EffingHam-Jam

2017-07-28 – 2017-07-29 · Effingham, IL · 📍 Jefferson St

Grand Champion: Fergolicious BBQ (694.8572) · 35 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAC ATTACK BBQ

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Fergolicious BBQ

694.8572 · Master Series — Overall

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MAC ATTACK BBQ

689.0968 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE FREAKS

683.5200 · 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.

554.34 median 647.29 694.86 🏆

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 176.62
Pork 176.00
Brisket 180.00 🔥

123.44 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2022 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

694.8572

Winning margin

5.7604

GC over RC

Field average

641.67

554.34694.86

median 647.29 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Fergolicious BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

4.0228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

664.5140

554.34694.86

10th place overall

Field spread

140.5140

winner to last place

Most consistent

MAC ATTACK BBQ

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.8000 pts — Fergolicious BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 53%

beats 47% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

52%

15 of 29 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.78 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1586

avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1987 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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 KCBS record was set here

4 different meats scored perfect in

Fergolicious BBQ holds the KCBS record for the 180 grand slam — 4 different meats scored perfect in, first in 2017 · 9 contests to complete the set, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.

The 180 grand slam

A new contest record

694.8572 highest overall ever cooked here

694.8572 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.2400 ONE2BBQ set in 2016.

old record 694.2400
set 2016 by ONE2BBQ

An upset on the books

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Fergolicious BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1786
top seed 1987

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: Fergolicious BBQ and High Voltage BBQ tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: ONE2BBQ edged OUTSIDERS BBQ by 0.0112. Pork places 7–8: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW edged THUNDER HOG BBQ by 0.0112.

Chicken 9–10 · tie
Brisket 9–10 · 0.0112
Pork 7–8 · 0.0112
Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Fergolicious BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.

Chicken 9th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 9th
Brisket 1st

A contest record in brisket

180.0000 best brisket ever cooked here

Fergolicious BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 177.7372
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ONE2BBQ (won 2016).

ONE2BBQ · 2016

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

Fergolicious BBQ · Brisket

Records set here — 1 still standing (1 in the KCBS record book)

What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.

🥇 🏵️ The 180 grand slam 4 different meats scored perfect in · Fergolicious BBQ · first in 2017 · 9 contests to complete the set · 28 Jul 2017 · shared with at least 9 others

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2016-07-22	Effingham, IL	Effingham, IL 62401	29	694.2400	ONE2BBQ	EAT MOR BUTT BBQ
2017-07-28 ← this one	Effingham, IL	Jefferson St	35	694.8572	Fergolicious BBQ	MAC ATTACK BBQ
2018-07-27	Effingham, IL	Jefferson St	30	685.0856	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	HIGH ON THE HAWG
2019-07-26	Effingham, IL	Washington Street	26	699.9656	Heavy Smoke STL	JaBs BBQ
2021-07-23	Effingham, IL	Effingham, IL 62401	29	688.5716	Janky Leg BBQ	THE BBQ BUS
2022-07-22	Effingham, IL	Washington Street	25	697.0628	Continental Barbecue Co.	TRIPLE H BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	173.7144	169.1428
Pork Ribs	176.6172	171.9772	169.1660
Pork	176.0000	171.9772	168.5600
Brisket	180.0000	170.8456	168.5372

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 694.8572 · median 647.2916

#	Team	Score
1	Fergolicious BBQ	694.8572
2	MAC ATTACK BBQ	689.0968
3	SMOKE FREAKS	683.5200
4	ONE2BBQ	681.0628
5	THUNDER HOG BBQ	678.7656
6	ALL IN QUE	675.9196
7	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	674.7888
8	BONEHEAD BBQ	671.9544
9	OUTSIDERS BBQ	667.2684
10	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	664.5140
11	HIGH ON THE HAWG	664.4796
12	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	662.7200
13	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	662.7084
14	SMOKEY'S Q	662.6972
15	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	661.6344
16	BRINGINGTHEHEATBBQ	647.8628
17	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	647.3372
18	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	647.2916
19	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	643.8400
20	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	638.7084
21	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	637.5884
22	HOT MESS BBQ	631.9204
23	VINEGAR PIG BBQ	629.0172
24	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	627.8740
25	Kickin Ash	627.2800
26	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	626.5936
27	HAWGWASH BBQ	617.5428
28	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	614.1488
29	High Voltage BBQ	611.3484
30	JaBs BBQ	611.2460
31	CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY	597.5428
32	CABIN VIEW BBQ	591.8632
33	MR. B'S BBQ	579.9316
34	THE ORIGINAL RUMP SHAKERS	579.3028
35	MEAT YOUR MAKERS BARBECUE	554.3432

