A new contest record
703.4400
highest overall ever cooked here
703.4400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.8684 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX set in 2018.
- old record 702.8684
- set 2018 by BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 2019
Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2019 · Bedford, TX · 📍 1951 L Don Dodson · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $11,000
LA PASADITA won Grand Champion at the Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival on August 30, 2019 in Bedford, TX at 1951 L Don Dodson, scoring 703.4400 in a field of 58 teams. FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.7028. Category winners: Chicken — FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BOOMERANG BBQ (177.1428); Pork — LA PASADITA (178.3200); Brisket — THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ (178.2972). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX.
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.
440.50
median 671.64
703.44 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 177.14
- Pork 178.32
- Brisket 178.30
135.36
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
58
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
703.4400
Winning margin
5.7372
GC over RC
Field average
656.21
440.50703.44
median 671.64 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
1.7372 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
690.2284
440.50703.44
10th place overall
Field spread
262.9372
winner to last place
Prize money
$11,000
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 19%
beats 81% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
49%
36 of 74 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,562
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests
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.
An upset on the books
22-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
LA PASADITA came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1772
- top seed 1993
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX and TEXAS OIL DUST tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: LA PASADITA and NCOGNITO COOKERS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: NCOGNITO COOKERS and Big Daddy G's tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Chicken 7–8 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
LA PASADITA took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 9th.
- Chicken 6th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 9th
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (won 2018).
- BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX · 2018
One of the big ones
58
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX · Chicken
- TEXAS OIL DUST · 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)
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2017 | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 46 | 689.0628 | Fergolicious BBQ | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 74 | 702.8684 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| Aug 30, 2019 ← this one | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 58 | 703.4400 | LaPasadita | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| Sep 4, 2021 | Bedford, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5828 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 174.8456 | 172.0344 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 176.5828 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 172.5716 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
58 entries · top 703.4400 · median 671.6402
Chicken
58 entries · top 180 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
58 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9886
Pork
57 entries · top 178.3200 · median 169.1772
Brisket
57 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2856
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 — Beans
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitfaced BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokin Aces BBQ | |
| 3 | CEO BBQ | |
| 4 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 5 | D.A.B. BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE | |
| 7 | Larry Schmidt | |
| 8 | EAST LENEXA BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Ed BBQ | |
| 10 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 12 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 13 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 15 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 16 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 17 | BUTT FIRST BBQ | |
| 18 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 19 | Sterling BBQ | |
| 20 | TAILGATERS BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
23 entries · top 180 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Pendejos | |
| 2 | SMOKIN DAN | |
| 3 | Redneck Cooker | |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 5 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 6 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 7 | Smokin Aces BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Good BBQ | |
| 9 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 10 | BULLHORN BBQ | |
| 11 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 12 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 13 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 14 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 15 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 16 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 17 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 18 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 19 | SuperSwine-2 | |
| 20 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 21 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 22 | Hollow-Q-2 | |
| 23 | Bold BBQ Pit |
Ancillary — Sauce
26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.8170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Ed BBQ | |
| 2 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin Good BBQ | |
| 4 | Sterling BBQ | |
| 5 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin' Pendejos | |
| 7 | CEO BBQ | |
| 8 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 9 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 10 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 11 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 12 | B Xtreme BBQ | |
| 13 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 14 | EAST LENEXA BBQ | |
| 15 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 16 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 17 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 18 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 19 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 20 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 21 | BULLHORN BBQ | |
| 22 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 23 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 24 | Gettin' Sauced | |
| 25 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 26 | RACE CREW BBQ |