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Up In smoke on the Square

2017-06-02 – 2017-06-03 · Lincoln, IL · 📍 Kilkapool/Plilaski

Grand Champion: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE (695.8968) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORK PARADISE

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IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
695.8968 · Master Series — Overall
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PORK PARADISE
693.6456 · Master Series — Overall
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JUGS BBQ
682.2172 · 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 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 174.26
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 175.41
137.68 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

2013-08-23 — 689.6916 (A BOY & HIS BBQ) 2014-08-22 — 699.4400 (MONSTER-QUE) 2015-06-05 — 689.0740 (ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ) 2016-06-03 — 685.6800 (OUTSIDERS BBQ) 2017-06-02 — 695.8968 (IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE) 2018-06-01 — 687.3600 (SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM) 2019-05-31 — 682.8576 (The BBQ Bus) 2023-08-25 — 346.8344 (309 BBQ) 2024-08-23 — 350.8688 (Up From The Pits BBQ) 2025-08-22 — 357.7144 (Electro-Que-ted) 2026-08-28 — 349.6916 (Smokin E's BBQ) 695.90 2013 2026

Entries

32
4 judged meats · 5 ancillary

Top score

695.8968

Winning margin

2.2512
GC over RC

Field average

657.71
586.09695.90
median 664.76 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

671.3600
586.09695.90
10th place overall

Field spread

109.8056
winner to last place

Most consistent

IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.7028 pts — IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE

How hot was the win?

Top 50%
beats 50% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

42%
22 of 52 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1577
avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES
rated 1801 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: AWW HELL and IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE and THE REAL SMOKIN ACES tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: THE REAL SMOKIN ACES and NUTTHIN BUT PORK tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

PORK PARADISE won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 3rd

A contest record in chicken

179.4400 best chicken ever cooked here

JUGS BBQ turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.8572
  • across 4 past editions

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MONSTER-QUE (won 2014), ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (won 2015), OUTSIDERS BBQ (won 2016).

  • MONSTER-QUE · 2014
  • ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ · 2015
  • OUTSIDERS BBQ · 2016

This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

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
2013-08-23 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 46 689.6916 A BOY & HIS BBQ Twyford's BBQ & Catering
2014-08-22 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 50 699.4400 MONSTER-QUE IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
2015-06-05 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 40 689.0740 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS
2016-06-03 Lincoln, IL Lincoln , IL 62656 52 685.6800 OUTSIDERS BBQ TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE
2017-06-02 ← this one Lincoln, IL Kilkapool/Plilaski 32 695.8968 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE PORK PARADISE
2018-06-01 Lincoln, IL Kilkapool/Plilaski 40 687.3600 SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM iBQ'n
2019-05-31 Lincoln, IL Lincoln, IL 62656 36 682.8576 The BBQ Bus iBQ'n
2021-06-04 Lincoln, IL — — — — —
2023-08-25 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 26 346.8344 309 BBQ —
2024-08-23 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 28 350.8688 Up From The Pits BBQ —
2025-08-22 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 31 357.7144 Electro-Que-ted —
2026-08-28 Lincoln, IL 601 Pulaski Street 16 349.6916 Smokin E's BBQ —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400176.0116171.9656
Pork Ribs174.2628173.1200167.4172
Pork177.7028170.8456169.6684
Brisket175.4056170.8228168.5944

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 695.8968 · median 664.7598

#TeamScore
1 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 695.8968
2 PORK PARADISE 693.6456
3 JUGS BBQ 682.2172
4 ALL IN QUE 681.0168
5 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 679.3256
6 JH OLD SCHOOL 677.0396
7 VALET PORKING 676.5600
8 BAD HABIT BBQ 676.4228
9 AWW HELL 671.8852
10 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 671.3600
11 MAC ATTACK BBQ 670.7540
12 MONSTER-QUE 670.1824
13 CHANNABILLY BBQ 668.9944
14 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 668.4340
15 SAUCED N SMOKED 667.9888
16 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 666.7884
17 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 662.7312
18 BONEHEAD BBQ 658.6852
19 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 656.4224
20 QUAU 656.3996
21 Rub Runners 655.9772
22 OUTSIDERS BBQ 650.6856
23 OUI OUI OUI BBQ 648.4224
24 PLOWBOYZ BBQ 642.1604
25 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 641.5312
26 DANDDY BBQ 640.9712
27 Vespa Bros BBQ 636.9828
28 SmokinGhost BBQ 630.1252
29 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 622.6852
30 GET SAUCED BBQ 619.8284
31 SMOKY LINCS 618.6052
32 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 586.0912

