7th Annual Smokin on the Lake

Jun 1–2, 2018 · Monroe City, MO

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OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ

691.9884 · Master Series — Overall

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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

685.6568 · Master Series — Overall

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PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS

681.7032 · Master Series — Overall

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ won Grand Champion at the 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake on June 1, 2018 in Monroe City, MO, scoring 691.9884 in a field of 29 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.6568. Category winners: Chicken — Red Shed Smokehouse (177.1544); Pork Ribs — WABASH BBQ (179.4400); Pork — PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (176.0000); Brisket — CHICK HUGGINS BBQ (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.

314.83 median 655.95 691.99 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.15
Pork Ribs 179.44
Pork 176
Brisket 180 🔥

139.42 180

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

691.9884

Winning margin

6.3316

GC over RC

Field average

638.61

314.83691.99

median 655.95 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

CHICK HUGGINS BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork

4.0344 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.7768

314.83691.99

10th place overall

Field spread

377.1540

winner to last place

Most consistent

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ

avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4 pts — CHICK HUGGINS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 64%

beats 36% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,574

avg power rating going in · stronger than 58% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

rated 1992 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.

An upset on the books

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1796
top seed 1992

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

Chicken 7th
Pork Ribs 8th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS edged OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS edged OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 by 0.0344. Brisket places 7–8: GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS edged B-BOYZ BBQ by 0.0344.

Pork Ribs 7–8 · 0.0116
Chicken 8–9 · 0.0344
Brisket 7–8 · 0.0344
Brisket 9–10 · 0.0456

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.

CHICK HUGGINS BBQ · Brisket

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)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1544	170.2628	165.1544
Pork Ribs	179.4400	174.3200	171.4056
Pork	176	171.9656	167.9656
Brisket	180	170.8456	166.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 691.9884 · median 655.9540

#	Team	Score
1	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	691.9884
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	685.6568
3	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	681.7032
4	WABASH BBQ	679.4172
5	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	679.3940
6	RIBS N BIBS	678.8228
7	SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO	676.0112
8	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	674.7884
9	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	671.3828
10	B-BOYZ BBQ	670.7768
11	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	663.3712
12	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	663.3484
13	SMOKIN' BUTTS	663.2796
14	Red Shed Smokehouse	659.4516
15	POLITICAL PORK	655.9540
16	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	655.4172
17	Fat Texan	651.9312
18	Big & Bigger BBQ	650.8456
19	WILSON BROS. BBQ	649.5884
20	M & M BBQ	649.0172
21	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	648.5488
22	Bone 'N BBQ	646.7888
23	3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM	640.4688
24	JIM BOB'S BBQ	629.6456
25	Junk Yard Hog	618.2056
26	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	608.4456
27	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	606.2396
28	BAD APPLE BBQ	454.2284
29	Bad Habits BBQ	314.8344

Chicken

28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.0058

#	Team	Score
1	Red Shed Smokehouse	177.1544
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	176
3	Big & Bigger BBQ	173.2000
4	WABASH BBQ	172.5716
5	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	170.2628
6	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	169.1200
7	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	167.4056
8	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	165.7144
9	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	165.6800
10	Bone 'N BBQ	165.1544
11	3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM	165.1084
12	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	164.5600
13	SMOKIN' BUTTS	164.5256
14	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	164.0116
15	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	164
16	M & M BBQ	164
17	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	163.9312
18	POLITICAL PORK	163.4400
19	Fat Texan	163.4056
20	RIBS N BIBS	162.2628
21	SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO	162.2628
22	B-BOYZ BBQ	161.6684
23	WILSON BROS. BBQ	161.6684
24	BAD APPLE BBQ	160.0228
25	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	155.3940
26	JIM BOB'S BBQ	154.8456
27	Junk Yard Hog	151.9084
28	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	151.4172

