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Down Town Barbecue Throwdown

Dec 14–15, 2018 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Fremont Street

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BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX
699.3944 · Master Series — Overall
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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
693.6684 · Master Series — Overall
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SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ
691.9544 · Master Series — Overall

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX won Grand Champion at the Down Town Barbecue Throwdown on December 14, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV at Fremont Street, scoring 699.3944 in a field of 32 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6684. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKEDOUT BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (177.7028); Pork — BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (177.1428); Brisket — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (177.7028).

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 177.70
  • Pork 177.14
  • Brisket 177.70
135.34 180

Entries

32
4 judged meats

Top score

699.3944

Winning margin

5.7260
GC over RC

Field average

666.62
595.22699.39
median 670.75 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
SMOKEDOUT BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.8740
595.22699.39
10th place overall

Field spread

104.1720
winner to last place

Most consistent

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX
avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2856 pts — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 36%
beats 64% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,665
avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2051 pre-contest

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.

An upset on the books

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1693
  • top seed 2051

A stacked field

1665 average power rating going in

Stronger than 98% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1665 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.

  • top seed IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (2051)
  • 32 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX and HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: THE BRISKET BROTHERS and MEATSWEATS BBQ tied on 171.4284 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 8th

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.

  • SMOKEDOUT BBQ · Chicken

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180177.1428172.5716
Pork Ribs177.7028173.7144171.4288
Pork177.1428173.1200171.4056
Brisket177.7028174.2628170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 699.3944 · median 670.7540

#TeamScore
1 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 699.3944
2 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 693.6684
3 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 691.9544
4 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 690.7884
5 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 690.1940
6 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 689.0744
7 GETTIN' BASTED 686.7540
8 SMOKEDOUT BBQ 683.3600
9 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 682.7312
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 679.8740
11 FUNTIME BBQ 678.8344
12 OUTTA GAS BBQ 678.7428
13 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 678.1712
14 MEATSWEATS BBQ 674.7312
15 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 674.2404
16 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 670.7884
17 HONKY-TONK SMOKERS 670.7196
18 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 669.0748
19 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 668.4800
20 GIRLS CAN GRILL 665.6344
21 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 664.4912
22 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 664.4800
23 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 659.8856
24 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 658.2288
25 GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ 657.0400
26 STEVEO'S BBQ 645.5660
27 ALL UP IN MY GRILL 643.9088
28 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 641.6228
29 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 641.5888
30 INFINITE SMOKE BBQ 625.0056
31 QUED UP 617.5084
32 1 2 BBQ 595.2224

Chicken

32 entries · top 180 · median 167.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SMOKEDOUT BBQ 180 🔥
2 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 178.8572
3 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 177.7028
4 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 177.7028
5 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 177.1428
6 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 175.4056
7 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 174.8456
8 FUNTIME BBQ 173.1428
9 GETTIN' BASTED 173.1200
10 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 172.5716
11 OUTTA GAS BBQ 171.9656
12 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 171.4056
13 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 169.1084
14 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 169.1084
15 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 168.5256
16 STEVEO'S BBQ 167.9772
17 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 167.4056
18 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 167.3828
19 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 167.3828
20 HONKY-TONK SMOKERS 166.2168
21 GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ 165.1312
22 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 164.5256
23 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 163.9656
24 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 163.9428
25 ALL UP IN MY GRILL 162.2744
26 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 162.2628
27 INFINITE SMOKE BBQ 162.2516
28 GIRLS CAN GRILL 160.5256
29 QUED UP 158.7884
30 MEATSWEATS BBQ 157.0512
31 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 155.3828
32 1 2 BBQ 150.8572

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6914

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 177.7028
2 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 176.5600
3 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 175.4172
4 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 174.2628
5 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 173.7144
6 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 173.7144
7 GETTIN' BASTED 173.7028
8 GIRLS CAN GRILL 173.1544
9 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 173.1316
10 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 171.4288
11 SMOKEDOUT BBQ 170.8916
12 MEATSWEATS BBQ 170.8344
13 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 170.8344
14 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 170.8228
15 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 170.8228
16 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 170.8228
17 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 168.5600
18 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 168.5372
19 OUTTA GAS BBQ 167.9888
20 ALL UP IN MY GRILL 167.4172
21 HONKY-TONK SMOKERS 166.8228
22 FUNTIME BBQ 165.7144
23 INFINITE SMOKE BBQ 165.7028
24 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 164.0232
25 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 163.4288
26 GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ 163.3828
27 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 162.2744
28 STEVEO'S BBQ 158.2516
29 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 158.2400
30 QUED UP 157.6800
31 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 155.9772
32 1 2 BBQ 151.3368

Pork

32 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.7086

#TeamScore
1 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 177.1428
2 OUTTA GAS BBQ 176.5600
3 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 176
4 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 174.2628
5 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 173.1200
6 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 172.5600
7 FUNTIME BBQ 172.0116
8 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 171.4284
9 MEATSWEATS BBQ 171.4284
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 171.4056
11 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 170.8228
12 GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ 170.2744
13 HONKY-TONK SMOKERS 169.1428
14 GETTIN' BASTED 169.1200
15 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 167.9888
16 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 167.9772
17 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 167.4400
18 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 167.4172
19 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 167.4056
20 GIRLS CAN GRILL 167.3944
21 STEVEO'S BBQ 166.2400
22 ALL UP IN MY GRILL 165.0972
23 SMOKEDOUT BBQ 163.9428
24 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 163.4172
25 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 163.3828
26 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 161.1084
27 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 160.5372
28 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 159.9772
29 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 154.2056
30 INFINITE SMOKE BBQ 149.0856
31 1 2 BBQ 146.8112
32 QUED UP 135.3372

Brisket

32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.1028

#TeamScore
1 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 177.7028
2 MEATSWEATS BBQ 175.4172
3 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.8800
4 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 174.8456
5 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 174.2628
6 SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 172.5600
7 ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 171.9772
8 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 170.8344
9 GETTIN' BASTED 170.8112
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 170.2628
11 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 169.6800
12 HONKY-TONK SMOKERS 168.5372
13 SMOKEDOUT BBQ 168.5256
14 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 168
15 FUNTIME BBQ 167.9656
16 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 167.3828
17 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 166.8228
18 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 166.2628
19 QUED UP 165.7028
20 GIRLS CAN GRILL 164.5600
21 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 163.9772
22 OUTTA GAS BBQ 162.2284
23 STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ 160.5944
24 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 160.5488
25 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 158.2628
26 GLAZED AND INFUSED BBQ 158.2516
27 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 154.2744
28 STEVEO'S BBQ 153.0972
29 ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q 153.0972
30 ALL UP IN MY GRILL 149.1200
31 INFINITE SMOKE BBQ 147.9656
32 1 2 BBQ 146.2172

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