South Florida's Fired Up Kosher BBQ Battle and Festival (KOSHER SERIES)
2018-12-31 – 2019-01-01 · Boca Raton, FL · 📍 Boca Raton, FL 33433
Grand Champion: Thanks A Glatt (665.7144) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Greatest Grillman
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 19.3944 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Thanks A Glatt won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 5–6: Smokey Bandits edged Friday Night Live by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Neu BergerTeam edged Bone Shanker by 0.4572. Chicken places 8–9: Real Southern Comfort edged Bone Shanker by 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)
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 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 156.5028 | 151.4056 |
| 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 |
Pork 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 |
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 — 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 |