A statement win
10.3084
points clear of the field
Wider than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.3084 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition
2019-04-05 – 2019-04-06 · Wels, 4600 · AUSTRIA · 📍 Messegelaende
Grand Champion: Bunch of Swines (685.0856) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ
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.
636.57
median 650.75
685.09 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Master Series — Chicken 174.29
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 174.29
- Master Series — Pork 172.02
- Master Series — Brisket 176.00
146.83
176.00
Entries
16
5 judged meats
Top score
685.0856
Winning margin
10.3084
GC over RC
Field average
653.68
636.57685.09
median 650.75 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8568 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
649.5768
636.57685.09
10th place overall
Field spread
48.5140
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 81%
beats 19% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1560
avg power rating going in · stronger than 47% 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 8 calls decided inside half a point
Master Series — Pork Ribs places 7–8: GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS and COOKLOUNGE BBQ tied on 162.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Brisket places 9–10: BALDICUE and Omerta BBQ tied on 161.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 7–8: COOKLOUNGE BBQ edged GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS by 0.0004.
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Master Series — Brisket 9–10 · tie
- Master Series — Pork 7–8 · 0.0004
- Master Series — Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BUNCH OF SWINES won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BUNCH OF SWINES took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
- Chicken 7th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 1st
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 174.2856 | 171.4288 | 165.1316 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 174.2856 | 165.1316 | 157.6800 |
| Master Series — Pork | 172.0228 | 166.2628 | 162.2628 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176.0000 | 166.2744 | 161.6800 |
| Ancillary — Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 685.0856 · median 650.7484
Chicken
16 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.3142
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.7144
Pork
16 entries · top 172.0228 · median 164.2626
Brisket
16 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.5428
Ancillary
Pork Ribs
2 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FEHER NYUL BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ |