Smoke and Fire Festival
2019-08-17 – 2019-08-18 · Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ · UNITED KINGDOM · 📍 Promenade Park, Park Drive
Reps: ANGELA FISHLOCK, MARK FISHLOCK
Grand Champion: UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q (679.4628) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUNCH OF SWINES
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 6–7: THE WONKY DONKEYS and BM Grils & Smokers tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Pork This Way and WHITE SQUIRREL BBQ tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: GRILLIN' GREMLINS edged THE WONKY DONKEYS by 0.0116.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8456 | 168.5256 | 165.7488 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 162.2972 | 160.5372 |
| Pork | 174.8800 | 166.2972 | 161.6572 |
| Brisket | 172.0228 | 164.5600 | 158.2972 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 679.4628 · median 644.4686
Chicken
16 entries · top 174.8456 · median 166.8400
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 172.5600 · median 161.4056
Pork
16 entries · top 174.8800 · median 164.2684
Brisket
16 entries · top 172.0228 · median 159.9658
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 — Chef'S Choice
13 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8112
Ancillary — Steak
13 entries · top 173.1428 · median 160.5716