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Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q 2017

May 5–6, 2017 · Lansing, KS · 📍 Gilman RD

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BURNT FINGER BBQ
695.3484 · Master Series — Overall
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THE SMOKING HILLS
693.6800 · Master Series — Overall
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SLAPS BBQ
690.8228 · Master Series — Overall

BURNT FINGER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q on May 5, 2017 in Lansing, KS at Gilman RD, scoring 695.3484 in a field of 30 teams. THE SMOKING HILLS took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6800. Category winners: Chicken — BURNT FINGER BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 (176.0000); Pork — AMERICAN FIRE BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — SLAPS BBQ (178.8572). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 176
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 178.86
138.81 180

Entries

30
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

695.3484

Winning margin

1.6684
GC over RC

Field average

652.94
594.69695.35
median 654.51 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BURNT FINGER BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.7140 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.6344
594.69695.35
10th place overall

Field spread

100.6624
winner to last place

Most consistent

THE SMOKING HILLS
avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 6.2856 pts — BURNT FINGER BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 53%
beats 47% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.88 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,565
avg power rating going in · stronger than 51% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THE SMOKING HILLS
rated 1872 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.6684 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 75% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6684 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.

  • BURNT FINGER BBQ
  • THE SMOKING HILLS

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: AMERICAN FIRE BBQ and BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: KC Fine Swine and SLAPS BBQ tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: THE SMOKING HILLS and JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNT FINGER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 7th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • BURNT FINGER BBQ · Chicken

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
May 5, 2017 ← this one Lansing, KS Gilman RD 30 695.3484 BURNT FINGER BBQ THE SMOKING HILLS
May 4, 2018 Lansing, KS Gilman RD 29 694.2056 THE SMOKING HILLS AMERICAN FIRE BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180171.9772170.2744
Pork Ribs176174.2860170.8228
Pork176.5600173.7028170.2628
Brisket178.8572172.5600165.7144

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 695.3484 · median 654.5144

#TeamScore
1 BURNT FINGER BBQ 695.3484
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 693.6800
3 SLAPS BBQ 690.8228
4 KC SMOKE DAWGS 685.0512
5 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 684.5028
6 BOXER Q BBQ 683.9432
7 SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 677.0056
8 SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 674.8344
9 BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ 674.8000
10 3 PIGS SMOKIN 673.6344
11 LOVE 2 Q 673.5656
12 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 663.3144
13 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 659.3256
14 WHIMPY'S BBQ 658.1832
15 SMOKEVILLE 655.9432
16 A BBQ TEAM - MO 653.0856
17 F.O.M.S.B. 649.5544
18 TASTY GROCERIES BBQ 646.1944
19 KC Fine Swine 645.5084
20 DUSTY ROADS BBQ 638.2168
21 MAKE M' SQUEAL 637.0400
22 Rock-N-Roll Rib Runners 635.3600
23 THREE BRISKETEERS 631.2344
24 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 630.1828
25 Pine Tar BBQ 628.4572
26 NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS 621.6000
27 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 618.1600
28 Gotta Rub That Butt 607.8052
29 Smoke Til We're Broke 607.1428
30 Ribbed for her Pleasure 594.6860

Chicken

30 entries · top 180 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BURNT FINGER BBQ 180 🔥
2 SMOKEVILLE 173.7144
3 KC SMOKE DAWGS 173.7028
4 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.9772
5 BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ 171.9772
6 BOXER Q BBQ 171.4172
7 KC Fine Swine 171.4056
8 SLAPS BBQ 171.4056
9 THE SMOKING HILLS 170.2744
10 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 170.2744
11 LOVE 2 Q 170.2628
12 WHIMPY'S BBQ 168.5716
13 Rock-N-Roll Rib Runners 168.5712
14 A BBQ TEAM - MO 167.9656
15 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 167.4172
16 SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 163.9428
17 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 162.8572
18 Pine Tar BBQ 161.7028
19 F.O.M.S.B. 161.6800
20 SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 160.5600
21 3 PIGS SMOKIN 160.5372
22 DUSTY ROADS BBQ 160.5368
23 THREE BRISKETEERS 160.5256
24 NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS 158.2856
25 TASTY GROCERIES BBQ 158.2400
26 Ribbed for her Pleasure 156.5144
27 Smoke Til We're Broke 154.7772
28 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 149.1200
29 Gotta Rub That Butt 148.5028
30 MAKE M' SQUEAL 147.3600

