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SMSU Smokefest

2017-08-18 – 2017-08-19 · Marshall, MN · 📍 1501 State Street

Grand Champion: BACKROADS BBQ (687.9772) · 41 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 TIMBONE BARBECUE

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BACKROADS BBQ
687.9772 · Master Series — Overall
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TIMBONE BARBECUE
683.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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SHIGGIN & GRINNIN
682.1940 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 176.58
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 174.85
20.00 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2016-08-19 — 695.3712 (SHIGGIN & GRINNIN) 2017-08-18 — 687.9772 (BACKROADS BBQ) 2018-08-17 — 689.0856 (LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY) 2019-08-16 — 697.0972 (Lucky's Q) 687.98 2016 2019

Entries

41
4 judged meats

Top score

687.9772

Winning margin

4.5716
GC over RC

Field average

652.92
488.46687.98
median 667.43 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

675.9204
488.46687.98
10th place overall

Field spread

199.5200
winner to last place

Most consistent

BACKROADS BBQ
avg finish 7.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.9884 pts — White Pants BBQ

How hot was the win?

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

Came back for more

65%
24 of 37 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1588
avg power rating going in · stronger than 70% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2042 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

5-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 95 times in 100

Backroads BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 5-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1526
  • top seed 2042

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 15th
  • Brisket 2nd

A first Grand Championship

8 tracked contests to get there

This was BACKROADS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: HOGLINE and RICHIE Z's tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SPITFIRE and BACKROADS BBQ tied on 172.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: TIMBONE BARBECUE and QUETOPIA tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie

A contest record in pork

178.2972 best pork ever cooked here

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ turned in 178.2972 in pork — past the 176.5716 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.5716
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (won 2016).

  • SHIGGIN & GRINNIN · 2016

In the record book (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.

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
2016-08-19 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 37 695.3712 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN LUCKY'S Q
2017-08-18 ← this one Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 41 687.9772 BACKROADS BBQ TIMBONE BARBECUE
2018-08-17 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 40 689.0856 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
2019-08-16 MARSHALL, MN 1501 State Street 46 697.0972 Lucky's Q BIGG SMOAK BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572174.2972172.5828
Pork Ribs176.5828170.2744168.5488
Pork178.2972174.8456171.9772
Brisket174.8456172.5600169.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

41 entries · top 687.9772 · median 667.4288

#TeamScore
1 BACKROADS BBQ 687.9772
2 TIMBONE BARBECUE 683.4056
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 682.1940
4 SMOKIN BONES - MN 680.5372
5 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 678.8344
6 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 678.8228
7 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 678.2856
8 LUCKY'S Q 678.1828
9 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 677.0628
10 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 675.9204
11 White Pants BBQ 674.2396
12 QUETOPIA 674.1712
13 HOGLINE 673.6688
14 SONS OF BUTCHERS 672.4456
15 RICHIE Z's 671.9544
16 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 671.3484
17 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 669.0284
18 Pinch N Pull BBQ 668.4912
19 EGGSPERT BBQ 668.4572
20 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 667.9200
21 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 667.4288
22 SMOKE IN THE EYE 661.5656
23 RIVER CITY IA BARBEQUE 661.0860
24 C R BUTTS SMOKE 661.0516
25 SPITFIRE 661.0512
26 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 658.1712
27 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 652.4804
28 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 651.8632
29 SHORT CREW BBQ 646.7660
30 FARGO BARBECUE 646.7316
31 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 645.0860
32 MYASSIS SMOKIN 636.4460
33 SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 631.9316
34 Smoke 'n Beers 628.4000
35 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 625.6228
36 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 625.0516
37 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 614.8000
38 Mama Watts West TX BBQ 602.1944
39 BUGHOUSE BBQ 598.2284
40 WHISKEY RIVER BBQ 592.3660
41 SMOKEN BLUZ BBQ 488.4572

Chicken

41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 178.8572
2 TIMBONE BARBECUE 176.0000
3 Pinch N Pull BBQ 175.4400
4 HOGLINE 174.2972
5 RICHIE Z's 174.2972
6 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 174.2628
7 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 173.7144
8 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 173.1200
9 SPITFIRE 172.5828
10 BACKROADS BBQ 172.5828
11 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 172.5828
12 LUCKY'S Q 171.9656
13 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 171.4056
14 EGGSPERT BBQ 171.4056
15 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 170.2628
16 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 169.7028
17 SMOKIN BONES - MN 168.5600
18 SHORT CREW BBQ 168.5372
19 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 167.9772
20 SMOKE IN THE EYE 167.9656
21 SONS OF BUTCHERS 167.3828
22 RIVER CITY IA BARBEQUE 165.1428
23 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 165.1316
24 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 165.1084
25 C R BUTTS SMOKE 164.5372
26 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 163.9888
27 FARGO BARBECUE 163.4172
28 Smoke 'n Beers 163.3828
29 White Pants BBQ 161.0968
30 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 160.5716
31 QUETOPIA 159.9428
32 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 159.4172
33 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 158.8456
34 SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 158.8456
35 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 155.9772
36 SMOKEN BLUZ BBQ 155.4056
37 Mama Watts West TX BBQ 155.3944
38 MYASSIS SMOKIN 154.2516
39 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 152.5372
40 WHISKEY RIVER BBQ 150.8228
41 BUGHOUSE BBQ 145.7028

