10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

Jul 7–8, 2017 · Wellsville, MO · 📍 112 W Hudson

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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE

688.5028 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN O BBQ

687.9772 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN' BUTTS

684.5484 · Master Series — Overall

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE won Grand Champion at the 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff on July 7, 2017 in Wellsville, MO at 112 W Hudson, scoring 688.5028 in a field of 25 teams. SMOKIN O BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.9772. Category winners: Chicken — SPICEWINE IRONWORKS (178.2972); Pork Ribs — MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (179.4400); Pork — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (176.0000); Brisket — ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (178.2972).

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.

619.38 median 670.23 688.50 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.30
Pork Ribs 179.44
Pork 176
Brisket 178.30

142.21 179.44

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

688.5028

Winning margin

0.5256

GC over RC

Field average

665.09

619.38688.50

median 670.23 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.8000

619.38688.50

10th place overall

Field spread

69.1196

winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKIN O BBQ

avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 4 pts — SPICEWINE IRONWORKS

How hot was the win?

Top 75%

beats 25% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,601

avg power rating going in · stronger than 78% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1983 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

0.5256 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 94% of the 4,713 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5256 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE
SMOKIN O BBQ

An upset on the books

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1748
top seed 1983

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 12th
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 9th
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: PITMASTERIQ BBQ and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ and SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 7–8 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork 7–8 · tie
Brisket 3–4 · tie

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.2972	170.8456	168.5600
Pork Ribs	179.4400	174.3088	170.2744
Pork	176	173.7028	169.1200
Brisket	178.2972	172.5600	167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 688.5028 · median 670.2288

#	Team	Score
1	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	688.5028
2	SMOKIN O BBQ	687.9772
3	SMOKIN' BUTTS	684.5484
4	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	683.9084
5	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	683.3484
6	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	682.7656
7	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	681.6456
8	TEAM SMOKERBUILDER	680.4684
9	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	677.6340
10	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	674.8000
11	SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	673.1088
12	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	671.2912
13	BYO GRILL	670.2288
14	UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	667.8856
15	Renaissauce Man BBQ	666.8116
16	HOG HAVEN BBQ	666.1716
17	HOT MESS BBQ	658.8344
18	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	658.1140
19	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	654.1832
20	FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	652.4228
21	CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	652.0228
22	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	651.2912
23	Junk Yard Dog	620.4796
24	SCHAEFER BBQ	619.4056
25	BIG AND BIGGER BBQ	619.3832

Chicken

25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.0344

#	Team	Score
1	SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	178.2972
2	SMOKIN' BUTTS	174.2972
3	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	171.9656
4	TEAM SMOKERBUILDER	171.4400
5	FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	170.8456
6	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	170.2744
7	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	170.2628
8	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.2628
9	UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	170.2628
10	SMOKIN O BBQ	168.5600
11	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	168.5484
12	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	168.5256
13	SCHAEFER BBQ	168.0344
14	HOG HAVEN BBQ	167.9772
15	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	167.3828
16	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	166.8456
17	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	166.8228
18	BYO GRILL	166.2744
19	HOT MESS BBQ	165.1312
20	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	165.0856
21	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	163.4056
22	Renaissauce Man BBQ	162.8228
23	BIG AND BIGGER BBQ	161.1428
24	CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	160.5600
25	Junk Yard Dog	154.2856

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7028

#	Team	Score
1	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	179.4400
2	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	178.8800
3	UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	175.4400
4	SMOKIN O BBQ	175.4172
5	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	174.3088
6	TEAM SMOKERBUILDER	174.2628
7	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	173.1200
8	Renaissauce Man BBQ	172.5600
9	HOT MESS BBQ	170.3088
10	HOG HAVEN BBQ	170.2744
11	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	170.2628
12	BYO GRILL	169.7144
13	SMOKIN' BUTTS	169.7028
14	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	167.9772
15	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	167.4172
16	CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	165.1428
17	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	165.0972
18	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	163.9656
19	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	163.4176
20	FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	159.9544
21	Junk Yard Dog	159.4056
22	BIG AND BIGGER BBQ	154.8460
23	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	154.2400
24	SCHAEFER BBQ	153.6912
25	SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	151.4288

Pork

25 entries · top 176 · median 167.4056

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	176
2	SMOKIN O BBQ	175.4400
3	SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	175.4056
4	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	174.2856
5	HOG HAVEN BBQ	173.7028
6	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.1200
7	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	169.6800
8	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	169.6800
9	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	169.6684
10	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	169.1200
11	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	167.9656
12	CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	167.4400
13	SMOKIN' BUTTS	167.4056
14	TEAM SMOKERBUILDER	167.3828
15	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	166.2512
16	FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	166.2284
17	Junk Yard Dog	164.5828
18	BYO GRILL	164.5372
19	UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	163.9656
20	Renaissauce Man BBQ	163.4400
21	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	162.2628
22	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	159.3828
23	HOT MESS BBQ	158.2744
24	BIG AND BIGGER BBQ	151.3944
25	SCHAEFER BBQ	150.8572

Brisket

25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	178.2972
2	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	176
3	BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	173.1428
4	SMOKIN' BUTTS	173.1428
5	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	172.5600
6	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	172.5484
7	BYO GRILL	169.7028
8	SMOKIN O BBQ	168.5600
9	Renaissauce Man BBQ	167.9888
10	SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	167.9772
11	TEAM SMOKERBUILDER	167.3828
12	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	166.8228
13	HOT MESS BBQ	165.1200
14	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	163.3828
15	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	161.6456
16	SMOKIN D'S. RACKS BBQ	160.5256
17	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	159.3944
18	CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	158.8800
19	PITMASTERIQ BBQ	158.2400
20	UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	158.2172
21	FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	155.3944
22	HOG HAVEN BBQ	154.2172
23	BIG AND BIGGER BBQ	152
24	SCHAEFER BBQ	146.8228
25	Junk Yard Dog	142.2056

10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

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)

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