A statement win
10.2744
points clear of the field
Wider than 88% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.2744 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
May 18–19, 2018 · Lima, OH · 📍 2750 Harding Hwy · State championship
GREY STREET BBQ won Grand Champion at the PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival on May 18, 2018 in Lima, OH at 2750 Harding Hwy, scoring 698.7884 in a field of 32 teams. SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5140. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN HOOSIERS (174.2744); Pork Ribs — JMB BBQ (177.7144); Pork — BANKIN BABY BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — GREY STREET BBQ (178.2972).
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.
606.17
median 666.77
698.79 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.27
- Pork Ribs 177.71
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 178.30
142.22
180
Entries
32
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
698.7884
Winning margin
10.2744
GC over RC
Field average
662.46
606.17698.79
median 666.77 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
676.5028
606.17698.79
10th place overall
Field spread
92.6164
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 39%
beats 61% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,570
avg power rating going in · stronger than 54% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 4–5: GETCHA SOME BBQ and WEQ4U tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: BANKIN BABY BBQ and SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: GREY STREET BBQ and HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0112
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
GREY STREET BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 14th.
- Chicken 14th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 1st
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.
- BANKIN BABY BBQ · Pork
- SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ · Pork
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2744 | 170.8456 | 167.9888 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.8456 | 169.7256 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 170.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
32 entries · top 698.7884 · median 666.7658
Chicken
32 entries · top 174.2744 · median 166.2628
Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3942
Pork
32 entries · top 180 · median 166.2342 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
32 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.5256
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
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnie's Both Hands BBQ | |
| 2 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 3 | BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH | |
| 4 | THIRD STREET CIGAR BBQ BARONS | |
| 5 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 6 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 7 | CHILLIN N GRILLIN BBQ COMPANY |