A first Grand Championship
11
tracked contests to get there
This was PARKSTAD SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
2018-10-20 – 2018-10-21 · Goldschlagiplatz, 5735 · SWITZERLAND · 📍 8952 Schlieren
Grand Champion: PARKSTAD SMOKERS (689.7488) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 DRAGON BBQ
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.
574.23
median 658.45
689.75 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.85
- Pork Ribs 171.98
- Pork 179.44
- Brisket 171.42
125.61
179.44
Entries
20
4 judged meats
Top score
689.7488
Winning margin
8.6976
GC over RC
Field average
642.75
574.23689.75
median 658.45 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
1.7144 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
660.4344
574.23689.75
10th place overall
Field spread
115.5200
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 71%
beats 29% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1542
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests
Storylines (3 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 8 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 3–4: DRAGON BBQ and EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: GECKO BBQ and BBQ BROS Competition Team tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: BROS HOG and GRILLER INSTINCT tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Pork 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0112
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
PARKSTAD SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 8th
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 | 174.8456 | 171.9772 | 164.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 167.3944 | 161.6800 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 168.5256 | 167.4056 |
| Brisket | 171.4172 | 169.7028 | 165.1660 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 689.7488 · median 658.4514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 4 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 5 | BROS HOG | |
| 6 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 7 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 8 | GOOD OLD BBQ | |
| 9 | ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | GECKO BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLER INSTINCT | |
| 12 | EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ | |
| 13 | World BBQ Team | |
| 14 | BENJAMIN'S-BEST-QUALITY | |
| 15 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 16 | Smokerteam Oberschan | |
| 17 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 18 | Tomy's BBQ | |
| 19 | A&A BBQ | |
| 20 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS - SWITZERLAND |
Chicken
20 entries · top 174.8456 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 2 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 4 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BROS HOG | |
| 6 | GOOD OLD BBQ | |
| 7 | BENJAMIN'S-BEST-QUALITY | |
| 8 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 9 | GRILLER INSTINCT | |
| 10 | EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ | |
| 11 | GECKO BBQ | |
| 12 | ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 14 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 15 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS - SWITZERLAND | |
| 16 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 17 | World BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Smokerteam Oberschan | |
| 19 | Tomy's BBQ | |
| 20 | A&A BBQ |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 171.9772 · median 161.6686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 2 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 4 | EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 6 | World BBQ Team | |
| 7 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 8 | ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | BROS HOG | |
| 10 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 11 | GOOD OLD BBQ | |
| 12 | GECKO BBQ | |
| 13 | BENJAMIN'S-BEST-QUALITY | |
| 14 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 15 | GRILLER INSTINCT | |
| 16 | Tomy's BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokerteam Oberschan | |
| 18 | A&A BBQ | |
| 19 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 20 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS - SWITZERLAND |
Pork
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 3 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 4 | ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | GECKO BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 7 | BROS HOG | |
| 8 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 9 | GOOD OLD BBQ | |
| 10 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLER INSTINCT | |
| 12 | EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ | |
| 13 | World BBQ Team | |
| 14 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 15 | Tomy's BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokerteam Oberschan | |
| 17 | BENJAMIN'S-BEST-QUALITY | |
| 18 | A&A BBQ | |
| 19 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 20 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS - SWITZERLAND |
Brisket
20 entries · top 171.4172 · median 165.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROS HOG | |
| 2 | GRILLER INSTINCT | |
| 3 | DRAGON BBQ | |
| 4 | WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ BROS Competition Team | |
| 6 | ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | GECKO BBQ | |
| 8 | PARKSTAD SMOKERS | |
| 9 | WESTSIDE BBQ | |
| 10 | World BBQ Team | |
| 11 | THE BARKTENDERS | |
| 12 | GOOD OLD BBQ | |
| 13 | LOS GRILLOS | |
| 14 | CHLAGGI BRUTZLER | |
| 15 | BENJAMIN'S-BEST-QUALITY | |
| 16 | EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokerteam Oberschan | |
| 18 | A&A BBQ | |
| 19 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS - SWITZERLAND | |
| 20 | Tomy's BBQ |