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Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 2018

Jul 13–14, 2018 · Mayetta, KS · 📍 12305 150th Rd

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SPITFIRE
697.0968 · Master Series — Overall
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BOOM CHICKA COW COW
696 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOOTH SMOKE
692.5256 · Master Series — Overall

SPITFIRE won Grand Champion at the Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest on July 13, 2018 in Mayetta, KS at 12305 150th Rd, scoring 697.0968 in a field of 48 teams. BOOM CHICKA COW COW took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.0000. Category winners: Chicken — BOOM CHICKA COW COW (180.0000); Pork Ribs — LAZY BUTT BBQ (180.0000); Pork — INDIGO PIG (177.7028); Brisket — BOOM CHICKA COW COW (176.0000). This is the 5th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB; the next was held in 2019.

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 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 176
20 180

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2021 — this edition picked out.

2013-06-07 — 702.2856 (PIGSKIN BBQ) 2014-06-06 — 701.7372 (JP CUSTOM SMOKE) 2016-06-03 — 691.4172 (PORKY BUTTS BBQ) 2017-07-14 — 695.3944 (HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB) 2018-07-13 — 697.0968 (SPITFIRE) 2019-07-12 — 706.8344 (Boomerang BBQ) 2020-07-10 — 698.8684 (Smokin Timbers BBQ) 2021-07-09 — 713.1316 (Happy Grillmore) 697.10 2013 2021

Entries

48
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

697.0968

Winning margin

1.0968
GC over RC

Field average

656.02
497.58697.10
median 658.46 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
BOOM CHICKA COW COW (Chicken), LAZY BUTT BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7884
497.58697.10
10th place overall

Field spread

199.5200
winner to last place

Most consistent

SPITFIRE
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4400 pts — LAZY BUTT BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 46%
beats 54% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

38%
22 of 58 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

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

Field strength

1,578
avg power rating going in · stronger than 62% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
rated 2007 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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 razor-thin finish

1.0968 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 84% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0968 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.

  • SPITFIRE
  • BOOM CHICKA COW COW

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

SPITFIRE 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 1811
  • top seed 2007

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 9th
  • Brisket 8th

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

BOOM CHICKA COW COW won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

BOOM CHICKA COW COW turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.8800
  • across 4 past editions

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: JP CUSTOM SMOKE (won 2014), HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (won 2017).

  • JP CUSTOM SMOKE · 2014
  • HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB · 2017

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

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

  • BOOM CHICKA COW COW · Chicken
  • LAZY BUTT BBQ · Pork Ribs

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
Jun 7, 2013 Mayetta, KS Mayetta, KS 69 702.2856 PIGSKIN BBQ WOODWARD BARBEQUE
Jun 6, 2014 Mayetta, KS Mayetta, KS 66509 54 701.7372 JP CUSTOM SMOKE SMOKEAHOLICS
Jun 3, 2016 Mayetta, KS 12305 150th RD 55 691.4172 PORKY BUTTS BBQ THUMP & STRUM BBQ
Jul 14, 2017 Mayetta, KS 12305 150th Rd 58 695.3944 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB SMOOTH SMOKE
Jul 13, 2018 ← this one Mayetta, KS 12305 150th Rd 48 697.0968 SPITFIRE BOOM CHICKA COW COW
Jul 12, 2019 Mayetta, KS Prairie Band Casino 59 706.8344 Boomerang BBQ HIGH i QUE
Jul 10, 2020 Mayetta, KS Prairie Band Casino 61 698.8684 Smokin Timbers BBQ MAN MEAT BBQ
Jul 9, 2021 Mayetta, KS Prairie Band Casino 43 713.1316 Happy Grillmore SLAPS BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180174.8916172.5828
Pork Ribs180173.7028170.8456
Pork177.7028174.2972172.5828
Brisket176173.1428170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

