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Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

2018-09-21 – 2018-09-22 · Murphysboro, IL · 📍 214 N 17th St

Grand Champion: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (712.5600) · 59 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CLARK CREW BBQ

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
712.5600 · Master Series — Overall
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CLARK CREW BBQ
704.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
699.3828 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
  • Pork 177.74
  • Brisket 180.00 🔥
129.69 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2018 — this edition picked out.

2016-09-23 — 702.8344 (ONE2BBQ) 2017-09-22 — 701.1084 (Q-BONES BBQ) 2018-09-21 — 712.5600 (IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ) 712.56 2016 2018

Entries

59
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

712.5600

Winning margin

8.0344
GC over RC

Field average

652.48
448.45712.56
median 673.10 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (Brisket), CLARK CREW BBQ (Brisket), RUSTY PIG BBQ (Chicken) + 1 more

Tightest race

Pork
1.1772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.2056
448.45712.56
10th place overall

Field spread

264.1140
winner to last place

Most consistent

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 0.5600 pts — RUSTY PIG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 1%
beats 99% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

40%
22 of 55 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1620
avg power rating going in · stronger than 88% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2056 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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

712.5600 highest overall ever cooked here

712.5600 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.8344 ONE2BBQ set in 2016.

  • old record 702.8344
  • set 2016 by ONE2BBQ

A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ · Brisket
  • CLARK CREW BBQ · Brisket
  • RUSTY PIG BBQ · Chicken

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: BOOMERANG BBQ and ONE2BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: ONE2BBQ and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: HEATH RILES BBQ and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 5th
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

RUSTY PIG BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 179.4400
  • across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ONE2BBQ (won 2016).

  • ONE2BBQ · 2016

One of the big ones

59 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 92% of the 5,410 contests in the data

59 teams made this a bigger field than 92% of every contest tracked.

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
2016-09-23 Murphysboro, IL Murphysboro, IL 64 702.8344 ONE2BBQ IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
2017-09-22 Murphysboro, IL 214 N 17th St 55 701.1084 Q-BONES BBQ IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
2018-09-21 ← this one Murphysboro, IL 214 N 17th St 59 712.5600 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ CLARK CREW BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000177.7028174.8572
Pork Ribs180.0000177.7144175.4056
Pork177.7372176.5600173.1200
Brisket180.0000176.0000173.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

59 entries · top 712.5600 · median 673.0972

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 712.5600
2 CLARK CREW BBQ 704.5256
3 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 699.3828
4 GETTIN' BASTED 698.2628
5 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 697.7028
6 HEATH RILES BBQ 697.0856
7 KILLER HOGS 697.0512
8 GILLY'S BBQ 694.8112
9 BOOMERANG BBQ 693.0396
10 ONE2BBQ 690.2056
11 JUGGS BBQ 689.6452
12 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 689.6340
13 SLAPS BBQ 687.9200
14 SMOKE FREAKS 687.3600
15 Carol Lou's Smokehouse 685.1312
16 FIRE DANCER BBQ 683.3600
17 RUSTY PIG BBQ 682.7772
18 JH OLD SCHOOL 682.2056
19 THE BBQ BUS 681.6340
20 Que-U 681.0168
21 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 680.5488
22 RIB-KA-TEERS 680.5372
23 Steamboat BBQ 680.5028
24 QUAU 680.4912
25 PORK PARADISE 678.7772
26 Hickory Stick BBQ 677.0744
27 BACKDRAFT BBQ 677.0512
28 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 675.8968
29 BAR BQ POSSE 675.3828
30 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 673.0972
31 Boars Night Out 673.0512
32 Rub Runners 672.4800
33 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 672.4684
34 JANKY LEG BBQ 667.8628
35 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 666.1144
36 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 664.3768
37 DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE 663.8856
38 High On The Hog 663.3600
39 HOT MESS BBQ 662.6968
40 SMOKEY'S Q 659.3140
41 SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS 656.5144
42 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 656.4800
43 PARTY Q 652.4228
44 Hanks BBQ 647.7940
45 PAPA'S BARBQ 643.2572
46 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 641.0860
47 CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT 632.5600
48 QUE'LOSOPHY 623.8512
49 Smokin' Dawgs 621.6112
50 THE PORK WHISPERERS 620.3432
51 PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ 615.3720
52 GET YOUR GRILL ON 614.8692
53 CREAM CITY QUE 606.6856
54 Pork Wrenches 601.5428
55 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 502.7540
56 ROLLin' Harbor Q 485.1432
57 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 481.6572
58 Hearthland Regional 'Que 463.3712
59 Ninja Pigs 448.4460

