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BBQ in the Bluffs 2018

May 11–12, 2018 · Council Bluffs, IA · 📍 Hanafan Park,Rivers Edge

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HELPING U BBQ
690.2284 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
684.4912 · Master Series — Overall
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Piccolos BBQ
681.1428 · Master Series — Overall

HELPING U BBQ won Grand Champion at the BBQ in the Bluffs on May 11, 2018 in Council Bluffs, IA at Hanafan Park,Rivers Edge, scoring 690.2284 in a field of 39 teams. SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.4912. Category winners: Chicken — HOG HAMMER BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — HELPING U BBQ (180.0000); Pork — HELPING U BBQ (176.0000); Brisket — LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ (175.4056). This is the 6th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by GETTIN' BASTED.

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 176.56
  • Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Pork 176
  • Brisket 175.41
129.05 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2013-05-10 — 680.5714 (SPITFIRE) 2014-05-09 — 685.1432 (PARROTHEAD SMOKERS) 2015-05-08 — 691.9772 (PARROTHEAD SMOKERS) 2016-05-13 — 688.5716 (PORKY BUTTS BBQ) 2017-05-12 — 706.2972 (GETTIN' BASTED) 2018-05-11 — 690.2284 (HELPING U BBQ) 690.23 2013 2018

Entries

39
4 judged meats

Top score

690.2284

Winning margin

5.7372
GC over RC

Field average

650.52
437.60690.23
median 665.59 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
HELPING U BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.7884
437.60690.23
10th place overall

Field spread

252.6280
winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
avg finish 9.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4284 pts — HELPING U BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 70%
beats 30% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

41%
16 of 39 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,563
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests

Top-rated in the field

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
rated 1878 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.

An upset on the books

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

HELPING U BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1692
  • top seed 1878

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 6 tracked editions

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

  • 2014
  • 2015

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: HOG HAMMER BBQ and BAMBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: PIGTAMER BBQ and BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HELPING U BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

HELPING U BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 27th.

  • Chicken 27th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 11th

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

HELPING U BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.2972
  • across 5 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014, 2015).

  • PARROTHEAD SMOKERS · 2014, 2015

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.

  • HELPING U BBQ · Pork Ribs

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 10, 2013 Council Bluffs, IA Council Bluffs, IA 32 680.5714 SPITFIRE IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
May 9, 2014 Council Bluffs, IA Council Bluffs, IA 51503 33 685.1432 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS BUBBA-Q'S
May 8, 2015 Council Bluffs, IA Council Bluffs, IA 51503 33 691.9772 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ
May 13, 2016 Council Bluffs, IA Rivers Edge Park 33 688.5716 PORKY BUTTS BBQ IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
May 12, 2017 Council Bluffs, IA River Edge Park(Hanafan Park) 39 706.2972 GETTIN' BASTED HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB
May 11, 2018 ← this one Council Bluffs, IA Hanafan Park,Rivers Edge 39 690.2284 HELPING U BBQ SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600173.7372170.8456
Pork Ribs180173.7372169.7028
Pork176172.5600170.2972
Brisket175.4056172.5600169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 690.2284 · median 665.5884

#TeamScore
1 HELPING U BBQ 690.2284
2 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 684.4912
3 Piccolos BBQ 681.1428
4 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 681.0860
5 WHEN PIGS DIE 678.8456
6 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 677.6572
7 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 677.0744
8 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 675.9660
9 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 674.8116
10 TIMBONE BARBECUE 674.7884
11 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 673.5540
12 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 673.1200
13 BAMBQ 672.0004
14 THE BOYS IN QUE 670.2288
15 Three Brothers Different Mothers 670.2284
16 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 670.2056
17 TEAM BREW & QUE 669.0056
18 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 668.4340
19 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 665.5888
20 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 665.5884
21 SMOKED 662.1596
22 PIGTAMER BBQ 660.9484
23 UNCLE CHUCKLES BBQ CREW 658.1140
24 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 657.5772
25 TREEFROG BBQ 655.8744
26 SMOKEHOUSE 72 654.1256
27 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 650.6744
28 BLUFFS BROTHERS BBQ 647.8972
29 225 MAFIA 646.1600
30 THE JOHNNY PIG 643.8512
31 Summa Dat Que 643.8056
32 SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY 642.1256
33 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA 635.3488
34 IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM 635.2108
35 TEAM CRAWFORD 626.6856
36 LEEPS BBQ 623.3600
37 CB PIT CREW 587.2116
38 HOG HAMMER BBQ 507.3828
39 J&J'S WICK'D SMOKE BBQ 437.6004

