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Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q 2018

May 4–5, 2018 · St. Joseph, MO · 📍 1100 Frederick Ave

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SCOTTS BBQ SHACK
694.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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SPITFIRE
693.6800 · Master Series — Overall
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SKUNK RIVER BBQ
689.1084 · Master Series — Overall

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK won Grand Champion at the Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q on May 4, 2018 in St. Joseph, MO at 1100 Frederick Ave, scoring 694.8228 in a field of 37 teams. SPITFIRE took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6800. Category winners: Chicken — WABASH BBQ (178.2972); Pork Ribs — WABASH BBQ (178.8800); Pork — SCOTTS BBQ SHACK (179.4400); Brisket — SCOTTS BBQ SHACK (174.2972). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by PARROTHEAD SMOKERS.

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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 178.88
  • Pork 179.44
  • Brisket 174.30
141.05 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2016-05-06 — 697.1656 (R BUTTS R SMOKIN) 2017-05-05 — 690.2400 (PARROTHEAD SMOKERS) 2018-05-04 — 694.8228 (SCOTTS BBQ SHACK) 694.82 2016 2018

Entries

37
4 judged meats

Top score

694.8228

Winning margin

1.1428
GC over RC

Field average

660.10
599.27694.82
median 669.04 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
1.1772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

680.5028
599.27694.82
10th place overall

Field spread

95.5544
winner to last place

Most consistent

SPITFIRE
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.8800 pts — WABASH BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 55%
beats 45% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

41%
16 of 39 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,578
avg power rating going in · stronger than 62% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
rated 1881 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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 razor-thin finish

1.1428 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 81% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.

  • SCOTTS BBQ SHACK
  • SPITFIRE

An upset on the books

15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1584
  • top seed 1881

A first Grand Championship

44 tracked contests to get there

This was SCOTTS BBQ SHACK's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 44th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 8–9: SCOTTS BBQ SHACK and THESLABS.COM tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: THESLABS.COM and B & C SMOKERS tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Helping U BBQ and SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

WABASH BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.

  • Chicken 12th
  • Pork Ribs 8th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork

179.4400 best pork ever cooked here

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 177.1544 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1544
  • across 2 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: R BUTTS R SMOKIN (won 2016), PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2017).

  • R BUTTS R SMOKIN · 2016
  • PARROTHEAD SMOKERS · 2017

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
May 6, 2016 St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 31 697.1656 R BUTTS R SMOKIN PORKY BUTTS BBQ
May 5, 2017 St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 39 690.2400 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS MAN MEAT BBQ
May 4, 2018 ← this one St. Joseph, MO 1100 Frederick Ave 37 694.8228 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK SPITFIRE

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972174.8456170.2744
Pork Ribs178.8800174.2744171.4172
Pork179.4400173.7372170.2628
Brisket174.2972173.1200170.2856

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 694.8228 · median 669.0400

#TeamScore
1 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 694.8228
2 SPITFIRE 693.6800
3 SKUNK RIVER BBQ 689.1084
4 WABASH BBQ 688.0228
5 COOL BLUE Q 688
6 Three Brothers Different Mothers 683.3372
7 THESLABS.COM 682.8916
8 Helping U BBQ 682.7656
9 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 682.1828
10 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 680.5028
11 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 679.9544
12 DROP THE MIKE 679.9312
13 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 677.0172
14 WHEN PIGS DIE 673.6228
15 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 673.0972
16 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 672.4568
17 QSS SMOKIN 670.8344
18 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 670.7656
19 B & C SMOKERS 669.0400
20 Smoked Iguana Bbq and Sauce Co. 660.4688
21 Bullets and Butts BBQ 657.1200
22 OLD SMOKE WAGON 657.0172
23 CRAZY BONES BBQ 653.0168
24 Flying Allegri Bros. BBQ 651.2796
25 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 648.9712
26 S&S BBQ 648.4572
27 A & S Up In Smoke 646.8460
28 UTB BBQ 641.0288
29 GRANDPA SMOKEY 638.2172
30 JONESING FOR BBQ 636.5256
31 Hometown BBQ 634.6968
32 HAWG PEN II 629.1088
33 Junk Yard Hog 627.2684
34 JIM BOB'S BBQ 622.6512
35 POINTMASTERS "WE DO THE QUE 621.5884
36 No B. S. BBQ 618.1944
37 Dark Side of the Hood 599.2684

Chicken

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2744

#TeamScore
1 WABASH BBQ 178.2972
2 SPITFIRE 176.5600
3 DROP THE MIKE 176
4 SKUNK RIVER BBQ 175.4056
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 174.8456
6 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 174.3088
7 COOL BLUE Q 173.7372
8 THESLABS.COM 172
9 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 171.9656
10 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 170.2744
11 WHEN PIGS DIE 169.7028
12 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 169.6684
13 Smoked Iguana Bbq and Sauce Co. 169.1316
14 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 167.9772
15 CRAZY BONES BBQ 167.9656
16 Three Brothers Different Mothers 167.9656
17 S&S BBQ 166.8344
18 Helping U BBQ 166.8228
19 QSS SMOKIN 166.2744
20 Bullets and Butts BBQ 166.2628
21 Junk Yard Hog 165.6800
22 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 165.1084
23 A & S Up In Smoke 162.8572
24 JONESING FOR BBQ 162.8344
25 OLD SMOKE WAGON 162.2628
26 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 162.2284
27 UTB BBQ 161.7032
28 B & C SMOKERS 161.1200
29 JIM BOB'S BBQ 160.5484
30 GRANDPA SMOKEY 159.9772
31 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 159.9428
32 POINTMASTERS "WE DO THE QUE 158.8228
33 Flying Allegri Bros. BBQ 157.6684
34 No B. S. BBQ 155.3944
35 HAWG PEN II 153.1316
36 Hometown BBQ 146.2400
37 Dark Side of the Hood 142.8000

