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*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

2018-02-16 – 2018-02-17 · Huntsville, TX · 📍 3925 Hwy 03 W

Grand Champion: RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ (694.8572) · 38 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOMERANG BBQ

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RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ
694.8572 · Master Series — Overall
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BOOMERANG BBQ
691.9540 · Master Series — Overall
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CLARK CREW BBQ
691.3252 · 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 175.41
  • Pork Ribs 177.74
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 176.56
131.31 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2020 — this edition picked out.

2014-02-27 — 689.1316 (THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ) 2015-02-26 — 689.2228 (Lucky Dawg BBQ) 2016-02-25 — 685.1316 (MEAT @ SLIMS) 2017-02-16 — 705.6568 (CLARK CREW BBQ) 2018-02-16 — 694.8572 (RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ) 2019-02-15 — 704.5256 (Rio Valley Meats BBQ) 2020-02-14 — 704.0344 (The American Dream BBQ) 694.86 2014 2020

Entries

38
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary

Top score

694.8572

Winning margin

2.9032
GC over RC

Field average

639.73
491.34694.86
median 653.89 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.1368
491.34694.86
10th place overall

Field spread

203.5204
winner to last place

Most consistent

RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 3.4400 pts — BOOMERANG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 53%
beats 47% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

34%
14 of 41 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1572
avg power rating going in · stronger than 57% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2045 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

Rio Valley Meat 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 1517
  • top seed 2045

A first Grand Championship

3 tracked contests to get there

This was RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2020

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: BOOMERANG BBQ and OLD 99 MEAT CO. tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ and BOOMERANG BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: BOOMERANG BBQ and TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 9th.

  • Chicken 6th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 9th

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2017).

  • CLARK CREW BBQ · 2017

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
2014-02-27 Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX 37 689.1316 THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ BUTCHER BBQ
2015-02-26 Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX 77320 61 689.2228 Lucky Dawg BBQ KOSMO'S Q
2016-02-25 Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX 77320 42 685.1316 MEAT @ SLIMS Smokin Hot J's
2017-02-16 Huntsville, TX Walker County Fair Grounds 41 705.6568 CLARK CREW BBQ Smokie Okie & Company
2018-02-16 ← this one Huntsville, TX 3925 Hwy 03 W 38 694.8572 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ BOOMERANG BBQ
2019-02-15 Huntsville, TX 3925 Hwy 03 W 33 704.5256 Rio Valley Meats BBQ Tiny E BBQ
2020-02-14 Huntsville, TX 3925 State High Way 30 42 704.0344 The American Dream BBQ FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken175.4056174.2628171.9656
Pork Ribs177.7372174.2972171.9772
Pork178.8572174.2628170.2512
Brisket176.5600171.4056169.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 694.8572 · median 653.8856

#TeamScore
1 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ 694.8572
2 BOOMERANG BBQ 691.9540
3 CLARK CREW BBQ 691.3252
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 687.9884
5 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE 686.8116
6 POP & SON'S COOKERS 686.2168
7 TINY E BBQ 684.5140
8 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 678.7996
9 OLD 99 MEAT CO. 678.2168
10 Panther Creek Cookers 678.1368
11 NCOGNITO COOKERS 675.3600
12 LA PASADITA 673.5768
13 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 671.2452
14 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 664.5256
15 Big B BBQ Company 660.4684
16 THE BBQ GURU 659.3028
17 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 656.3884
18 Big Horn Cookers 655.8512
19 LONGNECK SIPPERS 655.2800
20 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 652.4912
21 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 651.2568
22 LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 644.9716
23 Old Buzzard Cookers 644.4112
24 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 642.1144
25 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 635.8512
26 Cowboys From Hell 634.1256
27 Asleep At The Pit 629.5768
28 Sigma Chi 623.3368
29 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 620.9944
30 Blue Smoke 618.0456
31 Clines Prairie Cookers 616.9024
32 Top Shelf 609.6456
33 Moma T's BBQ 590.0568
34 Sam Houston Construction 589.5316
35 Pit It & Quit It 584.3316
36 FIRST CLASS BBQ 503.3940
37 BUTTRUB.COM 496.4800
38 DEJA Q 491.3368

Chicken

37 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.2284

#TeamScore
1 POP & SON'S COOKERS 175.4056
2 BOOMERANG BBQ 174.8456
3 OLD 99 MEAT CO. 174.8456
4 NCOGNITO COOKERS 174.2744
5 LA PASADITA 174.2628
6 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ 173.1200
7 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 172.6172
8 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE 172.5944
9 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 172.0000
10 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 171.9656
11 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 171.4172
12 TINY E BBQ 170.2628
13 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 170.2628
14 Panther Creek Cookers 169.6684
15 CLARK CREW BBQ 167.9540
16 Big B BBQ Company 167.4056
17 LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 167.3828
18 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 166.2628
19 THE BBQ GURU 166.2284
20 Old Buzzard Cookers 164.5256
21 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 162.8572
22 Sam Houston Construction 162.2284
23 LONGNECK SIPPERS 159.3484
24 Big Horn Cookers 158.8000
25 Cowboys From Hell 158.8000
26 Asleep At The Pit 158.2400
27 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 157.7144
28 Pit It & Quit It 157.1428
29 Blue Smoke 157.0972
30 BUTTRUB.COM 156.5144
31 Moma T's BBQ 155.9656
32 FIRST CLASS BBQ 155.3940
33 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 155.3600
34 Sigma Chi 154.8228
35 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 154.2284
36 Top Shelf 153.1312
37 Clines Prairie Cookers 152.5372

