*Rockin BBQ

2018-05-11 – 2018-05-12 · Warsaw, IN · 📍 1400 East Smith St

Grand Champion: GREY STREET BBQ (684.4684) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

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GREY STREET BBQ

684.4684 · Master Series — Overall

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SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

680.4568 · Master Series — Overall

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EXTRA MILE BBQ

679.8396 · 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.

572.78 median 660.41 684.47 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 173.70
Pork Ribs 177.14
Pork 176.56
Brisket 178.30

117.61 178.30

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2020 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

684.4684

Winning margin

4.0116

GC over RC

Field average

651.33

572.78684.47

median 660.41 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

667.3144

572.78684.47

10th place overall

Field spread

111.6912

winner to last place

Most consistent

GREY STREET BBQ

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.0344 pts — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 83%

beats 17% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

59%

16 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1608

avg power rating going in · stronger than 82% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ

rated 1910 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.

A new contest record

684.4684 highest overall ever cooked here

684.4684 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.9084 THUNDER HOG BBQ set in 2017.

old record 683.9084
set 2017 by THUNDER HOG BBQ

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 19th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW and B&R SMOKE tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE and AWW HELL tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: THE REAL SMOKIN ACES and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie
Brisket 8–9 · tie

A contest record in pork ribs

177.1428 best pork ribs ever cooked here

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS turned in 177.1428 in pork ribs — past the 172.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 172.5600
across 1 past editions

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
2017-05-12	Warsaw, IN	1400 East Smith St	27	683.9084	THUNDER HOG BBQ	iBQ'n
2018-05-11 ← this one	Warsaw, IN	1400 East Smith St	37	684.4684	GREY STREET BBQ	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
2019-05-10	Warsaw, IN	1400 East Smith St	42	699.3828	The BBQ Bus	GREY STREET BBQ
2020-05-29	Warsaw, IN	1400 E Smith Street	66	698.3088	Shiggin' Aint Easy	TIRE SMOKE BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	173.7028	170.8456	167.9772
Pork Ribs	177.1428	170.8688	168.5372
Pork	176.5600	173.1200	169.6800
Brisket	178.2972	170.2856	168.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 684.4684 · median 660.4112

#	Team	Score
1	GREY STREET BBQ	684.4684
2	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	680.4568
3	EXTRA MILE BBQ	679.8396
4	RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	678.1944
5	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	675.3484
6	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	670.8344
7	iBQ'n	670.7428
8	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	668.4568
9	ONE2BBQ	668.4112
10	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	667.3144
11	SWEET CLEAVER BBQ	667.3140
12	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	666.2172
13	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	666.1712
14	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	665.5424
15	MAC ATTACK BBQ	664.9940
16	AWW HELL	663.2224
17	B&R SMOKE	662.8456
18	WEQ4U	660.4572
19	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	660.4112
20	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	659.8396
21	HELMUTH BBQ	658.8112
22	BAD HABIT BBQ	656.3768
23	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	654.7428
24	BO B Q BBQ	647.8744
25	BONEHEAD BBQ	647.8056
26	40 CALIBER BBQ	646.1832
27	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	644.9828
28	OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS	643.1996
29	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	637.5088
30	BIG RACKS BBQ CATERING	631.8860
31	BURNING PIG BBQ	631.7252
32	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	628.9716
33	JACKS PIT SHACK	627.1540
34	WOW THAT'S SMOKIN	618.1144
35	SMOKIN HOT MEAT	594.6060
36	Laughing at Vegans	575.2340
37	MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ	572.7772

Chicken

37 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.1316

#	Team	Score
1	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	173.7028
2	B&R SMOKE	173.7028
3	GREY STREET BBQ	173.1428
4	EXTRA MILE BBQ	171.9656
5	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	170.8456
6	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	169.7144
7	AWW HELL	169.6800
8	SWEET CLEAVER BBQ	169.1084
9	ONE2BBQ	168.5256
10	iBQ'n	167.9772
11	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	167.9772
12	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	167.4172
13	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	167.4056
14	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	167.4056
15	40 CALIBER BBQ	166.8572
16	MAC ATTACK BBQ	166.8572
17	BONEHEAD BBQ	166.8228
18	RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	166.8228
19	BO B Q BBQ	165.1316
20	BAD HABIT BBQ	165.0972
21	BIG RACKS BBQ CATERING	165.0972
22	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	163.9884
23	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	163.9772
24	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	163.9772
25	BURNING PIG BBQ	163.3940
26	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	162.8000
27	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	162.2744
28	WOW THAT'S SMOKIN	160.5372
29	Laughing at Vegans	160.5256
30	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	159.9428
31	WEQ4U	158.8228
32	HELMUTH BBQ	156.5484
33	OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS	156.5028
34	JACKS PIT SHACK	153.0744
35	MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ	152.5488
36	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	150.2400
37	SMOKIN HOT MEAT	146.8000