Chicken

32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2284

#TeamScore
1 JUGS BBQ 179.4400
2 VALET PORKING 178.8800
3 AWW HELL 176.5600
4 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 176.5600
5 PORK PARADISE 176.0116
6 SAUCED N SMOKED 174.8800
7 OUTSIDERS BBQ 174.2628
8 ALL IN QUE 173.7028
9 QUAU 173.1084
10 BAD HABIT BBQ 171.9656
11 JH OLD SCHOOL 171.9656
12 BONEHEAD BBQ 170.8112
13 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2972
14 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 169.6800
15 MAC ATTACK BBQ 169.6684
16 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 166.2284
17 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 166.2284
18 MONSTER-QUE 165.7256
19 Vespa Bros BBQ 165.1316
20 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 164.5256
21 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 164.5256
22 Rub Runners 164.0000
23 DANDDY BBQ 161.7144
24 OUI OUI OUI BBQ 161.7028
25 SMOKY LINCS 161.6340
26 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 159.9428
27 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 159.3828
28 CHANNABILLY BBQ 159.3600
29 SmokinGhost BBQ 157.7028
30 PLOWBOYZ BBQ 157.6684
31 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 152.5256
32 GET SAUCED BBQ 151.9772

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.8228

#TeamScore
1 PORK PARADISE 174.2628
2 CHANNABILLY BBQ 173.7144
3 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 173.1772
4 Rub Runners 173.1544
5 ALL IN QUE 173.1200
6 JUGS BBQ 172.5944
7 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 168.5256
8 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 168.5256
9 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 168.5256
10 AWW HELL 167.4172
11 MAC ATTACK BBQ 166.2972
12 JH OLD SCHOOL 166.2284
13 SAUCED N SMOKED 165.6916
14 MONSTER-QUE 165.6800
15 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 163.9428
16 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 162.8228
17 DANDDY BBQ 162.8228
18 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 162.2744
19 OUTSIDERS BBQ 161.6800
20 VALET PORKING 161.6456
21 PLOWBOYZ BBQ 161.1544
22 BONEHEAD BBQ 160.5256
23 QUAU 158.7884
24 BAD HABIT BBQ 158.2172
25 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 154.8684
26 OUI OUI OUI BBQ 154.2284
27 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 150.8572
28 GET SAUCED BBQ 150.7656
29 SMOKY LINCS 147.9316
30 Vespa Bros BBQ 147.9312
31 SmokinGhost BBQ 147.3484
32 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 137.6800

Pork

32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.4056

#TeamScore
1 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 177.7028
2 MAC ATTACK BBQ 176.0000
3 BAD HABIT BBQ 175.4172
4 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 174.2972
5 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 170.8456
6 BONEHEAD BBQ 170.8228
7 VALET PORKING 170.3316
8 JH OLD SCHOOL 170.2856
9 JUGS BBQ 169.6800
10 OUI OUI OUI BBQ 169.6684
11 Vespa Bros BBQ 167.9656
12 PORK PARADISE 167.9656
13 ALL IN QUE 167.3828
14 MONSTER-QUE 166.8112
15 CHANNABILLY BBQ 166.2400
16 Rub Runners 165.7028
17 SmokinGhost BBQ 165.1084
18 AWW HELL 165.0740
19 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 164.5256
20 PLOWBOYZ BBQ 163.9660
21 DANDDY BBQ 163.3944
22 OUTSIDERS BBQ 162.2628
23 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 162.2284
24 QUAU 161.7028
25 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 161.6456
26 SMOKY LINCS 161.1084
27 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 160.4912
28 SAUCED N SMOKED 159.9428
29 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 158.2284
30 GET SAUCED BBQ 155.9656
31 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 152.5256
32 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 152.4912

Brisket

32 entries · top 175.4056 · median 162.8284

#TeamScore
1 PORK PARADISE 175.4056
2 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 174.8572
3 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 173.1084
4 MONSTER-QUE 171.9656
5 BAD HABIT BBQ 170.8228
6 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 170.2628
7 NUTTHIN BUT PORK 169.7372
8 CHANNABILLY BBQ 169.6800
9 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 169.1428
10 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 168.5944
11 JH OLD SCHOOL 168.5600
12 SAUCED N SMOKED 167.4744
13 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 167.3828
14 ALL IN QUE 166.8112
15 VALET PORKING 165.7028
16 AWW HELL 162.8340
17 OUI OUI OUI BBQ 162.8228
18 FIDDLIN' FATBACK 162.8000
19 QUAU 162.8000
20 GET SAUCED BBQ 161.1200
21 JUGS BBQ 160.5028
22 SmokinGhost BBQ 159.9656
23 PLOWBOYZ BBQ 159.3716
24 MAC ATTACK BBQ 158.7884
25 BONEHEAD BBQ 156.5256
26 Vespa Bros BBQ 155.9544
27 CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ 155.9428
28 Rub Runners 153.1200
29 DANDDY BBQ 153.0396
30 OUTSIDERS BBQ 152.4800
31 SMOKY LINCS 147.9312
32 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 143.3600

