Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival 2017

Aug 4–5, 2017 · Dillard, GA · 📍 982 Franklin Street

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BALD HAWG BBQ

697.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKE & SPICE

695.3712 · Master Series — Overall

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CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE

690.7540 · Master Series — Overall

BALD HAWG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival on August 4, 2017 in Dillard, GA at 982 Franklin Street, scoring 697.6800 in a field of 57 teams. SMOKE & SPICE took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3712. Category winners: Chicken — CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE (180.0000); Pork — JIGGY PIGGY (180.0000); Brisket — JIGGY PIGGY (178.2972). This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by BALD HAWG BBQ.

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.

625.65 median 674.16 697.68 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.86
Pork Ribs 180 🔥
Pork 180 🔥
Brisket 178.30

146.82 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

697.6800

Winning margin

2.3088

GC over RC

Field average

668.62

625.65697.68

median 674.16 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

JIGGY PIGGY (Pork), CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.6112

625.65697.68

10th place overall

Field spread

72.0344

winner to last place

Most consistent

BALD HAWG BBQ

avg finish 9.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.2628 pts — CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 43%

beats 57% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

70%

39 of 56 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,588

avg power rating going in · stronger than 69% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Organizer Portal

rated 1933 pre-contest

Storylines (11 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

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Bald Hawg BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1743
top seed 1933

Back-to-back

2 in a row editions of this contest

BALD HAWG BBQ won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.

2016
2017

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

BALD HAWG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 17th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 11th
Brisket 3rd

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

BALD HAWG BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

2016
2017

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: BAREKNUCKLES BBQ and SWIGGIN PIG tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS and SMOKIN BLUE Q FL tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKIN BLUE Q FL and WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Chicken 8–9 · tie
Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

JIGGY PIGGY won Pork, Brisket — a double.

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

old best 179.4400
across 4 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE PIT CREW GA (won 2015), BALD HAWG BBQ (won 2016).

THE PIT CREW GA · 2015
BALD HAWG BBQ · 2016

One of the big ones

57 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data

57 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

JIGGY PIGGY · Pork
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE · Pork Ribs

They keep coming back

70% of last edition’s field returned

39 of 56 teams from 2016-08-05 came back

39 of the 56 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.

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
Aug 2, 2013	Dillard, GA	Dillard, GA	61	695.3600	PIG WHISPERERS	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS
Aug 1, 2014	Dillard, GA	Dillard, GA 30537	56	702.8340	KILLER B'S BBQ	OLD PLANTATION BBQ
Jul 31, 2015	Dillard, GA	Dillard, GA	55	698.2744	THE PIT CREW GA	TENACIOUS Q
Aug 5, 2016	Dillard, GA	892 Franklin St	56	700.5484	BALD HAWG BBQ	SMOKE THIS
Aug 4, 2017 ← this one	Dillard, GA	982 Franklin Street	57	697.6800	BALD HAWG BBQ	SMOKE & SPICE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8572	176	175.4056
Pork Ribs	180	176.5600	173.1200
Pork	180	176.5600	174.2628
Brisket	178.2972	174.2744	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

