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Sun BBQFest

Jun 1–2, 2019 · Uncasville, CT · 📍 Mohegan Sun Casino · State championship

Reps: Connie Amidei, Jonathan Amidei · Prize money: $27,100

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MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
698.8456 · Master Series — Overall
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BIG RAZ BBQ
697.7028 · Master Series — Overall
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PADDY MCQ'S
690.2512 · Master Series — Overall

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ won Grand Champion at the Sun BBQFest on June 1, 2019 in Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Casino, scoring 698.8456 in a field of 61 teams. BIG RAZ BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.7028. Category winners: Chicken — PADDY MCQ'S (178.3200); Pork Ribs — CHICKEN CHOKERS (174.8800); Pork — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (177.1544); Brisket — BIG RAZ BBQ (176.5600).

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 178.32
  • Pork Ribs 174.88
  • Pork 177.15
  • Brisket 176.56
20 178.32

Entries

61
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

698.8456

Winning margin

1.1428
GC over RC

Field average

645.31
461.60698.85
median 652.49 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.7260
461.60698.85
10th place overall

Field spread

237.2456
winner to last place

Prize money

$27,100
on the line

Most consistent

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
avg finish 4 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 1.1200 pts — BIG RAZ BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 37%
beats 63% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,578
avg power rating going in · stronger than 62% of contests

Top-rated in the field

APORKALYPSE NOW
rated 1899 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.1428 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 81% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.

  • MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ
  • BIG RAZ BBQ

An upset on the books

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, APORKALYPSE NOW, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1748
  • top seed 1899

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 7th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 3rd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: T-BONE BBQ MA and Pikes Pits BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: A-QUE and FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and APORKALYPSE NOW tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 1–2 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie

One of the big ones

61 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data

61 teams — bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data.

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.3200174.2972172.5600
Pork Ribs174.8800171.9656169.7144
Pork177.1544174.2972172.0228
Brisket176.5600174.2628170.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

61 entries · top 698.8456 · median 652.4912

#TeamScore
1 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 698.8456
2 BIG RAZ BBQ 697.7028
3 PADDY MCQ'S 690.2512
4 PRIORVILLE BBQ 686.8916
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 683.9200
6 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 681.6568
7 INSANE SWINE BBQ 679.9540
8 ACK-QUE 679.3828
9 THAT'S OUR QUE 679.3488
10 APORKALYPSE NOW 673.7260
11 CHICKEN CHOKERS 673.0856
12 El Jefe Smoke 672.4684
13 Rogue Hog BBQ 671.3712
14 Four Smoking Guys 669.6568
15 TOP GUN BARBECUE 668.5372
16 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 666.3200
17 PORK BUTT PARADISE 666.2176
18 MR. BROWN'S BBQ 665.6800
19 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 664.4800
20 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 662.7772
21 BBQ PIT KING 662.1712
22 A MAZIE Q 661.6684
23 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 661.0516
24 A-QUE 660.6400
25 FIRE DOWN BELOW 659.8628
26 KREWE DU QUE 658.3316
27 BIG ROCK BBQ 657.1316
28 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 656.9712
29 Q HAVEN BBQ 654.7428
30 Pig Data BBQ 653.7484
31 DANTE'S INFERNO 652.4912
32 KISS MY BBQ 650.7652
33 T-BONE BBQ MA 650.2172
34 BOO BOO QUED 648.5260
35 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 648.4456
36 BACKYARD SMOKERS 647.9772
37 QUE BIZ 645.5312
38 PITS AND GIGGLES 645.0052
39 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 643.9200
40 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 642.7888
41 TONY2GRILLS BBQ 642.6512
42 STICKS & STONES BBQ 641.5656
43 Pikes Pits BBQ 640.9716
44 HANDSOME DEVIL 635.9428
45 SMOKIN OKIE BBQ 634.7660
46 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 633.6232
47 Team GottaQ 632.5484
48 BLACK DOG BBQ RI 624.4800
49 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 622.1600
50 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 622.1368
51 Big BarQ BBQ 616.9940
52 BARBEDUDES 615.3144
53 I SMELL SLABS!!! 613.5536
54 SLALOM SMOKERS 613.0516
55 SMOKIN IRISH 610.6744
56 SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. 608.4800
57 TITANS OF BBQ 605.5772
58 FATBOYZ BBQ 587.8972
59 BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ 587.4288
60 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 518.2404
61 R.I B BBQ/ catering 461.6000