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 — Backyard Chicken

20 entries · top 174.2628 · median 158.5370

#TeamScore
1 TWISTED SMOKE 174.2628
2 Big Fern's BBQ 171.4056
3 Blowin Smoque BBQ 167.3828
4 Carrol Lou's 166.2400
5 Sugar Creek BBQ 165.6800
6 Firehouse 51 163.3712
7 BLUE BEAR'S BBQ 161.6800
8 The Sauced Up Smokers 160.4912
9 EF-Q 159.9544
10 Back Draft 158.8456
11 Smoke Em if Ya Got Em 158.2284
12 SMOKESHOW 157.6912
13 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 157.0972
14 Smoke, Fire and Brew 157.0628
15 Doc's Rib Shack 150.8116
16 Buddy's BBQ 149.7144
17 9-11 Q 149.6228
18 BASSO BROTHERS BBQ 149.0968
19 Wood & Steel 139.3944
20 12-24 BBQ 137.6228

Master Series — Backyard Overall

20 entries · top 340.5028 · median 309.8854

#TeamScore
1 TWISTED SMOKE 340.5028
2 Back Draft 330.8228
3 Firehouse 51 324.4916
4 EF-Q 322.8116
5 Carrol Lou's 322.1828
6 Sugar Creek BBQ 320.4804
7 The Sauced Up Smokers 314.7084
8 Blowin Smoque BBQ 314.2172
9 Smoke, Fire and Brew 314.1484
10 9-11 Q 311.2684
11 BASSO BROTHERS BBQ 308.5024
12 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 308.4688
13 BLUE BEAR'S BBQ 305.5884
14 Wood & Steel 301.0628
15 SMOKESHOW 298.2056
16 12-24 BBQ 297.0400
17 Buddy's BBQ 291.4516
18 Doc's Rib Shack 282.1144
19 Smoke Em if Ya Got Em 281.6344
20 Big Fern's BBQ 275.0968

Master Series — Backyard Ribs

20 entries · top 171.9772 · median 155.3716

#TeamScore
1 Back Draft 171.9772
2 TWISTED SMOKE 166.2400
3 EF-Q 162.8572
4 Wood & Steel 161.6684
5 9-11 Q 161.6456
6 Firehouse 51 161.1204
7 12-24 BBQ 159.4172
8 BASSO BROTHERS BBQ 159.4056
9 Smoke, Fire and Brew 157.0856
10 Carrol Lou's 155.9428
11 Sugar Creek BBQ 154.8004
12 The Sauced Up Smokers 154.2172
13 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 151.3716
14 Blowin Smoque BBQ 146.8344
15 BLUE BEAR'S BBQ 143.9084
16 Buddy's BBQ 141.7372
17 SMOKESHOW 140.5144
18 Doc's Rib Shack 131.3028
19 Smoke Em if Ya Got Em 123.4060
20 Big Fern's BBQ 103.6912

Master Series — Kid'S Que

6 entries · top 171.4172 · median 167.3942

#TeamScore
1 Little Nuthatch Hill 171.4172
2 Boy Scott BBQ 169.1428
3 That one brown kid 167.4056
4 Barbie - Q 167.3828
5 Will Stambaugh 165.7828
6 GRILLS GONE WILD 161.7028

Master Series — Steak

19 entries · top 174.2856 · median 158.3088

#TeamScore
1 PORK PARADISE 174.2856
2 SAUCED N SMOKED 171.4284
3 Back Draft 169.6912
4 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 169.1428
5 OUTSIDERS BBQ 168.5944
6 SmokinGhost BBQ 166.2744
7 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 164.0572
8 Wendlandt Team USA 160.6172
9 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 158.7884
10 DANDDY BBQ 158.3088
11 QUAU 157.7600
12 JUGS BBQ 156.5944
13 CHANNABILLY BBQ 154.9032
14 JH OLD SCHOOL 154.8460
15 GET SAUCED BBQ 150.2284
16 Fire Men 144.0000
17 THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 141.7372
18 Dead End BBQ 139.9888
19 BASSO BROTHERS BBQ 116.5600

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