57 entries · top 697.6800 · median 674.1600

#	Team	Score
1	BALD HAWG BBQ	697.6800
2	SMOKE & SPICE	695.3712
3	CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	690.7540
4	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	690.1940
5	QUE NUT	689.0972
6	FYC BARBEQUE	689.0856
7	SWAMP BOYS	688.5028
8	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	687.3256
9	J & B'S BBQ	687.3140
10	HOT WACHULA'S	685.6112
11	JIGGY PIGGY	685.0400
12	YES, DEAR BBQ	685.0168
13	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	682.7544
14	Organizer Portal	682.7312
15	SMOKE THIS	682.1828
16	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	682.1712
17	HIGH ON THE HAWG	679.8624
18	WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA	677.6228
19	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	677.5772
20	WICKED QUE	677.0744
21	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	677.0288
22	SWINE DINING GA	676.9940
23	THE PIT CREW GA	676.4112
24	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	675.8856
25	WAY 2 QUE	675.8396
26	KUDZU Q	675.3256
27	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	675.3028
28	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	674.7544
29	SWIGGIN PIG	674.1600
30	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	671.8856
31	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	671.8512
32	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	671.3144
33	BARREL FEVER BBQ	671.3144
34	SMOKIN AT THE TRACK BBQ	671.3032
35	BBQR'S DELIGHT	670.1600
36	Primo Oval Rulers	669.0404
37	HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	665.0056
38	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	663.2568
39	TENACIOUS Q	663.2108
40	SUPPERTIME	662.6624
41	THE BARBEQUE DEPOT	661.5428
42	SUE E PIGG	659.3256
43	PORK-N-BONES	655.2340
44	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	651.8516
45	MDT SMOKERS	651.3144
46	SCREAMING EAGLE	651.2112
47	GRUNTS 11 BBQ	649.6000
48	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	649.5200
49	HOOTIE-Q	646.1140
50	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	646.0912
51	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	644.3660
52	ROGUE SMOKERS	640.9488
53	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	637.5084
54	MIKE'S MOUNTAIN BBQ	634.6516
55	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	633.4856
56	OINK, CACKLE & MOO	627.1884
57	CHARNOBLE	625.6456

Chicken

57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	178.8572
2	QUE NUT	178.2972
3	FYC BARBEQUE	177.7028
4	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	176
5	SWIGGIN PIG	176
6	SMOKIN AT THE TRACK BBQ	175.4288
7	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	175.4172
8	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	175.4056
9	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	175.4056
10	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	175.4056
11	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	174.2744
12	THE PIT CREW GA	174.2628
13	SMOKE & SPICE	174.2628
14	WICKED QUE	174.2628
15	SWAMP BOYS	174.2628
16	KUDZU Q	173.7028
17	BALD HAWG BBQ	173.1200
18	CHARNOBLE	172
19	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	171.9772
20	Primo Oval Rulers	171.4288
21	SUE E PIGG	170.8228
22	SWINE DINING GA	170.8228
23	SMOKE THIS	170.8228
24	Organizer Portal	169.6684
25	YES, DEAR BBQ	169.6684
26	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	169.1200
27	JIGGY PIGGY	168.5256
28	HIGH ON THE HAWG	167.9656
29	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	167.9656
30	GRUNTS 11 BBQ	167.4056
31	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	167.3944
32	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	167.3828
33	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	167.3828
34	WAY 2 QUE	167.3828
35	HOOTIE-Q	166.8456
36	HOT WACHULA'S	166.2284
37	J & B'S BBQ	166.2284
38	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	165.6800
39	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	165.6800
40	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	165.6684
41	WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA	165.1544
42	HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	165.1200
43	THE BARBEQUE DEPOT	165.1084
44	SUPPERTIME	165.0740
45	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	164.5372
46	BARREL FEVER BBQ	163.9772
47	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	163.9428
48	TENACIOUS Q	163.9428
49	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	163.3828
50	SCREAMING EAGLE	162.7884
51	MDT SMOKERS	162.2516
52	BBQR'S DELIGHT	162.2400
53	PORK-N-BONES	162.2400
54	CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	161.0856
55	MIKE'S MOUNTAIN BBQ	158.8116
56	OINK, CACKLE & MOO	157.6456
57	ROGUE SMOKERS	153.6684

