The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Feb 15–16, 2019 · Indian Wells, CA · 📍 Miramonte Resort

Prize money: $10,600

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

697.7144 · Master Series — Overall

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RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ

688.5484 · Master Series — Overall

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BEER BELLY BBQ

686.2056 · Master Series — Overall

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won Grand Champion at The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) on February 15, 2019 in Indian Wells, CA at Miramonte Resort, scoring 697.7144 in a field of 49 teams. RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5484. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MOODSWING BBQ (177.7144); Pork — Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque (176.0000); Brisket — PART TIME BBQ (176.5600).

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.

481.12 median 670.77 697.71 🏆

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 177.71
Pork 176
Brisket 176.56

142.23 180

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

697.7144

Winning margin

9.1660

GC over RC

Field average

662.31

481.12697.71

median 670.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

2.2628 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.3604

481.12697.71

10th place overall

Field spread

216.5944

winner to last place

Prize money

$10,600

on the line

Most consistent

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2856 pts — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 42%

beats 58% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.5 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,601

avg power rating going in · stronger than 78% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q

rated 1941 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

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1772
top seed 1941

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 16th
Pork 2nd
Brisket 4th

A statement win

9.1660 points clear of the field

Wider than 85% of the 4,714 championships in the data

The champion won by 9.1660 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PART TIME BBQ and PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: MOODSWING BBQ and DAY OF THE PIG BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 5–6 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork 8–9 · tie

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.

HICKORY AND SPICE 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)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180	174.8572	172.5944
Pork Ribs	177.7144	175.4516	172.5716
Pork	176	173.1544	172.5484
Brisket	176.5600	173.7260	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 697.7144 · median 670.7660

#	Team	Score
1	SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE	697.7144
2	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	688.5484
3	BEER BELLY BBQ	686.2056
4	PART TIME BBQ	685.6572
5	LUCKY'S Q	685.6456
6	LADY OF Q	685.0860
7	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	685.0856
8	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	682.2400
9	MUDVILLE BBQ	679.9084
10	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	679.3604
11	Big Smoke BBQ Australia	677.6000
12	RAD FONDO BBQ	677.5884
13	MOODSWING BBQ	677.1316
14	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	677.1084
15	Burnin Bellies	674.7312
16	JC BBQ	673.6452
17	SMOKERS PURGATORY	673.1092
18	The BBQ Yard	673.0740
19	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	673.0516
20	Simply Marvelous BBQ	673.0056
21	Team Woodshed	672.4688
22	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	672.4568
23	SMOKIN' HART'S	671.9888
24	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	671.9200
25	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	670.7660
26	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	670.2284
27	COW TIPPIN BBQ	669.6916
28	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	669.5884
29	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	668.4568
30	FUNTIME BBQ	667.3600
31	2LiveQ	666.1832
32	SHIG NINJA BBQ	663.3368
33	B' MACKIN BBQ	662.7428
34	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	662.6856
35	EAGLESMOKE BBQ	659.7940
36	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	657.5888
37	Hi Desert Ratz BBQ	653.6460
38	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	653.6116
39	GREEN CARD Q	653.0284
40	Stagecoach Barbecue	647.8628
41	Sacred Smoke BBQ	647.4172
42	BLUE EYED BBQ	644.4116
43	JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE	642.1488
44	Revin It Up BBQ	641.6228
45	CASUAL SMOKERS	637.6456
46	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	637.5084
47	CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE	624.4000
48	Pigs on the River BBQ	606.1600
49	BIG RED BBQ	481.1200

Chicken

48 entries · top 180 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	180 🔥
2	SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE	177.7144
3	EAGLESMOKE BBQ	176
4	The BBQ Yard	175.4400
5	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	174.8572
6	LADY OF Q	174.8572
7	PART TIME BBQ	173.7144
8	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	173.7144
9	Big Smoke BBQ Australia	173.1200
10	Stagecoach Barbecue	172.5944
11	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	172
12	BEER BELLY BBQ	171.4172
13	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	170.8228
14	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	170.8228
15	Burnin Bellies	170.2628
16	LUCKY'S Q	170.2628
17	RAD FONDO BBQ	169.7028
18	MOODSWING BBQ	169.1772
19	SMOKIN' HART'S	169.1200
20	Sacred Smoke BBQ	168.5828
21	MUDVILLE BBQ	168.5256
22	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	167.9772
23	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	167.9656
24	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	166.8800
25	FUNTIME BBQ	166.8344
26	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	166.2744
27	Simply Marvelous BBQ	164.5256
28	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	163.9544
29	B' MACKIN BBQ	163.9428
30	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	163.9312
31	SMOKERS PURGATORY	163.4172
32	Hi Desert Ratz BBQ	163.4172
33	SHIG NINJA BBQ	163.3712
34	JC BBQ	162.8340
35	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	162.8228
36	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	162.2740
37	Team Woodshed	162.2400
38	COW TIPPIN BBQ	162.2284
39	Revin It Up BBQ	158.8572
40	JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE	158.8460
41	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	158.2400
42	CASUAL SMOKERS	157.1428
43	2LiveQ	157.0744
44	GREEN CARD Q	155.3600
45	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	154.8344
46	BLUE EYED BBQ	154.7772
47	CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE	151.9656
48	Pigs on the River BBQ	150.8228

Pork Ribs

49 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5256

#	Team	Score
1	MOODSWING BBQ	177.7144
2	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	177.7144
3	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	176.5600
4	MUDVILLE BBQ	176.0116
5	SMOKIN' HART'S	175.4516
6	LADY OF Q	174.8688
7	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	173.7372
8	The BBQ Yard	173.7144
9	COW TIPPIN BBQ	172.5944
10	BEER BELLY BBQ	172.5716
11	Burnin Bellies	172.5600
12	LUCKY'S Q	172.5600
13	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	172
14	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	170.8688
15	FUNTIME BBQ	170.8572
16	SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE	169.7372
17	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	169.7028
18	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	169.7028
19	Team Woodshed	169.6916
20	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	169.1200
21	Simply Marvelous BBQ	169.1200
22	CASUAL SMOKERS	168.5716
23	JC BBQ	168.5600
24	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	168.5600
25	EAGLESMOKE BBQ	168.5256
26	Stagecoach Barbecue	168.0228
27	2LiveQ	168.0116
28	PART TIME BBQ	167.9772
29	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	166.2972
30	RAD FONDO BBQ	166.2516
31	BIG RED BBQ	164.5600
32	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	164.5372
33	SMOKERS PURGATORY	163.9772
34	GREEN CARD Q	163.4400
35	Sacred Smoke BBQ	163.4172
36	JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE	162.8228
37	B' MACKIN BBQ	161.7028
38	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	161.6800
39	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	161.6800
40	Pigs on the River BBQ	160.5716
41	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	160.5144
42	Big Smoke BBQ Australia	158.8000
43	Hi Desert Ratz BBQ	158.2744
44	SHIG NINJA BBQ	158.2628
45	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	154.2172
46	Revin It Up BBQ	152.5256
47	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	151.3600
48	CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE	149.6344
49	BLUE EYED BBQ	148.5144

Pork

49 entries · top 176 · median 167.9772

#	Team	Score
1	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	176
2	SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE	175.4172
3	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	174.2744
4	GREEN CARD Q	173.7028
5	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	173.1544
6	Big Smoke BBQ Australia	173.1200
7	BLUE EYED BBQ	172.5716
8	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	172.5600
9	LUCKY'S Q	172.5600
10	JC BBQ	172.5484
11	SMOKERS PURGATORY	171.9888
12	Simply Marvelous BBQ	171.9772
13	BEER BELLY BBQ	171.4056
14	Team Woodshed	170.8572
15	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	170.8228
16	RAD FONDO BBQ	170.8228
17	Burnin Bellies	170.8228
18	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	170.2628
19	COW TIPPIN BBQ	169.7144
20	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	169.6800
21	JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE	169.6800
22	SHIG NINJA BBQ	169.1544
23	FUNTIME BBQ	169.1200
24	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	169.1084
25	2LiveQ	167.9772
26	MUDVILLE BBQ	167.4056
27	PART TIME BBQ	167.4056
28	LADY OF Q	167.3944
29	EAGLESMOKE BBQ	167.3828
30	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	166.9028
31	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	166.2400
32	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	166.2284
33	The BBQ Yard	165.6684
34	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	165.0856
35	B' MACKIN BBQ	163.9544
36	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	162.8340
37	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	162.8000
38	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	162.2400
39	SMOKIN' HART'S	162.2400
40	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	161.6800
41	Hi Desert Ratz BBQ	161.1200
42	Revin It Up BBQ	160.5372
43	Stagecoach Barbecue	160.5028
44	MOODSWING BBQ	159.9772
45	CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE	157.0972
46	CASUAL SMOKERS	155.9656
47	Sacred Smoke BBQ	150.2744
48	BIG RED BBQ	150.2744
49	Pigs on the River BBQ	142.2284