Chicken

61 entries · top 178.3200 · median 164.5256

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 178.3200
2 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 177.7028
3 BIG RAZ BBQ 175.4056
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 174.8456
5 Q HAVEN BBQ 174.2972
6 T-BONE BBQ MA 173.7144
7 Pikes Pits BBQ 173.7144
8 MR. BROWN'S BBQ 173.7028
9 A-QUE 172.5600
10 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 172.5600
11 FIRE DOWN BELOW 172.5484
12 BIG ROCK BBQ 170.8800
13 BBQ PIT KING 170.8572
14 Big BarQ BBQ 169.6684
15 CHICKEN CHOKERS 169.1200
16 THAT'S OUR QUE 168.5716
17 TONY2GRILLS BBQ 168.5372
18 BOO BOO QUED 168.0228
19 INSANE SWINE BBQ 167.9656
20 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 167.9656
21 PRIORVILLE BBQ 167.4400
22 KREWE DU QUE 166.8572
23 ACK-QUE 166.8456
24 Rogue Hog BBQ 166.8228
25 QUE BIZ 166.8112
26 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 166.2628
27 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 165.6800
28 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 165.1200
29 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 165.0972
30 A MAZIE Q 164.5484
31 KISS MY BBQ 164.5256
32 DANTE'S INFERNO 163.9884
33 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 163.3944
34 SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. 162.8572
35 APORKALYPSE NOW 162.2744
36 PITS AND GIGGLES 161.6684
37 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 161.6684
38 El Jefe Smoke 161.6456
39 Pig Data BBQ 161.1428
40 FATBOYZ BBQ 161.1428
41 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 161.1316
42 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 161.1200
43 Four Smoking Guys 161.1084
44 STICKS & STONES BBQ 161.0972
45 PORK BUTT PARADISE 160.5144
46 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 159.4284
47 SMOKIN IRISH 159.3944
48 BACKYARD SMOKERS 158.8800
49 BARBEDUDES 158.8340
50 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 156.5372
51 TOP GUN BARBECUE 155.9428
52 SMOKIN OKIE BBQ 154.7772
53 SLALOM SMOKERS 154.2972
54 Team GottaQ 153.6912
55 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 153.6684
56 TITANS OF BBQ 151.3944
57 HANDSOME DEVIL 151.3828
58 R.I B BBQ/ catering 150.8228
59 I SMELL SLABS!!! 148.5256
60 BLACK DOG BBQ RI 146.8456
61 BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ 142.2972

Pork Ribs

60 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.7086

#TeamScore
1 CHICKEN CHOKERS 174.8800
2 BIG RAZ BBQ 174.2972
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 171.9884
4 PADDY MCQ'S 171.9772
5 Team GottaQ 171.9656
6 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 171.4400
7 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 171.4172
8 THAT'S OUR QUE 170.8344
9 INSANE SWINE BBQ 170.2856
10 PRIORVILLE BBQ 169.7144
11 A-QUE 169.2000
12 Rogue Hog BBQ 169.1772
13 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 169.1544
14 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 169.1200
15 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 169.1200
16 ACK-QUE 168.5716
17 El Jefe Smoke 168.5600
18 PORK BUTT PARADISE 168.0232
19 DANTE'S INFERNO 168
20 TOP GUN BARBECUE 167.4744
21 Pig Data BBQ 167.4516
22 KREWE DU QUE 167.4516
23 Q HAVEN BBQ 167.4400
24 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 167.4172
25 MR. BROWN'S BBQ 166.8572
26 BBQ PIT KING 166.8456
27 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 166.2512
28 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 166.2400
29 APORKALYPSE NOW 165.1544
30 Four Smoking Guys 165.1428
31 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 162.2744
32 TONY2GRILLS BBQ 162.2628
33 BLACK DOG BBQ RI 161.7028
34 STICKS & STONES BBQ 161.6572
35 BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ 160.5372
36 QUE BIZ 159.9772
37 I SMELL SLABS!!! 158.8456
38 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 158.2516
39 BIG ROCK BBQ 157.7260
40 Big BarQ BBQ 157.6800
41 FIRE DOWN BELOW 155.9544
42 PITS AND GIGGLES 155.4172
43 A MAZIE Q 155.3944
44 BACKYARD SMOKERS 154.8228
45 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 154.8228
46 SMOKIN IRISH 154.2400
47 BOO BOO QUED 153.7144
48 SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. 153.1316
49 BARBEDUDES 152.5260
50 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 151.9544
51 KISS MY BBQ 151.9084
52 T-BONE BBQ MA 150.8228
53 SMOKIN OKIE BBQ 150.2744
54 HANDSOME DEVIL 149.7144
55 Pikes Pits BBQ 146.8116
56 SLALOM SMOKERS 146.2856
57 TITANS OF BBQ 146.2400
58 FATBOYZ BBQ 146.2172
59 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 142.2172
60 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 20

