A first Grand Championship
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title in the data
This was Thanks A Glatt's first Grand Championship in the data.
South Florida's Fired Up Kosher BBQ Battle and Festival (KOSHER SERIES)
Dec 31, 2018 – Jan 1, 2019 · Boca Raton, FL
Thanks A Glatt won Grand Champion at the South Florida's Fired Up Kosher BBQ Battle and Festival (KOSHER SERIES) on December 31, 2018 in Boca Raton, FL, scoring 665.7144 in a field of 13 teams. Greatest Grillman took Reserve Grand Champion with 646.3200. Category winners: Chicken — Smokey Bandits (168.5944); Brisket — Thanks A Glatt (170.8228).
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.
474.31
median 606.21
665.71 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 168.59
- Brisket 170.82
39.60
170.82
Entries
13
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
665.7144
Winning margin
19.3944
GC over RC
Field average
606.14
474.31665.71
median 606.21 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
6.3316 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
596.4004
474.31665.71
10th place overall
Field spread
191.4056
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 98%
beats 2% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = 0.08 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,500
avg power rating going in · stronger than 1% of contests
Storylines (4 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 statement win
19.3944
points clear of the field
Wider than 99% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 19.3944 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
Thanks A Glatt finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
0.0228
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 5–6: Smokey Bandits edged Friday Night Live by 0.0228. Chicken places 8–9: Real Southern Comfort edged Bone Shanker by 0.4912.
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0228
- Chicken 8–9 · 0.4912
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 | 168.5944 | 162.2628 | 148.0116 |
| Brisket | 170.8228 | 157.1312 | 138.7888 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
13 entries · top 665.7144 · median 606.2052
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanks A Glatt | |
| 2 | Greatest Grillman | |
| 3 | Barb Koach | |
| 4 | Roast Chodesh | |
| 5 | Friday Night Live | |
| 6 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 7 | Jewcy Que | |
| 8 | Neu BergerTeam | |
| 9 | Bone Shanker | |
| 10 | Bakar BQ | |
| 11 | Real Southern Comfort | |
| 12 | High Steaks | |
| 13 | BRS Western Beef |
Chicken
13 entries · top 168.5944 · median 161.1540
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 2 | Greatest Grillman | |
| 3 | Jewcy Que | |
| 4 | Friday Night Live | |
| 5 | Barb Koach | |
| 6 | Thanks A Glatt | |
| 7 | Roast Chodesh | |
| 8 | Real Southern Comfort | |
| 9 | Bone Shanker | |
| 10 | Bakar BQ | |
| 11 | Neu BergerTeam | |
| 12 | High Steaks | |
| 13 | BRS Western Beef |
Brisket
13 entries · top 170.8228 · median 150.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanks A Glatt | |
| 2 | Roast Chodesh | |
| 3 | Greatest Grillman | |
| 4 | Barb Koach | |
| 5 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 6 | Friday Night Live | |
| 7 | Real Southern Comfort | |
| 8 | Jewcy Que | |
| 9 | Bakar BQ | |
| 10 | Neu BergerTeam | |
| 11 | High Steaks | |
| 12 | BRS Western Beef | |
| 13 | Bone Shanker |
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
13 entries · top 173.1316 · median 154.8688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanks A Glatt | |
| 2 | Greatest Grillman | |
| 3 | Barb Koach | |
| 4 | Jewcy Que | |
| 5 | Bakar BQ | |
| 6 | High Steaks | |
| 7 | Roast Chodesh | |
| 8 | Neu BergerTeam | |
| 9 | Bone Shanker | |
| 10 | Friday Night Live | |
| 11 | BRS Western Beef | |
| 12 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 13 | Real Southern Comfort |
Master Series — Turkey
13 entries · top 164.5828 · median 150.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neu BergerTeam | |
| 2 | Bone Shanker | |
| 3 | Thanks A Glatt | |
| 4 | Barb Koach | |
| 5 | BRS Western Beef | |
| 6 | Bakar BQ | |
| 7 | Friday Night Live | |
| 8 | Greatest Grillman | |
| 9 | High Steaks | |
| 10 | Real Southern Comfort | |
| 11 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 12 | Roast Chodesh | |
| 13 | Jewcy Que |