Brisket

49 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9656

#	Team	Score
1	PART TIME BBQ	176.5600
2	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	176
3	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	175.4056
4	SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE	174.8456
5	SMOKERS PURGATORY	173.7260
6	B' MACKIN BBQ	173.1428
7	2LiveQ	173.1200
8	Big Smoke BBQ Australia	172.5600
9	SHIG NINJA BBQ	172.5484
10	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	171.9656
11	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	171.4172
12	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	170.8800
13	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	170.8572
14	Hi Desert Ratz BBQ	170.8344
15	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	170.8228
16	BEER BELLY BBQ	170.8112
17	RAD FONDO BBQ	170.8112
18	MOODSWING BBQ	170.2628
19	LUCKY'S Q	170.2628
20	JC BBQ	169.7028
21	Revin It Up BBQ	169.7028
22	Team Woodshed	169.6800
23	BLUE EYED BBQ	168.5484
24	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	168.5372
25	LADY OF Q	167.9656
26	MUDVILLE BBQ	167.9656
27	Simply Marvelous BBQ	167.3828
28	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	166.8228
29	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	166.8112
30	BIG RED BBQ	166.2856
31	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	166.2400
32	CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE	165.7028
33	SMOKIN' HART'S	165.1772
34	COW TIPPIN BBQ	165.1544
35	Sacred Smoke BBQ	165.1428
36	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	165.1088
37	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	165.1084
38	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	162.2400
39	Burnin Bellies	161.0856
40	FUNTIME BBQ	160.5484
41	GREEN CARD Q	160.5256
42	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	159.3716
43	The BBQ Yard	158.2512
44	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	157.1200
45	CASUAL SMOKERS	155.9656
46	Pigs on the River BBQ	152.5372
47	JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE	150.8000
48	EAGLESMOKE BBQ	147.8856
49	Stagecoach Barbecue	146.7428

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.

Ancillary — Dessert

16 entries · top 180 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B' MACKIN BBQ	180 🔥
2	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	180 🔥
3	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	178.8572
4	Simply Marvelous BBQ	178.8572
5	YARD LOBSTER BBQ	177.7028
6	SMOKIN' HART'S	177.7028
7	LUCKY'S Q	175.4172
8	DAY OF THE PIG BBQ	175.4056
9	GREEN CARD Q	175.4056
10	LADY OF Q	174.2628
11	BLUE EYED BBQ	173.7028
12	Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque	173.1544
13	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	170.8572
14	PART TIME BBQ	170.8344
15	DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ	163.9428
16	CASUAL SMOKERS	163.4400

Kids-Q — Kids Q Ages 11 To 15 Years

4 entries · top 180 · median 176.0172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	.Smokin Jayden	180 🔥
2	.Lil Marvelous	177.1772
3	.BoyBurns	174.8572
4	.2LiveQ Jr	173.1200

Kids-Q — Kids Q Ages 6 To 10 Years

3 entries · top 175.4400 · median 175.4172

#	Team	Score
1	.Sweet N' Spice BBQ	175.4400
2	.Team Arriaga	175.4172
3	.Danielson	170.2628

The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A statement win

Photo finishes

A perfect score on the table

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Dessert

Kids-Q — Kids Q Ages 11 To 15 Years

Kids-Q — Kids Q Ages 6 To 10 Years