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2744

#TeamScore
1 WABASH BBQ 178.8800
2 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 176
3 SKUNK RIVER BBQ 174.8572
4 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 174.2856
5 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.2744
6 SPITFIRE 172.5600
7 QSS SMOKIN 172
8 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 171.4172
9 THESLABS.COM 171.4172
10 B & C SMOKERS 171.4172
11 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 170.8572
12 Helping U BBQ 170.8572
13 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 170.8228
14 Smoked Iguana Bbq and Sauce Co. 169.6800
15 COOL BLUE Q 169.1428
16 OLD SMOKE WAGON 167.9772
17 DROP THE MIKE 167.9656
18 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 166.8688
19 WHEN PIGS DIE 166.2744
20 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 166.2400
21 Flying Allegri Bros. BBQ 165.7028
22 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 164.5828
23 GRANDPA SMOKEY 163.4172
24 Bullets and Butts BBQ 162.8800
25 HAWG PEN II 162.8800
26 S&S BBQ 162.8228
27 Junk Yard Hog 162.2628
28 A & S Up In Smoke 160.6288
29 CRAZY BONES BBQ 160.5600
30 UTB BBQ 157.6800
31 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 155.9316
32 JIM BOB'S BBQ 155.3944
33 Hometown BBQ 152.5256
34 JONESING FOR BBQ 151.4516
35 POINTMASTERS "WE DO THE QUE 151.4056
36 No B. S. BBQ 150.8116
37 Dark Side of the Hood 141.0512

Pork

37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8916

#TeamScore
1 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 179.4400
2 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 177.7144
3 Hometown BBQ 177.1428
4 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.8572
5 SPITFIRE 173.7372
6 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 173.1200
7 COOL BLUE Q 172
8 Helping U BBQ 170.8228
9 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 170.2744
10 GRANDPA SMOKEY 170.2628
11 DROP THE MIKE 169.7028
12 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 169.6684
13 QSS SMOKIN 168.5944
14 WABASH BBQ 168.5828
15 Smoked Iguana Bbq and Sauce Co. 168.5600
16 SKUNK RIVER BBQ 168.5600
17 WHEN PIGS DIE 168.5372
18 Bullets and Butts BBQ 167.3828
19 THESLABS.COM 166.8916
20 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 166.8344
21 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 166.2628
22 OLD SMOKE WAGON 166.2628
23 Flying Allegri Bros. BBQ 166.2284
24 No B. S. BBQ 165.7256
25 B & C SMOKERS 165.0856
26 JONESING FOR BBQ 163.9768
27 S&S BBQ 163.9656
28 CRAZY BONES BBQ 162.8228
29 JIM BOB'S BBQ 162.8112
30 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 160.5256
31 UTB BBQ 157.6800
32 A & S Up In Smoke 157.6800
33 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 157.0972
34 Junk Yard Hog 157.0856
35 POINTMASTERS "WE DO THE QUE 155.9656
36 Dark Side of the Hood 149.6684
37 HAWG PEN II 149.1316

Brisket

37 entries · top 174.2972 · median 165.0856

#TeamScore
1 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 174.2972
2 Helping U BBQ 174.2628
3 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 174.2628
4 COOL BLUE Q 173.1200
5 UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC 173.1200
6 THESLABS.COM 172.5828
7 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 171.9772
8 B & C SMOKERS 171.4172
9 SPITFIRE 170.8228
10 Tall Boys and Lil' Smoke 170.2856
11 SKUNK RIVER BBQ 170.2856
12 WHEN PIGS DIE 169.1084
13 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 167.9656
14 DROP THE MIKE 166.2628
15 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 166.2512
16 Three Brothers Different Mothers 166.2400
17 Dark Side of the Hood 165.7488
18 A & S Up In Smoke 165.6800
19 R BUTTS R SMOKIN 165.0856
20 QSS SMOKIN 163.9656
21 HAWG PEN II 163.9656
22 UTB BBQ 163.9656
23 WABASH BBQ 162.2628
24 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 162.2628
25 Flying Allegri Bros. BBQ 161.6800
26 CRAZY BONES BBQ 161.6684
27 Bullets and Butts BBQ 160.5944
28 OLD SMOKE WAGON 160.5144
29 Hometown BBQ 158.7884
30 JONESING FOR BBQ 158.2628
31 POINTMASTERS "WE DO THE QUE 155.3944
32 S&S BBQ 154.8344
33 Smoked Iguana Bbq and Sauce Co. 153.0972
34 No B. S. BBQ 146.2628
35 GRANDPA SMOKEY 144.5600
36 JIM BOB'S BBQ 143.8972
37 Junk Yard Hog 142.2400

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