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SMSU Smokefest

2019-08-16 – 2019-08-17 · MARSHALL, MN · 📍 1501 State Street · State championship

Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL · Prize money: $10,050.00

Grand Champion: Lucky's Q (697.0972) · 46 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIGG SMOAK BBQ

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LUCKY'S Q
697.0972 · Master Series — Overall
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BIGG SMOAK BBQ
691.3712 · Master Series — Overall
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HOGLINE
690.7888 · 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 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 178.88
140.54 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2016-08-19 — 695.3712 (SHIGGIN & GRINNIN) 2017-08-18 — 687.9772 (BACKROADS BBQ) 2018-08-17 — 689.0856 (LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY) 2019-08-16 — 697.0972 (Lucky's Q) 697.10 2016 2019

Entries

46
4 judged meats

Top score

697.0972

Winning margin

5.7260
GC over RC

Field average

665.81
615.25697.10
median 666.81 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
PIGTAMER BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.7768
615.25697.10
10th place overall

Field spread

81.8516
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,050.00
on the line

Most consistent

LUCKY'S Q
avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2856 pts — CROIX VALLEY SAUCES

How hot was the win?

Top 45%
beats 55% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

65%
26 of 40 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1614
avg power rating going in · stronger than 85% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q
rated 1978 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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 new contest record

697.0972 highest overall ever cooked here

697.0972 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.3712 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN set in 2016.

  • old record 695.3712
  • set 2016 by SHIGGIN & GRINNIN

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

LUCKY'S Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 10th
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 15th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 2–3: HOGLINE and WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Stokin' Coals BBQ and CITY SLICKERS BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: TOTALLY SAUCED and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0112

A contest record in brisket

178.8800 best brisket ever cooked here

EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA turned in 178.8800 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.7028
  • across 3 past editions

Back to defend

3 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (won 2016), BACKROADS BBQ (won 2017), LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY (won 2018).

  • SHIGGIN & GRINNIN · 2016
  • BACKROADS BBQ · 2017
  • LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY · 2018

The biggest field yet

46 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 39 teams

46 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 39.

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • PIGTAMER BBQ · Chicken

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2016-08-19 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 37 695.3712 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN LUCKY'S Q
2017-08-18 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 41 687.9772 BACKROADS BBQ TIMBONE BARBECUE
2018-08-17 Marshall, MN 1501 State Street 40 689.0856 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY RUM N' SMOKE BBQ
2019-08-16 ← this one MARSHALL, MN 1501 State Street 46 697.0972 Lucky's Q BIGG SMOAK BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000176.0000174.2628
Pork Ribs176.5600173.7144173.1200
Pork178.2972174.8572172.5600
Brisket178.8800172.5600170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

46 entries · top 697.0972 · median 666.8114

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 697.0972
2 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 691.3712
3 HOGLINE 690.7888
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 690.2628
5 TOTALLY SAUCED 690.2516
6 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 688.5256
7 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 686.8116
8 Who Dat BBQ 683.9888
9 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 683.4060
10 SONS OF BUTCHERS 682.7768
11 SMOKE IN THE EYE 682.2288
12 RUB MY RACK 681.6800
13 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 681.0516
14 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 680.5256
15 SPITFIRE 679.9772
16 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 679.9544
17 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 678.7768
18 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 678.2516
19 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 677.6228
20 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 673.6112
21 ACES HIGH BBQ 668.4344
22 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 667.9772
23 RICHIE Z's 666.8228
24 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 666.8000
25 SIX BUTT BBQ 664.4228
26 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 663.8628
27 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 663.3944
28 BnB BBQ 663.3260
29 Borgy The BBQ Butcher 659.4172
30 PIGTAMER BBQ 659.2912
31 Marburg Brothers BBQ 658.1828
32 White Pants BBQ 657.6460
33 BACKROADS BBQ 657.0172
34 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 655.8856
35 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 653.0516
36 Phoenix BBQ 650.0916
37 Stokin' Coals BBQ 648.9944
38 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 645.6456
39 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 644.5028
40 Black Mamba BBQ North 643.3604
41 IT'S BBQ TIME 643.3140
42 SMOKIN BONES - MN 640.4684
43 MN BLACK BELT Q 633.6456
44 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 630.7312
45 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 626.7316
46 DIABLOS BARBEQUE 615.2456

Chicken

46 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8458 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PIGTAMER BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 LUCKY'S Q 178.2972
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 177.7144
4 SIX BUTT BBQ 176.5600
5 SMOKE IN THE EYE 176.0000
6 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 175.4400
7 HOGLINE 175.4172
8 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 175.4056
9 Who Dat BBQ 174.8572
10 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 174.2628
11 RICHIE Z's 173.7144
12 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 173.7028
13 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 173.1428
14 Phoenix BBQ 172.0000
15 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 171.9884
16 SONS OF BUTCHERS 171.4056
17 BACKROADS BBQ 170.8344
18 BnB BBQ 170.8228
19 IT'S BBQ TIME 170.2856
20 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 170.2628
21 TOTALLY SAUCED 170.2628
22 SPITFIRE 169.7144
23 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 169.1200
24 RUB MY RACK 168.5716
25 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 168.5600
26 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 168.5484
27 Stokin' Coals BBQ 168.5372
28 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 167.3944
29 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 166.8572
30 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 166.8456
31 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 166.2856
32 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 164.5600
33 MN BLACK BELT Q 164.5484
34 ACES HIGH BBQ 164.5372
35 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 164.5256
36 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 163.4172
37 Borgy The BBQ Butcher 163.4056
38 Marburg Brothers BBQ 163.3828
39 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 162.2628
40 DIABLOS BARBEQUE 162.2400
41 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 161.6800
42 White Pants BBQ 159.9888
43 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 157.6572
44 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 156.5028
45 SMOKIN BONES - MN 154.8572
46 Black Mamba BBQ North 151.9544

