A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Meat Candy won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES)
Oct 20–21, 2018 · Olivette, MO · 📍 650 North Price Rd
Grand Champion: Meat Candy (670.2060) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SEPHARDI Q
Full results from the 3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES) 2018, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 20, 2018 in Olivette, MO at 650 North Price Rd. SEPHARDI Q took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — Meat Candy (169.1316); Brisket — Meat Candy (168.5256).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
143.47
median 164.06
169.13 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 169.13
- Brisket 168.53
138.80
169.13
Entries
9
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
169.1316
Winning margin
2.2516
1st over 2nd in Chicken
Field average
161.79
143.47169.13
Chicken · median 164.06 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
5.0744 pts across the top 5
Field spread
25.6572
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 98%
beats 2% of 5574 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines (1 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.
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 169.1316 | 164.0572 | — |
| Brisket | 168.5256 | 151.4172 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Chicken
9 entries · top 169.1316 · median 164.0572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy | |
| 2 | B & D | |
| 3 | SEPHARDI Q | |
| 4 | AePi | |
| 5 | BIG TIME BBQ | |
| 6 | Aish | |
| 7 | Thursday Night Barbecue | |
| 8 | U City Shul | |
| 9 | Keep Calm Que On |
Brisket
9 entries · top 168.5256 · median 151.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy | |
| 2 | U City Shul | |
| 3 | Thursday Night Barbecue | |
| 4 | AePi | |
| 5 | BIG TIME BBQ | |
| 6 | Aish | |
| 7 | SEPHARDI Q | |
| 8 | B & D | |
| 9 | Keep Calm Que On |
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 — Beef Ribs
9 entries · top 176.0572 · median 150.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEPHARDI Q | |
| 2 | Aish | |
| 3 | AePi | |
| 4 | Meat Candy | |
| 5 | BIG TIME BBQ | |
| 6 | Thursday Night Barbecue | |
| 7 | Keep Calm Que On | |
| 8 | B & D | |
| 9 | U City Shul |
Master Series — Turkey
8 entries · top 177.7144 · median 155.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy | |
| 2 | B & D | |
| 3 | SEPHARDI Q | |
| 4 | Keep Calm Que On | |
| 5 | Thursday Night Barbecue | |
| 6 | BIG TIME BBQ | |
| 7 | U City Shul | |
| 8 | AePi |