Chicken

57 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 RUSTY PIG BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 179.4400
3 BOOMERANG BBQ 177.7028
4 ONE2BBQ 177.7028
5 CLARK CREW BBQ 177.7028
6 High On The Hog 176.0116
7 HEATH RILES BBQ 176.0000
8 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 176.0000
9 GILLY'S BBQ 175.4172
10 BACKDRAFT BBQ 174.8572
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 174.8456
12 THE BBQ BUS 174.2628
13 DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE 173.1200
14 KILLER HOGS 173.1084
15 Carol Lou's Smokehouse 173.1084
16 FIRE DANCER BBQ 172.5600
17 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 172.0000
18 RIB-KA-TEERS 172.0000
19 SLAPS BBQ 171.9772
20 GETTIN' BASTED 171.4056
21 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 171.4056
22 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 170.8344
23 Hickory Stick BBQ 170.2744
24 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 170.2628
25 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 170.2512
26 THE PORK WHISPERERS 169.7028
27 JUGGS BBQ 169.6912
28 QUAU 169.6800
29 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 169.6800
30 HOT MESS BBQ 168.5600
31 Rub Runners 168.5372
32 Steamboat BBQ 167.9656
33 JANKY LEG BBQ 167.9656
34 ROLLin' Harbor Q 166.8684
35 SMOKEY'S Q 166.8572
36 SMOKE FREAKS 166.2744
37 Que-U 166.2512
38 PORK PARADISE 165.1200
39 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 165.0972
40 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 165.0856
41 SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS 164.5600
42 QUE'LOSOPHY 163.9540
43 Boars Night Out 163.4172
44 Hanks BBQ 163.4056
45 JH OLD SCHOOL 163.3828
46 PAPA'S BARBQ 162.2400
47 BAR BQ POSSE 161.6800
48 GET YOUR GRILL ON 161.1772
49 PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ 161.1200
50 PARTY Q 160.5716
51 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 160.5372
52 CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT 159.4400
53 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 159.3484
54 CREAM CITY QUE 155.9540
55 Pork Wrenches 154.2744
56 Ninja Pigs 153.1200
57 Smokin' Dawgs 143.9428

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE FREAKS 180.0000 🔥
2 GETTIN' BASTED 179.4400
3 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 178.2972
4 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 177.7372
5 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 177.7144
6 ONE2BBQ 177.1428
7 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 176.5600
8 Rub Runners 175.4400
9 KILLER HOGS 175.4172
10 HEATH RILES BBQ 175.4056
11 RIB-KA-TEERS 174.2972
12 GILLY'S BBQ 173.7028
13 JUGGS BBQ 173.7028
14 CLARK CREW BBQ 173.7028
15 JH OLD SCHOOL 173.1200
16 Que-U 173.1200
17 Carol Lou's Smokehouse 172.5944
18 SLAPS BBQ 172.5600
19 BAR BQ POSSE 172.5600
20 THE BBQ BUS 172.0000
21 BOOMERANG BBQ 171.9656
22 Hickory Stick BBQ 171.4172
23 PORK PARADISE 170.8344
24 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 170.8228
25 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 169.1544
26 SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS 168.5716
27 RUSTY PIG BBQ 168.5372
28 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 168.5256
29 BACKDRAFT BBQ 168.0000
30 QUAU 166.8456
31 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 166.8228
32 Boars Night Out 166.8228
33 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 166.8228
34 Steamboat BBQ 166.2400
35 ROLLin' Harbor Q 165.7032
36 JANKY LEG BBQ 165.6800
37 PARTY Q 165.6684
38 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 164.5600
39 FIRE DANCER BBQ 163.9656
40 Hanks BBQ 162.8000
41 HOT MESS BBQ 161.6456
42 GET YOUR GRILL ON 161.1432
43 PAPA'S BARBQ 161.1316
44 DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE 161.1200
45 Smokin' Dawgs 161.1200
46 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 160.5028
47 High On The Hog 159.9656
48 Hearthland Regional 'Que 158.2744
49 CREAM CITY QUE 158.2744
50 SMOKEY'S Q 158.2056
51 CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT 155.9888
52 Pork Wrenches 154.2284
53 THE PORK WHISPERERS 153.0972
54 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 149.1200
55 PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ 146.2744
56 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 145.6916
57 QUE'LOSOPHY 143.9544

