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Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship

2017-07-21 – 2017-07-22 · Galax, VA · 📍 Main Street

Grand Champion: VICTORY LANE BBQ (688.5028) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ

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VICTORY LANE BBQ
688.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
685.6456 · Master Series — Overall
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3N1 Q
681.6344 · 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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 173.11
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 174.26
141.10 177.70

Entries

25
4 judged meats

Top score

688.5028

Winning margin

2.8572
GC over RC

Field average

652.24
588.38688.50
median 659.28 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

662.7428
588.38688.50
10th place overall

Field spread

100.1252
winner to last place

Most consistent

CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4.5828 pts — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

How hot was the win?

Top 75%
beats 25% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1557
avg power rating going in · stronger than 44% of contests

Top-rated in the field

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
rated 1861 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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 6–7: SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY and BANJOMAN'S BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: CONTAGIOUS Q and CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Brisket 1–2 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 10th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 5th

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
2017-07-21 ← this one Galax, VA Main Street 25 688.5028 VICTORY LANE BBQ CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
2021-07-23 Galax, VA Galax, VA 24333 17 698.2400 Swine Life BBQ JACK'S OLD SOUTH

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028170.8456168.5140
Pork Ribs173.1084170.2628167.9772
Pork176.5600167.9772163.3828
Brisket174.2628170.8572167.9772

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 688.5028 · median 659.2800

#TeamScore
1 VICTORY LANE BBQ 688.5028
2 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 685.6456
3 3N1 Q 681.6344
4 CONTAGIOUS Q 673.5772
5 SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY 673.0172
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 673.0168
7 NU BETA GAMMA 670.7424
8 Poker Porkers 669.0628
9 LIL BROTHERS BBQ 666.1256
10 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 662.7428
11 Q-THIS 661.0628
12 Salty Dog Review 660.5028
13 CROW CREEK BBQ 659.2800
14 Will-Be-Que 657.6572
15 Bubba Grills 653.4968
16 STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ 650.1372
17 KINGS COOKING TEAM 650.1028
18 BBQ Treat 645.0288
19 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 642.0572
20 Ranucci Big Butt BBQ 641.6684
21 House of Smoke NC 624.3768
22 Uncle Feol's TN Style BBQ 623.8972
23 No Bra Necessary 609.5428
24 Mountain Grillas 594.6628
25 151 Bar B Q 588.3776

Chicken

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.3200

#TeamScore
1 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 177.7028
2 CONTAGIOUS Q 173.1200
3 VICTORY LANE BBQ 173.1084
4 3N1 Q 171.4172
5 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 170.8456
6 SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY 170.8228
7 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 170.8228
8 KINGS COOKING TEAM 169.6684
9 STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ 169.1200
10 NU BETA GAMMA 168.5140
11 Ranucci Big Butt BBQ 168.0000
12 BBQ Treat 167.4400
13 Will-Be-Que 166.3200
14 CROW CREEK BBQ 165.7144
15 Poker Porkers 165.1200
16 LIL BROTHERS BBQ 164.5488
17 Salty Dog Review 164.5256
18 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 164.5256
19 Uncle Feol's TN Style BBQ 164.0572
20 Q-THIS 162.8000
21 Bubba Grills 158.2172
22 No Bra Necessary 155.9428
23 Mountain Grillas 149.0972
24 House of Smoke NC 146.2284
25 151 Bar B Q 145.1200

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 173.1084 · median 165.1088

#TeamScore
1 NU BETA GAMMA 173.1084
2 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 172.5600
3 Will-Be-Que 171.9772
4 LIL BROTHERS BBQ 170.8228
5 3N1 Q 170.2628
6 Bubba Grills 170.2512
7 Salty Dog Review 169.1316
8 Q-THIS 169.1200
9 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 168.5372
10 VICTORY LANE BBQ 167.9772
11 KINGS COOKING TEAM 166.8228
12 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 165.6800
13 CONTAGIOUS Q 165.1088
14 No Bra Necessary 165.0856
15 Poker Porkers 164.5600
16 SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY 161.0972
17 STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ 160.5028
18 CROW CREEK BBQ 159.3716
19 Ranucci Big Butt BBQ 158.8800
20 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 155.9316
21 BBQ Treat 155.3716
22 House of Smoke NC 149.0744
23 Mountain Grillas 147.3600
24 151 Bar B Q 146.2172
25 Uncle Feol's TN Style BBQ 145.6344

Pork

25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.0856

#TeamScore
1 VICTORY LANE BBQ 176.5600
2 Poker Porkers 174.2628
3 3N1 Q 171.9772
4 NU BETA GAMMA 170.8456
5 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 167.9772
6 SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY 166.8344
7 Salty Dog Review 164.5828
8 STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ 164.5372
9 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 163.9428
10 CROW CREEK BBQ 163.3828
11 Ranucci Big Butt BBQ 162.2512
12 Q-THIS 161.7028
13 CONTAGIOUS Q 161.0856
14 BBQ Treat 160.5372
15 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 160.5028
16 House of Smoke NC 160.4912
17 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 158.2284
18 KINGS COOKING TEAM 157.6572
19 LIL BROTHERS BBQ 157.6340
20 Will-Be-Que 155.9200
21 Mountain Grillas 155.4056
22 Bubba Grills 155.3600
23 Uncle Feol's TN Style BBQ 152.5256
24 151 Bar B Q 150.7888
25 No Bra Necessary 147.4172

Brisket

25 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.4400

#TeamScore
1 SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY 174.2628
2 CONTAGIOUS Q 174.2628
3 CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ 174.2628
4 LIL BROTHERS BBQ 173.1200
5 VICTORY LANE BBQ 170.8572
6 CROW CREEK BBQ 170.8112
7 Bubba Grills 169.6684
8 House of Smoke NC 168.5828
9 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 168.5484
10 3N1 Q 167.9772
11 Q-THIS 167.4400
12 Poker Porkers 165.1200
13 Will-Be-Que 163.4400
14 BANJOMAN'S BBQ 162.2972
15 Salty Dog Review 162.2628
16 Uncle Feol's TN Style BBQ 161.6800
17 BBQ Treat 161.6800
18 ALL FIRED UP BBQ 161.0972
19 NU BETA GAMMA 158.2744
20 STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ 155.9772
21 KINGS COOKING TEAM 155.9544
22 Ranucci Big Butt BBQ 152.5372
23 151 Bar B Q 146.2516
24 Mountain Grillas 142.8000
25 No Bra Necessary 141.0972

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