A new contest record
692.0000
highest overall ever cooked here
692.0000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 686.2628 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC set in 2014.
- old record 686.2628
- set 2014 by REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
Peak City Pig Fest 2017
Jun 16–17, 2017 · Apex, NC · 📍 Salem Street
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE won Grand Champion at the Peak City Pig Fest on June 16, 2017 in Apex, NC at Salem Street, scoring 692.0000 in a field of 47 teams. THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0400. Category winners: Chicken — REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (177.1428); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN SKULLIES (174.2972); Pork — REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (174.2628); Brisket — EVEL QUE-NIEVEL (177.1544). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by REDNECK SCIENTIFIC.
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.
531.91
median 648.94
692 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.14
- Pork Ribs 174.30
- Pork 174.26
- Brisket 177.15
125.11
177.15
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.
Entries
47
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
692
Winning margin
2.9600
GC over RC
Field average
644.77
531.91692
median 648.94 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.8456 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
670.2636
531.91692
10th place overall
Field spread
160.0908
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 64%
beats 36% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
31%
15 of 48 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,553
avg power rating going in · stronger than 40% of contests
Storylines (9 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.
An upset on the books
18-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE came in rated below the field's top team, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1614
- top seed 1878
Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 8th
- Pork 4th
- Brisket 3rd
A first Grand Championship
24
tracked contests to get there
This was OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 24th tracked contest.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 7–8: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: North Meet South BBQ edged EVEL QUE-NIEVEL by 0.0116.
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0116
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC won Chicken, Pork — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
A contest record in chicken
177.1428
best chicken ever cooked here
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC turned in 177.1428 in chicken — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
- old best 176.0000
- across 2 past editions
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: KILLER B'S BBQ (won 2013), REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2014).
- KILLER B'S BBQ · 2013
- REDNECK SCIENTIFIC · 2014
The contest returns
3 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2014-06-20.
- previous edition 2014-06-20
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2013 | Apex, NC | Apex, NC | 36 | 685.7140 | KILLER B'S BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Apex, NC | Apex, NC 27502 | 48 | 686.2628 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| Jun 16, 2017 ← this one | Apex, NC | Salem Street | 47 | 692 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 173.1544 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 170.8228 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 171.4172 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 177.1544 | 171.9656 | 167.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
47 entries · top 692 · median 648.9368
Chicken
47 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.9312
Pork Ribs
47 entries · top 174.2972 · median 163.9428
Pork
47 entries · top 174.2628 · median 161.6688
Brisket
47 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.0740
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 — Anything Butt
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7028
Master Series — Deseret
12 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180