The Best Dam Barbeque

2019-05-24 – 2019-05-25 · Boulder City, NV · 📍 Boulder City, NV 89005 · State championship

Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $12,000.00

Grand Champion: Burnin and Lootin (702.8112) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Fergolicious BBQ

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BURNIN AND LOOTIN

702.8112 · Master Series — Overall

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Fergolicious BBQ

689.0516 · Master Series — Overall

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ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT

687.3256 · Master Series — Overall

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.

628.35 median 664.49 702.81 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 179.44

146.24 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

702.8112

Winning margin

13.7596

GC over RC

Field average

664.85

628.35702.81

median 664.49 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (Chicken), Fergolicious BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

4.5828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

674.1368

628.35702.81

10th place overall

Field spread

74.4572

winner to last place

Prize money

$12,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

BURNIN AND LOOTIN

avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.0344 pts — BIG POPPA SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 22%

beats 78% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1616

avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

rated 1993 pre-contest

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.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

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

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 5th
Brisket 3rd

A statement win

13.7596 points clear of the field

Wider than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The champion won by 13.7596 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 8–9: BAD BOYZ BBQ and ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Portly Fellas BBQ and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ and ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 8–9 · tie
Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ · Chicken
Fergolicious BBQ · Pork

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2019-05-24 ← this one	Boulder City, NV	Boulder City, NV 89005	29	702.8112	Burnin and Lootin	Fergolicious BBQ
2021-05-28	Boulder City, NV	999 colorado St	26	693.0740	YSB BBQ	RIP N BONES BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	173.7028	170.8684
Pork Ribs	178.8572	174.2744	168.5828
Pork	180.0000	173.7028	170.2628
Brisket	179.4400	169.6800	167.4172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 702.8112 · median 664.4912

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	702.8112
2	Fergolicious BBQ	689.0516
3	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	687.3256
4	ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q	685.6684
5	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	683.9088
6	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	683.3368
7	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	679.3828
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	679.3256
9	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	678.7424
10	Portly Fellas BBQ	674.1368
11	COW TIPPIN BBQ	669.0512
12	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	668.4572
13	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	666.7200
14	GIRLS CAN GRILL	666.6740
15	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	664.4912
16	BAD BOYZ BBQ	663.2684
17	The BBQ Asylum	661.5428
18	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	659.8168
19	SIN CITY SMOKERS	659.3484
20	Rhythm n QUE	659.2680
21	WILD HOGS BBQ	655.3256
22	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	655.2568
23	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	652.4684
24	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	649.0284
25	CASUAL SMOKERS	643.9544
26	ROLLIN SMOKE BARBEQUE	642.1716
27	Bad To The Bone Smokin' BBQ	639.9080
28	Fox Smokehouse BBQ	631.7712
29	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	628.3540

Chicken

29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5488 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	178.8572
3	ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q	176.5828
4	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	175.4056
5	COW TIPPIN BBQ	173.7028
6	Rhythm n QUE	173.1428
7	SIN CITY SMOKERS	172.0000
8	BAD BOYZ BBQ	171.9656
9	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	171.9656
10	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	170.8684
11	The BBQ Asylum	170.2628
12	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	170.2628
13	WILD HOGS BBQ	169.7144
14	GIRLS CAN GRILL	169.1200
15	Fergolicious BBQ	168.5488
16	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	167.9656
17	Bad To The Bone Smokin' BBQ	167.4056
18	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	167.3828
19	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	165.1200
20	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	165.0856
21	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	165.0856
22	Portly Fellas BBQ	164.5256
23	ROLLIN SMOKE BARBEQUE	163.4172
24	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	162.8228
25	Fox Smokehouse BBQ	162.8228
26	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	161.1200
27	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	160.5372
28	CASUAL SMOKERS	159.9428
29	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	146.2400

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6684

#	Team	Score
1	Portly Fellas BBQ	178.8572
2	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	178.8572
3	The BBQ Asylum	176.5600
4	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	175.4172
5	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	174.2744
6	SIN CITY SMOKERS	171.9772
7	Fergolicious BBQ	170.8228
8	ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q	169.7028
9	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	169.1200
10	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	168.5828
11	ROLLIN SMOKE BARBEQUE	168.5600
12	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	168.0000
13	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	167.9656
14	GIRLS CAN GRILL	167.3828
15	COW TIPPIN BBQ	165.6684
16	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	165.1200
17	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	164.5600
18	Rhythm n QUE	164.5256
19	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	163.9544
20	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	163.9544
21	Fox Smokehouse BBQ	162.2516
22	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	161.6684
23	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	161.6684
24	Bad To The Bone Smokin' BBQ	161.0740
25	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	159.9428
26	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	159.3828
27	WILD HOGS BBQ	157.6456
28	BAD BOYZ BBQ	153.0744
29	CASUAL SMOKERS	151.9544

Pork

29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5944 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Fergolicious BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	177.1428
3	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	174.8572
4	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	174.8572
5	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	173.7028
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	172.5600
7	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	171.9656
8	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	171.4056
9	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	170.2856
10	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	170.2628
11	ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q	169.7144
12	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	169.6916
13	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	169.6684
14	BAD BOYZ BBQ	169.1084
15	CASUAL SMOKERS	168.5944
16	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	168.5256
17	Portly Fellas BBQ	167.9656
18	COW TIPPIN BBQ	166.2744
19	GIRLS CAN GRILL	165.0856
20	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	164.5488
21	SIN CITY SMOKERS	162.2168
22	Bad To The Bone Smokin' BBQ	161.7028
23	WILD HOGS BBQ	160.5484
24	The BBQ Asylum	160.5028
25	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	159.9772
26	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	158.2284
27	ROLLIN SMOKE BARBEQUE	157.0856
28	Rhythm n QUE	156.5028
29	Fox Smokehouse BBQ	154.7884

Brisket

29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4628

#	Team	Score
1	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	179.4400
2	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	175.4056
3	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	174.8456
4	PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	174.3200
5	Fergolicious BBQ	169.6800
6	ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q	169.6684
7	BAD BOYZ BBQ	169.1200
8	VEGAS GRILLBILLIES	169.1084
9	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	168.5140
10	WILD HOGS BBQ	167.4172
11	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	166.8228
12	Rhythm n QUE	165.0968
13	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	165.0856
14	GIRLS CAN GRILL	165.0856
15	CASUAL SMOKERS	163.4628
16	COW TIPPIN BBQ	163.4056
17	Portly Fellas BBQ	162.7884
18	NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	162.7884
19	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	160.5372
20	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	159.9428
21	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	157.6340
22	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	156.5144
23	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	155.3944
24	The BBQ Asylum	154.2172
25	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	154.2056
26	SIN CITY SMOKERS	153.1544
27	ROLLIN SMOKE BARBEQUE	153.1088
28	Fox Smokehouse BBQ	151.9084
29	Bad To The Bone Smokin' BBQ	149.7256

The Best Dam Barbeque

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 (4 found in this contest's numbers)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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