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SMSU Smokefest

2018-08-17 – 2018-08-18 · Marshall, MN · 📍 1501 State Street

Grand Champion: LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY (689.0856) · 40 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ

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LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY
689.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
688.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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HOGLINE
687.4056 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 175.44
  • Pork 177.74
  • Brisket 174.85
136.50 178.86

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2016-08-19 — 695.3712 (SHIGGIN & GRINNIN) 2017-08-18 — 687.9772 (BACKROADS BBQ) 2018-08-17 — 689.0856 (LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY) 2019-08-16 — 697.0972 (Lucky's Q) 689.09 2016 2019

Entries

40
4 judged meats

Top score

689.0856

Winning margin

0.5600
GC over RC

Field average

662.42
594.17689.09
median 668.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2628 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.2516
594.17689.09
10th place overall

Field spread

94.9140
winner to last place

Most consistent

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.3316 pts — HOGLINE

How hot was the win?

Top 73%
beats 27% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

66%
27 of 41 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1590
avg power rating going in · stronger than 71% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q
rated 1933 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

0.5600 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

  • LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY
  • RUM N' SMOKE BBQ

An upset on the books

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1694
  • top seed 1933

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 13th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 15th

A knife fight at the top

3.4284 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4284 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.

  • 1st LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY
  • 2nd RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
  • 3rd HOGLINE
  • 4th SHIGGIN & GRINNIN
  • 5th CITY SLICKERS BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS and SMOKE IN THE EYE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: MUSTANG SALLY BBQ and LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ and RUM N' SMOKE BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Brisket 3–4 · tie

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (won 2016), BACKROADS BBQ (won 2017).

  • SHIGGIN & GRINNIN · 2016
  • BACKROADS BBQ · 2017

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
2016-08-19 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 37 695.3712 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN LUCKY'S Q
2017-08-18 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 41 687.9772 BACKROADS BBQ TIMBONE BARBECUE
2018-08-17 ← this one Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 40 689.0856 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
2019-08-16 MARSHALL, MN 1501 State Street 46 697.0972 Lucky's Q BIGG SMOAK BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176.5600172.0116
Pork Ribs175.4400173.1200169.1200
Pork177.7372173.7028169.6800
Brisket174.8456172.5828170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

40 entries · top 689.0856 · median 668.2058

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 689.0856
2 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 688.5256
3 HOGLINE 687.4056
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 686.8000
5 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 685.6572
6 TIMBONE BARBECUE 685.1428
7 RUB MY RACK 681.6456
8 C R BUTTS SMOKE 679.3720
9 TOTALLY SAUCED 679.3488
10 LUCKY'S Q 678.2516
11 THE DOCFATHER BBQ 677.6576
12 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 677.0512
13 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 676.4800
14 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 674.7544
15 BACKROADS BBQ 674.2172
16 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 673.0168
17 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 672.4572
18 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 670.7888
19 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 670.1828
20 SPITFIRE 669.0972
21 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 667.3144
22 SONS OF BUTCHERS 666.2288
23 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 666.1828
24 RICHIE Z's 665.1088
25 SMOKE IN THE EYE 664.4912
26 BUGHOUSE BBQ 657.6456
27 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 657.0976
28 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 656.5144
29 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 650.2284
30 Pinch N Pull BBQ 649.5540
31 MYASSIS SMOKIN 647.8972
32 TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 647.8400
33 BULLY BBQ 647.2916
34 White Pants BBQ 637.0172
35 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 636.9944
36 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 630.7888
37 Smoke 'n Beers 627.8172
38 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 626.7200
39 Grease Monkey Grilling 622.7776
40 Mama Watzz West Texas BBQ 594.1716

Chicken

40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 178.8572
2 THE DOCFATHER BBQ 177.7144
3 TIMBONE BARBECUE 177.1428
4 C R BUTTS SMOKE 176.5716
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 176.5600
6 HOGLINE 175.4056
7 RUB MY RACK 174.2628
8 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 173.1428
9 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 172.5600
10 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 172.0116
11 SONS OF BUTCHERS 170.8572
12 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 170.8456
13 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 170.8228
14 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 170.8228
15 BUGHOUSE BBQ 170.2972
16 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 169.7028
17 TOTALLY SAUCED 169.1316
18 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 168.5256
19 SPITFIRE 168.0000
20 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 167.9772
21 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 167.9772
22 RICHIE Z's 166.8572
23 Pinch N Pull BBQ 166.8456
24 BACKROADS BBQ 166.2628
25 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 166.2628
26 Smoke 'n Beers 166.2516
27 BULLY BBQ 165.7028
28 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 164.5944
29 White Pants BBQ 163.9772
30 TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 163.9544
31 SMOKE IN THE EYE 163.4056
32 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 162.8000
33 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 162.2860
34 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 161.0972
35 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 160.5828
36 MYASSIS SMOKIN 159.3944
37 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 153.7028
38 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 149.1316
39 Mama Watzz West Texas BBQ 148.0116
40 Grease Monkey Grilling 143.9660