48 entries · top 697.0968 · median 658.4572

#TeamScore
1 SPITFIRE 697.0968
2 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 696
3 SMOOTH SMOKE 692.5256
4 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 691.3712
5 LAZY BUTT BBQ 689.0284
6 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 686.2284
7 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 685.6460
8 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 682.1712
9 SMOKERS PURGATORY 679.3372
10 THE SMOKING HILLS 678.7884
11 JP CUSTOM SMOKE 678.2860
12 Fat&Dumb BBQ 675.3828
13 B & C SMOKERS 674.7772
14 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 674.1716
15 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 673.6460
16 BOXER Q BBQ 670.7768
17 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 669.6916
18 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 667.3372
19 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 663.8744
20 MAN MEAT BBQ 662.7312
21 Smokin Co BBQ 662.7200
22 WHITE MOOSE BBQ 661.5888
23 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 659.8856
24 CAKES & QUE 658.7084
25 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 658.2060
26 SCOTTYARDS BBQ 658.1600
27 INDIGO PIG 657.5772
28 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 657.1208
29 BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS 655.8628
30 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 655.3716
31 SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 655.3140
32 Showtime 652.3884
33 RED OAK BBQ 650.7884
34 BLACK EYE BBQ 650.1256
35 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 646.2400
36 RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ 645.0512
37 777 BBQ 641.5544
38 BLUE COLLAR BBQ 639.9316
39 BLOWIN' SMOKE 635.2916
40 CRAZY BONES BBQ 634.1712
41 GEMINI BBQ 631.7712
42 BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES 630.1944
43 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 627.8288
44 Sweet Meat BBQ 627.3484
45 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 624.3992
46 SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ 617.5424
47 Smoking Pallet 607.2116
48 MEL'S BBQ 497.5768

Chicken

48 entries · top 180 · median 167.3770 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 180 🔥
2 JP CUSTOM SMOKE 179.4400
3 SPITFIRE 176.0228
4 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 176
5 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 174.8916
6 SMOOTH SMOKE 174.2628
7 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 173.7028
8 SMOKERS PURGATORY 173.1428
9 BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS 173.1200
10 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 172.5828
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 172.5484
12 Smokin Co BBQ 171.9772
13 BLOWIN' SMOKE 171.4400
14 BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES 171.4400
15 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 170.2744
16 THE SMOKING HILLS 170.2628
17 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 170.2628
18 B & C SMOKERS 169.7144
19 777 BBQ 169.1428
20 RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ 169.1428
21 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 169.1316
22 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 167.4744
23 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 167.3944
24 MAN MEAT BBQ 167.3828
25 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 167.3712
26 INDIGO PIG 166.8228
27 CRAZY BONES BBQ 166.2628
28 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 165.7144
29 BLUE COLLAR BBQ 165.7028
30 Fat&Dumb BBQ 165.1200
31 BOXER Q BBQ 164.5256
32 LAZY BUTT BBQ 163.9428
33 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 162.2400
34 BLACK EYE BBQ 162.2284
35 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 161.6800
36 Sweet Meat BBQ 161.1772
37 WHITE MOOSE BBQ 161.0856
38 SCOTTYARDS BBQ 160.5372
39 SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 159.3828
40 RED OAK BBQ 158.8800
41 GEMINI BBQ 158.8116
42 MEL'S BBQ 157.6456
43 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 156.4796
44 Showtime 155.9544
45 CAKES & QUE 153.6228
46 Smoking Pallet 152.5028
47 SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ 149.1084
48 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 141.6572

Pork Ribs

48 entries · top 180 · median 164.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LAZY BUTT BBQ 180 🔥
2 SPITFIRE 176.5600
3 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 174.8572
4 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 174.2628
5 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 173.7028
6 SMOKERS PURGATORY 173.1316
7 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 172.5716
8 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 172.0116
9 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 171.4172
10 CAKES & QUE 170.8456
11 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 169.7144
12 THE SMOKING HILLS 169.1544
13 RED OAK BBQ 169.1428
14 SMOOTH SMOKE 169.1200
15 JP CUSTOM SMOKE 168.5944
16 B & C SMOKERS 168.5372
17 RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ 168
18 MAN MEAT BBQ 166.8456
19 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 166.8344
20 Showtime 166.8228
21 BLACK EYE BBQ 166.2744
22 BOXER Q BBQ 165.7256
23 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 165.0972
24 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 164.5600
25 Smokin Co BBQ 164.5600
26 Fat&Dumb BBQ 163.4400
27 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 163.3944
28 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 162.9032
29 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 162.8228
30 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 162.8000
31 Sweet Meat BBQ 162.2972
32 INDIGO PIG 162.2516
33 CRAZY BONES BBQ 162.2512
34 SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 161.7372
35 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 160.5256
36 WHITE MOOSE BBQ 159.9772
37 SCOTTYARDS BBQ 159.9656
38 BLUE COLLAR BBQ 159.4288
39 777 BBQ 157.6688
40 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 156.5144
41 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 154.2400
42 BLOWIN' SMOKE 154.2288
43 BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS 153.6456
44 Smoking Pallet 153.1544
45 GEMINI BBQ 151.9312
46 BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES 149.0628
47 SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ 143.3716
48 MEL'S BBQ 20

