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Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q 2017

May 5–6, 2017 · St. Joseph, MO · 📍 1100 Frederick Ave

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PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
690.2400 · Master Series — Overall
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MAN MEAT BBQ
688 · Master Series — Overall
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PORKY BUTTS BBQ
685.0856 · Master Series — Overall

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q on May 5, 2017 in St. Joseph, MO at 1100 Frederick Ave, scoring 690.2400 in a field of 39 teams. MAN MEAT BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.0000. Category winners: Chicken — Three Brothers Different Mothers (176.5828); Pork Ribs — S&S BBQ (178.2972); Pork — BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ (177.1544); Brisket — WOODWARD BARBEQUE (177.7028). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by R BUTTS R SMOKIN; 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 176.58
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 177.15
  • Brisket 177.70
133.71 178.30

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2016-05-06 — 697.1656 (R BUTTS R SMOKIN) 2017-05-05 — 690.2400 (PARROTHEAD SMOKERS) 2018-05-04 — 694.8228 (SCOTTS BBQ SHACK) 690.24 2016 2018

Entries

39
4 judged meats

Top score

690.2400

Winning margin

2.2400
GC over RC

Field average

649.72
601.53690.24
median 651.95 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.8280
601.53690.24
10th place overall

Field spread

88.7088
winner to last place

Most consistent

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
avg finish 7 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1428 pts — Three Brothers Different Mothers

How hot was the win?

Top 70%
beats 30% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

71%
22 of 31 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,574
avg power rating going in · stronger than 58% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PORKY BUTTS BBQ
rated 1895 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

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 14th
  • Brisket 5th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW and OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: UNFAMOUS DAVE'S and 4 LEGS UP BBQ tied on 170.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: POLITICAL PORK and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · 0.0112

A contest record in pork ribs

178.2972 best pork ribs ever cooked here

S&S BBQ turned in 178.2972 in pork ribs — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1428
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: R BUTTS R SMOKIN (won 2016).

  • R BUTTS R SMOKIN · 2016

They keep coming back

71% of last edition’s field returned

22 of 31 teams from 2016-05-06 came back

22 of the 31 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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 6, 2016 St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 31 697.1656 R BUTTS R SMOKIN PORKY BUTTS BBQ
May 5, 2017 ← this one St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 39 690.2400 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS MAN MEAT BBQ
May 4, 2018 St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 37 694.8228 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK SPITFIRE

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5828173.7028171.4172
Pork Ribs178.2972171.9772169.7144
Pork177.1544174.8572172.5600
Brisket177.7028173.7028167.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 690.2400 · median 651.9544

#TeamScore
1 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 690.2400
2 MAN MEAT BBQ 688
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 685.0856
4 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 683.4056
5 POLITICAL PORK 683.3600
6 WHEN PIGS DIE 679.4172
7 THESLABS.COM 679.4056
8 Three Brothers Different Mothers 676.4568
9 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 671.9656
10 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 671.8280
11 S&S BBQ 671.4172
12 GETTIN' SAUCED 664.4912
13 Smoked Iguana BBQ & Sauce Co 663.9656
14 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 663.9316
15 4 LEGS UP BBQ 661.6228
16 OLD SMOKE WAGON 657.6576
17 WABASH BBQ 657.6460
18 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 655.9200
19 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 653.6340
20 FIRESTORM 651.9544
21 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 651.4172
22 QSS SMOKIN 650.7316
23 SINISTER SMOKE BBQ 650.1140
24 BULLETS AND BUTTS 649.0280
25 The Flying Allegri Bros BBQ 648.4684
26 BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 646.7884
27 Rowdy Razorbacks 635.2920
28 GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE 628.4568
29 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 627.8628
30 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 625.6004
31 A & S Up In Smoke 625.5656
32 UTB BBQ 623.3712
33 CRAZY BONES BBQ 623.3028
34 Grandpa Smokeys 611.3596
35 SWEETFIRE QUE 611.2228
36 HAWG PEN 609.2228
37 MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS 605.0968
38 Uncle Bo's 603.2808
39 LOCAL JOE'S BBQ 601.5312

Chicken

39 entries · top 176.5828 · median 163.4288

#TeamScore
1 Three Brothers Different Mothers 176.5828
2 Smoked Iguana BBQ & Sauce Co 175.4400
3 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 175.4172
4 WHEN PIGS DIE 174.9028
5 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 173.7028
6 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 173.7028
7 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 172.5944
8 Rowdy Razorbacks 172.5600
9 4 LEGS UP BBQ 171.9772
10 POLITICAL PORK 171.4172
11 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 171.4056
12 FIRESTORM 170.8344
13 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 168.5140
14 THESLABS.COM 168.0228
15 S&S BBQ 166.8456
16 MAN MEAT BBQ 166.8456
17 A & S Up In Smoke 165.6912
18 CRAZY BONES BBQ 163.9772
19 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 163.9772
20 OLD SMOKE WAGON 163.4288
21 Uncle Bo's 162.2744
22 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 160.5372
23 GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE 160.5256
24 The Flying Allegri Bros BBQ 159.9656
25 WABASH BBQ 159.4400
26 SWEETFIRE QUE 159.3828
27 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 157.7372
28 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 157.1544
29 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 156.5600
30 SINISTER SMOKE BBQ 155.3712
31 BULLETS AND BUTTS 154.2512
32 GETTIN' SAUCED 154.2284
33 BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 152.5484
34 Grandpa Smokeys 151.3712
35 QSS SMOKIN 150.8116
36 UTB BBQ 150.2512
37 MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS 147.9772
38 HAWG PEN 142.2628
39 LOCAL JOE'S BBQ 135.9656

