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10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic

2019-08-02 – 2019-08-03 · Vista, CA · 📍 2040 N Santa Fe Ave · State championship

Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Big Poppa Smokers (700.5028) · 34 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BURNIN AND LOOTIN

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BIG POPPA SMOKERS
700.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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BURNIN AND LOOTIN
697.0860 · Master Series — Overall
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DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ
695.9428 · 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 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 179.44
123.35 179.44

Entries

34
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

700.5028

Winning margin

3.4168
GC over RC

Field average

650.31
148.53700.50
median 670.71 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6116
148.53700.50
10th place overall

Field spread

551.9772
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

BIG POPPA SMOKERS
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.1544 pts — BIG POPPA SMOKERS

How hot was the win?

Top 31%
beats 69% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.61 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1588
avg power rating going in · stronger than 70% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS
rated 1998 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: 7 SINS BBQ and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: DG FIREHOUSE BBQ and 2LiveQ tied on 172.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q and Clear Blue BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG POPPA SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

  • Chicken 11th
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 3rd

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
Chicken178.8572174.2628172.5484
Pork Ribs177.7144173.1084171.9772
Pork178.8572175.4172171.9772
Brisket179.4400177.7028170.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

34 entries · top 700.5028 · median 670.7142

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 700.5028
2 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 697.0860
3 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 695.9428
4 LADY OF Q 689.6112
5 7 SINS BBQ 685.1660
6 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 685.0284
7 Team Woodshed 683.3484
8 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 682.1944
9 B' MACKIN BBQ 681.6344
10 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 681.6116
11 RAD FONDO BBQ 680.4340
12 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 678.2172
13 2LiveQ 678.1712
14 Clear Blue BBQ 677.6344
15 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 677.0740
16 GNAW 675.3144
17 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 671.2800
18 The BBQ Yard 670.1484
19 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 667.3256
20 BIG RED BBQ 667.2912
21 FU MAN QUE CREW 666.1484
22 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 664.4344
23 Smokin’ Degenerates 664.3884
24 Meat Candy Q 659.8400
25 GIRLS CAN GRILL 656.4000
26 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 655.3716
27 COOL GRILLING 650.7660
28 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 650.0800
29 MOSSY ROCK BBQ 644.4912
30 BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ 635.1768
31 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 622.7548
32 Grumpy Bear BBQ 611.2916
33 BUTT UP BBQ 555.7596
34 Family BBQ 148.5256

Chicken

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1544

#TeamScore
1 7 SINS BBQ 178.8572
2 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 178.8572
3 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 178.3200
4 GNAW 175.4056
5 BIG RED BBQ 174.2628
6 B' MACKIN BBQ 173.1316
7 LADY OF Q 173.1200
8 The BBQ Yard 172.5716
9 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 172.5484
10 2LiveQ 172.5484
11 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 171.9656
12 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 171.4056
13 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 170.8456
14 COOL GRILLING 170.2744
15 Clear Blue BBQ 169.7028
16 Team Woodshed 169.6684
17 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 169.1544
18 Smokin’ Degenerates 169.1084
19 RAD FONDO BBQ 169.1084
20 Grumpy Bear BBQ 168.5372
21 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 168.5256
22 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 166.8228
23 MOSSY ROCK BBQ 165.6684
24 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 165.0972
25 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 164.5488
26 FU MAN QUE CREW 163.9656
27 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 163.9544
28 Meat Candy Q 163.9544
29 GIRLS CAN GRILL 163.9312
30 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 163.3828
31 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 161.0856
32 BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ 152.4800
33 BUTT UP BBQ 151.3712

