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Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff

2019-06-08 – 2019-06-09 · Pilot Butte, SK · CANADA · 📍 Inland Park

Reps: BRENDA BLACK, KEN BLACK

Grand Champion: Eggspert BBQ Minnesota (673.0744) · 19 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ

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673.0744 · Master Series — Overall
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666.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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666.2056 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 173.14
  • Pork Ribs 178.88
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 170.86
125.49 178.88

Entries

19
4 judged meats

Top score

673.0744

Winning margin

6.2516
GC over RC

Field average

621.32
550.30673.07
median 623.30 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
4.6172 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

623.3028
550.30673.07
10th place overall

Field spread

122.7776
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 6.8572 pts — EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA

How hot was the win?

Top 94%
beats 6% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1545
avg power rating going in · stronger than 34% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1745 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.

An upset on the books

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

Eggspert BBQ Minnesota came in rated below the field's top team, SMELLAQUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1562
  • top seed 1745

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Frozen Toque BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 12th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 12th
  • Pork 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2019-06-08 ← this one Pilot Butte, SK Inland Park 19 673.0744 Eggspert BBQ Minnesota ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ
2020-06-13 Pilot Butte, SK

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken173.1428168.5256159.9768
Pork Ribs178.8800157.7488154.8460
Pork178.8572163.4056155.9200
Brisket170.8572165.6684155.3828

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

19 entries · top 673.0744 · median 623.3028

#TeamScore
1 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 673.0744
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 666.8228
3 Frozen Toque BBQ 666.2056
4 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 655.4288
5 SMELLAQUE 653.1312
6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 640.4680
7 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 638.8456
8 GRILLBILLY BBQ 632.7088
9 THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 628.5144
10 OWENS BBQ 623.3028
11 Dos Smokin Bros 622.1488
12 Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ 610.8692
13 Seriously Smokin' 610.6744
14 PORKY JR'S BBQ 603.8632
15 HILLSIDE SMOKE 'N QUE 598.2628
16 SAUCY DAWG BBQ 593.6344
17 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 574.8464
18 Smokin Good Taste 562.0228
19 BBQ MAVERICK 550.2968

Chicken

19 entries · top 173.1428 · median 159.9768

#TeamScore
1 Frozen Toque BBQ 173.1428
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 171.4400
3 SMELLAQUE 170.8572
4 GRILLBILLY BBQ 169.1772
5 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 168.5256
6 Dos Smokin Bros 165.7144
7 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 164.5716
8 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 162.3088
9 Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ 160.0572
10 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 159.9768
11 OWENS BBQ 159.3944
12 PORKY JR'S BBQ 155.9772
13 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 155.9540
14 THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 155.3828
15 SAUCY DAWG BBQ 152.5372
16 HILLSIDE SMOKE 'N QUE 149.0856
17 BBQ MAVERICK 148.5828
18 Smokin Good Taste 147.4056
19 Seriously Smokin' 145.0628

Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 178.8800 · median 154.8460

#TeamScore
1 Frozen Toque BBQ 178.8800
2 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 175.4516
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 164.0228
4 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 160.0344
5 THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 157.7488
6 HILLSIDE SMOKE 'N QUE 157.7484
7 Seriously Smokin' 156.5600
8 PORKY JR'S BBQ 156.5600
9 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 154.8572
10 Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ 154.8460
11 Dos Smokin Bros 154.8344
12 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 154.8344
13 OWENS BBQ 152.5372
14 GRILLBILLY BBQ 150.9144
15 Smokin Good Taste 142.2744
16 SMELLAQUE 142.2512
17 SAUCY DAWG BBQ 139.9200
18 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 136.5260
19 BBQ MAVERICK 132.6172

Pork

19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 155.9200

#TeamScore
1 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 178.8572
2 SMELLAQUE 172.0000
3 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 166.2744
4 OWENS BBQ 164.0000
5 THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 163.4056
6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 163.3828
7 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 161.1544
8 SAUCY DAWG BBQ 159.4744
9 Seriously Smokin' 157.6800
10 Frozen Toque BBQ 155.9200
11 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 154.2628
12 Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ 150.8344
13 PORKY JR'S BBQ 147.3944
14 GRILLBILLY BBQ 146.9144
15 Dos Smokin Bros 146.2172
16 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 140.0228
17 HILLSIDE SMOKE 'N QUE 134.8116
18 BBQ MAVERICK 129.6684
19 Smokin Good Taste 125.4856

Brisket

19 entries · top 170.8572 · median 155.3828

#TeamScore
1 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 170.8572
2 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 169.7256
3 SMELLAQUE 168.0228
4 GRILLBILLY BBQ 165.7028
5 ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 165.6684
6 Frozen Toque BBQ 158.2628
7 Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 157.6800
8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 157.1084
9 HILLSIDE SMOKE 'N QUE 156.6172
10 Dos Smokin Bros 155.3828
11 THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 151.9772
12 Seriously Smokin' 151.3716
13 OWENS BBQ 147.3712
14 Smokin Good Taste 146.8572
15 Homestead Smoke Shack BBQ 145.1316
16 PORKY JR'S BBQ 143.9316
17 SAUCY DAWG BBQ 141.7028
18 BBQ MAVERICK 139.4284
19 Rub Me Tender, Rub Me Sweet 135.9888

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