts — THE BEARDED ONE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 95%
beats 5% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

57%
20 of 35 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1548
avg power rating going in · stronger than 37% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
rated 1805 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 new contest record

672.6288 highest overall ever cooked here

672.6288 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 672.4800 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. set in 2016.

  • old record 672.4800
  • set 2016 by MISS PIGGY'S U.K.

An upset on the books

14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100

THE BEARDED ONE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1492
  • top seed 1805

A first Grand Championship

10 tracked contests to get there

This was THE BEARDED ONE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 3–4: THE BEARDED ONE BBQ and PADDY MCQ'S tied on 171.4628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ and THE BEARDED ONE BBQ tied on 169.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: A-Que edged DIG'N N PIG'N by 0.0116.

  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116
  • Brisket 9–10 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE BEARDED ONE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 30th.

  • Chicken 30th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in brisket

178.2972 best brisket ever cooked here

THE BEARDED ONE BBQ turned in 178.2972 in brisket — past the 171.4172 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 171.4172
  • across 1 past editions

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
2016-04-08 Staten Island, NY Staten Island, NY 35 672.4800 MISS PIGGY'S U.K. Q HAVEN BBQ
2017-04-07 ← this one Staten Island, NY 441 Clarke Ave 43 672.6288 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ PADDY MCQ'S
2018-04-06 Staten Island, NY 441 Clark Ave 36 670.1600 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA PAT BBQ
2019-04-05 Staten Island, NY 441 Clark Ave 26 687.9084 Uncle Pigs BBQ Pit TOP GUN BARBECUE
2021-04-30 Staten Island, NY — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken173.7372170.2628164.5828
Pork Ribs174.2744170.2972165.1200
Pork175.4172169.1200163.9884
Brisket178.2972165.7372165.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

43 entries · top 672.6288 · median 634.7544

#TeamScore
1 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ 672.6288
2 PADDY MCQ'S 669.1772
3 5-ALARM BBQ 667.8968
4 Q HAVEN BBQ 667.4400
5 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 663.3600
6 SHIG NINJA BBQ 657.7260
7 TOP GUN BARBECUE 657.6688
8 What 654.1140
9 BEERBEQUE 653.6000
10 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 651.3140
11 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 648.0000
12 THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ) 645.6572
13 PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 645.1196
14 DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 645.0628
15 QUE BIZ 645.0288
16 DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM 644.5372
17 HANDSOME DEVIL 639.9652
18 THE SMOKING SECTION - NY 638.2400
19 IQUE 636.4912
20 CHICKEN CHOKERS 636.4340
21 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 635.8060
22 REED BOYZ BBQ 634.7544
23 SMOKIN' ADDICTION 633.0512
24 LATE NIGHT HOGGERS 631.3372
25 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 630.2628
26 RIBS WITHIN 623.8400
27 MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 620.4916
28 SMOKIN IRISH 615.3944
29 Richmond County Pit Bros 615.3256
30 DIG'N N PIG'N 613.6000
31 POPPA Q-BBQ 607.3032
32 THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ 602.7660
33 HOCUS SMOKUS 601.7144
34 CHAIN SMOKERS 598.6400
35 BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM 596.6856
36 Bridge Builder BBQ 594.6968
37 CROWN CITY BBQ 593.6224
38 BITE BACK BBQ 585.5080
39 PULLED CORK BBQ & SAUCE 571.1996
40 OLD COACHES BBQ 564.4460
41 Fig Puckers 506.2744
42 A-Que 498.9256
43 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 439.2800

Chicken

43 entries · top 173.7372 · median 160.5484

#TeamScore
1 Q HAVEN BBQ 173.7372
2 PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 173.1428
3 SMOKIN' ADDICTION 170.8572
4 LATE NIGHT HOGGERS 170.2972
5 PADDY MCQ'S 170.2628
6 BEERBEQUE 169.7028
7 QUE BIZ 169.1200
8 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 168.5600
9 TOP GUN BARBECUE 166.8228
10 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 164.5828
11 SHIG NINJA BBQ 163.9772
12 DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 163.3944
13 SMOKIN IRISH 162.8916
14 RIBS WITHIN 162.2628
15 THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ) 162.2628
16 5-ALARM BBQ 162.2284
17 DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM 161.7372
18 THE SMOKING SECTION - NY 161.7028
19 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 161.6684
20 What 161.1200
21 HANDSOME DEVIL 160.5484
22 CROWN CITY BBQ 160.5484
23 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 158.8800
24 IQUE 155.9656
25 Bridge Builder BBQ 155.4284
26 HOCUS SMOKUS 155.4056
27 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 155.3828
28 THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ 154.8344
29 MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 154.2400
30 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ 153.7144
31 REED BOYZ BBQ 153.0628
32 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 153.0628
33 POPPA Q-BBQ 151.9772
34 CHICKEN CHOKERS 149.0740
35 Richmond County Pit Bros 147.9656
36 PULLED CORK BBQ & SAUCE 146.8684
37 OLD COACHES BBQ 145.6572
38 BITE BACK BBQ 144.5256
39 DIG'N N PIG'N 138.7428
40 CHAIN SMOKERS 136.9484
41 BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM 134.2512
42 Fig Puckers 132.5944
43 A-Que 20.0000

