A first Grand Championship
8
tracked contests to get there
This was SLOW PORKIN's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Aug 19–20, 2017 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clock Tower Park
SLOW PORKIN won Grand Champion at the Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off on August 19, 2017 in DuPont, WA at Clock Tower Park, scoring 688.5716 in a field of 18 teams. BOOTIES BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2172. Category winners: Chicken — SLOW PORKIN (177.7372); Pork Ribs — UFF-DA-Q (174.2628); Pork — PORTLEY PIG BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — SLOW PORKIN (180.0000).
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.
617.60
median 657.85
688.57 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.74
- Pork Ribs 174.26
- Pork 176.56
- Brisket 180 🔥
141.10
180
Entries
18
4 judged meats
Top score
688.5716
Winning margin
10.3544
GC over RC
Field average
656.02
617.60688.57
median 657.85 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
5.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
656.9600
617.60688.57
10th place overall
Field spread
70.9716
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 75%
beats 25% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,509
avg power rating going in · stronger than 7% of contests
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.
A statement win
10.3544
points clear of the field
Wider than 89% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3544 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 4–5: 503BACKYARDBBQ and THE RIB MAFIA tied on 172.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: FAHRENHEIT 250 edged 503BACKYARDBBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 1–2: SLOW PORKIN edged ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ by 0.0228.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0116
- Chicken 1–2 · 0.0228
- Pork 6–7 · 0.0228
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
SLOW PORKIN won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SLOW PORKIN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 8th
- Pork 9th
- Brisket 1st
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.
- SLOW PORKIN · Brisket
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 172.5828 | 168 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 169.1200 | 164.5372 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 169.7256 | 163.4172 |
| Brisket | 180 | 164.5372 | 159.9312 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 688.5716 · median 657.8456
Chicken
18 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.2628
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.5658
Pork
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5658
Brisket
18 entries · top 180 · median 160.7884 · 🔥 perfect 180