Smokin in the Ville 2017

Apr 28–29, 2017 · Edwardsville, KS · 📍 3 & 4th street

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

702.2284 · Master Series — Overall

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BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ

697.0856 · Master Series — Overall

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KC MEAT SWEATS

690.2628 · Master Series — Overall

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin in the Ville on April 28, 2017 in Edwardsville, KS at 3 & 4th street, scoring 702.2284 in a field of 26 teams. BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0856. Category winners: Chicken — 2 DRUNK 2 QUE (177.7144); Pork Ribs — KC MEAT SWEATS (177.1428); Pork — BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — BURNT FINGER BBQ (172.0000). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by 913 BBQ.

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.

162.24 median 654.74 702.23 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.71
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 179.44
Brisket 172

138.22 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

702.2284

Winning margin

5.1428

GC over RC

Field average

630.80

162.24702.23

median 654.74 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Brisket

1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.3828

162.24702.23

10th place overall

Field spread

539.9884

winner to last place

Most consistent

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

avg finish 2.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.3088 pts — 2 DRUNK 2 QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 25%

beats 75% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

27%

8 of 30 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.44 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,568

avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1960 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 1–2: BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 edged KC MEAT SWEATS by 0.0112.

Pork 1–2 · tie
Brisket 6–7 · tie
Brisket 3–4 · 0.0112
Pork 7–8 · 0.0116

A contest record in chicken

177.7144 best chicken ever cooked here

2 DRUNK 2 QUE turned in 177.7144 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 177.7028
across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 913 BBQ (won 2016).

913 BBQ · 2016

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
Apr 24, 2015	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville, KS 66111	29	702.8344	TRUEBUD BBQ	BRICKHEAD BBQ
Apr 29, 2016	Edwardsville, KS	Edwardsville City Park	30	698.8228	913 BBQ	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
Apr 28, 2017 ← this one	Edwardsville, KS	3 & 4th street	26	702.2284	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	171.9656	166.8572
Pork Ribs	177.1428	174.2628	169.7144
Pork	179.4400	174.2628	172
Brisket	172	170.8456	168

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 702.2284 · median 654.7428

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	702.2284
2	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	697.0856
3	KC MEAT SWEATS	690.2628
4	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	690.2284
5	IN DEEP SAUCE	682.2284
6	BURNT FINGER BBQ	682.2056
7	913 BBQ	682.2056
8	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	681.6112
9	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	677.6456
10	CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE	675.3828
11	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	670.7432
12	NASTY	670.2172
13	Smokin' Anytime (Fitness)	658.2172
14	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	651.2684
15	KCKing BBQ	648.4688
16	Smokin Under the Bridge	644
17	SMOKEY JOKERS	643.8856
18	PIGS IN PARADISE BBQ	642.7200
19	RoRo' Smokehouse BBQ	642.6628
20	Couzins Bar-B-Q	627.8628
21	Wildhouse BBQ	623.3032
22	SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ	615.9316
23	BREW-B-QUE'N	607.8404
24	Partner in Crime	598.0916
25	3 Bald Beautes	432.3884
26	The Smokey Fatbacks	162.2400

Chicken

26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.8286

#	Team	Score
1	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	177.7144
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4056
3	IN DEEP SAUCE	173.7028
4	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	172.5600
5	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	171.9656
6	913 BBQ	171.4172
7	BURNT FINGER BBQ	170.8228
8	KC MEAT SWEATS	168
9	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	167.9656
10	Smokin Under the Bridge	166.8572
11	SMOKEY JOKERS	166.8112
12	CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE	165.7028
13	RoRo' Smokehouse BBQ	165.0856
14	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	164.5716
15	BREW-B-QUE'N	162.8344
16	The Smokey Fatbacks	162.2400
17	Couzins Bar-B-Q	161.7028
18	KCKing BBQ	161.1428
19	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	160.5372
20	PIGS IN PARADISE BBQ	160.5256
21	NASTY	159.9544
22	Partner in Crime	155.9544
23	Smokin' Anytime (Fitness)	153.0972
24	SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ	150.2972
25	3 Bald Beautes	145.0856
26	Wildhouse BBQ	142.8344

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.5828

#	Team	Score
1	KC MEAT SWEATS	177.1428
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	176.5600
3	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4172
4	CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE	174.8572
5	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	174.2628
6	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	172.5600
7	Smokin' Anytime (Fitness)	172.0116
8	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	170.8572
9	NASTY	170.2744
10	IN DEEP SAUCE	169.7144
11	BURNT FINGER BBQ	166.2744
12	913 BBQ	166.2628
13	Smokin Under the Bridge	164.5828
14	SMOKEY JOKERS	164.5600
15	KCKing BBQ	163.9888
16	RoRo' Smokehouse BBQ	159.3828
17	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	158.2056
18	Wildhouse BBQ	157.1088
19	PIGS IN PARADISE BBQ	156.5372
20	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	155.9544
21	Partner in Crime	150.8344
22	Couzins Bar-B-Q	149.0972
23	SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ	145.0628
24	BREW-B-QUE'N	141.0744
25	3 Bald Beautes	138.2172

Pork

25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200

#	Team	Score
1	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	179.4400
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	179.4400
3	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	177.7028
4	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	176.5828
5	913 BBQ	174.2628
6	KC MEAT SWEATS	173.7028
7	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	173.1200
8	BURNT FINGER BBQ	173.1084
9	NASTY	172.5484
10	Smokin Under the Bridge	172
11	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	171.4056
12	KCKing BBQ	169.1200
13	Couzins Bar-B-Q	169.1200
14	IN DEEP SAUCE	167.9656
15	Wildhouse BBQ	166.8228
16	CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE	165.7028
17	PIGS IN PARADISE BBQ	165.6800
18	Smokin' Anytime (Fitness)	165.1084
19	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	165.1084
20	SMOKEY JOKERS	162.2628
21	SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ	158.8456
22	RoRo' Smokehouse BBQ	158.8000
23	BREW-B-QUE'N	156.5484
24	Partner in Crime	152.5028
25	3 Bald Beautes	149.0856

Brisket

24 entries · top 172 · median 164.5314

#	Team	Score
1	BURNT FINGER BBQ	172
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	171.9656
3	99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1	171.4284
4	KC MEAT SWEATS	171.4172
5	IN DEEP SAUCE	170.8456
6	BLIND SQUIRREL BBQ	170.8228
7	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	170.8228
8	913 BBQ	170.2628
9	CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE	169.1200
10	Smokin' Anytime (Fitness)	168
11	NASTY	167.4400
12	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	165.6800
13	FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	163.3828
14	SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ	161.7260
15	PIGS IN PARADISE BBQ	159.9772
16	RoRo' Smokehouse BBQ	159.3944
17	2 DRUNK 2 QUE	159.3716
18	Wildhouse BBQ	156.5372
19	KCKing BBQ	154.2172
20	SMOKEY JOKERS	150.2516
21	Couzins Bar-B-Q	147.9428
22	BREW-B-QUE'N	147.3832
23	Smokin Under the Bridge	140.5600
24	Partner in Crime	138.8000

Smokin in the Ville 2017

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

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