A new contest record
695.9660
highest overall ever cooked here
695.9660 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 689.0744 RUSTY'S BBQ set in 2016.
- old record 689.0744
- set 2016 by RUSTY'S BBQ
Barn Burner BBQ 2019
Jul 20–21, 2019 · Chilliwack, BC · CANADA · 📍 4540 Simmons RD
Reps: Kathleen McIntosh, Kelly McIntosh
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Barn Burner BBQ on July 20, 2019 in Chilliwack, BC at 4540 Simmons RD, scoring 695.9660 in a field of 21 teams. BIG DOG BBQ CANADA took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2856. Category winners: Chicken — Fat Wally's Firehouse BBQ (174.2628); Pork Ribs — BOOTIES BBQ (172.0000); Pork — ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS (177.1544); Brisket — ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS (176.5600). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by SMELLAQUE; the next was held in 2022.
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.
566.64
median 625.62
695.97 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.26
- Pork Ribs 172
- Pork 177.15
- Brisket 176.56
132.54
177.15
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
21
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
695.9660
Winning margin
9.6804
GC over RC
Field average
635.68
566.64695.97
median 625.62 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5256 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
629.0856
566.64695.97
10th place overall
Field spread
129.3260
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 49%
beats 51% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
72%
13 of 18 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.45 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,525
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests
Storylines (8 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 statement win
9.6804
points clear of the field
Wider than 86% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.6804 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 6 tracked editions
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
- 2015
- 2017
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 5–6: Fat Wally's Firehouse BBQ and HOUSE OF Q - registered trademark tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: HOUSE OF Q - registered trademark and BOOTIES BBQ tied on 163.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: Big Chill BBQ and Daddy's Day Pass BBQ tied on 158.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · tie
- Pork 4–5 · 0.0112
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMELLAQUE (won 2018).
- SMELLAQUE · 2018
They keep coming back
72%
of last edition’s field returned
13 of 18 teams from 2018-07-21 came back
13 of the 18 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
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)
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 →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2015 | Yarrow, BC | Yarrow, British Columbia, | 21 | 668.5372 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | LAKE HOUSE BBQ |
| Mar 19, 2016 | Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA | 4540 Simmons Rd | 22 | 689.0744 | RUSTY'S BBQ | BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Chilliwack, BC | 4540 Simmons RD | 19 | 687.4060 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Chilliwack, BC | 4540 Simmons RD | 18 | 686.8800 | SMELLAQUE | BOOTIES BBQ |
| Jul 20, 2019 ← this one | Chilliwack, BC | 4540 Simmons RD | 21 | 695.9660 | Rocky Mountain Smokers | BIG DOG BBQ CANADA |
| Jul 16, 2022 | Chilliwack, BC | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 169.7372 | 163.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 172 | 166.8572 | 161.1316 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.4172 | 165.7028 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 163.9772 | 158.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
21 entries · top 695.9660 · median 625.6232
Chicken
21 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.4056
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 172 · median 160.5944
Pork
21 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164
Brisket
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 154.2400
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 — Black Box
11 entries · top 160 · median 156.5256