A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Happy Campers BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Aug 17–18, 2019 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clocktower Park, 1401 Palisade Blvd · State championship
Reps: Jennifer Shiflett · Prize money: $12,850
SMOKE324 won Grand Champion at the 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff on August 17, 2019 in DuPont, WA at Clocktower Park, 1401 Palisade Blvd, scoring 686.2284 in a field of 27 teams. SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5028. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE IT IF YA GOT IT (176.0000); Pork Ribs — ROB'S SMOKIN AND GRILLIN BBQ (173.1316); Pork — BAD BONES BBQ (174.2744); Brisket — SMOKE324 (180.0000).
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.
599.28
median 653.67
686.23 🏆
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 173.13
- Pork 174.27
- Brisket 180 🔥
142.22
180
Entries
27
4 judged meats
Top score
686.2284
Winning margin
1.7256
GC over RC
Field average
648.70
599.28686.23
median 653.67 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
4.5832 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
658.1712
599.28686.23
10th place overall
Field spread
86.9488
winner to last place
Prize money
$12,850
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 80%
beats 20% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.48 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,517
avg power rating going in · stronger than 11% of contests
Storylines (4 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
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Happy Campers BBQ and Maddogs BBQ tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Blues Q BBQ and Catering and Maddogs BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Goat and Onion and Proud American BBQ tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 4–5 · tie
- Brisket 6–7 · tie
- Pork 8–9 · 0.0112
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
SMOKE324 took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 13th.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 13th
- Pork 9th
- Brisket 1st
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.
- SMOKE324 · Brisket
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 170.2512 | 167.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 168 | 165.7028 |
| Pork | 174.2744 | 169.6912 | 167.4516 |
| Brisket | 180 | 169.7028 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 686.2284 · median 653.6688
Chicken
27 entries · top 176 · median 165.0972
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 173.1316 · median 164.5372
Pork
27 entries · top 174.2744 · median 164
Brisket
27 entries · top 180 · median 162.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180