Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES)
2019-07-12 – 2019-07-14 · Cincinnati, OH · 📍 3201 East Gailbrith RD
Reps: CONNIE AMIDEI, JONATHAN AMIDEI
Grand Champion: Noah's Bark (693.1544) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Windy City Burnt Offerings
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Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 16.0800 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 5–6: Imported Meat and Pit 2 Gut tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: Rhino's Smoking Aces edged The Chosen Brisket by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: The J Team edged Windy City Burnt Offerings by 0.0460.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 169.7256 | 156.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.2000 | 164.5256 | 155.3944 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 170.8572 | 165.0856 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Kosher Series
Overall
14 entries · top 693.1544 · median 655.9426
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah's Bark | |
| 2 | Windy City Burnt Offerings | |
| 3 | The J Team | |
| 4 | The Chosen Brisket | |
| 5 | Rhino's Smoking Aces | |
| 6 | 5 Dudes and A Vegetarian | |
| 7 | Imported Meat | |
| 8 | Holy Cows | |
| 9 | Holy Smokes | |
| 10 | Cedar Village | |
| 11 | Pit 2 Gut | |
| 12 | Our Medium Is Rarely Well Done | |
| 13 | The Smoking Transitors | |
| 14 | Mama J's |
Chicken
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.3944
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 173.2000 · median 159.6686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imported Meat | |
| 2 | Noah's Bark | |
| 3 | The J Team | |
| 4 | Windy City Burnt Offerings | |
| 5 | 5 Dudes and A Vegetarian | |
| 6 | The Chosen Brisket | |
| 7 | Rhino's Smoking Aces | |
| 8 | Holy Smokes | |
| 9 | Our Medium Is Rarely Well Done | |
| 10 | Mama J's | |
| 11 | Cedar Village | |
| 12 | Holy Cows | |
| 13 | Pit 2 Gut | |
| 14 | The Smoking Transitors |
Brisket
14 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah's Bark | |
| 2 | The J Team | |
| 3 | Rhino's Smoking Aces | |
| 4 | The Chosen Brisket | |
| 5 | Imported Meat | |
| 6 | Pit 2 Gut | |
| 7 | Holy Cows | |
| 8 | Holy Smokes | |
| 9 | Cedar Village | |
| 10 | 5 Dudes and A Vegetarian | |
| 11 | Windy City Burnt Offerings | |
| 12 | Mama J's | |
| 13 | The Smoking Transitors | |
| 14 | Our Medium Is Rarely Well Done |
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.
Kosher Series — Turkey Breast - Half
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.8456