Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship

2017-05-05 – 2017-05-06 · Elk Grove, CA · 📍 9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD

Grand Champion: SON OF SMOKE (687.3600) · 33 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

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SON OF SMOKE

687.3600 · Master Series — Overall

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BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

685.1544 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN MO'S BBQ

669.0628 · 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.

544.37 median 643.87 687.36 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 174.88
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 176.56
Brisket 175.44

121.07 178.86

Winning score by edition

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

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

687.3600

Winning margin

2.2056

GC over RC

Field average

636.17

544.37687.36

median 643.87 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

6.3544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

653.6572

544.37687.36

10th place overall

Field spread

142.9940

winner to last place

Most consistent

SON OF SMOKE

avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.5828 pts — BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 77%

beats 23% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1560

avg power rating going in · stronger than 47% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Burnin and Lootin

rated 1836 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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

SON OF SMOKE 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 9th

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

SON OF SMOKE has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

2016
2017

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 9–10: FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. and GIT-R-SMOKED tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: BAR-B-Q'S-2GO edged NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT by 0.0112. Chicken places 9–10: Smokey and the Pirate edged PIRATES OF THE PIG by 0.0116.

Pork 9–10 · tie
Brisket 7–8 · 0.0112
Chicken 9–10 · 0.0116
Pork 6–7 · 0.0116

A contest record in pork ribs

178.8572 best pork ribs ever cooked here

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 174.2628
across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SON OF SMOKE (won 2016).

SON OF SMOKE · 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
2016-04-29	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	30	696.5140	SON OF SMOKE	BIG POPPA SMOKERS
2016-04-30	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	—	—	—	—
2017-05-05 ← this one	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	33	687.3600	SON OF SMOKE	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ
2018-05-04	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	35	701.6916	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ
2019-05-03	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	27	695.9772	The Smoking J's	BIG POPPA SMOKERS
2019-05-03	Elk Grove, CA	9950 Elk Grove-Florin RD	15	330.9144	Smokin' Ray's BBQ	—
2022-05-06	Elk Grove, CA	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	174.8800	168.5256	166.2856
Pork Ribs	178.8572	170.3200	165.7028
Pork	176.5600	166.2628	165.1200
Brisket	175.4400	167.3944	163.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

33 entries · top 687.3600 · median 643.8740

#	Team	Score
1	SON OF SMOKE	687.3600
2	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	685.1544
3	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	669.0628
4	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	665.0744
5	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	659.3368
6	RBQ	658.8000
7	SMOKED SEDUCTION	658.7200
8	Smokey and the Pirate	658.1712
9	SALTWORKS BBQ	657.6000
10	CYNICAL BBQ	653.6572
11	PIRATES OF THE PIG	650.1716
12	SLO DOG Q	649.0512
13	Plastered Pigs Can Fly	647.9544
14	GIT-R-SMOKED	646.8344
15	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	645.0400
16	2NQUE	644.4572
17	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	643.8740
18	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	642.7656
19	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	642.2172
20	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	641.0512
21	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	638.3316
22	PORK DADDY'S BBQ	635.9660
23	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	630.2744
24	Smokin Fools BBQ	630.1484
25	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	629.0744
26	The Smoking J's	627.9312
27	Rollin Smoke-California	616.4456
28	SMOKIN' THE 916	605.6112
29	2 ROLLING BONES	600.4228
30	BBQR916 SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWPUB	586.6856
31	CHERRY LANE SMOKERS	581.0512
32	HELLO BBQ	560.9712
33	ALLEN BBQ	544.3660

Chicken

33 entries · top 174.8800 · median 161.1428

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	174.8800
2	SON OF SMOKE	174.2628
3	SALTWORKS BBQ	171.4172
4	GIT-R-SMOKED	170.8572
5	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	168.5256
6	Plastered Pigs Can Fly	167.4516
7	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	167.4172
8	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	167.3944
9	Smokey and the Pirate	166.2972
10	PIRATES OF THE PIG	166.2856
11	RBQ	165.1200
12	SMOKED SEDUCTION	164.5488
13	Rollin Smoke-California	163.9884
14	2NQUE	163.9772
15	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	163.4172
16	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	162.2512
17	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	161.1428
18	The Smoking J's	161.1200
19	CYNICAL BBQ	160.5600
20	Smokin Fools BBQ	159.4172
21	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	159.3828
22	SLO DOG Q	158.2628
23	PORK DADDY'S BBQ	157.6916
24	SMOKIN' THE 916	156.0000
25	BBQR916 SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWPUB	155.9540
26	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	154.2628
27	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	153.1084
28	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	150.8228
29	2 ROLLING BONES	148.4912
30	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	147.9428
31	CHERRY LANE SMOKERS	143.4056
32	HELLO BBQ	138.8340
33	ALLEN BBQ	121.0744

Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.0000

#	Team	Score
1	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	178.8572
2	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	174.2744
3	SON OF SMOKE	173.1316
4	SMOKED SEDUCTION	170.8344
5	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	170.3200
6	2NQUE	170.2744
7	Smokey and the Pirate	169.1200
8	SLO DOG Q	168.5828
9	Smokin Fools BBQ	166.2512
10	SALTWORKS BBQ	165.7028
11	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	164.5372
12	RBQ	163.9772
13	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	163.9772
14	PIRATES OF THE PIG	163.4172
15	Plastered Pigs Can Fly	162.2744
16	CYNICAL BBQ	161.7028
17	Rollin Smoke-California	160.0000
18	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	159.9772
19	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	159.4056
20	2 ROLLING BONES	158.8000
21	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	157.0972
22	CHERRY LANE SMOKERS	157.0856
23	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	156.0344
24	SMOKIN' THE 916	154.8456
25	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	154.2516
26	PORK DADDY'S BBQ	153.1544
27	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	151.9888
28	GIT-R-SMOKED	150.8344
29	HELLO BBQ	150.2628
30	The Smoking J's	148.5828
31	BBQR916 SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWPUB	145.6800
32	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	140.5144
33	ALLEN BBQ	138.2400

Pork

33 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2284

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	176.5600
2	SON OF SMOKE	175.4056
3	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	173.1200
4	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	172.0000
5	SLO DOG Q	166.2628
6	Smokey and the Pirate	165.6800
7	SALTWORKS BBQ	165.6684
8	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	165.1428
9	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	165.1200
10	GIT-R-SMOKED	165.1200
11	SMOKED SEDUCTION	164.5484
12	CYNICAL BBQ	164.0000
13	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	163.4172
14	RBQ	163.4172
15	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	163.4056
16	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	163.3828
17	Plastered Pigs Can Fly	162.2284
18	The Smoking J's	160.5256
19	PIRATES OF THE PIG	159.3716
20	Smokin Fools BBQ	159.3712
21	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	158.8228
22	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	158.2400
23	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	157.7372
24	2NQUE	155.9656
25	Rollin Smoke-California	153.1200
26	PORK DADDY'S BBQ	152.0000
27	2 ROLLING BONES	151.3944
28	SMOKIN' THE 916	148.5372
29	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	148.5372
30	HELLO BBQ	146.2400
31	CHERRY LANE SMOKERS	145.1200
32	ALLEN BBQ	141.6800
33	BBQR916 SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWPUB	138.8344

Brisket

33 entries · top 175.4400 · median 157.7028

#	Team	Score
1	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	175.4400
2	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	173.7600
3	PORK DADDY'S BBQ	173.1200
4	STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	168.5484
5	CYNICAL BBQ	167.3944
6	RBQ	166.2856
7	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	165.1656
8	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	165.1544
9	SON OF SMOKE	164.5600
10	SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	163.9656
11	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	163.4972
12	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	162.8000
13	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	161.1428
14	PIRATES OF THE PIG	161.0972
15	GIT-R-SMOKED	160.0228
16	SMOKED SEDUCTION	158.7884
17	The Smoking J's	157.7028
18	TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	157.1312
19	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	157.1200
20	Smokey and the Pirate	157.0740
21	Plastered Pigs Can Fly	156.0000
22	SLO DOG Q	155.9428
23	SALTWORKS BBQ	154.8116
24	2NQUE	154.2400
25	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	150.2628
26	SMOKIN' THE 916	146.2284
27	BBQR916 SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWPUB	146.2172
28	Smokin Fools BBQ	145.1088
29	ALLEN BBQ	143.3716
30	2 ROLLING BONES	141.7372
31	Rollin Smoke-California	139.3372
32	CHERRY LANE SMOKERS	135.4400
33	HELLO BBQ	125.6344

Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in pork ribs

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