A hat-trick of category wins
3
category wins in a day
BURNIN AND LOOTIN won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off
May 10–11, 2019 · Long Beach, CA · 📍 The Queen Mary Event Park · State championship
Reps: Gene Goycochea, Kelly McIntosh · Prize money: $7,000
BURNIN AND LOOTIN won Grand Champion at the Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off on May 10, 2019 in Long Beach, CA at The Queen Mary Event Park, scoring 697.0860 in a field of 12 teams. ROOFTOP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3368. Category winners: Chicken — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (177.7028); Pork Ribs — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (177.7144); Pork — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (177.7144); Brisket — The BBQ Yard (176.5716).
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.
541.28
median 675.90
697.09 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.70
- Pork Ribs 177.71
- Pork 177.71
- Brisket 176.57
117.46
177.71
Entries
12
4 judged meats
Top score
697.0860
Winning margin
1.7492
GC over RC
Field average
655.19
541.28697.09
median 675.90 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
2.3088 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
624.3432
541.28697.09
10th place overall
Field spread
155.8060
winner to last place
Prize money
$7,000
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 46%
beats 54% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.84 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,602
avg power rating going in · stronger than 79% of contests
Storylines (3 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 3 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 7–8: JC BBQ and WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ tied on 165.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: RAD FONDO BBQ edged ROOFTOP BBQ by 0.0116. Brisket places 3–4: RAD FONDO BBQ edged ROOFTOP BBQ by 0.0116.
- Pork 7–8 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0116
- Brisket 3–4 · 0.0116
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BURNIN AND LOOTIN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 8th
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 | 177.7028 | 169.1428 | 158.8116 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 170.8344 | 152.4916 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 157.0972 |
| Brisket | 176.5716 | 174.2628 | 155.9428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
12 entries · top 697.0860 · median 675.8970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 2 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 3 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 4 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 5 | Team Woodshed | |
| 6 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 7 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 8 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 9 | JC BBQ | |
| 10 | The Q Joint BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad Boy Barrell BBQ | |
| 12 | Masters 4 Disasters |
Chicken
12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 2 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 3 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 4 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 5 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 6 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 7 | Team Woodshed | |
| 8 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 9 | JC BBQ | |
| 10 | The Q Joint BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad Boy Barrell BBQ | |
| 12 | Masters 4 Disasters |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 2 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 5 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 6 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 7 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 8 | Team Woodshed | |
| 9 | JC BBQ | |
| 10 | The Q Joint BBQ | |
| 11 | Masters 4 Disasters | |
| 12 | Bad Boy Barrell BBQ |
Pork
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 2 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 3 | Team Woodshed | |
| 4 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 5 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 6 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 7 | JC BBQ | |
| 8 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 10 | The Q Joint BBQ | |
| 11 | Masters 4 Disasters | |
| 12 | Bad Boy Barrell BBQ |
Brisket
12 entries · top 176.5716 · median 169.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 2 | Team Woodshed | |
| 3 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 4 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 5 | JC BBQ | |
| 6 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 8 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 9 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 10 | The Q Joint BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad Boy Barrell BBQ | |
| 12 | Masters 4 Disasters |