Chicken

39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 HOG HAMMER BBQ 176.5600
2 BAMBQ 176.5600
3 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 174.8572
4 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 174.8572
5 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 173.7372
6 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 172
7 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 171.9656
8 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 171.4172
9 TIMBONE BARBECUE 171.4056
10 WHEN PIGS DIE 170.8456
11 UNCLE CHUCKLES BBQ CREW 170.8456
12 TREEFROG BBQ 170.8344
13 THE BOYS IN QUE 170.2972
14 SMOKED 169.1428
15 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 169.1200
16 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 168.5600
17 TEAM BREW & QUE 167.9772
18 SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY 167.9656
19 Summa Dat Que 167.3828
20 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 166.8572
21 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 166.8112
22 BLUFFS BROTHERS BBQ 166.2972
23 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 166.2972
24 Piccolos BBQ 166.2628
25 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.2400
26 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 165.6912
27 HELPING U BBQ 165.0856
28 Three Brothers Different Mothers 164
29 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA 163.9884
30 PIGTAMER BBQ 162.2400
31 IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM 162.2284
32 THE JOHNNY PIG 161.6684
33 SMOKEHOUSE 72 161.6456
34 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 159.3828
35 J&J'S WICK'D SMOKE BBQ 157.6800
36 TEAM CRAWFORD 157.6688
37 225 MAFIA 157.0856
38 LEEPS BBQ 155.4056
39 CB PIT CREW 145.7028

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 180 · median 165.1088 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 HELPING U BBQ 180 🔥
2 PIGTAMER BBQ 176.5716
3 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 176.5716
4 Piccolos BBQ 174.8456
5 WHEN PIGS DIE 173.7372
6 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 173.1316
7 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 173.1084
8 Three Brothers Different Mothers 170.2628
9 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 169.7372
10 225 MAFIA 169.7028
11 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 169.1428
12 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 169.1200
13 TEAM CRAWFORD 168.5256
14 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 167.9888
15 SMOKEHOUSE 72 167.9772
16 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 167.9772
17 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 167.3828
18 HOG HAMMER BBQ 166.2972
19 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 166.2400
20 TREEFROG BBQ 165.1088
21 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 165.0972
22 UNCLE CHUCKLES BBQ CREW 165.0856
23 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 164.5716
24 BLUFFS BROTHERS BBQ 164.5716
25 THE JOHNNY PIG 163.9772
26 SMOKED 163.9428
27 TEAM BREW & QUE 163.3944
28 Summa Dat Que 161.6684
29 SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY 160.5372
30 BAMBQ 158.8460
31 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA 158.2516
32 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 157.6800
33 THE BOYS IN QUE 157.6688
34 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 155.9200
35 TIMBONE BARBECUE 155.4056
36 IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM 151.9540
37 LEEPS BBQ 150.2512
38 J&J'S WICK'D SMOKE BBQ 141.6688
39 CB PIT CREW 129.0516

Pork

37 entries · top 176 · median 166.2744

#TeamScore
1 HELPING U BBQ 176
2 TIMBONE BARBECUE 175.4172
3 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.3200
4 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 172.5600
5 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 172.5600
6 TEAM BREW & QUE 172.5484
7 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 171.9772
8 IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM 170.8228
9 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 170.8228
10 WHEN PIGS DIE 170.2972
11 Piccolos BBQ 170.2744
12 225 MAFIA 169.6800
13 THE BOYS IN QUE 168.5600
14 THE JOHNNY PIG 167.4056
15 BLUFFS BROTHERS BBQ 167.4056
16 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 167.4056
17 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 167.3828
18 Three Brothers Different Mothers 166.8456
19 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 166.2744
20 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 166.2628
21 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 165.6916
22 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 165.0972
23 BAMBQ 164.0344
24 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 163.9428
25 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 163.3828
26 CB PIT CREW 162.8116
27 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 162.2400
28 TREEFROG BBQ 159.9656
29 LEEPS BBQ 159.4060
30 SMOKED 159.4056
31 UNCLE CHUCKLES BBQ CREW 158.2284
32 SMOKEHOUSE 72 157.0628
33 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA 156
34 SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY 155.3600
35 Summa Dat Que 154.7656
36 PIGTAMER BBQ 154.7540
37 TEAM CRAWFORD 147.3712

Brisket

39 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.5256

#TeamScore
1 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 175.4056
2 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 174.2628
3 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.2628
4 THE BOYS IN QUE 173.7028
5 TIMBONE BARBECUE 172.5600
6 BAMBQ 172.5600
7 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 170.8456
8 Piccolos BBQ 169.7600
9 KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ 169.7144
10 SMOKED 169.6684
11 HELPING U BBQ 169.1428
12 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.1200
13 SMOKEHOUSE 72 167.4400
14 PIGTAMER BBQ 167.3828
15 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.8228
16 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 165.6800
17 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 165.0972
18 TEAM BREW & QUE 165.0856
19 PHAT JACKS BBQ NE 164.5600
20 HOG HAMMER BBQ 164.5256
21 WHEN PIGS DIE 163.9656
22 UNCLE CHUCKLES BBQ CREW 163.9544
23 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 162.2744
24 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 161.6688
25 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 161.6456
26 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 161.1084
27 SMACKIN' BUTTS BBQ, NE 161.0972
28 Summa Dat Que 159.9888
29 TREEFROG BBQ 159.9656
30 LEEPS BBQ 158.2972
31 SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY 158.2628
32 SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA 157.1088
33 TEAM CRAWFORD 153.1200
34 THE JOHNNY PIG 150.8000
35 IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM 150.2056
36 225 MAFIA 149.6916
37 CB PIT CREW 149.6456
38 BLUFFS BROTHERS BBQ 149.6228
39 J&J'S WICK'D SMOKE BBQ 138.2516

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