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 176 · median 164.5428

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 176
2 SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 175.4172
3 3 PIGS SMOKIN 175.4172
4 SMOKEVILLE 174.8572
5 BOXER Q BBQ 174.2860
6 BURNT FINGER BBQ 174.2628
7 THE SMOKING HILLS 172.5828
8 LOVE 2 Q 171.9772
9 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 171.4056
10 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 170.8228
11 MAKE M' SQUEAL 169.7372
12 A BBQ TEAM - MO 166.8800
13 SLAPS BBQ 166.8572
14 KC SMOKE DAWGS 166.2400
15 BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ 165.7028
16 WHIMPY'S BBQ 163.3828
17 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 161.1200
18 THREE BRISKETEERS 161.1088
19 NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS 160.5828
20 F.O.M.S.B. 160.5260
21 DUSTY ROADS BBQ 160
22 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 159.9772
23 TASTY GROCERIES BBQ 158.2628
24 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 158.2056
25 Rock-N-Roll Rib Runners 155.4056
26 KC Fine Swine 155.3600
27 Pine Tar BBQ 154.2400
28 Gotta Rub That Butt 147.9772
29 Ribbed for her Pleasure 144.5144
30 Smoke Til We're Broke 143.3716

Pork

30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.4000

#TeamScore
1 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 176.5600
2 THE SMOKING HILLS 175.4056
3 SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 174.2628
4 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 174.2628
5 F.O.M.S.B. 173.7028
6 SLAPS BBQ 173.7028
7 KC SMOKE DAWGS 173.1084
8 BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ 171.4056
9 MAKE M' SQUEAL 170.8572
10 BURNT FINGER BBQ 170.2628
11 LOVE 2 Q 169.6800
12 SMOKEVILLE 168.5600
13 TASTY GROCERIES BBQ 166.8572
14 WHIMPY'S BBQ 165.6916
15 BOXER Q BBQ 165.6800
16 THREE BRISKETEERS 165.1200
17 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 163.9772
18 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 163.4400
19 SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 163.4172
20 3 PIGS SMOKIN 163.4172
21 Rock-N-Roll Rib Runners 161.1200
22 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 160.5256
23 KC Fine Swine 158.2400
24 Smoke Til We're Broke 158.2284
25 DUSTY ROADS BBQ 154.8228
26 NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS 153.6800
27 Pine Tar BBQ 152.5372
28 A BBQ TEAM - MO 151.9772
29 Ribbed for her Pleasure 149.6912
30 Gotta Rub That Butt 149.0968

Brisket

30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.0914

#TeamScore
1 SLAPS BBQ 178.8572
2 SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 175.4400
3 THE SMOKING HILLS 175.4172
4 3 PIGS SMOKIN 174.2628
5 BOXER Q BBQ 172.5600
6 KC SMOKE DAWGS 172
7 BURNT FINGER BBQ 170.8228
8 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 168.5600
9 A BBQ TEAM - MO 166.2628
10 BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ 165.7144
11 DUSTY ROADS BBQ 162.8572
12 TASTY GROCERIES BBQ 162.8344
13 SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 162.8000
14 Gotta Rub That Butt 162.2284
15 LOVE 2 Q 161.6456
16 WHIMPY'S BBQ 160.5372
17 KC Fine Swine 160.5028
18 Pine Tar BBQ 159.9772
19 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 157.6456
20 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 156.5716
21 F.O.M.S.B. 153.6456
22 Smoke Til We're Broke 150.7656
23 Rock-N-Roll Rib Runners 150.2632
24 MAKE M' SQUEAL 149.0856
25 NO CLUE BARBQ OLATHE KS 149.0516
26 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 145.6800
27 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 145.0856
28 THREE BRISKETEERS 144.4800
29 Ribbed for her Pleasure 143.9660
30 SMOKEVILLE 138.8116

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Master Series — Dessert

7 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4744

#TeamScore
1 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 176.5600
2 SMOKEVILLE 173.1772
3 Ribbed for her Pleasure 171.9772
4 TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE 171.4744
5 LOVE 2 Q 168
6 THREE BRISKETEERS 165.1200
7 BURNT FINGER BBQ 162.2628

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