6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

2017-08-25 – 2017-08-26 · Washington Island, WI · 📍 Washington Island

Grand Champion: GETTIN' BASTED (691.3944) · 39 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Littles BBQ Co

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GETTIN' BASTED

691.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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Littles BBQ Co

680.4800 · Master Series — Overall

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

679.9088 · 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.

563.30 median 659.34 691.39 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.71
Pork Ribs 177.18
Pork 175.42
Brisket 175.44

118.19 177.71

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

691.3944

Winning margin

10.9144

GC over RC

Field average

653.39

563.30691.39

median 659.34 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

669.0400

563.30691.39

10th place overall

Field spread

128.0916

winner to last place

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED

avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.2972 pts — SHIGGIN & GRINNIN

How hot was the win?

Top 66%

beats 34% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

98%

39 of 40 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.72 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1648

avg power rating going in · stronger than 95% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

rated 2043 pre-contest

Storylines (10 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 new contest record

691.3944 highest overall ever cooked here

691.3944 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.8112 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ set in 2017.

old record 690.8112
set 2017 by SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

An upset on the books

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

GETTIN' BASTED came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1911
top seed 2043

A statement win

10.9144 points clear of the field

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

The champion won by 10.9144 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.

A stacked field

1648 average power rating going in

Stronger than 95% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1648 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.

top seed IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (2043)
39 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and BIG CITY BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: CHEFS GONE GRILLIN and PLASTERED PORK BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: BUCKAROO BBQ edged Littles BBQ Co by 0.0116.

Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
Pork 8–9 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

GETTIN' BASTED won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 14th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 5th
Brisket 14th

A contest record in pork

175.4172 best pork ever cooked here

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ turned in 175.4172 in pork — past the 174.2856 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.2856
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (won 2017).

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ · 2017

They keep coming back

98% of last edition’s field returned

39 of 40 teams from 2017-08-24 came back

39 of the 40 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
2017-08-24	Washington Island, WI	Washington Island	40	690.8112	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2017-08-25 ← this one	Washington Island, WI	Washington Island	39	691.3944	GETTIN' BASTED	Littles BBQ Co

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.7144	174.2628	170.8228
Pork Ribs	177.1772	171.4056	169.1660
Pork	175.4172	171.9772	169.1084
Brisket	175.4400	170.2628	166.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 691.3944 · median 659.3376

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	691.3944
2	Littles BBQ Co	680.4800
3	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	679.9088
4	iBQ'n	676.5716
5	PELLET ENVY	675.9544
6	BIG "E" BBQ	674.1828
7	BIG CITY BBQ	673.6576
8	T-MAC SMOKIN	672.4340
9	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	670.7888
10	WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY	669.0400
11	BUCKAROO BBQ	666.8232
12	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	666.7196
13	SMOKE FREAKS	666.1944
14	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	666.1600
15	CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	666.1024
16	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	665.5884
17	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	662.1372
18	FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ	661.5428
19	5 FINGER BBQ	659.9432
20	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	659.3376
21	LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	657.6916
22	BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ	654.7428
23	SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV	653.6000
24	PLASTERED PORK BBQ	652.3884
25	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	651.9428
26	TOPPGATOR BBQ	651.9316
27	FOX RIVER BBQ	648.4800
28	SMOKE INFUSION	646.1484
29	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	644.4116
30	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	643.8744
31	MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ	639.2568
32	HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY	634.6860
33	CRACKHOUSE BBQ	633.5316
34	Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse	626.1256
35	QUE THE SMOKE	624.9488
36	DD'S BBQ	623.9200
37	RAGING MEAT SWEATS	615.2688
38	LETTUCE SMOKE	611.1768
39	Pig In Or Pig Out	563.3028

Chicken

39 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7144
2	PELLET ENVY	176.0000
3	BUCKAROO BBQ	175.4172
4	Littles BBQ Co	175.4056
5	5 FINGER BBQ	174.2628
6	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	173.7028
7	WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY	172.5600
8	LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	171.4400
9	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.8228
10	BIG CITY BBQ	170.8228
11	iBQ'n	170.3200
12	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	170.2744
13	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	170.2628
14	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	169.6800
15	T-MAC SMOKIN	169.6684
16	SMOKE FREAKS	166.8344
17	TOPPGATOR BBQ	166.2856
18	SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV	166.2628
19	FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ	166.2400
20	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	165.1200
21	BIG "E" BBQ	165.0856
22	MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ	163.9656
23	QUE THE SMOKE	163.9544
24	CRACKHOUSE BBQ	163.9544
25	PLASTERED PORK BBQ	163.3944
26	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	162.8000
27	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	162.2400
28	CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	160.4912
29	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	159.3944
30	SMOKE INFUSION	157.0856
31	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	156.5600
32	RAGING MEAT SWEATS	156.5372
33	FOX RIVER BBQ	155.9656
34	BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ	155.4172
35	DD'S BBQ	154.2744
36	Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse	154.2284
37	HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY	151.3828
38	Pig In Or Pig Out	150.2400
39	LETTUCE SMOKE	145.6228

