*Harvest On Fire at The Winery(JUDGES FULL)

2018-09-07 – 2018-09-08 · Marshall, IL · 📍 1288 N 1200th st

Grand Champion: CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. (686.2400) · 16 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH ON THE HAWG

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CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

686.2400 · Master Series — Overall

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HIGH ON THE HAWG

680.4568 · Master Series — Overall

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CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE

675.4172 · 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.

579.26 median 666.22 686.24 🏆

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 172.55
Pork 174.86
Brisket 174.26

133.61 176.56

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2018 to 2022 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

686.2400

Winning margin

5.7832

GC over RC

Field average

658.44

579.26686.24

median 666.22 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

2.8800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

662.7888

579.26686.24

10th place overall

Field spread

106.9828

winner to last place

Most consistent

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.0116 pts — BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.

How hot was the win?

Top 79%

beats 21% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1596

avg power rating going in · stronger than 75% of contests

Top-rated in the field

One2BBQ

rated 1922 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

19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1671
top seed 1922

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: WEQ4U and BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: RUSTY PIG BBQ and ONE2BBQ tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE edged GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ by 0.0004.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Brisket 7–8 · 0.0004
Chicken 9–10 · 0.0112

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HIGH ON THE HAWG won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 3rd
Pork 6th
Brisket 3rd

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
2018-09-07 ← this one	Marshall, IL	1288 N 1200th st	16	686.2400	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	HIGH ON THE HAWG
2019-07-12	Marshall, IL	1288 N 1200th St	31	691.9544	Razorracks	THUNDER HOG BBQ
2022-07-08	Marshall, IL	1288 N. 1200th Street	28	698.2172	Triple H BBQ	JANKY LEG BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	176.5600	169.1084	163.9888
Pork Ribs	172.5484	168.0000	164.5600
Pork	174.8572	171.9772	162.8000
Brisket	174.2628	167.9656	164.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

16 entries · top 686.2400 · median 666.2170

#	Team	Score
1	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	686.2400
2	HIGH ON THE HAWG	680.4568
3	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	675.4172
4	ONE2BBQ	673.6112
5	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	673.0512
6	WEQ4U	670.2056
7	RUSTY PIG BBQ	668.5028
8	Kayak Attack BBQ	666.2740
9	JaBs BBQ	666.1600
10	GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ	662.7888
11	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	649.5656
12	Just George BBQ	647.9200
13	Risky Brisket	647.2572
14	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	646.1484
15	P.O.T.F.H. BBQ	642.1376
16	Roosters and Rumps BBQ	579.2572

Chicken

16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5600

#	Team	Score
1	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	176.5600
2	Kayak Attack BBQ	176.0228
3	WEQ4U	172.5600
4	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	172.5600
5	HIGH ON THE HAWG	169.1084
6	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	166.8456
7	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	166.2856
8	Just George BBQ	165.1200
9	RUSTY PIG BBQ	164.0000
10	GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ	163.9888
11	JaBs BBQ	163.3944
12	ONE2BBQ	163.3828
13	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	162.2400
14	Risky Brisket	161.6684
15	P.O.T.F.H. BBQ	159.3828
16	Roosters and Rumps BBQ	153.6916

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 172.5484 · median 165.9600

#	Team	Score
1	HIGH ON THE HAWG	172.5484
2	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	171.4172
3	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	170.2972
4	Kayak Attack BBQ	169.7028
5	RUSTY PIG BBQ	168.0000
6	ONE2BBQ	168.0000
7	JaBs BBQ	166.2744
8	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	166.2284
9	P.O.T.F.H. BBQ	165.6916
10	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	164.5600
11	WEQ4U	162.2744
12	GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ	160.5488
13	Just George BBQ	159.4288
14	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	158.8116
15	Risky Brisket	157.6688
16	Roosters and Rumps BBQ	135.3716

Pork

16 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.5486

#	Team	Score
1	HIGH ON THE HAWG	174.8572
2	JaBs BBQ	174.2628
3	GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ	172.5600
4	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	172.0228
5	ONE2BBQ	171.9772
6	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	169.6912
7	WEQ4U	167.4056
8	RUSTY PIG BBQ	166.8344
9	Kayak Attack BBQ	166.2628
10	Risky Brisket	162.8000
11	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	161.6684
12	P.O.T.F.H. BBQ	161.0972
13	Just George BBQ	158.8456
14	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	158.2628
15	Roosters and Rumps BBQ	156.5828
16	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	154.2284

Brisket

16 entries · top 174.2628 · median 165.4056

#	Team	Score
1	BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	174.2628
2	ONE2BBQ	170.2512
3	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	169.6916
4	RUSTY PIG BBQ	169.6684
5	WEQ4U	167.9656
6	MESS-IN-A ROUND BBQ	166.2628
7	CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE	165.6916
8	GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BACKYARD BBQ	165.6912
9	Risky Brisket	165.1200
10	Just George BBQ	164.5256
11	HIGH ON THE HAWG	163.9428
12	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	162.8344
13	JaBs BBQ	162.2284
14	P.O.T.F.H. BBQ	155.9660
15	Kayak Attack BBQ	154.2856
16	Roosters and Rumps BBQ	133.6112

*Harvest On Fire at The Winery(JUDGES FULL)

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?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

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