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 180 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	180 🔥
2	SWAMP BOYS	177.7372
3	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	177.7028
4	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	177.7028
5	SMOKIN AT THE TRACK BBQ	176.5600
6	SMOKE THIS	176
7	BALD HAWG BBQ	174.8572
8	KUDZU Q	173.7144
9	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	173.1316
10	Organizer Portal	173.1200
11	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	173.1200
12	J & B'S BBQ	172.5600
13	Primo Oval Rulers	171.9772
14	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	171.9772
15	THE PIT CREW GA	171.9656
16	WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA	171.9656
17	HOT WACHULA'S	171.4056
18	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	170.8344
19	YES, DEAR BBQ	170.8344
20	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	170.8228
21	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	170.8228
22	SWINE DINING GA	170.8228
23	TENACIOUS Q	170.8112
24	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	169.7144
25	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	169.1200
26	MDT SMOKERS	169.1200
27	WAY 2 QUE	168.5256
28	HIGH ON THE HAWG	168.5256
29	BBQR'S DELIGHT	167.9772
30	BARREL FEVER BBQ	167.9772
31	SMOKE & SPICE	167.9656
32	WICKED QUE	167.4172
33	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	167.3944
34	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	166.2744
35	HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	166.2400
36	SWIGGIN PIG	165.1088
37	ROGUE SMOKERS	165.0972
38	SCREAMING EAGLE	165.0856
39	PORK-N-BONES	165.0740
40	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	164.5488
41	QUE NUT	164.5372
42	THE BARBEQUE DEPOT	163.9544
43	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	162.8228
44	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	162.8228
45	FYC BARBEQUE	162.2744
46	HOOTIE-Q	162.2400
47	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	160.5256
48	GRUNTS 11 BBQ	159.9660
49	SUE E PIGG	159.3828
50	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	158.8116
51	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	158.8000
52	JIGGY PIGGY	158.2172
53	SUPPERTIME	155.9428
54	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	154.2288
55	OINK, CACKLE & MOO	152.4916
56	MIKE'S MOUNTAIN BBQ	152.4916
57	CHARNOBLE	146.8228

Pork

57 entries · top 180 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	JIGGY PIGGY	180 🔥
2	SMOKE & SPICE	178.8800
3	YES, DEAR BBQ	177.7028
4	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	177.1544
5	CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	176.5600
6	BBQR'S DELIGHT	176
7	WICKED QUE	175.4400
8	FYC BARBEQUE	175.4056
9	QUE NUT	174.8572
10	J & B'S BBQ	174.2628
11	BALD HAWG BBQ	174.2628
12	HOT WACHULA'S	173.7028
13	BARREL FEVER BBQ	173.1200
14	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	171.9772
15	SMOKIN AT THE TRACK BBQ	170.8344
16	SUPPERTIME	170.8228
17	THE PIT CREW GA	169.6800
18	WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA	169.6800
19	SMOKE THIS	169.6800
20	HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	169.6800
21	Organizer Portal	169.6800
22	WAY 2 QUE	169.6684
23	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	168.5256
24	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	168.5256
25	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	167.9772
26	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	167.9656
27	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	167.3944
28	SWINE DINING GA	167.3828
29	SCREAMING EAGLE	166.8228
30	Primo Oval Rulers	166.8228
31	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	166.8112
32	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	166.2516
33	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	166.2400
34	HIGH ON THE HAWG	165.6684
35	PORK-N-BONES	165.1200
36	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	165.0972
37	MIKE'S MOUNTAIN BBQ	163.9656
38	SWAMP BOYS	163.9428
39	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	163.3828
40	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	162.8228
41	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	162.8000
42	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	162.8000
43	THE BARBEQUE DEPOT	162.8000
44	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	161.6684
45	SWIGGIN PIG	161.6456
46	TENACIOUS Q	161.6340
47	GRUNTS 11 BBQ	160.5600
48	OINK, CACKLE & MOO	160.5256
49	ROGUE SMOKERS	160.5144
50	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	159.9656
51	HOOTIE-Q	159.9428
52	KUDZU Q	159.9428
53	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	157.6800
54	CHARNOBLE	156.5600
55	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	156.5028
56	SUE E PIGG	155.9772
57	MDT SMOKERS	154.8228