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 S&S BBQ 178.2972
2 THESLABS.COM 177.7372
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 173.7028
4 The Flying Allegri Bros BBQ 172
5 POLITICAL PORK 171.9772
6 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 171.4400
7 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 170.8228
8 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.2972
9 4 LEGS UP BBQ 170.2972
10 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 169.7144
11 MAN MEAT BBQ 168.5944
12 FIRESTORM 168.5600
13 Smoked Iguana BBQ & Sauce Co 168.5600
14 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 168
15 WABASH BBQ 167.9772
16 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 166.2400
17 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 165.6800
18 HAWG PEN 165.2000
19 BULLETS AND BUTTS 164.5828
20 WHEN PIGS DIE 164.5372
21 Three Brothers Different Mothers 164.5256
22 QSS SMOKIN 162.2628
23 SINISTER SMOKE BBQ 161.6684
24 MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS 157.7372
25 LOCAL JOE'S BBQ 157.6456
26 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 157.1660
27 GETTIN' SAUCED 157.1200
28 SWEETFIRE QUE 156
29 BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 154.8228
30 OLD SMOKE WAGON 154.2516
31 Uncle Bo's 151.9544
32 Rowdy Razorbacks 151.3944
33 UTB BBQ 151.3716
34 CRAZY BONES BBQ 150.2056
35 GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE 149.6800
36 A & S Up In Smoke 142.8000
37 Grandpa Smokeys 142.2972
38 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 142.2288
39 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 139.9544

Pork

39 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.5256

#TeamScore
1 BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 177.1544
2 GETTIN' SAUCED 176.5828
3 POLITICAL PORK 176.5600
4 MAN MEAT BBQ 176.5600
5 OLD SMOKE WAGON 174.8572
6 A & S Up In Smoke 173.7256
7 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.7144
8 QSS SMOKIN 173.7028
9 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 173.1544
10 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 172.5600
11 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 172
12 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 171.9772
13 S&S BBQ 171.4172
14 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 169.6800
15 SINISTER SMOKE BBQ 168.5372
16 HAWG PEN 168.0456
17 Grandpa Smokeys 167.3712
18 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 166.8112
19 4 LEGS UP BBQ 166.2856
20 Three Brothers Different Mothers 164.5256
21 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 164.5256
22 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 162.8112
23 BULLETS AND BUTTS 162.7884
24 WABASH BBQ 161.6572
25 THESLABS.COM 160.5028
26 Smoked Iguana BBQ & Sauce Co 158.2856
27 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 157.6800
28 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 157.6684
29 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 155.9428
30 UTB BBQ 155.4628
31 GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE 155.4400
32 MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS 153.6912
33 Rowdy Razorbacks 153.6688
34 FIRESTORM 152.0228
35 SWEETFIRE QUE 151.9200
36 The Flying Allegri Bros BBQ 151.3828
37 Uncle Bo's 149.1316
38 CRAZY BONES BBQ 146.2172
39 LOCAL JOE'S BBQ 143.9656

Brisket

39 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.4056

#TeamScore
1 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 177.7028
2 GETTIN' SAUCED 176.5600
3 MAN MEAT BBQ 176
4 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 175.4172
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.7028
6 THESLABS.COM 173.1428
7 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 171.4628
8 Three Brothers Different Mothers 170.8228
9 WABASH BBQ 168.5716
10 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 167.9656
11 BULLETS AND BUTTS 167.4056
12 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 166.8228
13 UTB BBQ 166.2856
14 WHEN PIGS DIE 166.2628
15 The Flying Allegri Bros BBQ 165.1200
16 OLD SMOKE WAGON 165.1200
17 SINISTER SMOKE BBQ 164.5372
18 LOCAL JOE'S BBQ 163.9544
19 QSS SMOKIN 163.9544
20 POLITICAL PORK 163.4056
21 CRAZY BONES BBQ 162.9028
22 GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE 162.8112
23 BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 162.2628
24 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 161.7144
25 Smoked Iguana BBQ & Sauce Co 161.6800
26 FIRESTORM 160.5372
27 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 160.5372
28 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 159.3712
29 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 158.8456
30 Rowdy Razorbacks 157.6688
31 OMAHA CHAIN SMOKERS 155.9884
32 S&S BBQ 154.8572
33 4 LEGS UP BBQ 153.0628
34 Grandpa Smokeys 150.3200
35 MURPHY'S SMOKIN MEATS 145.6912
36 SWEETFIRE QUE 143.9200
37 A & S Up In Smoke 143.3488
38 Uncle Bo's 139.9204
39 HAWG PEN 133.7144

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