A first Grand Championship
2
tracked contests to get there
This was Noah's Bark's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES)
Jul 12–14, 2019 · Cincinnati, OH · 📍 3201 East Gailbrith RD
Reps: Connie Amidei, Jonathan Amidei
Noah's Bark won Grand Champion at the Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES) on July 12, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH at 3201 East Gailbrith RD, scoring 693.1544 in a field of 14 teams. Windy City Burnt Offerings took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.0744. Category winners: Brisket — Noah's Bark (177.7372).
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.
314.19
median 655.94
693.15 🏆
Entries
14
1 judged meat · 3 ancillary
Top score
693.1544
Winning margin
16.0800
GC over RC
Field average
632.12
314.19693.15
median 655.94 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
6.8800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
642.7884
314.19693.15
10th place overall
Field spread
378.9600
winner to last place
Storylines (3 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 rookie on the podium
2nd
at their first tracked contest
Windy City Burnt Offerings finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 3 calls decided inside half a point
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. Brisket places 9–10: Cedar Village edged 5 Dudes and A Vegetarian by 0.0800.
- Brisket 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 3–4 · 0.0116
- Brisket 9–10 · 0.0800
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 170.8572 | 165.0856 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Kosher Series
Overall
14 entries · top 693.1544 · median 655.9426 · out of 720, not the usual 720
| # | 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 |
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 — Beef 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 |
Kosher Series — Chicken Thigh
13 entries · top 176 · median 167.3944
Kosher Series — Turkey Breast - Half
13 entries · top 176 · median 166.8456