Brisket

57 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8112

#	Team	Score
1	JIGGY PIGGY	178.2972
2	HIGH ON THE HAWG	177.7028
3	BALD HAWG BBQ	175.4400
4	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	174.2744
5	HOT WACHULA'S	174.2744
6	J & B'S BBQ	174.2628
7	SMOKE & SPICE	174.2628
8	FYC BARBEQUE	173.7028
9	SUE E PIGG	173.1428
10	BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	173.1200
11	CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	173.1084
12	SWAMP BOYS	172.5600
13	QUE NUT	171.4056
14	SWIGGIN PIG	171.4056
15	WOOLEY BULLY BBQ MAFIA	170.8228
16	SUPPERTIME	170.8228
17	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	170.8228
18	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	170.2628
19	ATLANTA BBQ STORE	170.2628
20	WAY 2 QUE	170.2628
21	Organizer Portal	170.2628
22	THE BARBEQUE DEPOT	169.6800
23	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	168.5372
24	KUDZU Q	167.9656
25	JACK'S OLD SOUTH	167.9656
26	SWINE DINING GA	167.9656
27	TENACIOUS Q	166.8228
28	YES, DEAR BBQ	166.8112
29	WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	166.8112
30	BARREL FEVER BBQ	166.2400
31	SMOKE THIS	165.6800
32	MDT SMOKERS	165.1200
33	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	165.0972
34	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	165.0972
35	HAWGPOUND SMOKERS	163.9656
36	BBQR'S DELIGHT	163.9428
37	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	162.8228
38	PORK-N-BONES	162.8000
39	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	162.2284
40	ROGUE SMOKERS	161.6688
41	GRUNTS 11 BBQ	161.6684
42	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	161.6456
43	THE PIT CREW GA	160.5028
44	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	159.9656
45	WICKED QUE	159.9544
46	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	159.9312
47	MIKE'S MOUNTAIN BBQ	159.3828
48	Primo Oval Rulers	158.8116
49	HOOTIE-Q	157.0856
50	OINK, CACKLE & MOO	156.5256
51	SCREAMING EAGLE	156.5144
52	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	155.3600
53	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	154.2056
54	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	151.3372
55	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	150.7772
56	CHARNOBLE	150.2628
57	SMOKIN AT THE TRACK BBQ	148.4800

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 — Cabbage

22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3942

#	Team	Score
1	CHARNOBLE	177.7028
2	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	176.5828
3	JIGGY PIGGY	176
4	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	174.8456
5	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	173.7028
6	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	173.7028
7	HIGH ON THE HAWG	173.1428
8	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	172.5828
9	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	172.5716
10	TENACIOUS Q	171.4172
11	BBQR'S DELIGHT	168.5256
12	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	166.2628
13	SMOKE & SPICE	164.5488
14	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	163.9428
15	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	163.9428
16	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	163.9312
17	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	163.3828
18	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	161.6456
19	BALD HAWG BBQ	158.8228
20	SWAMP BOYS	157.6572
21	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	157.6456
22	SUE E PIGG	154.2056

Master Series — Dessert

19 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TENACIOUS Q	180 🔥
2	JIGGY PIGGY	179.4400
3	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	178.8572
4	BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	178.2972
5	SWAMP BOYS	176.5600
6	HIGH ON THE HAWG	176.5600
7	CHARNOBLE	175.4400
8	BALD HAWG BBQ	175.4172
9	BBQR'S DELIGHT	174.2744
10	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	174.2628
11	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	173.1200
12	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	173.1200
13	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	172.5600
14	CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	172.5600
15	SUE E PIGG	170.8228
16	JUST SMOKE "N" AROUND BBQ	169.7028
17	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	169.1084
18	SMOKE & SPICE	166.2744
19	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	165.6800

Master Series — Tomato

22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.6914

#	Team	Score
1	BBQR'S DELIGHT	179.4400
2	WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	178.8572
3	STELLA AND CREW BBQ	177.7372
4	KWITCH YER SWINE'N	175.4172
5	HOOTIE-Q	173.7372
6	SWAMP BOYS	173.1200
7	COOKERSANDGRILLS.COM	173.1200
8	SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	173.1200
9	TENACIOUS Q	171.4056
10	JIGGY PIGGY	170.8228
11	TWO BUTTIES BBQ	169.6800
12	CHARNOBLE	165.7028
13	QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	165.1200
14	SUE E PIGG	165.0856
15	PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS	164.5256
16	HIGH ON THE HAWG	162.2628
17	BALD HAWG BBQ	159.4056
18	ROGUE SMOKERS	158.8000
19	SMOKE & SPICE	155.3940
20	GRILLIN' GANGSTERS	154.8456
21	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	154.2056
22	SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	152.5600

Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival 2017

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 (11 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Back-to-back

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A double category winner

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

One of the big ones

A perfect score on the table

They keep coming back

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Cabbage

Master Series — Dessert

Master Series — Tomato