Pork

61 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.4172

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 177.1544
2 APORKALYPSE NOW 177.1544
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 177.1544
4 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 174.8456
5 PRIORVILLE BBQ 174.2972
6 El Jefe Smoke 174.2628
7 Four Smoking Guys 173.7028
8 INSANE SWINE BBQ 173.1428
9 PITS AND GIGGLES 172.5484
10 KISS MY BBQ 172.0228
11 BIG RAZ BBQ 171.4400
12 THAT'S OUR QUE 171.4172
13 A MAZIE Q 170.8800
14 FIRE DOWN BELOW 170.8572
15 PADDY MCQ'S 170.8456
16 SMOKIN OKIE BBQ 170.2972
17 PORK BUTT PARADISE 169.7028
18 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 169.6912
19 ACK-QUE 169.6800
20 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 169.1772
21 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 168.5944
22 Rogue Hog BBQ 168.5600
23 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 168.5372
24 BACKYARD SMOKERS 168.0116
25 BIG ROCK BBQ 167.4172
26 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 167.4056
27 STICKS & STONES BBQ 165.7144
28 Pikes Pits BBQ 165.0856
29 TITANS OF BBQ 164.5828
30 BOO BOO QUED 164.5256
31 CHICKEN CHOKERS 163.4172
32 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 163.3944
33 HANDSOME DEVIL 162.8228
34 BBQ PIT KING 162.8112
35 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 162.8000
36 KREWE DU QUE 162.3428
37 Pig Data BBQ 162.2740
38 BLACK DOG BBQ RI 161.1316
39 SLALOM SMOKERS 160.5372
40 MR. BROWN'S BBQ 160
41 QUE BIZ 159.3600
42 I SMELL SLABS!!! 158.8112
43 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 158.8000
44 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 158.2860
45 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 157.1200
46 R.I B BBQ/ catering 156.5372
47 A-QUE 156.0228
48 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 155.9772
49 T-BONE BBQ MA 154.8228
50 Q HAVEN BBQ 154.8000
51 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 154.2744
52 TONY2GRILLS BBQ 154.2056
53 BARBEDUDES 153.7144
54 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 152.5256
55 DANTE'S INFERNO 152.5028
56 Team GottaQ 149.7372
57 SMOKIN IRISH 148.5028
58 SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. 147.9540
59 BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ 142.8572
60 Big BarQ BBQ 136.5484
61 FATBOYZ BBQ 131.9428

Brisket

61 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8000

#TeamScore
1 BIG RAZ BBQ 176.5600
2 PRIORVILLE BBQ 175.4400
3 MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ 174.8800
4 ACK-QUE 174.2856
5 BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 174.2628
6 HANDSOME DEVIL 172.0228
7 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 171.4172
8 T-BONE BBQ MA 170.8572
9 A MAZIE Q 170.8456
10 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 170.8344
11 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 169.7488
12 Four Smoking Guys 169.7028
13 APORKALYPSE NOW 169.1428
14 PADDY MCQ'S 169.1084
15 INSANE SWINE BBQ 168.5600
16 THAT'S OUR QUE 168.5256
17 DANTE'S INFERNO 168
18 El Jefe Smoke 168
19 PORK BUTT PARADISE 167.9772
20 TOP GUN BARBECUE 167.9656
21 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 167.4172
22 Rogue Hog BBQ 166.8112
23 BACKYARD SMOKERS 166.2628
24 CHICKEN CHOKERS 165.6684
25 MR. BROWN'S BBQ 165.1200
26 BEANTOWN SMOKERS 164.6172
27 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 163.9772
28 Pig Data BBQ 162.8800
29 A-QUE 162.8572
30 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 162.8456
31 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 162.8000
32 KISS MY BBQ 162.3084
33 BOO BOO QUED 162.2632
34 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 162.2628
35 KREWE DU QUE 161.6800
36 BBQ PIT KING 161.6572
37 BIG ROCK BBQ 161.1084
38 FIRE DOWN BELOW 160.5028
39 SMOKIN OKIE BBQ 159.4172
40 QUE BIZ 159.3828
41 JOHN'S TWISTED Q 158.8228
42 Q HAVEN BBQ 158.2056
43 TONY2GRILLS BBQ 157.6456
44 Team GottaQ 157.1544
45 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 155.3712
46 PITS AND GIGGLES 155.3712
47 Pikes Pits BBQ 155.3600
48 BLACK DOG BBQ RI 154.8000
49 R.I B BBQ/ catering 154.2400
50 Big BarQ BBQ 153.0972
51 STICKS & STONES BBQ 153.0968
52 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 153.0856
53 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 152.5600
54 SLALOM SMOKERS 151.9316
55 BARBEDUDES 150.2400
56 FATBOYZ BBQ 148.5944
57 SMOKIN IRISH 148.5372
58 I SMELL SLABS!!! 147.3712
59 SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. 144.5372
60 TITANS OF BBQ 143.3600
61 BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ 141.7372

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.

Ancillary — Dessert

11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.1656

#TeamScore
1 GREENWITCH QUE CO. 176.5600
2 BIG ROCK BBQ 176.0228
3 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 175.4056
4 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 172.5600
5 BOO BOO QUED 171.4172
6 TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST 169.1656
7 T-BONE BBQ MA 165.7144
8 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 164.5372
9 THE OUTLAW BBQ NY 164.5256
10 THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 161.6572
11 PITS AND GIGGLES 157.6456

Ancillary — Steak

13 entries · top 159.4516 · median 145.2456

#TeamScore
1 Big BarQ BBQ 159.4516
2 KISS MY BBQ 155.4400
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 152.6516
4 SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES 151.9884
5 LITTLEMAN' TEXAS BBQ 149.1084
6 Four Smoking Guys 146.9256
7 BEVERAGE BROTHERS 145.2456
8 VALLEY SMOKE BBQ 142.9372
9 El Jefe Smoke 142.8456
10 T-BONE BBQ MA 135.4400
11 Pikes Pits BBQ 129.0972
12 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 126.2628
13 PRIORVILLE BBQ 125.1884

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