Smokin in the Bogs

2019-08-30 – 2019-08-31 · Warrens, WI · State championship

Reps: DENA MILHOUS, RON MILHOUS · Prize money: $7,150.00

Grand Champion: SmokinGhost BBQ (697.6684) · 38 teams

🥇

Little Tim's

336.5028 · Backyard Series — Overall

🥈

Pistol Pete's

333.7144 · Backyard Series — Overall

🥉

Big Ten Bones

331.3944 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

9 categories

Top score

336.5028

Winning margin

2.7884

GC over RC

Field average

313.85

median 311.42

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Brisket

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Field spread

44.4340

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,150.00

on the line

Most consistent

SmokinGhost BBQ

avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 3.9772 pts — Little Tim's

How hot was the win?

Top 96%

beats 4% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1526

avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q

rated 1668 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

The BBQ Bus has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

SmokinGhost BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.

🃏 An upset on the books

SmokinGhost BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2018-08-31		25	689.6804	BIG "E" BBQ
2019-08-30 ← this one	Warrens, WI	38	697.6684	SmokinGhost BBQ
2020-09-04	Warrens, WI	28	700.5600	The BBQ Bus
2021-09-03	Warrens, WI	25	685.0856	Hogline BBQ
2022-09-02	Warrens, WI	23	688.5144	The BBQ Bus
2023-09-01	Warrens, WI	14	685.5884	Triple H BBQ

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Dessert

12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Littles BBQ Co	179.4400
3	Z-Smoke	178.3200
4	Incipient Phase	176.0000
5	BIG "E" BBQ	175.4172
6	Phoenix BBQ	175.4172
7	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	175.4056
8	Pistol Petes	173.1428
9	Porkrastinators	173.1428
10	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	167.4056
11	Legends of Smoke	167.3828
12	iBQ'n	166.2400

Backyard Series — Chicken

8 entries · top 169.6800 · median 163.1486

#	Team	Score
1	Big Ten Bones	169.6800
2	Pistol Pete's	168.0116
3	Little Tim's	166.8228
4	Kittstorkel	165.1428
5	Whiskers	161.1544
6	Station 4	150.8112
7	Team Shake n Bake	145.7144
8	Nic Betts	140.0116

Backyard Series — Overall

8 entries · top 336.5028 · median 311.4228

#	Team	Score
1	Little Tim's	336.5028
2	Pistol Pete's	333.7144
3	Big Ten Bones	331.3944
4	Whiskers	317.7028
5	Kittstorkel	305.1428
6	Station 4	300.5484
7	Team Shake n Bake	293.7488
8	Nic Betts	292.0688

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

8 entries · top 169.6800 · median 154.3028

#	Team	Score
1	Little Tim's	169.6800
2	Pistol Pete's	165.7028
3	Big Ten Bones	161.7144
4	Whiskers	156.5484
5	Nic Betts	152.0572
6	Station 4	149.7372
7	Team Shake n Bake	148.0344
8	Kittstorkel	140.0000

Kids-Q — Kids-q 11-15

6 entries · top 177.1428 · median 170.5714

#	Team	Score
1	Jacob	177.1428
2	Stella	176.0000
3	BS BBQ	172.5828
4	Zoya	168.5600
5	Sophia	162.8800
6	Keegan	158.2628

Kids-Q — Kids-q 5-10

5 entries · top 174.2856 · median 170.8112

#	Team	Score
1	Dylan	174.2856
2	Cole	172.5600
3	Ryliegh	170.8112
4	Maddy	165.1084
5	Brody	164.5828

Master Series — Brisket

38 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.1256

#	Team	Score
1	iBQ'n	178.2972
2	LUCKY'S Q	177.1428
3	Porkrastinators	177.1428
4	QUE U	175.4056
5	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	174.8572
6	BIG "E" BBQ	174.8456
7	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2856
8	HOGLINE	174.2628
9	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	173.1200
10	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	172.5600
11	BIG CITY BBQ	171.9772
12	Phoenix BBQ	171.4172
13	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	171.4056
14	Legends of Smoke	170.8456
15	PIGTAILERS BBQ	169.6800
16	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	167.4056
17	Smokin Eggheads	166.2856
18	Littles BBQ Co	165.7028
19	BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ	165.7028
20	Big chain BBQ Gang	164.5484
21	4 Schmidt's and Giggles BBQ	163.3828
22	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	162.2516
23	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	161.6572
24	MIL-TOWN BBQ	161.1200
25	Ace of Diamonds	161.0972
26	Brewtown Smokers	160.0000
27	THE BBQ BUS	157.6456
28	SMOKEHOUSE 72	157.0512
29	MONTANA MAX BBQ	155.4172
30	Z-Smoke	154.8228
31	B.S. BARBEQUE	154.2400
32	HAWGNOBBIN	154.2284
33	Pistol Petes	152.0000
34	On Q BBQ	151.9200
35	It's BBQ Time	151.3600
36	Worth Waiting For	142.3088
37	Hardrock	138.1828
38	Incipient Phase	135.9772