Pork Ribs

40 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.5430

#TeamScore
1 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4400
2 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 174.8572
3 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 174.2972
4 C R BUTTS SMOKE 174.2744
5 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 173.1200
6 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 172.5600
7 SMOKE IN THE EYE 172.5600
8 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 171.9656
9 RICHIE Z's 169.1316
10 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 169.1200
11 MYASSIS SMOKIN 169.1200
12 TIMBONE BARBECUE 168.5944
13 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 168.5716
14 TOTALLY SAUCED 168.5600
15 BACKROADS BBQ 167.9772
16 RUB MY RACK 167.9656
17 Pinch N Pull BBQ 167.3944
18 White Pants BBQ 167.3828
19 Grease Monkey Grilling 166.8572
20 TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 166.8344
21 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 166.2516
22 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 165.7144
23 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 165.6916
24 SPITFIRE 165.6800
25 BULLY BBQ 165.0972
26 BUGHOUSE BBQ 164.5256
27 THE DOCFATHER BBQ 163.9888
28 LUCKY'S Q 163.4172
29 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 163.4172
30 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 163.4060
31 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 163.3828
32 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 163.3828
33 HOGLINE 162.8572
34 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 162.2400
35 SONS OF BUTCHERS 161.6916
36 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 161.6800
37 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 161.1428
38 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 161.0972
39 Smoke 'n Beers 156.5028
40 Mama Watzz West Texas BBQ 152.0000

Pork

40 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.4000

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 177.7372
2 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 175.4056
3 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 175.4056
4 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 174.2744
5 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 173.7028
6 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 173.7028
7 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.1200
8 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 172.5716
9 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 170.8228
10 THE DOCFATHER BBQ 169.6800
11 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 169.6800
12 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 169.1428
13 TIMBONE BARBECUE 169.1200
14 Smoke 'n Beers 168.5600
15 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 168.5372
16 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 167.9772
17 SONS OF BUTCHERS 167.9772
18 BACKROADS BBQ 167.9772
19 BUGHOUSE BBQ 167.4056
20 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 167.4056
21 TOTALLY SAUCED 167.3944
22 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 166.8572
23 RUB MY RACK 165.7144
24 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 165.1428
25 LUCKY'S Q 163.9772
26 SPITFIRE 162.8344
27 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 162.8116
28 SMOKE IN THE EYE 162.8000
29 MYASSIS SMOKIN 162.2628
30 C R BUTTS SMOKE 162.2516
31 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 161.6800
32 Pinch N Pull BBQ 161.6684
33 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 161.6684
34 TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 161.1200
35 White Pants BBQ 160.5600
36 RICHIE Z's 159.9772
37 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 158.8228
38 BULLY BBQ 158.2516
39 Grease Monkey Grilling 154.8000
40 Mama Watzz West Texas BBQ 146.8000

Brisket

40 entries · top 174.8456 · median 165.7142

#TeamScore
1 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 174.8456
2 TOTALLY SAUCED 174.2628
3 RUB MY RACK 173.7028
4 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 173.7028
5 SPITFIRE 172.5828
6 BACKROADS BBQ 172.0000
7 LUCKY'S Q 172.0000
8 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 171.9884
9 HOGLINE 171.4056
10 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 170.8228
11 TIMBONE BARBECUE 170.2856
12 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 169.6800
13 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 169.6684
14 RICHIE Z's 169.1428
15 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 168.5484
16 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 166.8228
17 THE DOCFATHER BBQ 166.2744
18 C R BUTTS SMOKE 166.2744
19 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 166.2628
20 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.7256
21 SONS OF BUTCHERS 165.7028
22 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 165.6800
23 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 165.1200
24 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 163.4516
25 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 162.8228
26 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 161.0972
27 BULLY BBQ 158.2400
28 MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ 157.7260
29 Grease Monkey Grilling 157.1544
30 MYASSIS SMOKIN 157.1200
31 TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 155.9312
32 BUGHOUSE BBQ 155.4172
33 BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER 155.3600
34 Pinch N Pull BBQ 153.6456
35 CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 152.5828
36 GOOD OL BOYS BBQ 147.3600
37 Mama Watzz West Texas BBQ 147.3600
38 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 145.6228
39 White Pants BBQ 145.0972
40 Smoke 'n Beers 136.5028

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