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 177.1772 · median 165.1544

#	Team	Score
1	GETTIN' BASTED	177.1772
2	iBQ'n	176.0116
3	Littles BBQ Co	172.0116
4	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	171.4516
5	T-MAC SMOKIN	171.4056
6	BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ	170.8228
7	SMOKE FREAKS	170.2972
8	PELLET ENVY	169.7256
9	FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ	169.6800
10	BIG CITY BBQ	169.1660
11	BUCKAROO BBQ	169.1316
12	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	168.5600
13	BIG "E" BBQ	168.5372
14	TOPPGATOR BBQ	167.4060
15	CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	167.4056
16	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	166.2628
17	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	166.2400
18	5 FINGER BBQ	165.7260
19	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	165.6916
20	FOX RIVER BBQ	165.1544
21	HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY	165.1088
22	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	164.5372
23	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	164.0000
24	WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY	163.4288
25	LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	163.4172
26	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	163.4060
27	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	162.2516
28	LETTUCE SMOKE	162.2400
29	PLASTERED PORK BBQ	159.9656
30	SMOKE INFUSION	159.3600
31	CRACKHOUSE BBQ	158.2628
32	QUE THE SMOKE	157.0972
33	MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ	155.9428
34	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	155.9312
35	RAGING MEAT SWEATS	155.4060
36	DD'S BBQ	154.2400
37	SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV	153.6572
38	Pig In Or Pig Out	149.7256
39	Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse	146.2400

Pork

39 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	175.4172
2	CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	174.2628
3	PLASTERED PORK BBQ	174.2628
4	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	173.1200
5	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9772
6	iBQ'n	171.4400
7	BIG "E" BBQ	170.2628
8	Littles BBQ Co	169.6800
9	WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY	169.6684
10	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	169.1084
11	BIG CITY BBQ	168.5600
12	T-MAC SMOKIN	168.5372
13	LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	168.0000
14	BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ	167.4172
15	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	167.4172
16	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	167.3828
17	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	166.8344
18	SMOKE INFUSION	166.2744
19	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	165.7028
20	Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse	165.1200
21	PELLET ENVY	165.0972
22	SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV	163.4172
23	RAGING MEAT SWEATS	163.3828
24	MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ	162.8112
25	SMOKE FREAKS	162.8000
26	FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ	162.8000
27	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	161.0972
28	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	160.0116
29	TOPPGATOR BBQ	159.3828
30	HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY	158.8000
31	5 FINGER BBQ	157.0856
32	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	156.5144
33	FOX RIVER BBQ	156.5028
34	DD'S BBQ	154.8228
35	LETTUCE SMOKE	154.8112
36	BUCKAROO BBQ	153.1200
37	CRACKHOUSE BBQ	150.2172
38	QUE THE SMOKE	148.5028
39	Pig In Or Pig Out	145.1428

Brisket

39 entries · top 175.4400 · median 162.8688

#	Team	Score
1	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	175.4400
2	PORKY BUTTS BBQ	173.1428
3	FOX RIVER BBQ	170.8572
4	BIG "E" BBQ	170.2972
5	SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV	170.2628
6	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	169.6800
7	BUCKAROO BBQ	169.1544
8	WOODWARD BARBEQUE	168.5372
9	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	167.3828
10	SMOKE FREAKS	166.2628
11	PELLET ENVY	165.1316
12	BIG CITY BBQ	165.1088
13	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	164.5484
14	GETTIN' BASTED	164.5256
15	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	163.9544
16	CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	163.9428
17	SMOKE INFUSION	163.4284
18	Littles BBQ Co	163.3828
19	WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY	163.3828
20	5 FINGER BBQ	162.8688
21	FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ	162.8228
22	T-MAC SMOKIN	162.8228
23	CRACKHOUSE BBQ	161.0972
24	BIG AL'S BREW TOWN BBQ	161.0856
25	DD'S BBQ	160.5828
26	Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse	160.5372
27	WICKED SMOKE BBQ	159.9428
28	HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY	159.3944
29	TOPPGATOR BBQ	158.8572
30	iBQ'n	158.8000
31	MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ	156.5372
32	QUE THE SMOKE	155.3944
33	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	155.3828
34	LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	154.8344
35	PLASTERED PORK BBQ	154.7656
36	LETTUCE SMOKE	148.5028
37	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	141.0628
38	RAGING MEAT SWEATS	139.9428
39	Pig In Or Pig Out	118.1944

6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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 (10 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

An upset on the books

A statement win

A stacked field

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in pork

Back to defend

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