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The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)

Feb 23–24, 2018 · Coachella, CA · 📍 71333 Dinah Shore Dr.

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SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
702.8000 · Master Series — Overall
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COW TIPPIN BBQ
699.4516 · Master Series — Overall
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SHIG NINJA BBQ
698.2628 · Master Series — Overall

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ won Grand Champion at The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) on February 23, 2018 in Coachella, CA at 71333 Dinah Shore Dr., scoring 702.8000 in a field of 47 teams. COW TIPPIN BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.4516. Category winners: Chicken — COW TIPPIN BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (177.7144); Pork — Sharpe's Woodshed (178.8572); Brisket — PORKETEERS (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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 180 🔥
147.39 180

Entries

47
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

702.8000

Winning margin

3.3484
GC over RC

Field average

671.83
495.95702.80
median 679.91 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
PORKETEERS (Brisket), COW TIPPIN BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3944
495.95702.80
10th place overall

Field spread

206.8452
winner to last place

Most consistent

RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ
avg finish 9.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2972 pts — PORKETEERS

How hot was the win?

Top 23%
beats 77% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,619
avg power rating going in · stronger than 87% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Pig Skin BBQ
rated 1863 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 27th
  • Brisket 2nd

A knife fight at the top

4.5600 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5600 points.

  • 1st SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
  • 2nd COW TIPPIN BBQ
  • 3rd SHIG NINJA BBQ
  • 4th SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
  • 5th RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: JACK9 BBQ - CA and RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE BRISKET BROTHERS and JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE and SMOKIN MO'S BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • PORKETEERS · Brisket
  • COW TIPPIN BBQ · Chicken

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180176.5600175.4172
Pork Ribs177.7144176.5716174.8572
Pork178.8572175.4400174.2628
Brisket180174.8800173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

47 entries · top 702.8000 · median 679.9088

#TeamScore
1 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 702.8000
2 COW TIPPIN BBQ 699.4516
3 SHIG NINJA BBQ 698.2628
4 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 698.2516
5 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 698.2400
6 LADY OF Q 697.0972
7 SMOKERS PURGATORY 696.0116
8 ROOFTOP BBQ 693.7376
9 Sharpe's Woodshed 689.6112
10 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 687.3944
11 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 686.2740
12 DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 685.1548
13 PORTLY FELLAS BBQ 685.0856
14 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 684.5376
15 PIGSKIN BBQ 683.8856
16 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 683.3372
17 BURNIN BELLIES 682.8000
18 913 BBQ 682.2512
19 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 682.2172
20 JACK9 BBQ - CA 681.0856
21 PORKETEERS 680.4916
22 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 680.4800
23 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 679.9656
24 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 679.9088
25 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 679.3488
26 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 678.7544
27 CYNICAL BBQ 678.1940
28 SACRED SMOKE BBQ 677.7260
29 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 677.6228
30 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 676.4912
31 RAD FONDO BBQ 675.3944
32 TEAM WOODSHED 675.3600
33 B' MACKIN BBQ 674.1948
34 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 672.4344
35 GREEN CARD Q 671.8740
36 BLUE EYED BBQ 670.7428
37 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 669.0056
38 WEST COAST SMOKE 668.6064
39 7-8-9 BBQ 667.8972
40 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 665.0744
41 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 664.4688
42 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 663.8744
43 REVIN IT UP BBQ 654.2060
44 STAGECOACH BARBECUE 647.9772
45 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 645.6228
46 TROPICAL HEAT BBQ 506.8344
47 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 495.9548

