A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
The Original Northwest BBQ Company finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Aug 18–19, 2018 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clock Tower Park,1401 Palisade
RUSTY'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off on August 18, 2018 in DuPont, WA at Clock Tower Park,1401 Palisade, scoring 705.1772 in a field of 27 teams. DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5028. Category winners: Chicken — MADDDOG'S BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE (180.0000); Pork — RUSTY'S BBQ (175.4628); Brisket — RUSTY'S BBQ (176.5944).
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.
486.17
median 659.87
705.18 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.70
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 175.46
- Brisket 176.59
145.66
180
Entries
27
4 judged meats
Top score
705.1772
Winning margin
4.6744
GC over RC
Field average
653.43
486.17705.18
median 659.87 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4056 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
671.8856
486.17705.18
10th place overall
Field spread
219.0056
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 13%
beats 87% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,514
avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests
Storylines (5 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 8–9: BOOTIES BBQ and SmacDaddy BBQ tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SmacDaddy BBQ and JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Bradshaw's Kitchen edged BLUE EYED BBQ by 0.0112.
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Pork 5–6 · 0.0112
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
RUSTY'S BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
RUSTY'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 2nd.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE · 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)
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 | 177.7028 | 174.2972 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.1544 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 175.4628 | 170.8684 | 169.7144 |
| Brisket | 176.5944 | 173.1084 | 167.3944 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 705.1772 · median 659.8744
Chicken
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2516
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 180 · median 164.5488 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
26 entries · top 175.4628 · median 167.1256
Brisket
27 entries · top 176.5944 · median 160