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Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew

Jul 5–6, 2019 · Dallas, OR · 📍 Brandvold Dr · State championship

Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $5,000

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695.4860 · Master Series — Overall
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686.2628 · Master Series — Overall
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684.5256 · Master Series — Overall

Hoagie Smokes BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew on July 5, 2019 in Dallas, OR at Brandvold Dr, scoring 695.4860 in a field of 16 teams. BAD BONES BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2628. Category winners: Chicken — BAD BONES BBQ (173.7028); Pork Ribs — Hoagie Smokes BBQ (175.4516); Pork — Hoagie Smokes BBQ (172.0000); Brisket — Backyard Boogie BBQ (177.1428).

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 173.70
  • Pork Ribs 175.45
  • Pork 172
  • Brisket 177.14
143.38 177.14

Entries

16
4 judged meats

Top score

695.4860

Winning margin

9.2232
GC over RC

Field average

658.30
587.20695.49
median 666.78 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2628 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

654.1824
587.20695.49
10th place overall

Field spread

108.2860
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 2 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.8916 pts — Hoagie Smokes BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 51%
beats 49% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1626 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Hoagie Smokes BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BAD BONES BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1504
  • top seed 1626

A first Grand Championship

3 tracked contests to get there

This was Hoagie Smokes BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.

A statement win

9.2232 points clear of the field

Wider than 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data

The champion won by 9.2232 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Hoagie Smokes BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Hoagie Smokes BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 4th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 4th

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
Chicken173.7028171.4400166.2856
Pork Ribs175.4516167.9884165.0856
Pork172166.8572164.5828
Brisket177.1428174.2628163.4284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

16 entries · top 695.4860 · median 666.7828

#TeamScore
1 Hoagie Smokes BBQ 695.4860
2 BAD BONES BBQ 686.2628
3 BOOTIES BBQ 684.5256
4 SMOKE324 680.5484
5 Backyard Boogie BBQ 680.0228
6 Crooked Pigs 677.0624
7 PIGGY D'S BBQ 674.2400
8 Maddogs BBQ 667.9200
9 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 665.6456
10 503BACKYARDBBQ 654.1824
11 CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ 649.1884
12 CB & JD BBQ 641.0972
13 Bradshaw's Kitchen 641.0968
14 Old Dirty Basters 625.6112
15 Outcasts 622.7424
16 BBQ Bros 587.2000

Chicken

16 entries · top 173.7028 · median 169.4112

#TeamScore
1 BAD BONES BBQ 173.7028
2 Hoagie Smokes BBQ 173.1544
3 Maddogs BBQ 173.1200
4 PIGGY D'S BBQ 171.4516
5 BOOTIES BBQ 171.4400
6 Backyard Boogie BBQ 170.8684
7 SMOKE324 170.2856
8 503BACKYARDBBQ 169.6912
9 Crooked Pigs 169.1312
10 CB & JD BBQ 166.2856
11 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 165.1200
12 Bradshaw's Kitchen 162.8456
13 CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ 157.1428
14 Old Dirty Basters 155.9656
15 Outcasts 151.9428
16 BBQ Bros 143.9544

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 175.4516 · median 165.7316

#TeamScore
1 Hoagie Smokes BBQ 175.4516
2 BOOTIES BBQ 172.5600
3 BAD BONES BBQ 170.8800
4 PIGGY D'S BBQ 169.1200
5 SMOKE324 167.9884
6 CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ 167.4400
7 503BACKYARDBBQ 167.4056
8 CB & JD BBQ 166.3088
9 Backyard Boogie BBQ 165.1544
10 Crooked Pigs 165.0856
11 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 163.4172
12 Bradshaw's Kitchen 159.9884
13 Maddogs BBQ 159.3828
14 Outcasts 156
15 BBQ Bros 154.7888
16 Old Dirty Basters 149.1316

Pork

16 entries · top 172 · median 166.2800

#TeamScore
1 Hoagie Smokes BBQ 172
2 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 170.8228
3 PIGGY D'S BBQ 170.2856
4 BAD BONES BBQ 170.2628
5 SMOKE324 166.8572
6 Backyard Boogie BBQ 166.8572
7 Crooked Pigs 166.8456
8 Maddogs BBQ 166.2972
9 BOOTIES BBQ 166.2628
10 Bradshaw's Kitchen 164.5828
11 Old Dirty Basters 163.9884
12 CB & JD BBQ 160.5600
13 CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ 159.4628
14 503BACKYARDBBQ 158.2628
15 Outcasts 151.3712
16 BBQ Bros 143.3828

Brisket

16 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7142

#TeamScore
1 Backyard Boogie BBQ 177.1428
2 Crooked Pigs 176
3 SMOKE324 175.4172
4 Hoagie Smokes BBQ 174.8800
5 BOOTIES BBQ 174.2628
6 BAD BONES BBQ 171.4172
7 Maddogs BBQ 169.1200
8 LAKE HOUSE BBQ 166.2856
9 CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ 165.1428
10 Outcasts 163.4284
11 PIGGY D'S BBQ 163.3828
12 503BACKYARDBBQ 158.8228
13 Old Dirty Basters 156.5256
14 Bradshaw's Kitchen 153.6800
15 CB & JD BBQ 147.9428
16 BBQ Bros 145.0740

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