*Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

2017-08-18 – 2017-08-19 · Cape Girardeau, MO · 📍 Arena Park

Grand Champion: OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ (685.6800) · 43 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal

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OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ

685.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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Organizer Portal

685.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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PORK PARADISE

682.7884 · 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.

602.13 median 638.75 685.68 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 176.00
Pork Ribs 177.70
Pork 174.30
Brisket 173.71

134.21 177.70

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

685.6800

Winning margin

0.5828

GC over RC

Field average

644.47

602.13685.68

median 638.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

669.0284

602.13685.68

10th place overall

Field spread

83.5544

winner to last place

Most consistent

Organizer Portal

avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.5484 pts — PORK PARADISE

How hot was the win?

Top 80%

beats 20% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

37%

19 of 51 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1557

avg power rating going in · stronger than 43% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Organizer Portal

rated 1929 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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

0.5828 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ
Organizer Portal

An upset on the books

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1752
top seed 1929

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 2–3: SMOKEY'S Q edged SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM by 0.0116. Brisket places 1–2: Organizer Portal edged ONE2BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 9–10: OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE edged CHICK HUGGINS BBQ by 0.0228.

Pork 2–3 · 0.0116
Brisket 1–2 · 0.0116
Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0228
Pork 1–2 · 0.0228

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 18th.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 18th
Pork 1st
Brisket 3rd

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE (won 2016).

OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE · 2016

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
2013-08-23	Cape Girardeau, MO	Cape Girardeau, MO	56	687.3256	SMOKIN T'S	4 SMOKIN' BUTTS
2015-08-21	Cape Girardeau, MO	Cape Girardeau, MO 63701	58	682.2856	Hot Mess BBQ	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE
2016-08-19	Cape Girardeau, MO	Arena Park	51	683.9196	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	FIRE DANCER BBQ
2017-08-18 ← this one	Cape Girardeau, MO	Arena Park	43	685.6800	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	Organizer Portal
2018-08-17	Cape Girardeau, MO	Arena Park	44	701.6684	BYO GRILL	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.0000	173.7372	171.4288
Pork Ribs	177.7028	170.2628	168.5372
Pork	174.2972	172.5600	167.4400
Brisket	173.7144	167.4056	163.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

43 entries · top 685.6800 · median 638.7540

#	Team	Score
1	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	685.6800
2	Organizer Portal	685.0972
3	PORK PARADISE	682.7884
4	ONE2BBQ	679.9084
5	VICTORY LANE BBQ	678.7428
6	CODE 3 SPICES	674.7196
7	WOOD HOOK BBQ	673.0632
8	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	671.4056
9	SMOKEY'S Q	670.1944
10	SEXY Q	669.0284
11	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	669.0284
12	ALL QUED UP	667.9316
13	RAZORRACKS	667.3256
14	GETTIN' BASTED	666.1252
15	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	662.1828
16	PENNY STREET PORKERS	661.5884
17	SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	658.7200
18	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	658.1144
19	KINDER-QUE	655.8628
20	QUE-N-BREW	642.6968
21	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	641.6116
22	THE SMOKE LINE	638.7540
23	Marmic Flaming Pits	637.7260
24	PINE HILLS BBQ	632.5140
25	Elijah's Smoked Meat	632.4456
26	TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’	631.8052
27	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	630.1948
28	Montgomery Bank	626.7540
29	Moose Knuckles Grilling	626.1024
30	Cape Rotary	623.8628
31	San Dangaro Porkers	623.3372
32	Juice Box BBQ	622.1032
33	Cape Noon Lions Club	622.0916
34	Rockin Rotary Roasters	621.5200
35	GLAD TO MEAT YOU	620.9252
36	STRAIGHT OUTTA CAPE BBQ	619.9656
37	AR'S STOKIN' AND SMOKIN	619.2456
38	Cape Cars/Banterra Bank	617.0168
39	MO BETTER BBQ	616.9940
40	First State Community Bank	611.1424
41	Papa J's Flying Swine	610.1256
42	Coad Chevy Cookers	603.8280
43	Poor Boys BBQ	602.1256

Chicken

43 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.2516

#	Team	Score
1	PENNY STREET PORKERS	176.0000
2	VICTORY LANE BBQ	175.4172
3	PORK PARADISE	174.2972
4	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	174.2628
5	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	173.7372
6	SEXY Q	173.1084
7	Organizer Portal	172.5600
8	CODE 3 SPICES	171.9656
9	Marmic Flaming Pits	171.4628
10	WOOD HOOK BBQ	171.4288
11	ONE2BBQ	170.8572
12	THE SMOKE LINE	170.2856
13	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	169.7028
14	RAZORRACKS	169.1312
15	ALL QUED UP	169.1200
16	SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	168.5372
17	San Dangaro Porkers	167.9656
18	SMOKEY'S Q	167.9656
19	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	164.0000
20	Elijah's Smoked Meat	163.9428
21	PINE HILLS BBQ	162.8800
22	Juice Box BBQ	162.2516
23	GETTIN' BASTED	161.6684
24	First State Community Bank	161.6684
25	Moose Knuckles Grilling	161.6684
26	TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’	161.6684
27	KINDER-QUE	160.5372
28	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	159.9544
29	Cape Noon Lions Club	159.4172
30	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	158.8000
31	Cape Rotary	157.6916
32	STRAIGHT OUTTA CAPE BBQ	155.4400
33	QUE-N-BREW	154.8000
34	GLAD TO MEAT YOU	154.8000
35	Montgomery Bank	154.2856
36	AR'S STOKIN' AND SMOKIN	154.2628
37	Cape Cars/Banterra Bank	153.7256
38	MO BETTER BBQ	152.5828
39	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	151.9428
40	Papa J's Flying Swine	150.2400
41	Rockin Rotary Roasters	147.9200
42	Coad Chevy Cookers	144.5484
43	Poor Boys BBQ	139.9428