Chicken

35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.2972

#	Team	Score
1	ONE2BBQ	179.4400
2	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	177.7144
3	THUNDER HOG BBQ	176.5600
4	MAC ATTACK BBQ	174.2972
5	BONEHEAD BBQ	173.7144
6	OUTSIDERS BBQ	173.7028
7	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	170.8456
8	SMOKEY'S Q	169.6800
9	Fergolicious BBQ	169.1428
10	High Voltage BBQ	169.1428
11	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	168.5944
12	SMOKE FREAKS	168.0000
13	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	167.3828
14	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	165.6800
15	BRINGINGTHEHEATBBQ	165.1200
16	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	163.4172
17	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	162.8228
18	THE ORIGINAL RUMP SHAKERS	162.2972
19	HOT MESS BBQ	162.2744
20	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	162.2400
21	HAWGWASH BBQ	160.4912
22	JaBs BBQ	159.9772
23	ALL IN QUE	159.3484
24	HIGH ON THE HAWG	159.3368
25	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	158.2056
26	MR. B'S BBQ	157.7028
27	Kickin Ash	157.6916
28	CABIN VIEW BBQ	157.6916
29	VINEGAR PIG BBQ	157.6800
30	CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY	157.1200
31	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	157.1200
32	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	155.9540
33	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	154.2056
34	MEAT YOUR MAKERS BARBECUE	151.4400
35	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	150.2628

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 176.6172 · median 160.5372

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE FREAKS	176.6172
2	Fergolicious BBQ	176.5944
3	ALL IN QUE	176.0000
4	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	175.4516
5	ONE2BBQ	171.9772
6	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	171.4288
7	HIGH ON THE HAWG	171.4172
8	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	171.4056
9	MAC ATTACK BBQ	169.7028
10	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	169.1660
11	THUNDER HOG BBQ	166.2972
12	BRINGINGTHEHEATBBQ	165.0972
13	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	164.5828
14	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	164.0116
15	HOT MESS BBQ	163.9888
16	VINEGAR PIG BBQ	162.8572
17	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	162.2744
18	SMOKEY'S Q	160.5372
19	OUTSIDERS BBQ	159.9428
20	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	158.8572
21	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	157.7144
22	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	157.6800
23	High Voltage BBQ	157.1428
24	Kickin Ash	155.9884
25	HAWGWASH BBQ	153.7144
26	BONEHEAD BBQ	152.5028
27	MR. B'S BBQ	152.0116
28	CABIN VIEW BBQ	151.9084
29	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	151.3828
30	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	151.3600
31	MEAT YOUR MAKERS BARBECUE	150.8916
32	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	149.0628
33	JaBs BBQ	148.5372
34	CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY	145.5884
35	THE ORIGINAL RUMP SHAKERS	144.5372

Pork

35 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.0972

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	176.0000
2	MAC ATTACK BBQ	174.8456
3	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	173.7028
4	ALL IN QUE	172.0000
5	SMOKEY'S Q	171.9772
6	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	170.8456
7	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	169.6912
8	THUNDER HOG BBQ	169.6800
9	Fergolicious BBQ	169.1200
10	HOT MESS BBQ	168.5600
11	BONEHEAD BBQ	168.5372
12	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	166.2284
13	OUTSIDERS BBQ	165.0856
14	HIGH ON THE HAWG	164.5600
15	BRINGINGTHEHEATBBQ	163.4172
16	SMOKE FREAKS	162.3200
17	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	162.2400
18	ONE2BBQ	161.0972
19	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	161.0972
20	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	160.5828
21	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	160.5372
22	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	159.3484
23	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	159.3484
24	Kickin Ash	157.6456
25	JaBs BBQ	157.0744
26	VINEGAR PIG BBQ	154.2628
27	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	153.6456
28	HAWGWASH BBQ	150.2400
29	CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY	149.1200
30	High Voltage BBQ	148.4912
31	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	137.0288
32	MR. B'S BBQ	136.0344
33	THE ORIGINAL RUMP SHAKERS	135.4056
34	CABIN VIEW BBQ	130.8688
35	MEAT YOUR MAKERS BARBECUE	123.4400

Brisket

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Fergolicious BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	BONEHEAD BBQ	177.2000
3	SMOKE FREAKS	176.5828
4	OUI OUI OUI BBQ	172.5600
5	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	170.8456
6	MAC ATTACK BBQ	170.2512
7	HIGH ON THE HAWG	169.1656
8	ALL IN QUE	168.5712
9	ONE2BBQ	168.5484
10	OUTSIDERS BBQ	168.5372
11	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	167.3828
12	THUNDER HOG BBQ	166.2284
13	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	165.6684
14	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	163.4056
15	DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ	162.8228
16	MANTUCKY MAYHEM	160.5256
17	SMOKEY'S Q	160.5028
18	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	158.8228
19	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	157.1544
20	HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	155.9656
21	Kickin Ash	155.9544
22	BRINGINGTHEHEATBBQ	154.2284
23	VINEGAR PIG BBQ	154.2172
24	HAWGWASH BBQ	153.0972
25	CABIN VIEW BBQ	151.3944
26	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	151.3140
27	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	149.6688
28	CHURCH OF SWINETOLOGY	145.7144
29	JaBs BBQ	145.6572
30	SMOKIN' WET BBQ	144.4916
31	HOT MESS BBQ	137.0972
32	THE ORIGINAL RUMP SHAKERS	137.0628
33	High Voltage BBQ	136.5716
34	MR. B'S BBQ	134.1828
35	MEAT YOUR MAKERS BARBECUE	128.5716

EffingHam-Jam

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

A KCBS record was set here

A new contest record

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

Records set here — 1 still standing (1 in the KCBS record book)

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 →

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