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.9312

#	Team	Score
1	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	177.1428
2	GREY STREET BBQ	173.1084
3	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	171.9772
4	AWW HELL	171.9772
5	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	170.8688
6	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	170.8572
7	RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	170.8344
8	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	169.1428
9	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	169.1084
10	ONE2BBQ	168.5372
11	MAC ATTACK BBQ	168.5256
12	iBQ'n	167.9656
13	BAD HABIT BBQ	167.9656
14	WEQ4U	165.7144
15	SWEET CLEAVER BBQ	165.6800
16	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	165.6684
17	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	164.5488
18	WOW THAT'S SMOKIN	164.5372
19	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	163.9312
20	JACKS PIT SHACK	162.8228
21	EXTRA MILE BBQ	162.7884
22	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	162.2400
23	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	162.2284
24	HELMUTH BBQ	161.7028
25	OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS	160.5028
26	B&R SMOKE	159.9772
27	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	159.3944
28	BO B Q BBQ	158.8344
29	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	157.0972
30	BONEHEAD BBQ	155.3944
31	BURNING PIG BBQ	154.2172
32	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	153.0744
33	BIG RACKS BBQ CATERING	151.4060
34	MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ	151.3484
35	40 CALIBER BBQ	150.2172
36	SMOKIN HOT MEAT	146.2060
37	Laughing at Vegans	117.6112

Pork

37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.9428

#	Team	Score
1	EXTRA MILE BBQ	176.5600
2	GREY STREET BBQ	175.4172
3	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	174.2628
4	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	173.1200
5	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	173.1200
6	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	172.0456
7	MAC ATTACK BBQ	171.9772
8	iBQ'n	170.8572
9	HELMUTH BBQ	170.2744
10	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	169.6800
11	WEQ4U	169.6800
12	BIG RACKS BBQ CATERING	167.4172
13	RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	167.4172
14	BO B Q BBQ	167.3828
15	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	165.6684
16	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	165.0856
17	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	163.9772
18	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	163.9656
19	BONEHEAD BBQ	163.9428
20	BAD HABIT BBQ	163.9312
21	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	163.9312
22	SWEET CLEAVER BBQ	162.8456
23	ONE2BBQ	162.8228
24	SMOKIN HOT MEAT	162.8228
25	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	160.5256
26	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	160.5144
27	OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS	159.9656
28	AWW HELL	159.3484
29	JACKS PIT SHACK	158.7884
30	BURNING PIG BBQ	158.2172
31	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	157.1200
32	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	155.3828
33	40 CALIBER BBQ	154.8344
34	B&R SMOKE	154.2628
35	Laughing at Vegans	152.5256
36	WOW THAT'S SMOKIN	149.6800
37	MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ	149.0512

Brisket

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8000

#	Team	Score
1	SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	178.2972
2	B&R SMOKE	174.9028
3	40 CALIBER BBQ	174.2744
4	RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	173.1200
5	HELMUTH BBQ	170.2856
6	SWEET CLEAVER BBQ	169.6800
7	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	169.1428
8	SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC	168.5256
9	ONE2BBQ	168.5256
10	EXTRA MILE BBQ	168.5256
11	FIREHOUSE SMOKE	167.9656
12	WEQ4U	166.2400
13	OUTLAW BARBECUE SMOKERS	166.2284
14	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	165.7028
15	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	163.9656
16	LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	163.9544
17	HAMBONES BY THE FIRE	163.9544
18	iBQ'n	163.9428
19	GREY STREET BBQ	162.8000
20	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	162.7884
21	AWW HELL	162.2168
22	SMOKIN HOOSIERS	161.7028
23	FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	161.6572
24	BONEHEAD BBQ	161.6456
25	SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	159.9428
26	BAD HABIT BBQ	159.3828
27	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	158.7884
28	MAC ATTACK BBQ	157.6340
29	BO B Q BBQ	156.5256
30	BURNING PIG BBQ	155.8968
31	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	153.0628
32	JACKS PIT SHACK	152.4684
33	BIG RACKS BBQ CATERING	147.9656
34	Laughing at Vegans	144.5716
35	WOW THAT'S SMOKIN	143.3600
36	SMOKIN HOT MEAT	138.7772
37	MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ	119.8288

*Rockin BBQ

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A contest record in 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)

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