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8400

#TeamScore
1 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ 177.7372
2 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE 176.0116
3 Big Horn Cookers 175.4628
4 DEJA Q 174.8800
5 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.2972
6 THE BBQ GURU 174.2628
7 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 173.7256
8 OLD 99 MEAT CO. 173.1200
9 CLARK CREW BBQ 173.1084
10 Panther Creek Cookers 171.9772
11 TINY E BBQ 170.8572
12 FIRST CLASS BBQ 170.2972
13 NCOGNITO COOKERS 170.2856
14 BUTTRUB.COM 170.2628
15 POP & SON'S COOKERS 170.2628
16 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 169.6800
17 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 169.6684
18 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 167.4056
19 LONGNECK SIPPERS 167.3944
20 BOOMERANG BBQ 166.2856
21 Big B BBQ Company 163.9428
22 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 163.4172
23 LA PASADITA 162.7884
24 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 160.4912
25 Cowboys From Hell 157.6916
26 LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 157.1088
27 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 154.7656
28 Asleep At The Pit 154.2400
29 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 153.6340
30 Old Buzzard Cookers 152.5028
31 Clines Prairie Cookers 151.9084
32 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 150.2516
33 Pit It & Quit It 149.1088
34 Top Shelf 149.0972
35 Moma T's BBQ 147.9656
36 Sigma Chi 147.3944
37 Sam Houston Construction 147.3600
38 Blue Smoke 145.6460

Pork

38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.4170

#TeamScore
1 CLARK CREW BBQ 178.8572
2 FIRST CLASS BBQ 177.7028
3 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ 174.2628
4 BOOMERANG BBQ 174.2628
5 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE 174.2628
6 POP & SON'S COOKERS 173.7028
7 TINY E BBQ 171.4056
8 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 170.8800
9 Panther Creek Cookers 170.2628
10 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 170.2512
11 BUTTRUB.COM 169.7028
12 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 167.9772
13 LONGNECK SIPPERS 167.9656
14 Old Buzzard Cookers 167.4400
15 Blue Smoke 167.3712
16 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 166.8228
17 LA PASADITA 166.2628
18 Big Horn Cookers 166.2284
19 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 165.6684
20 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 165.1656
21 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 164.5600
22 NCOGNITO COOKERS 164.5372
23 LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 163.4172
24 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 160.5028
25 Sigma Chi 159.9884
26 Cowboys From Hell 159.4056
27 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 158.8684
28 OLD 99 MEAT CO. 158.2512
29 Big B BBQ Company 156.0000
30 Asleep At The Pit 155.9540
31 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 155.9428
32 Clines Prairie Cookers 155.9312
33 THE BBQ GURU 154.2400
34 DEJA Q 154.1940
35 Top Shelf 149.1200
36 Pit It & Quit It 146.7656
37 Moma T's BBQ 146.2512
38 Sam Houston Construction 132.5488

Brisket

36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.0970

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 176.5600
2 Big B BBQ Company 173.1200
3 OLD 99 MEAT CO. 172.0000
4 TINY E BBQ 171.9884
5 CLARK CREW BBQ 171.4056
6 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 170.8228
7 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX 170.8112
8 LA PASADITA 170.2628
9 RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ 169.7372
10 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 169.7028
11 POP & SON'S COOKERS 166.8456
12 NCOGNITO COOKERS 166.2628
13 Panther Creek Cookers 166.2284
14 THE BBQ GURU 164.5716
15 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 164.5256
16 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE 163.9428
17 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 163.9428
18 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 163.9312
19 DEJA Q 162.2628
20 Asleep At The Pit 161.1428
21 Sigma Chi 161.1312
22 LONGNECK SIPPERS 160.5716
23 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 160.5372
24 Old Buzzard Cookers 159.9428
25 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 159.3600
26 Top Shelf 158.2972
27 Cowboys From Hell 158.2284
28 LONESOME DOVE KOOKERS 157.0628
29 Clines Prairie Cookers 156.5256
30 Big Horn Cookers 155.3600
31 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 152.5716
32 Blue Smoke 147.9312
33 Sam Houston Construction 147.3944
34 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 146.7888
35 Moma T's BBQ 139.8744
36 Pit It & Quit It 131.3144

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 — Beans

13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.0856

#TeamScore
1 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 176.0000
2 Moma T's BBQ 169.7028
3 Clines Prairie Cookers 169.1544
4 OTAKU SMOKE N BREW 168.6172
5 THE BBQ GURU 166.8456
6 BOOMERANG BBQ 166.2972
7 Top Shelf 161.0856
8 TINY E BBQ 156.5484
9 Asleep At The Pit 155.4056
10 THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE 155.4056
11 Old Buzzard Cookers 153.6800
12 GUNN'S A SMOKIN 148.4912
13 DEJA Q 141.6912

Master Series — Chef'S Choice

7 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.9656

#TeamScore
1 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 178.8800
2 Old Buzzard Cookers 173.7372
3 Clines Prairie Cookers 169.7144
4 Moma T's BBQ 167.9656
5 Asleep At The Pit 167.3944
6 Top Shelf 154.7884
7 Sigma Chi 149.0972

Master Series — Dessert

10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Asleep At The Pit 177.7600
3 SMOKIN BLUE BBQ 175.4056
4 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS 173.1200
5 Old Buzzard Cookers 172.5484
6 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 171.9772
7 DEJA Q 171.4628
8 Clines Prairie Cookers 169.7716
9 Collson Hayes 163.9772
10 Moma T's BBQ 162.2856

Master Series — Jackpot Sides

5 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8916

#TeamScore
1 THE BBQ GURU 177.1544
2 Clines Prairie Cookers 168.0228
3 Moma T's BBQ 166.8916
4 XTREME TEXAS COOKERS 162.2400
5 Old Buzzard Cookers 160.5256

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