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8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

2019-08-24 – 2019-08-25 · Washington Island, WI · 📍 Washington Island · State championship

Reps: DEBRA GAGE, WILLIAM GAGE · Prize money: $8,000.00

Grand Champion: IOWAS SMOKEY DS BBQ (699.3828) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Littles BBQ Co

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
699.3828 · Master Series — Overall
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Littles BBQ Co
693.0744 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE FREAKS
689.0632 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

29
4 judged meats

Top score

699.3828

Winning margin

6.3084
GC over RC

Field average

665.23
median 672.54

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.7428
10th place overall

Field spread

93.2684
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 1.1428 pts — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 51%
beats 49% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

21%
of the 29 teams with a home region came from outside WI

Came back for more

97%
29 of 30 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1528
avg power rating going in · stronger than 34% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED
rated 1671 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IA.

🧹 A double category winner

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 2–3: BIG "E" BBQ and iBQ'n tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: iBQ'n and T-MAC SMOKIN tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY and SMOKE FREAKS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2019-08-23 Washington Island, WI Washington Island 30 699.4172 IBQN@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM GETTIN' BASTED
2019-08-24 ← this one Washington Island, WI Washington Island 29 699.3828 IOWAS SMOKEY DS BBQ Littles BBQ Co

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7372175.4172171.9772
Pork Ribs178.2972173.1316169.1544
Pork174.8456172.5484169.6800
Brisket178.8572174.2628171.4284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 699.3828 · median 672.5372

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 699.3828
2 Littles BBQ Co 693.0744
3 SMOKE FREAKS 689.0632
4 GETTIN' BASTED 688.4684
5 BACKYARD BROS 685.6572
6 iBQ'n 682.7544
7 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 681.6228
8 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 680.5716
9 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 680.4688
10 BIG "E" BBQ 678.7428
11 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 676.4916
12 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 676.4796
13 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 675.3144
14 T-MAC SMOKIN 673.6228
15 SMOKINCHEESEHEADZ 672.5372
16 PORKRASTINATORS 670.7544
17 BIG HORNED BBQ 670.2288
18 SMOKE INFUSION 669.0632
19 CASEYS BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE 667.9200
20 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 666.1828
21 CRASH TEST SMOKERS 663.2456
22 HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY 648.4916
23 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 647.8172
24 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 639.8176
25 PURPLE SHADOW 638.6516
26 Z Smoke 627.9088
27 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 626.6744
28 10-76 SMOKE 614.6400
29 DDS BBQ COMPANY 606.1144

Chicken

29 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5488

#TeamScore
1 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 177.7372
2 BIG "E" BBQ 177.7028
3 iBQ'n 177.7028
4 T-MAC SMOKIN 177.7028
5 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4172
6 Littles BBQ Co 175.4056
7 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 173.1200
8 BACKYARD BROS 172.0000
9 HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY 171.9772
10 SMOKE FREAKS 171.9772
11 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 171.4056
12 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 170.8228
13 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 170.2744
14 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 169.6800
15 SMOKE INFUSION 168.5488
16 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 167.3944
17 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 167.3944
18 Z Smoke 166.8572
19 10-76 SMOKE 166.8344
20 BIG HORNED BBQ 165.1088
21 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 165.0856
22 CASEYS BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE 164.5372
23 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 164.5372
24 CRASH TEST SMOKERS 164.5256
25 SMOKINCHEESEHEADZ 162.2628
26 PURPLE SHADOW 161.6684
27 PORKRASTINATORS 160.5144
28 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 158.8228
29 DDS BBQ COMPANY 149.1084

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2516

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 178.2972
2 SMOKINCHEESEHEADZ 177.7372
3 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4172
4 Littles BBQ Co 174.2860
5 SMOKE INFUSION 173.1316
6 BACKYARD BROS 173.1200
7 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 171.4172
8 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 169.7256
9 PORKRASTINATORS 169.7144
10 CASEYS BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE 169.1544
11 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 168.5488
12 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 167.4060
13 iBQ'n 167.3944
14 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 166.8344
15 SMOKE FREAKS 166.2516
16 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 165.7032
17 CRASH TEST SMOKERS 165.0972
18 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 162.2516
19 BIG "E" BBQ 162.2400
20 HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY 160.5600
21 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 159.9656
22 T-MAC SMOKIN 159.4172
23 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 158.2516
24 BIG HORNED BBQ 157.1084
25 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 155.3944
26 PURPLE SHADOW 150.7772
27 Z Smoke 150.2516
28 10-76 SMOKE 149.0972
29 DDS BBQ COMPANY 143.3716

Pork

29 entries · top 174.8456 · median 165.1088

#TeamScore
1 T-MAC SMOKIN 174.8456
2 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 174.2628
3 Littles BBQ Co 174.2628
4 SMOKE FREAKS 173.1200
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 172.5484
6 BACKYARD BROS 172.0000
7 BIG HORNED BBQ 171.9772
8 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 171.4056
9 Z Smoke 169.7028
10 CRASH TEST SMOKERS 169.6800
11 PORKRASTINATORS 169.1084
12 SMOKINCHEESEHEADZ 168.5372
13 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 167.9656
14 GETTIN' BASTED 166.8228
15 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 165.1088
16 HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY 164.5716
17 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 164.5484
18 BIG "E" BBQ 164.5372
19 PURPLE SHADOW 163.9544
20 CASEYS BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE 163.4172
21 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 163.3828
22 iBQ'n 162.8116
23 SMOKE INFUSION 162.2628
24 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 162.2400
25 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 162.2400
26 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 162.2284
27 DDS BBQ COMPANY 158.2516
28 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 157.0972
29 10-76 SMOKE 150.1712

Brisket

29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8112

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 178.8572
2 SMOKE FREAKS 177.7144
3 BIG HORNED BBQ 176.0344
4 iBQ'n 174.8456
5 BIG "E" BBQ 174.2628
6 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.1200
7 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 172.5828
8 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 171.9772
9 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 171.9656
10 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 171.4284
11 PORKRASTINATORS 171.4172
12 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 171.4056
13 FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ 170.8572
14 GETTIN' BASTED 170.8112
15 CASEYS BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE 170.8112
16 Littles BBQ Co 169.1200
17 BACKYARD BROS 168.5372
18 SMOKE INFUSION 165.1200
19 SMOKINCHEESEHEADZ 164.0000
20 CRASH TEST SMOKERS 163.9428
21 PURPLE SHADOW 162.2516
22 T-MAC SMOKIN 161.6572
23 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 158.2400
24 DDS BBQ COMPANY 155.3828
25 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 154.7888
26 CHEFS GONE GRILLIN 152.5028
27 HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY 151.3828
28 10-76 SMOKE 148.5372
29 Z Smoke 141.0972

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