Pork Ribs

43 entries · top 174.2744 · median 158.2972

#TeamScore
1 What 174.2744
2 Q HAVEN BBQ 172.5828
3 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ 171.4628
4 PADDY MCQ'S 171.4628
5 DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 170.2972
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 169.7028
7 PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 166.3200
8 QUE BIZ 165.7144
9 5-ALARM BBQ 165.1428
10 BEERBEQUE 165.1200
11 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 164.5256
12 BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM 163.4972
13 Richmond County Pit Bros 163.4400
14 THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ) 162.2744
15 HANDSOME DEVIL 161.1772
16 SHIG NINJA BBQ 160.5716
17 THE SMOKING SECTION - NY 160.5600
18 SMOKIN IRISH 160.0228
19 TOP GUN BARBECUE 159.4516
20 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 159.4172
21 A-Que 158.9256
22 DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM 158.2972
23 IQUE 156.5372
24 REED BOYZ BBQ 154.8572
25 MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 154.8344
26 HOCUS SMOKUS 154.3316
27 CHICKEN CHOKERS 154.2400
28 DIG'N N PIG'N 153.7488
29 LATE NIGHT HOGGERS 153.6916
30 RIBS WITHIN 153.6800
31 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 153.6800
32 SMOKIN' ADDICTION 153.1428
33 POPPA Q-BBQ 152.5028
34 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 151.3600
35 Bridge Builder BBQ 149.6800
36 THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ 147.9888
37 BITE BACK BBQ 147.9312
38 CROWN CITY BBQ 146.8112
39 CHAIN SMOKERS 146.2172
40 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 145.7144
41 OLD COACHES BBQ 144.0116
42 Fig Puckers 133.1428
43 PULLED CORK BBQ & SAUCE 126.7428

Pork

43 entries · top 175.4172 · median 155.3944

#TeamScore
1 5-ALARM BBQ 175.4172
2 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 170.2744
3 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 169.1544
4 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ 169.1544
5 CHICKEN CHOKERS 169.1200
6 TOP GUN BARBECUE 167.9772
7 MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 167.4628
8 Q HAVEN BBQ 165.1084
9 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 164.5484
10 IQUE 163.9884
11 DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 163.4056
12 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 162.8116
13 SHIG NINJA BBQ 161.7600
14 REED BOYZ BBQ 161.1316
15 PADDY MCQ'S 161.1200
16 THE SMOKING SECTION - NY 160.5600
17 HANDSOME DEVIL 160.0112
18 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 159.4056
19 DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM 159.3828
20 What 157.0512
21 BEERBEQUE 155.9772
22 QUE BIZ 155.3944
23 DIG'N N PIG'N 155.3828
24 PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 154.8112
25 A-Que 154.2628
26 THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ 153.6800
27 CHAIN SMOKERS 150.8572
28 LATE NIGHT HOGGERS 150.7656
29 BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM 149.7256
30 PULLED CORK BBQ & SAUCE 149.6800
31 SMOKIN' ADDICTION 149.6684
32 RIBS WITHIN 149.6572
33 Richmond County Pit Bros 149.0972
34 THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ) 148.5484
35 SMOKIN IRISH 148.0000
36 POPPA Q-BBQ 147.9200
37 CROWN CITY BBQ 144.0000
38 OLD COACHES BBQ 143.9656
39 Bridge Builder BBQ 143.3712
40 BITE BACK BBQ 141.6456
41 SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ 140.5028
42 HOCUS SMOKUS 138.2972
43 Fig Puckers 138.2628

Brisket

42 entries · top 178.2972 · median 158.2342

#TeamScore
1 THE BEARDED ONE BBQ 178.2972
2 THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G. (AKA PIGGY SMALLZ BBQ) 172.5716
3 SHIG NINJA BBQ 171.4172
4 PADDY MCQ'S 166.3316
5 A-Que 165.7372
6 DIG'N N PIG'N 165.7256
7 REED BOYZ BBQ 165.7028
8 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 165.1656
9 DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM 165.1200
10 5-ALARM BBQ 165.1084
11 CHAIN SMOKERS 164.6172
12 CHICKEN CHOKERS 164.0000
13 TOP GUN BARBECUE 163.4172
14 BEERBEQUE 162.8000
15 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 161.6800
16 What 161.6684
17 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 161.1200
18 IQUE 160.0000
19 GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ 159.9660
20 SMOKIN' ADDICTION 159.3828
21 RIBS WITHIN 158.2400
22 HANDSOME DEVIL 158.2284
23 LATE NIGHT HOGGERS 156.5828
24 Q HAVEN BBQ 156.0116
25 THE SMOKING SECTION - NY 155.4172
26 POPPA Q-BBQ 154.9032
27 Richmond County Pit Bros 154.8228
28 QUE BIZ 154.8000
29 HOCUS SMOKUS 153.6800
30 BITE BACK BBQ 151.4056
31 PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE 150.8456
32 BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM 149.2116
33 DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS 147.9656
34 PULLED CORK BBQ & SAUCE 147.9084
35 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 146.8572
36 THERE'S NO CRYING IN BBQ 146.2628
37 Bridge Builder BBQ 146.2172
38 SMOKIN IRISH 144.4800
39 MOON RIVER BARBEQUE 143.9544
40 CROWN CITY BBQ 142.2628
41 OLD COACHES BBQ 130.8116
42 Fig Puckers 102.2744

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