Won without a category win
3 of 3
meats called to the stage
5TH GEAR BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 3 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 2nd
16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
May 17–18, 2019 · Riverside, CA · 📍 8351 Magnolia Ave
Reps: Kathleen McIntosh, Kelly McIntosh
5TH GEAR BBQ won Grand Champion at the 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) on May 17, 2019 in Riverside, CA at 8351 Magnolia Ave, scoring 677.0744 in a field of 16 teams. Sweet Willy’s BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.8688. Category winners: Chicken — Whoa Pig BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — IN FLAMMA, BULL! (174.2972); Pork — Sweet Willy’s BBQ (174.8456).
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.
563.44
median 633.06
677.07 🏆
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 174.30
- Pork 174.85
130.30
180
Entries
16
3 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
677.0744
Winning margin
2.2056
GC over RC
Field average
628.72
563.44677.07
median 633.06 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
7.4056 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
627.3716
563.44677.07
10th place overall
Field spread
113.6344
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.08 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,499
avg power rating going in · stronger than 1% of contests
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.
A first Grand Championship
1
title in the data
This was 5th Gear BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
5TH GEAR BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 2–3: 5TH GEAR BBQ and Sweet Willy’s BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Smoque-ology edged Montia's Pythons in Search of the Holy Grill by 0.0112. Pork places 5–6: Montia's Pythons in Search of the Holy Grill edged ROLLIN FOG BARBECUE by 0.0228.
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0112
- Pork 5–6 · 0.0228
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0456
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.
- Whoa Pig 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)
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 | 180 | 165.1428 | 155.4628 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 163.9772 | 154.2172 |
| Pork | 174.8456 | 167.4400 | 156.0228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 677.0744 · median 633.0628 · out of 720, not the usual 360
Chicken
16 entries · top 180 · median 158.2970 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 174.2972 · median 155.1200
Pork
16 entries · top 174.8456 · median 158
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.
Backyard Series — Backyard Tri-Tip
16 entries · top 165.1200 · median 155.3830