Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2

2019-05-25 – 2019-05-26 · Gettysburg, PA · 📍 95 Presidential Circle · State championship

Reps: LOUISE WEIDNER, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $4,500.00

Grand Champion: Wolf's Revenge BBQ (702.2516) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE

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WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

702.2516 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE

699.9772 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

695.3828 · 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.

623.79 median 684.48 702.25 🏆

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 180.00 🔥
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

139.92 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

702.2516

Winning margin

2.2744

GC over RC

Field average

677.19

623.79702.25

median 684.48 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

INSANE SWINE BBQ (Brisket), UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (Brisket), INSANE SWINE BBQ (Chicken) + 3 more

Tightest race

Pork

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.1944

623.79702.25

10th place overall

Field spread

78.4572

winner to last place

Prize money

$4,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.2856 pts — OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE

How hot was the win?

Top 24%

beats 76% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1669

avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1975 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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 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 8th
Pork 4th
Brisket 18th

A day of perfect scores

6 perfect 180s

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

INSANE SWINE BBQ · Brisket
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT · Brisket
INSANE SWINE BBQ · Chicken

A stacked field

1669 average power rating going in

Stronger than 98% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1669 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.

top seed WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (1975)
32 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: INSANE SWINE BBQ and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: CONVICTED PIGS BBQ and BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ and BAD AZZ MULE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

INSANE SWINE BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.

Chicken 1st
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)

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	180.0000	174.8572	172.5600
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.5600	174.3316
Pork	180.0000	177.1428	174.8572
Brisket	180.0000	175.4056	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 702.2516 · median 684.4798

#	Team	Score
1	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	702.2516
2	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	699.9772
3	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	695.3828
4	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	694.8000
5	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	693.0856
6	3 Eyz BBQ	690.7772
7	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	690.7540
8	INSANE SWINE BBQ	690.2172
9	APORKALYPSE NOW	690.1944
10	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	690.1944
11	Peace, Love & Smokiness	689.6344
12	Sauce This BBQ	689.0744
13	BIG RAZ BBQ	687.8740
14	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	687.3944
15	SMOKECRAFT - MD	686.2632
16	SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	685.0512
17	DRILLING & GRILLING	683.9084
18	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	680.4456
19	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	677.0284
20	War Pigs	674.8116
21	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	674.7312
22	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	673.1204
23	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	672.4572
24	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	669.5772
25	Still Workin' On It	667.8856
26	Hambones by the Fire	664.5028
27	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	664.3884
28	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	657.6116
29	BIG DOG BBQ VA	648.9944
30	SASQUATCH BBQ - PA	637.0632
31	Blind Cherry BBQ	636.9372
32	50 SHADES OF PORK	623.7944

Chicken

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	INSANE SWINE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	178.8572
4	APORKALYPSE NOW	177.7144
5	SASQUATCH BBQ - PA	174.8572
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	174.2628
7	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	173.1200
8	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	173.1200
9	BIG RAZ BBQ	173.1084
10	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	172.5600
11	3 Eyz BBQ	171.9772
12	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	171.9656
13	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.9656
14	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	171.4172
15	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	171.4056
16	Peace, Love & Smokiness	170.8344
17	SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	170.8344
18	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	170.2628
19	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.6800
20	DRILLING & GRILLING	169.6684
21	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	169.6684
22	Hambones by the Fire	169.1428
23	50 SHADES OF PORK	168.5372
24	Sauce This BBQ	167.3828
25	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	167.3828
26	War Pigs	166.2516
27	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	166.2284
28	SMOKECRAFT - MD	165.1088
29	Still Workin' On It	163.9656
30	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	160.5256
31	BIG DOG BBQ VA	158.2172
32	Blind Cherry BBQ	155.3716

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9658 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKECRAFT - MD	177.7144
3	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	176.5828
4	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	176.5600
5	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	176.5600
6	Still Workin' On It	176.0344
7	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	176.0000
8	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	175.4172
9	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	174.8572
10	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	174.3316
11	Sauce This BBQ	174.2744
12	SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	173.7028
13	3 Eyz BBQ	173.1200
14	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	170.8344
15	Peace, Love & Smokiness	169.6800
16	DRILLING & GRILLING	168.5372
17	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	167.3944
18	APORKALYPSE NOW	167.3828
19	BIG RAZ BBQ	166.2400
20	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	165.6800
21	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	165.6800
22	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	165.1316
23	INSANE SWINE BBQ	163.9428
24	War Pigs	163.4056
25	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	162.8228
26	Hambones by the Fire	162.8116
27	BIG DOG BBQ VA	162.2744
28	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	159.9312
29	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	158.8572
30	SASQUATCH BBQ - PA	156.5600
31	Blind Cherry BBQ	155.9428
32	50 SHADES OF PORK	152.5372

Pork

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BIG RAZ BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	178.8572
3	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	178.8572
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	178.2972
5	War Pigs	177.1428
6	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	175.4400
7	DRILLING & GRILLING	175.4172
8	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	175.4172
9	Sauce This BBQ	174.8572
10	Peace, Love & Smokiness	174.8572
11	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	174.2744
12	APORKALYPSE NOW	173.1316
13	SMOKECRAFT - MD	172.5600
14	3 Eyz BBQ	171.9772
15	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	170.8228
16	Still Workin' On It	170.8228
17	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	170.2628
18	SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	170.2628
19	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	170.2628
20	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	169.6800
21	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	169.6800
22	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	166.8228
23	Hambones by the Fire	166.3200
24	INSANE SWINE BBQ	166.2744
25	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	165.0972
26	BIG DOG BBQ VA	163.3712
27	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	162.7884
28	Blind Cherry BBQ	162.2400
29	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	160.5028
30	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	157.6916
31	SASQUATCH BBQ - PA	142.7888
32	50 SHADES OF PORK	139.9200

Brisket

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7086 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	INSANE SWINE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	180.0000 🔥
3	OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	177.7372
4	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	176.0000
5	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	175.4056
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	174.2744
7	Peace, Love & Smokiness	174.2628
8	3 Eyz BBQ	173.7028
9	PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	173.1200
10	Sauce This BBQ	172.5600
11	APORKALYPSE NOW	171.9656
12	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	171.9656
13	SMOKECRAFT - MD	170.8800
14	DRILLING & GRILLING	170.2856
15	SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	170.2512
16	SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	169.7372
17	PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	169.6800
18	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	168.5372
19	ALL FIRED UP BBQ	168.5372
20	CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	168.5256
21	BIG RAZ BBQ	168.5256
22	War Pigs	168.0116
23	BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	167.9772
24	Hambones by the Fire	166.2284
25	BIG DOG BBQ VA	165.1316
26	Blind Cherry BBQ	163.3828
27	LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	163.3828
28	SASQUATCH BBQ - PA	162.8572
29	BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE	162.8116
30	50 SHADES OF PORK	162.8000
31	BLUE & GRAY BBQ	161.6916
32	Still Workin' On It	157.0628

Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2

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)

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

A stacked field

Photo finishes

A double category winner

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