Pork

58 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.6800

#TeamScore
1 GETTIN' BASTED 177.7372
2 Que-U 177.7028
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 177.1544
4 JUGGS BBQ 177.1428
5 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 176.5600
6 SLAPS BBQ 175.4172
7 JH OLD SCHOOL 174.8572
8 Steamboat BBQ 174.2744
9 CLARK CREW BBQ 173.1200
10 KILLER HOGS 173.1200
11 BOOMERANG BBQ 173.1084
12 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 172.5600
13 Boars Night Out 172.5484
14 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 172.5484
15 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 172.0000
16 GILLY'S BBQ 171.9884
17 Hickory Stick BBQ 171.9772
18 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 171.9772
19 FIRE DANCER BBQ 170.8344
20 PARTY Q 170.8344
21 HEATH RILES BBQ 170.8228
22 ONE2BBQ 170.8228
23 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 170.8228
24 THE BBQ BUS 169.7028
25 Rub Runners 169.1200
26 PORK PARADISE 169.1200
27 SMOKE FREAKS 169.1200
28 BAR BQ POSSE 168.5600
29 RUSTY PIG BBQ 167.9772
30 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 167.3828
31 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 166.8800
32 BACKDRAFT BBQ 166.8228
33 QUAU 166.2628
34 High On The Hog 166.2512
35 JANKY LEG BBQ 165.6800
36 Carol Lou's Smokehouse 165.1428
37 Hanks BBQ 165.0972
38 THE PORK WHISPERERS 163.9544
39 DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE 163.3828
40 GET YOUR GRILL ON 162.8572
41 SMOKEY'S Q 162.8456
42 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 162.8228
43 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 162.2972
44 CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT 161.7256
45 RIB-KA-TEERS 161.6572
46 QUE'LOSOPHY 161.1544
47 SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS 161.1084
48 HOT MESS BBQ 161.0856
49 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 159.3828
50 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 159.3712
51 Smokin' Dawgs 158.2628
52 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 157.6800
53 Hearthland Regional 'Que 155.4056
54 Ninja Pigs 154.2744
55 PAPA'S BARBQ 152.4684
56 PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ 150.2288
57 Pork Wrenches 147.9428
58 CREAM CITY QUE 145.6456

Brisket

59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 CLARK CREW BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 179.4400
4 QUAU 177.7028
5 FIRE DANCER BBQ 176.0000
6 KILLER HOGS 175.4056
7 HEATH RILES BBQ 174.8572
8 Carol Lou's Smokehouse 174.2856
9 PORK PARADISE 173.7028
10 GILLY'S BBQ 173.7028
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 173.1428
12 ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 173.1200
13 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 173.1084
14 RIB-KA-TEERS 172.5828
15 BAR BQ POSSE 172.5828
16 Steamboat BBQ 172.0228
17 IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE 171.9772
18 Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 171.9656
19 SMOKE FREAKS 171.9656
20 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 171.4056
21 HOT MESS BBQ 171.4056
22 SMOKEY'S Q 171.4056
23 JH OLD SCHOOL 170.8456
24 Boars Night Out 170.2628
25 BOOMERANG BBQ 170.2628
26 GETTIN' BASTED 169.6800
27 JUGGS BBQ 169.1084
28 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 168.5600
29 JANKY LEG BBQ 168.5372
30 SLAPS BBQ 167.9656
31 PAPA'S BARBQ 167.4172
32 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.3712
33 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 166.8456
34 DEWEY, SMOKE'M & HOWE 166.2628
35 RUSTY PIG BBQ 166.2628
36 THE BBQ BUS 165.6684
37 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 165.1088
38 LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ 164.5600
39 NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. 164.5488
40 ONE2BBQ 164.5372
41 Que-U 163.9428
42 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 163.4172
43 Hickory Stick BBQ 163.4056
44 SQUISHY'S SMOKIN' HOT RACKS 162.2744
45 High On The Hog 161.1316
46 Rub Runners 159.3828
47 Smokin' Dawgs 158.2856
48 PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ 157.7488
49 Hanks BBQ 156.4912
50 CARBONDALE PORK DISTRICT 155.4056
51 PARTY Q 155.3484
52 QUE'LOSOPHY 154.7884
53 ROLLin' Harbor Q 152.5716
54 Hearthland Regional 'Que 149.6912
55 CREAM CITY QUE 146.8116
56 Pork Wrenches 145.0972
57 Ninja Pigs 141.0516
58 THE PORK WHISPERERS 133.5888
59 GET YOUR GRILL ON 129.6916

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 — 0

9 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.7028

#TeamScore
1 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 163.9428
1 THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS 178.8800
2 THE PORK WHISPERERS 161.7028
2 THE PORK WHISPERERS 177.7372
3 Rub Runners 151.3712
3 Rub Runners 177.1772
4 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 143.2564
4 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 139.8852
5 AUTO"BE"GRILLIN 128.4912

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