Pork Ribs

34 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.5430

#TeamScore
1 Team Woodshed 177.7144
2 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 176.5716
3 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 175.4172
4 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 173.7256
5 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 173.1084
6 Clear Blue BBQ 173.1084
7 Meat Candy Q 172.5600
8 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 171.9772
9 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 171.9772
10 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 171.9772
11 2LiveQ 171.4172
12 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 170.2744
13 7 SINS BBQ 169.1316
14 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 168.5600
15 RAD FONDO BBQ 168.5372
16 MOSSY ROCK BBQ 168.0228
17 FU MAN QUE CREW 167.9772
18 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 165.1088
19 GIRLS CAN GRILL 164.5488
20 GNAW 164.5372
21 BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ 164.5256
22 LADY OF Q 164.5256
23 COOL GRILLING 163.9884
24 B' MACKIN BBQ 163.9428
25 Smokin’ Degenerates 162.8000
26 The BBQ Yard 159.9428
27 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 158.8000
28 Grumpy Bear BBQ 157.6800
29 BIG RED BBQ 157.6572
30 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 154.7884
31 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 154.7772
32 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 153.6572
33 Family BBQ 148.5256
34 BUTT UP BBQ 138.2056

Pork

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 178.8572
2 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 177.7028
3 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 176.5600
4 B' MACKIN BBQ 176.5600
5 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 175.4172
6 LADY OF Q 174.2628
7 GNAW 173.1200
8 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 173.1200
9 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 173.1200
10 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 171.9772
11 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 171.9656
12 2LiveQ 171.9656
13 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 170.8228
14 Team Woodshed 170.2628
15 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 169.1200
16 Smokin’ Degenerates 168.5372
17 GIRLS CAN GRILL 167.9772
18 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 167.4056
19 BIG RED BBQ 165.7028
20 The BBQ Yard 165.6684
21 Clear Blue BBQ 165.1088
22 RAD FONDO BBQ 165.0856
23 COOL GRILLING 164.5372
24 FU MAN QUE CREW 163.9428
25 Grumpy Bear BBQ 161.7256
26 Meat Candy Q 161.6572
27 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 161.1088
28 7 SINS BBQ 157.7372
29 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 157.0628
30 BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ 155.3828
31 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 154.8688
32 MOSSY ROCK BBQ 154.8228
33 BUTT UP BBQ 141.0856

Brisket

33 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ 179.4400
2 7 SINS BBQ 179.4400
3 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 177.7028
4 RAD FONDO BBQ 177.7028
5 LADY OF Q 177.7028
6 DG FIREHOUSE BBQ 175.4056
7 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 173.1200
8 The BBQ Yard 171.9656
9 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 171.4172
10 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 170.8344
11 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 170.2744
12 FU MAN QUE CREW 170.2628
13 Clear Blue BBQ 169.7144
14 SMOKIN IT UP BBQ 169.6800
15 BIG RED BBQ 169.6684
16 B' MACKIN BBQ 168.0000
17 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ 166.8572
18 THE BRISKET BROTHERS 166.8228
19 Team Woodshed 165.7028
20 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ 165.6800
21 Smokin’ Degenerates 163.9428
22 BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ 162.7884
23 GNAW 162.2516
24 2LiveQ 162.2400
25 Meat Candy Q 161.6684
26 GIRLS CAN GRILL 159.9428
27 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 156.5256
28 MOSSY ROCK BBQ 155.9772
29 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 154.8572
30 COOL GRILLING 151.9660
31 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 143.9432
32 BUTT UP BBQ 125.0972
33 Grumpy Bear BBQ 123.3488

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 — Cabo Infused

8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GIRLS CAN GRILL 180.0000 🔥
2 Grumpy Bear BBQ 177.7144
3 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 169.1544
4 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 166.2972
5 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 166.2628
6 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 160.0000
7 B' MACKIN BBQ 159.4172
8 7 SINS BBQ 154.2972

Ancillary — Cabo Rita

9 entries · top 170.2628 · median 154.9260

#TeamScore
1 VEGAS GRILLBILLIES 170.2628
2 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 167.4400
3 GIRLS CAN GRILL 164.0000
4 Grumpy Bear BBQ 162.3200
5 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 154.9260
6 B' MACKIN BBQ 150.2172
7 NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q 148.0116
8 The BBQ Yard 138.3316
9 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 135.9772

Ancillary — Dessert

7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4288 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 B' MACKIN BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 7 SINS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 Meat Candy Q 177.7144
4 GIRLS CAN GRILL 175.4288
5 SMOKE HOUND BBQ 175.4056
6 Meat, Inc. Fiasco 171.4172
7 JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE 166.8228

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