Chicken

46 entries · top 180 · median 171.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 COW TIPPIN BBQ 180 🔥
2 913 BBQ 179.4400
3 ROOFTOP BBQ 178.8572
4 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 177.7028
5 Sharpe's Woodshed 176.5600
6 JACK9 BBQ - CA 176
7 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 176
8 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 175.4172
9 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 175.4172
10 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 175.4172
11 7-8-9 BBQ 173.7372
12 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 173.7144
13 SHIG NINJA BBQ 173.1428
14 SACRED SMOKE BBQ 172.5944
15 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 172.5600
16 SMOKERS PURGATORY 172
17 GREEN CARD Q 171.9884
18 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 171.9772
19 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 171.9772
20 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 171.9656
21 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 171.4288
22 TEAM WOODSHED 171.4172
23 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 171.4172
24 LADY OF Q 170.8228
25 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 169.7032
26 CYNICAL BBQ 169.7028
27 PORTLY FELLAS BBQ 169.7028
28 REVIN IT UP BBQ 169.7028
29 RAD FONDO BBQ 169.6916
30 BURNIN BELLIES 169.6800
31 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 169.6800
32 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 169.1428
33 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 169.1200
34 PIGSKIN BBQ 169.1200
35 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 168.5600
36 DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 168.0344
37 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 166.8228
38 PORKETEERS 166.2628
39 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 166.2400
40 B' MACKIN BBQ 165.6916
41 WEST COAST SMOKE 165.1660
42 BLUE EYED BBQ 165.0856
43 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 163.9312
44 STAGECOACH BARBECUE 161.7256
45 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 154.3084
46 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 150.8000

Pork Ribs

47 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6916

#TeamScore
1 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 177.7144
2 LADY OF Q 177.7028
3 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 177.1544
4 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 177.1544
5 COW TIPPIN BBQ 176.5716
6 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 176.5600
7 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 176.0344
8 BURNIN BELLIES 175.4172
9 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 174.8688
10 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 174.8572
11 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 174.3428
12 PIGSKIN BBQ 174.2744
13 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 173.1544
14 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 173.1200
15 SHIG NINJA BBQ 172.5600
16 SACRED SMOKE BBQ 172
17 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 171.9772
18 CYNICAL BBQ 171.4400
19 SMOKERS PURGATORY 171.4172
20 DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 170.8688
21 TROPICAL HEAT BBQ 170.3316
22 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 170.2856
23 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 170.2628
24 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 169.6916
25 ROOFTOP BBQ 169.1660
26 JACK9 BBQ - CA 169.1428
27 PORTLY FELLAS BBQ 169.1316
28 RAD FONDO BBQ 169.1316
29 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 168.5716
30 BLUE EYED BBQ 168.5372
31 GREEN CARD Q 168.5372
32 Sharpe's Woodshed 167.9656
33 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 167.4060
34 TEAM WOODSHED 166.8572
35 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 166.8344
36 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 166.8228
37 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 165.7144
38 913 BBQ 165.7028
39 7-8-9 BBQ 165.1200
40 B' MACKIN BBQ 163.9660
41 WEST COAST SMOKE 163.4288
42 REVIN IT UP BBQ 161.6916
43 PORKETEERS 161.1088
44 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 160.5144
45 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 157.0972
46 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 157.0972
47 STAGECOACH BARBECUE 147.3944

Pork

46 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1372

#TeamScore
1 Sharpe's Woodshed 178.8572
2 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 177.7372
3 SHIG NINJA BBQ 177.7144
4 SMOKERS PURGATORY 176.0344
5 BURNIN BELLIES 175.4400
6 DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 175.4172
7 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 175.4056
8 LADY OF Q 174.8572
9 B' MACKIN BBQ 174.2744
10 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 174.2628
11 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 174.2628
12 PORKETEERS 173.1200
13 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 173.1200
14 CYNICAL BBQ 173.1084
15 WEST COAST SMOKE 172.5944
16 913 BBQ 172.5828
17 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 172.0116
18 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 172
19 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 171.9772
20 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 171.9772
21 PORTLY FELLAS BBQ 171.9656
22 STAGECOACH BARBECUE 171.4172
23 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 171.4172
24 SACRED SMOKE BBQ 170.8572
25 COW TIPPIN BBQ 170.8456
26 TEAM WOODSHED 170.8456
27 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 170.8344
28 ROOFTOP BBQ 170.8344
29 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 170.2628
30 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 170.2628
31 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 169.6800
32 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 169.1200
33 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 169.1200
34 BLUE EYED BBQ 168.5600
35 PIGSKIN BBQ 168.5256
36 RAD FONDO BBQ 167.4056
37 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 166.8344
38 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 165.6684
39 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 165.0972
40 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 163.4172
41 JACK9 BBQ - CA 163.3828
42 7-8-9 BBQ 161.6572
43 GREEN CARD Q 161.6340
44 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 161.1200
45 REVIN IT UP BBQ 161.1200
46 TROPICAL HEAT BBQ 158.8000