Pork Ribs

46 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.7202

#TeamScore
1 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 176.5600
2 HOGLINE 174.2744
3 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 174.2744
4 Stokin' Coals BBQ 173.7144
5 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 173.7144
6 SMOKE IN THE EYE 173.7028
7 TOTALLY SAUCED 173.1544
8 SPITFIRE 173.1428
9 Phoenix BBQ 173.1316
10 LUCKY'S Q 173.1200
11 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 172.5600
12 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 171.4400
13 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 170.8344
14 ACES HIGH BBQ 170.8228
15 Marburg Brothers BBQ 170.8228
16 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 170.2972
17 SONS OF BUTCHERS 170.2972
18 RUB MY RACK 169.7028
19 SMOKIN BONES - MN 169.1084
20 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 168.5716
21 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 168.0000
22 MN BLACK BELT Q 167.9888
23 Who Dat BBQ 167.9888
24 Borgy The BBQ Butcher 167.4516
25 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 167.4172
26 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 166.8688
27 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 166.3200
28 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 166.2400
29 Black Mamba BBQ North 164.5716
30 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 164.0000
31 White Pants BBQ 163.9544
32 BnB BBQ 163.3944
33 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 163.3944
34 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 163.3828
35 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 162.8344
36 BACKROADS BBQ 162.2516
37 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 162.2284
38 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 161.6800
39 SIX BUTT BBQ 161.6800
40 PIGTAMER BBQ 161.1200
41 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 160.5484
42 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 159.9428
43 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 158.2972
44 RICHIE Z's 155.9656
45 DIABLOS BARBEQUE 154.8228
46 IT'S BBQ TIME 152.5372

Pork

46 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1372

#TeamScore
1 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 178.2972
2 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 177.1428
3 LUCKY'S Q 175.4172
4 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 174.8916
5 TOTALLY SAUCED 174.8572
6 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 174.8572
7 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 174.2972
8 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 174.2856
9 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 173.1200
10 RUB MY RACK 172.5600
11 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 172.5600
12 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 172.0000
13 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 171.9656
14 SONS OF BUTCHERS 171.4056
15 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 170.2972
16 Who Dat BBQ 169.7144
17 Black Mamba BBQ North 169.7144
18 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 169.7028
19 SMOKE IN THE EYE 169.6916
20 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 169.1316
21 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 168.5372
22 RICHIE Z's 167.4400
23 SPITFIRE 167.4172
24 Borgy The BBQ Butcher 166.8572
25 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 166.2972
26 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 166.2400
27 BACKROADS BBQ 165.7028
28 HOGLINE 164.5372
29 Marburg Brothers BBQ 164.0000
30 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 162.8228
31 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 162.2972
32 BnB BBQ 162.2516
33 PIGTAMER BBQ 161.6684
34 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 161.6456
35 White Pants BBQ 161.1428
36 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 161.1084
37 ACES HIGH BBQ 159.9544
38 SIX BUTT BBQ 159.9428
39 IT'S BBQ TIME 159.3828
40 SMOKIN BONES - MN 158.8000
41 Stokin' Coals BBQ 156.5028
42 Phoenix BBQ 155.9200
43 DIABLOS BARBEQUE 154.8228
44 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 154.2400
45 MN BLACK BELT Q 149.1200
46 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 147.9656

Brisket

46 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.6800

#TeamScore
1 EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA 178.8800
2 SIN CIRCLE BBQ 176.5944
3 HOGLINE 176.5600
4 ACES HIGH BBQ 173.1200
5 White Pants BBQ 172.5600
6 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 172.5484
7 TOTALLY SAUCED 171.9772
8 Who Dat BBQ 171.4284
9 RUB MY RACK 170.8456
10 REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY 170.8228
11 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 170.8228
12 SMOKIN EGGHEADS 170.2972
13 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 170.2856
14 SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS 170.2628
15 LUCKY'S Q 170.2628
16 RICHIE Z's 169.7028
17 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 169.7028
18 SPITFIRE 169.7028
19 SONS OF BUTCHERS 169.6684
20 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 169.1200
21 ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD 169.1200
22 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 168.5372
23 RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 167.9772
24 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 167.3828
25 BnB BBQ 166.8572
26 SIX BUTT BBQ 166.2400
27 BARK 'N BONES BBQ 165.6800
28 WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY 164.5600
29 SMOKE IN THE EYE 162.8344
30 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 162.2628
31 Borgy The BBQ Butcher 161.7028
32 IT'S BBQ TIME 161.1084
33 Marburg Brothers BBQ 159.9772
34 BACKROADS BBQ 158.2284
35 SMOKIN BONES - MN 157.7028
36 Black Mamba BBQ North 157.1200
37 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 157.0856
38 PIGTAMER BBQ 156.5028
39 MUSTANG SALLY BBQ 155.9888
40 MN BLACK BELT Q 151.9884
41 FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY 150.8000
42 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 150.2400
43 Stokin' Coals BBQ 150.2400
44 Phoenix BBQ 149.0400
45 DIABLOS BARBEQUE 143.3600
46 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 140.5372

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