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.8688

#	Team	Score
1	WABASH BBQ	179.4400
2	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	176.0116
3	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4400
4	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	174.8456
5	SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO	174.3200
6	RIBS N BIBS	173.7488
7	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	173.1544
8	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	173.1428
9	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	172.5600
10	SMOKIN' BUTTS	171.4056
11	B-BOYZ BBQ	168
12	POLITICAL PORK	167.9772
13	Red Shed Smokehouse	164.6056
14	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	164.5944
15	Bone 'N BBQ	162.8688
16	Big & Bigger BBQ	162.2972
17	Fat Texan	160.5712
18	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	160.5372
19	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	160
20	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	159.9656
21	WILSON BROS. BBQ	159.3828
22	JIM BOB'S BBQ	158.2972
23	3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM	158.2628
24	M & M BBQ	157.6800
25	Bad Habits BBQ	157.1200
26	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	156.6172
27	BAD APPLE BBQ	150.8228
28	Junk Yard Hog	148.5600
29	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	148.5028

Pork

27 entries · top 176 · median 164.0228

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	176
2	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	175.4400
3	SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO	174.8800
4	B-BOYZ BBQ	173.7028
5	RIBS N BIBS	171.9656
6	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	170.3200
7	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	169.6800
8	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	169.1084
9	WABASH BBQ	168.5600
10	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	167.9656
11	POLITICAL PORK	166.8456
12	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	166.8456
13	Fat Texan	166.2284
14	Junk Yard Hog	164.0228
15	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	163.9772
16	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	163.4284
17	JIM BOB'S BBQ	163.4056
18	WILSON BROS. BBQ	162.8572
19	Red Shed Smokehouse	162.2972
20	Bone 'N BBQ	162.2400
21	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	161.6684
22	M & M BBQ	161.0972
23	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	159.4744
24	3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM	158.8460
25	Big & Bigger BBQ	157.0972
26	SMOKIN' BUTTS	155.3484
27	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	150.2512

Brisket

29 entries · top 180 · median 162.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	180 🔥
2	OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	176
3	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	172.5484
4	SMOKIN' BUTTS	172
5	RIBS N BIBS	170.8456
6	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	170.2628
7	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	167.4400
8	B-BOYZ BBQ	167.4056
9	WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS	166.8800
10	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	166.8344
11	M & M BBQ	166.2400
12	WILSON BROS. BBQ	165.6800
13	SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO	164.5484
14	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	163.3940
15	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	162.8228
16	Fat Texan	161.7260
17	WABASH BBQ	158.8456
18	3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM	158.2516
19	Big & Bigger BBQ	158.2512
20	Bad Habits BBQ	157.7144
21	POLITICAL PORK	157.6912
22	Bone 'N BBQ	156.5256
23	Red Shed Smokehouse	155.3944
24	Junk Yard Hog	153.7144
25	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	153.6800
26	JIM BOB'S BBQ	153.0972
27	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	143.9772
28	BAD APPLE BBQ	143.3828
29	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	139.4172

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

12 entries · top 180 · median 172.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	180 🔥
2	Fat Texan	178.8800
3	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	176.5600
4	SMOKIN' BUTTS	175.4628
5	Bone 'N BBQ	172.5944
6	OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	172.5600
7	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	172.5484
8	CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS	170.8228
9	JIM BOB'S BBQ	169.1544
10	RIBS N BIBS	165.1312
11	RANDALL'S CLUCKER CREW	164.5828
12	My Daddy's" Bar-B-Que	157.7372

Master Series — Kids 5-10

8 entries · top 172 · median 164.2914

#	Team	Score
1	Tatum Scheer	172
2	Alex Fortoner	170.8800
3	Evie Henebry	165.7144
4	Grant Goodin	165.7028
5	Duane Thompson	162.8800
6	Grace Goodin	162.8456
7	Taylor Scheer	158.2628
8	Landon Elliott	157.7488

7th Annual Smokin on the Lake

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A perfect score on the table

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Dessert

Master Series — Kids 5-10