Master Series — Chicken

37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5488

#	Team	Score
1	BIG "E" BBQ	179.4400
2	LUCKY'S Q	178.8572
3	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	176.5600
4	BIG CITY BBQ	175.4172
5	HAWGNOBBIN	174.8688
6	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.8572
7	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	173.1200
8	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	173.1200
9	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	173.1200
10	Phoenix BBQ	172.5944
11	Incipient Phase	171.9772
12	MONTANA MAX BBQ	171.4172
13	Littles BBQ Co	170.8344
14	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	170.3200
15	iBQ'n	169.6912
16	THE BBQ BUS	169.1200
17	HOGLINE	169.1084
18	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	168.5944
19	SMOKEHOUSE 72	168.5488
20	Big chain BBQ Gang	167.9656
21	Ace of Diamonds	166.2972
22	MIL-TOWN BBQ	166.2856
23	QUE U	165.7028
24	B.S. BARBEQUE	165.1544
25	Smokin Eggheads	164.5256
26	Porkrastinators	163.9544
27	It's BBQ Time	163.3828
28	PIGTAILERS BBQ	162.8572
29	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	162.8228
30	BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ	157.1200
31	On Q BBQ	156.5372
32	Z-Smoke	155.4172
33	Pistol Petes	155.4172
34	Legends of Smoke	154.8456
35	Worth Waiting For	152.5256
36	4 Schmidt's and Giggles BBQ	151.3828
37	Brewtown Smokers	150.2172

Master Series — Overall

38 entries · top 697.6684 · median 662.7658

#	Team	Score
1	SmokinGhost BBQ	697.6684
2	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	697.0856
3	HOGLINE	694.7996
4	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	690.8112
5	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	690.2056
6	BIG "E" BBQ	689.6456
7	LUCKY'S Q	687.9428
8	iBQ'n	687.4400
9	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	682.9032
10	Phoenix BBQ	682.2864
11	QUE U	681.6684
12	Porkrastinators	675.4060
13	THE BBQ BUS	674.1712
14	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	667.8512
15	PIGTAILERS BBQ	666.7772
16	SMOKEHOUSE 72	666.7316
17	Big chain BBQ Gang	665.6456
18	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	663.8856
19	BIG CITY BBQ	663.3260
20	Smokin Eggheads	662.2056
21	B.S. BARBEQUE	662.1712
22	Legends of Smoke	660.5712
23	Ace of Diamonds	657.6000
24	BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ	654.2056
25	Littles BBQ Co	653.6000
26	MONTANA MAX BBQ	649.1204
27	It's BBQ Time	648.9944
28	On Q BBQ	638.7660
29	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	635.2800
30	4 Schmidt's and Giggles BBQ	634.1944
31	Z-Smoke	631.2684
32	HAWGNOBBIN	626.1944
33	Brewtown Smokers	621.5768
34	MIL-TOWN BBQ	618.7312
35	Incipient Phase	617.0176
36	Pistol Petes	614.8000
37	Worth Waiting For	603.4060
38	Hardrock	294.1716

Master Series — Pork

37 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	177.7372
2	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	177.1428
3	THE BBQ BUS	176.5600
4	On Q BBQ	174.8800
5	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	174.2628
6	HOGLINE	173.1084
7	QUE U	172.5828
8	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	171.4056
9	SmokinGhost BBQ	170.8112
10	Legends of Smoke	170.3200
11	SMOKEHOUSE 72	170.2744
12	PIGTAILERS BBQ	169.7028
13	B.S. BARBEQUE	169.6684
14	Phoenix BBQ	168.5716
15	Porkrastinators	167.9772
16	BIG CITY BBQ	167.9656
17	iBQ'n	166.3200
18	It's BBQ Time	166.2744
19	BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ	166.2400
20	Pistol Petes	165.7372
21	Big chain BBQ Gang	165.7028
22	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	165.0856
23	Smokin Eggheads	164.5372
24	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	164.5372
25	BIG "E" BBQ	164.5372
26	Ace of Diamonds	164.5256
27	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	163.3828
28	LUCKY'S Q	163.3828
29	4 Schmidt's and Giggles BBQ	162.8800
30	Z-Smoke	161.6800
31	Littles BBQ Co	160.5256
32	MONTANA MAX BBQ	158.8688
33	Brewtown Smokers	157.1084
34	HAWGNOBBIN	153.7028
35	Worth Waiting For	150.2744
36	Incipient Phase	149.6916
37	MIL-TOWN BBQ	139.3372

Master Series — Pork Ribs

38 entries · top 178.3200 · median 165.4114

#	Team	Score
1	HOGLINE	178.3200
2	SmokinGhost BBQ	177.7144
3	SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	177.1428
4	iBQ'n	173.1316
5	B.S. BARBEQUE	173.1084
6	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	172.5944
7	TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	171.4284
8	SMOKEHOUSE 72	170.8572
9	THE BBQ BUS	170.8456
10	BIG "E" BBQ	170.8228
11	Phoenix BBQ	169.7032
12	LUCKY'S Q	168.5600
13	It's BBQ Time	167.9772
14	QUE U	167.9772
15	Big chain BBQ Gang	167.4288
16	Smokin Eggheads	166.8572
17	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	166.8228
18	Porkrastinators	166.3316
19	Ace of Diamonds	165.6800
20	BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ	165.1428
21	Legends of Smoke	164.5600
22	PIGTAILERS BBQ	164.5372
23	MONTANA MAX BBQ	163.4172
24	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	160.5028
25	Incipient Phase	159.3716
26	Z-Smoke	159.3484
27	CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	158.8000
28	Worth Waiting For	158.2972
29	4 Schmidt's and Giggles BBQ	156.5488
30	Littles BBQ Co	156.5372
31	Hardrock	155.9888
32	On Q BBQ	155.4288
33	Brewtown Smokers	154.2512
34	MIL-TOWN BBQ	151.9884
35	BIG CITY BBQ	147.9660
36	REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	146.2628
37	HAWGNOBBIN	143.3944
38	Pistol Petes	141.6456