Brisket

47 entries · top 180 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PORKETEERS 180 🔥
2 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 177.7028
3 TROPICAL HEAT BBQ 177.7028
4 SMOKERS PURGATORY 176.5600
5 ROOFTOP BBQ 174.8800
6 SHIG NINJA BBQ 174.8456
7 PORTLY FELLAS BBQ 174.2856
8 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 174.2628
9 LADY OF Q 173.7144
10 YARD LOBSTER BBQ 173.1200
11 JACK9 BBQ - CA 172.5600
12 COW TIPPIN BBQ 172.0344
13 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 171.9772
14 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 171.9656
15 PIGSKIN BBQ 171.9656
16 DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 170.8344
17 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 170.8228
18 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 170.2856
19 B' MACKIN BBQ 170.2628
20 GREEN CARD Q 169.7144
21 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 169.6800
22 RAD FONDO BBQ 169.1656
23 TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 169.1200
24 BLUE EYED BBQ 168.5600
25 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 168.5256
26 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 168.5256
27 STAGECOACH BARBECUE 167.4400
28 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 167.4288
29 WEST COAST SMOKE 167.4172
30 7-8-9 BBQ 167.3828
31 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 167.3828
32 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 166.8344
33 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 166.2628
34 TEAM WOODSHED 166.2400
35 Sharpe's Woodshed 166.2284
36 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 165.7028
37 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 164.5372
38 913 BBQ 164.5256
39 JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE 163.9656
40 CYNICAL BBQ 163.9428
41 SACRED SMOKE BBQ 162.2744
42 BURNIN BELLIES 162.2628
43 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 162.2516
44 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 162.2284
45 REVIN IT UP BBQ 161.6916
46 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 161.6800
47 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 161.6684

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 — Dessert

20 entries · top 178.8800 · median 174.2742

#TeamScore
1 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 178.8800
2 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 177.7028
3 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 177.7028
4 TROPICAL HEAT BBQ 176.5600
5 B' MACKIN BBQ 175.4400
6 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 175.4172
7 GREEN CARD Q 175.4172
8 LADY OF Q 175.4056
9 PIGSKIN BBQ 175.4056
10 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 174.8456
11 SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA 173.7028
12 Sharpe's Woodshed 173.7028
13 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 173.7028
14 WESTCOAST 2LIVEQ 172.5600
15 BOB'S MORNING WOOD BARBEQUE 170.8228
16 REVIN IT UP BBQ 169.6800
17 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 167.9656
18 SMOKERS PURGATORY 167.4172
19 TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q 166.2400
20 BLUE EYED BBQ 158.8000

Master Series — Kids 11 To 15 Years Old

2 entries · top 180 · median 179.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ..Little Stinky 180 🔥
2 ..Lil Marvelous 178.8572

Master Series — Kids 6 To 10 Years Old

4 entries · top 176.5600 · median 174.2686

#TeamScore
1 .BIGBOI BBQ 176.5600
2 ...Lil Miss Marvelous 174.2744
3 .2LiveQ Jr 174.2628
4 .Bre'Mackin BBQ 173.7144

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