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16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash

Aug 9–10, 2019 · Mason City, IA · 📍 3700 4th St SW · State championship

Reps: Cindy Juhl, Tom Juhl · Prize money: $9,525

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HOGLINE
692.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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NECTAR OF THE HOGS
686.7772 · Master Series — Overall
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SHIGGIN & GRINNIN
685.6344 · Master Series — Overall

HOGLINE won Grand Champion at the 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash on August 9, 2019 in Mason City, IA at 3700 4th St SW, scoring 692.5256 in a field of 38 teams. NECTAR OF THE HOGS took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.7772. Category winners: Chicken — Big Time BBQ Buddies (176.0000); Pork Ribs — HOGLINE (173.1200); Pork — HOGLINE (177.1428); Brisket — DRY 2 DA BONE (178.2972).

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 176
  • Pork Ribs 173.12
  • Pork 177.14
  • Brisket 178.30
142.24 178.30

Entries

38
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

692.5256

Winning margin

5.7484
GC over RC

Field average

657.11
614.10692.53
median 654.21 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

668.5376
614.10692.53
10th place overall

Field spread

78.4232
winner to last place

Prize money

$9,525
on the line

Most consistent

HOGLINE
avg finish 5 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 5.1544 pts — DRY 2 DA BONE

How hot was the win?

Top 63%
beats 37% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,589
avg power rating going in · stronger than 71% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q
rated 1978 pre-contest

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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: SMOKE IN THE EYE and Burnt End Barbecue Company tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: HOGLINE and NECTAR OF THE HOGS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: DRY 2 DA BONE and Smoke & Fire tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HOGLINE 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

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

HOGLINE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.

  • Chicken 16th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 2nd

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
Chicken176173.7028170.8572
Pork Ribs173.1200168.5600166.8228
Pork177.1428172.5600169.7028
Brisket178.2972171.9656169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

38 entries · top 692.5256 · median 654.2058

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 692.5256
2 NECTAR OF THE HOGS 686.7772
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 685.6344
4 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 683.8968
5 LUCKY'S Q 683.3716
6 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 674.1940
7 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 673.5884
8 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 670.7540
9 SMOKE IN THE EYE 669.0860
10 Big Time BBQ Buddies 668.5376
11 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 666.7084
12 Smokin Double R 666.2288
13 Smoke & Fire 666.1712
14 DRY 2 DA BONE 665.0860
15 Burnt End Barbecue Company 663.3028
16 BAMBQ 661.0288
17 Que Magic 658.1144
18 Swine Assassins 656.9828
19 TREEFROG BBQ 654.7772
20 NEVER EASY BBQ 653.6344
21 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 653.6116
22 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 653.0400
23 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 652.9824
24 Cousin Bobby-Q 649.0856
25 ChickHooven Swine BBQ 648.4804
26 EAST LENEXA BBQ 647.8400
27 Que'd Up BBQ 646.8112
28 Phoenix BBQ 646.7200
29 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 644.9256
30 Skinny Fred's BBQ 644.4916
31 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 644.4344
32 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 644.4228
33 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 642.1944
34 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 641.0516
35 The Hog Squad 638.1024
36 SmokinGhost BBQ 634.1140
37 BRIAN'S BEEF 623.3600
38 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 614.1024

Chicken

38 entries · top 176 · median 167.9886

#TeamScore
1 Big Time BBQ Buddies 176
2 LUCKY'S Q 174.8572
3 SMOKE IN THE EYE 173.7144
4 Burnt End Barbecue Company 173.7144
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 173.7028
6 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 173.1428
7 NEVER EASY BBQ 172.5944
8 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 171.9656
9 Cousin Bobby-Q 171.4056
10 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 170.8572
11 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 170.2628
12 Phoenix BBQ 169.7144
13 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 169.7028
14 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 169.6800
15 NECTAR OF THE HOGS 169.6800
16 HOGLINE 169.1200
17 Que Magic 169.1200
18 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 168.5256
19 Smokin Double R 168
20 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 167.9772
21 EAST LENEXA BBQ 167.9772
22 Skinny Fred's BBQ 165.1656
23 BAMBQ 165.1084
24 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 165.0972
25 DRY 2 DA BONE 164.5372
26 TREEFROG BBQ 163.9428
27 Que'd Up BBQ 163.4284
28 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 163.3944
29 The Hog Squad 163.3828
30 Smoke & Fire 163.3712
31 Swine Assassins 162.2400
32 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 159.9656
33 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 159.9656
34 ChickHooven Swine BBQ 156.5716
35 BRIAN'S BEEF 155.9656
36 SmokinGhost BBQ 155.3484
37 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 154.2284
38 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 153.0856

Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.1258

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 173.1200
2 NECTAR OF THE HOGS 173.1200
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 172.5716
4 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 170.8228
5 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 168.5600
6 NEVER EASY BBQ 167.4060
7 SMOKE IN THE EYE 166.8572
8 DRY 2 DA BONE 166.8344
9 Smoke & Fire 166.8344
10 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 166.8228
11 LUCKY'S Q 166.2744
12 Skinny Fred's BBQ 166.2744
13 Swine Assassins 166.2628
14 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 165.7144
15 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 165.6916
16 SmokinGhost BBQ 165.1200
17 Que Magic 165.0972
18 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 163.9656
19 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 163.3944
20 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 162.8572
21 Smokin Double R 162.8000
22 Cousin Bobby-Q 161.7144
23 BAMBQ 161.6572
24 Big Time BBQ Buddies 161.1432
25 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 161.1084
26 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 161.0972
27 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 161.0972
28 ChickHooven Swine BBQ 159.9772
29 Que'd Up BBQ 159.4172
30 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 157.6456
31 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 157.0972
32 EAST LENEXA BBQ 156.5028
33 BRIAN'S BEEF 155.9772
34 Burnt End Barbecue Company 155.9428
35 The Hog Squad 154.8572
36 TREEFROG BBQ 154.8228
37 Phoenix BBQ 154.7772
38 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 149.6344

Pork

38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1144

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 177.1428
2 NECTAR OF THE HOGS 174.8572
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.7028
4 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 173.1544
5 LUCKY'S Q 172.5600
6 Smoke & Fire 172
7 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 171.4056
8 Smokin Double R 170.8800
9 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 170.2628
10 Phoenix BBQ 169.7028
11 TREEFROG BBQ 169.1544
12 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 168
13 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 167.9656
14 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 167.4056
15 NEVER EASY BBQ 166.8456
16 ChickHooven Swine BBQ 166.8228
17 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 166.2284
18 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 165.7028
19 BAMBQ 165.1316
20 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.0972
21 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 164.5828
22 Que Magic 164.5256
23 SmokinGhost BBQ 163.9772
24 Burnt End Barbecue Company 163.9656
25 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 161.1316
26 EAST LENEXA BBQ 161.1200
27 Cousin Bobby-Q 161.1200
28 Skinny Fred's BBQ 161.0972
29 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 160.5372
30 Big Time BBQ Buddies 159.9772
31 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 158.8228
32 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 157.0628
33 Swine Assassins 155.9316
34 The Hog Squad 155.9312
35 DRY 2 DA BONE 155.4172
36 Que'd Up BBQ 153.6800
37 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 153.1540
38 BRIAN'S BEEF 151.9772

Brisket

38 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.8288

#TeamScore
1 DRY 2 DA BONE 178.2972
2 HOGLINE 173.1428
3 Swine Assassins 172.5484
4 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 171.9656
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 171.9656
6 Big Time BBQ Buddies 171.4172
7 Que'd Up BBQ 170.2856
8 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 169.6800
9 Burnt End Barbecue Company 169.6800
10 LUCKY'S Q 169.6800
11 BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 169.6684
12 BAMBQ 169.1316
13 NECTAR OF THE HOGS 169.1200
14 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 168.5256
15 TREEFROG BBQ 166.8572
16 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 166.8228
17 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 166.8228
18 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 166.8228
19 ChickHooven Swine BBQ 165.1088
20 Smokin Double R 164.5488
21 Smoke & Fire 163.9656
22 The Hog Squad 163.9312
23 SMOKE IN THE EYE 163.4172
24 EAST LENEXA BBQ 162.2400
25 BRIAN'S BEEF 159.4400
26 Que Magic 159.3716
27 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 158.8228
28 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 157.0856
29 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 157.0744
30 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 156.5028
31 Cousin Bobby-Q 154.8456
32 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 153.1088
33 Phoenix BBQ 152.5256
34 Skinny Fred's BBQ 151.9544
35 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 149.6800
36 SmokinGhost BBQ 149.6684
37 NEVER EASY BBQ 146.7884
38 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 142.2400

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 — Anything Turkey

20 entries · top 173.7372 · median 165.1258

#TeamScore
1 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 173.7372
2 Phoenix BBQ 173.7028
3 BAMBQ 172.5600
4 TREEFROG BBQ 170.2972
5 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 169.1200
6 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 168.5256
7 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 166.8572
8 Skinny Fred's BBQ 166.2400
9 Herkys Hotbox BBQ 166.2400
10 Smoke & Fire 165.1428
11 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 165.1088
12 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 163.4172
13 MARK'S SMOKIN QUE 162.8344
14 The Hog Squad 162.8344
15 Burnt End Barbecue Company 162.8228
16 Que Magic 162.2516
17 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 161.1656
18 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 158.2744
19 NEVER EASY BBQ 158.2516
20 EAST LENEXA BBQ 157.1200

Ancillary — Dessert

7 entries · top 180 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 WILD SHOOTERS BBQ 180 🔥
2 Phoenix BBQ 180 🔥
3 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 178.8572
4 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 178.8572
5 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 173.7028
6 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 171.9656
7 LUCKY'S Q 165.1428

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