Pork Ribs

43 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.5256

#	Team	Score
1	PORK PARADISE	177.7028
2	ALL QUED UP	173.1544
3	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9656
4	VICTORY LANE BBQ	170.8344
5	SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	170.2628
6	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	169.7144
7	CODE 3 SPICES	169.6800
8	Organizer Portal	169.1200
9	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	168.5600
10	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	168.5372
11	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	167.9772
12	WOOD HOOK BBQ	167.3944
13	KINDER-QUE	167.3828
14	RAZORRACKS	166.8344
15	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	166.2516
16	ONE2BBQ	166.2400
17	SMOKEY'S Q	165.6800
18	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	164.5256
19	GLAD TO MEAT YOU	162.2284
20	Cape Cars/Banterra Bank	161.1428
21	Coad Chevy Cookers	161.1084
22	AR'S STOKIN' AND SMOKIN	160.5256
23	QUE-N-BREW	160.5140
24	Rockin Rotary Roasters	159.9428
25	THE SMOKE LINE	159.9312
26	Marmic Flaming Pits	158.8916
27	PENNY STREET PORKERS	158.8344
28	Poor Boys BBQ	157.6800
29	Cape Noon Lions Club	156.5144
30	SEXY Q	156.5028
31	Elijah's Smoked Meat	156.0228
32	Papa J's Flying Swine	155.3828
33	PINE HILLS BBQ	154.8456
34	TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’	154.8456
35	Montgomery Bank	154.8344
36	Cape Rotary	154.8228
37	San Dangaro Porkers	153.6916
38	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	153.1432
39	STRAIGHT OUTTA CAPE BBQ	151.4172
40	Juice Box BBQ	150.8344
41	First State Community Bank	150.7656
42	Moose Knuckles Grilling	149.7028
43	MO BETTER BBQ	144.5256

Pork

43 entries · top 174.2972 · median 163.9772

#	Team	Score
1	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	174.2972
2	SMOKEY'S Q	174.2744
3	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	174.2628
4	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	173.1428
5	WOOD HOOK BBQ	172.5600
6	Organizer Portal	169.7028
7	ONE2BBQ	169.1084
8	VICTORY LANE BBQ	168.5600
9	RAZORRACKS	167.9772
10	SEXY Q	167.4400
11	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	167.4172
12	GETTIN' BASTED	167.3828
13	TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’	167.3828
14	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	166.8684
15	PORK PARADISE	166.8228
16	KINDER-QUE	166.8228
17	Marmic Flaming Pits	166.2400
18	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	165.6800
19	CODE 3 SPICES	165.6684
20	Cape Noon Lions Club	164.5372
21	ALL QUED UP	163.9772
22	QUE-N-BREW	163.9772
23	Coad Chevy Cookers	163.9656
24	MO BETTER BBQ	163.3828
25	Cape Cars/Banterra Bank	162.8112
26	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	162.2744
27	PINE HILLS BBQ	162.2628
28	First State Community Bank	161.6912
29	PENNY STREET PORKERS	161.0856
30	GLAD TO MEAT YOU	160.5256
31	Cape Rotary	159.4284
32	STRAIGHT OUTTA CAPE BBQ	158.2628
33	Elijah's Smoked Meat	158.2400
34	Moose Knuckles Grilling	157.0856
35	Rockin Rotary Roasters	157.0856
36	Juice Box BBQ	155.3944
37	San Dangaro Porkers	154.8684
38	Montgomery Bank	153.6912
39	SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	153.6800
40	Poor Boys BBQ	152.5372
41	Papa J's Flying Swine	151.4056
42	THE SMOKE LINE	146.2400
43	AR'S STOKIN' AND SMOKIN	145.6228

Brisket

43 entries · top 173.7144 · median 158.8000

#	Team	Score
1	Organizer Portal	173.7144
2	ONE2BBQ	173.7028
3	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	173.1200
4	SEXY Q	171.9772
5	CODE 3 SPICES	167.4056
6	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	166.2856
7	SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	166.2400
8	PENNY STREET PORKERS	165.6684
9	GETTIN' BASTED	165.1084
10	PORK PARADISE	163.9656
11	Montgomery Bank	163.9428
12	VICTORY LANE BBQ	163.9312
13	QUE-N-BREW	163.4056
14	RAZORRACKS	163.3828
15	THE SMOKE LINE	162.2972
16	SMOKEY'S Q	162.2744
17	ALL QUED UP	161.6800
18	WOOD HOOK BBQ	161.6800
19	KINDER-QUE	161.1200
20	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	159.3600
21	AR'S STOKIN' AND SMOKIN	158.8344
22	SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	158.8000
23	Moose Knuckles Grilling	157.6456
24	Rockin Rotary Roasters	156.5716
25	MO BETTER BBQ	156.5028
26	OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	156.5028
27	STRAIGHT OUTTA CAPE BBQ	154.8456
28	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	154.8228
29	THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	154.2744
30	Elijah's Smoked Meat	154.2400
31	Juice Box BBQ	153.6228
32	Papa J's Flying Swine	153.0972
33	PINE HILLS BBQ	152.5256
34	Poor Boys BBQ	151.9656
35	Cape Rotary	151.9200
36	TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’	147.9084
37	San Dangaro Porkers	146.8116
38	GLAD TO MEAT YOU	143.3712
39	Cape Noon Lions Club	141.6228
40	Marmic Flaming Pits	141.1316
41	Cape Cars/Banterra Bank	139.3372
42	First State Community Bank	137.0172
43	Coad Chevy Cookers	134.2056

*Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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 (5 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

How the title was won

Back to defend

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