Pork

48 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228

#TeamScore
1 INDIGO PIG 177.7028
2 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 176.5600
3 SMOOTH SMOKE 175.4400
4 BOXER Q BBQ 174.8572
5 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 174.2972
6 THE SMOKING HILLS 174.2856
7 LAZY BUTT BBQ 174.2628
8 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 174.2628
9 SPITFIRE 173.1084
10 JP CUSTOM SMOKE 172.5828
11 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 171.9656
12 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 171.4400
13 Fat&Dumb BBQ 171.4056
14 CAKES & QUE 170.8456
15 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 169.7028
16 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 169.1544
17 GEMINI BBQ 169.1200
18 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 169.1200
19 B & C SMOKERS 168.5600
20 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 168.5372
21 SCOTTYARDS BBQ 167.9772
22 BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS 167.9656
23 SMOKERS PURGATORY 167.3944
24 Smokin Co BBQ 167.3828
25 Smoking Pallet 166.2628
26 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 165.1428
27 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 165.1200
28 MAN MEAT BBQ 165.1200
29 WHITE MOOSE BBQ 165.1088
30 777 BBQ 165.0972
31 BLUE COLLAR BBQ 164.5828
32 SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 164.5256
33 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 163.9656
34 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 163.4172
35 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 162.8800
36 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 162.8344
37 RED OAK BBQ 162.8228
38 MEL'S BBQ 162.2628
39 BLACK EYE BBQ 162.2400
40 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 161.7028
41 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 161.1200
42 SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ 160.5140
43 RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ 159.9656
44 Showtime 159.9312
45 BLOWIN' SMOKE 157.1428
46 Sweet Meat BBQ 153.6340
47 BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES 152.5600
48 CRAZY BONES BBQ 150.8228

Brisket

48 entries · top 176 · median 163.3886

#TeamScore
1 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 176
2 Fat&Dumb BBQ 175.4172
3 WHITE MOOSE BBQ 175.4172
4 SMOOTH SMOKE 173.7028
5 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 173.1428
6 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 172.5944
7 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 171.9772
8 SPITFIRE 171.4056
9 LAZY BUTT BBQ 170.8228
10 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 170.8228
11 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 169.6916
12 SCOTTYARDS BBQ 169.6800
13 Showtime 169.6800
14 SKYY FULL OF SMOKE 169.6684
15 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 169.1200
16 B & C SMOKERS 167.9656
17 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 166.8228
18 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 166.2400
19 BOXER Q BBQ 165.6684
20 SMOKERS PURGATORY 165.6684
21 THE SMOKING HILLS 165.0856
22 SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ 164.5484
23 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 164.5372
24 CAKES & QUE 163.3944
25 MAN MEAT BBQ 163.3828
26 PASSIONS OF THE PIT 161.7144
27 BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS 161.1316
28 SCOTTS BBQ SHACK 160.5256
29 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 159.9772
30 RED OAK BBQ 159.9428
31 BLACK EYE BBQ 159.3828
32 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 159.3600
33 Smokin Co BBQ 158.8000
34 JP CUSTOM SMOKE 157.6688
35 MEL'S BBQ 157.6684
36 BIG D & THE BRIQUETTES 157.1316
37 CRAZY BONES BBQ 154.8344
38 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 152.5028
39 BLOWIN' SMOKE 152.4800
40 GEMINI BBQ 151.9084
41 INDIGO PIG 150.8000
42 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet 150.7888
43 Sweet Meat BBQ 150.2400
44 BLUE COLLAR BBQ 150.2172
45 777 BBQ 149.6456
46 RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ 147.9428
47 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 144.5140
48 Smoking Pallet 135.2916

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 — Side Dish

15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.1428

#TeamScore
1 LAZY BUTT BBQ 177.1544
2 OVERLAND PORK BBQ 177.1428
3 Smokin Co BBQ 174.2856
4 Smoking Pallet 171.4400
5 BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE 170.8228
6 JOE'S CAROLINA STYLE BBQ 170.3200
7 Showtime 170.2856
8 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 169.1428
9 BLOWIN' SMOKE 169.1312
10 ROCK N BLUES BBQ 169.1084
11 CRAZY BONES BBQ 169.1084
12 PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ 166.8800
13 B & C SMOKERS 165.1200
14 BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR 158.8800
15 LICKITY SPLIT BBQ 157.1312

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