Pork Ribs

41 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.1084

#TeamScore
1 White Pants BBQ 176.5828
2 BACKROADS BBQ 172.5944
3 TIMBONE BARBECUE 172.0000
4 QUETOPIA 172.0000
5 SHORT CREW BBQ 170.2744
6 HOGLINE 170.2744
7 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 169.7028
8 RIVER CITY IA BARBEQUE 169.1316
9 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 169.1200
10 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 168.5488
11 Pinch N Pull BBQ 167.9884
12 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 167.9772
13 SPITFIRE 167.4400
14 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 167.4172
15 LUCKY'S Q 166.8344
16 C R BUTTS SMOKE 166.8228
17 SONS OF BUTCHERS 166.2628
18 EGGSPERT BBQ 166.2516
19 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 165.7028
20 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 165.6800
21 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.1084
22 SMOKIN BONES - MN 164.5600
23 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 164.5372
24 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 164.0116
25 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 163.9656
26 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 163.4172
27 RICHIE Z's 162.2744
28 FARGO BARBECUE 162.2628
29 SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 161.1316
30 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 160.5372
31 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 160.5028
32 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 158.2860
33 SMOKEN BLUZ BBQ 158.2400
34 Smoke 'n Beers 157.0972
35 MYASSIS SMOKIN 154.2516
36 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 153.0972
37 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 151.9772
38 BUGHOUSE BBQ 151.4172
39 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 147.4288
40 Mama Watts West TX BBQ 143.9772
41 WHISKEY RIVER BBQ 142.7888

Pork

41 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5372

#TeamScore
1 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 178.2972
2 QUETOPIA 176.5600
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4172
4 SMOKIN BONES - MN 174.8572
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 174.8456
6 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 174.2972
7 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 173.1316
8 SONS OF BUTCHERS 173.1200
9 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 172.5944
10 TIMBONE BARBECUE 171.9772
11 White Pants BBQ 171.4056
12 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 170.8456
13 SPITFIRE 169.6800
14 EGGSPERT BBQ 168.5600
15 BACKROADS BBQ 168.5372
16 RICHIE Z's 166.2628
17 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 165.7144
18 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 165.6916
19 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.0972
20 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 164.5600
21 LUCKY'S Q 164.5372
22 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 163.4628
23 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 163.4172
24 SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 162.8572
25 BUGHOUSE BBQ 162.8456
26 RIVER CITY IA BARBEQUE 162.8344
27 C R BUTTS SMOKE 162.2744
28 SHORT CREW BBQ 162.2744
29 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 162.2284
30 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 161.7028
31 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 161.1200
32 MYASSIS SMOKIN 160.5600
33 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 159.9884
34 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 159.9544
35 Pinch N Pull BBQ 159.3600
36 FARGO BARBECUE 158.8000
37 HOGLINE 157.6916
38 Mama Watts West TX BBQ 155.9656
39 Smoke 'n Beers 151.9428
40 WHISKEY RIVER BBQ 151.3716
41 SMOKEN BLUZ BBQ 20.0000

Brisket

41 entries · top 174.8456 · median 165.1428

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 174.8456
2 BACKROADS BBQ 174.2628
3 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 173.1428
4 SMOKIN BONES - MN 172.5600
5 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 172.5600
6 HOGLINE 171.4056
7 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 170.8456
8 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 170.8456
9 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 170.8228
10 RICHIE Z's 169.1200
11 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 167.9656
12 C R BUTTS SMOKE 167.4172
13 MYASSIS SMOKIN 167.3828
14 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 166.8344
15 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 166.8112
16 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 166.2400
17 Pinch N Pull BBQ 165.7028
18 SONS OF BUTCHERS 165.6800
19 QUETOPIA 165.6684
20 White Pants BBQ 165.1544
21 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 165.1428
22 RIVER CITY IA BARBEQUE 163.9772
23 TIMBONE BARBECUE 163.4284
24 SMOKE IN THE EYE 163.3944
25 FARGO BARBECUE 162.2516
26 EGGSPERT BBQ 162.2400
27 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 159.9656
28 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 158.8572
29 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 157.6916
30 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 156.5372
31 Smoke 'n Beers 155.9772
32 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 155.9312
33 SMOKEN BLUZ BBQ 154.8116
34 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 153.7028
35 SPITFIRE 151.3484
36 SWEET SMOKE RING BBQ 149.0972
37 WHISKEY RIVER BBQ 147.3828
38 Mama Watts West TX BBQ 146.8572
39 SHORT CREW BBQ 145.6800
40 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 143.3828
41 BUGHOUSE BBQ 138.2628

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