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Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival

Sep 13–14, 2019 · Mears, MI · 📍 8453 W Sliver Lake Rd · State championship

Reps: Dena Milhous, Ron Milhous · Prize money: $8,500

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BIG BROTHERS BBQ
690.8344 · Master Series — Overall
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KEVLAR BBQ
684.5600 · Master Series — Overall
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MAC ATTACK BBQ
684.4796 · Master Series — Overall

BIG BROTHERS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival on September 13, 2019 in Mears, MI at 8453 W Sliver Lake Rd, scoring 690.8344 in a field of 35 teams. KEVLAR BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5600. Category winners: Chicken — BIG BROTHERS BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — MEAN MOE'S BBQ (176.5600); Pork — KEVLAR BBQ (172.0000); Brisket — QUE U (174.8456). The Backyard Series standings were won by Booyah Q with 338.3428.

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 178.88
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Master Series — Pork 172
  • Master Series — Brisket 174.85
  • Backyard Series — Chicken 170.88
  • Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 168.56
129.70 178.88

Entries

35
6 judged meats

Top score

690.8344

Winning margin

6.2744
GC over RC

Field average

653.21
586.22690.83
median 658.24 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

673.7144
586.22690.83
10th place overall

Field spread

104.6176
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,500
on the line

Most consistent

MAC ATTACK BBQ
avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4.0228 pts — Booyah Q

How hot was the win?

Top 68%
beats 32% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.33 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,543
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

iBQ'n
rated 1905 pre-contest

Storylines (2 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 12 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced and BAD HABIT BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY and BAD HABIT BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 5–6: BAD HABIT BBQ and Heritage Q tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 7–8 · 0.0116

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BIG BROTHERS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 16th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 16th
  • Brisket 6th

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8800172170.2628
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.5600172.0116170.2856
Master Series — Pork172169.1200166.8456
Master Series — Brisket174.8456172.5600169.6800
Backyard Series — Chicken170.8800162.8228155.9544
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs168.5600165.7372157.6572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 690.8344 · median 658.2400

#TeamScore
1 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 690.8344
2 KEVLAR BBQ 684.5600
3 MAC ATTACK BBQ 684.4796
4 BIG "E" BBQ 683.3940
5 iBQ'n 681.1088
6 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 679.9196
7 Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced 677.6684
8 Smoldering Q 675.3828
9 PB & Js 674.2172
10 DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY 673.7144
11 BAD HABIT BBQ 673.0516
12 Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ 670.8000
13 QUE U 670.2284
14 JAYBIRD'S BBQ 669.1428
15 Heritage Q 666.7544
16 PapaDads BBQ 665.6340
17 TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 662.6968
18 Q-JITSU 658.2400
19 Hoosier BBQ 657.0972
20 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 656.4460
21 Mid-West Coatings 656.4344
22 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 655.9312
23 LICENSE TO GRILL 654.8344
24 SMOKIN BROS BBQ -MI 651.8856
25 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 650.7428
26 Smoke til yer broke 643.8056
27 S & G BBQ 637.0400
28 Belly Buss Barbeque 631.2920
29 Hog Slayers 626.2400
30 BIG GUYS Q 620.4916
31 UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 610.1484
32 Black Ace Barbeque 601.5656
33 B.O.S.S. BBQ 593.0172
34 Frogs Hair Competition BBQ Team 587.2460
35 CBP Smoke 586.2168

Chicken

35 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.4628

#TeamScore
1 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 178.8800
2 KEVLAR BBQ 174.8800
3 JAYBIRD'S BBQ 173.1428
4 Q-JITSU 172.5828
5 Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ 172
6 Mid-West Coatings 171.9656
7 iBQ'n 171.4172
8 PB & Js 171.4056
9 MAC ATTACK BBQ 170.2856
10 TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 170.2628
11 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 169.7028
12 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 169.7028
13 BIG "E" BBQ 169.7028
14 PapaDads BBQ 169.7028
15 DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY 169.1428
16 SMOKIN BROS BBQ -MI 169.1200
17 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 169.1200
18 Hog Slayers 167.4628
19 LICENSE TO GRILL 167.4400
20 Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced 167.4056
21 QUE U 166.2628
22 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 165.6800
23 Smoke til yer broke 165.6684
24 Smoldering Q 165.1200
25 BAD HABIT BBQ 163.3828
26 BIG GUYS Q 161.7028
27 Belly Buss Barbeque 161.1088
28 Hoosier BBQ 160.5600
29 CBP Smoke 159.9884
30 Frogs Hair Competition BBQ Team 154.2172
31 Heritage Q 153.1088
32 S & G BBQ 147.3716
33 UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 146.8684
34 B.O.S.S. BBQ 142.8344
35 Black Ace Barbeque 137.6800

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3828

#TeamScore
1 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 176.5600
2 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 175.4400
3 MAC ATTACK BBQ 173.1084
4 BIG "E" BBQ 172.5828
5 iBQ'n 172.0116
6 Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced 171.4172
7 BAD HABIT BBQ 171.4172
8 Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ 171.4056
9 JAYBIRD'S BBQ 170.2972
10 Smoldering Q 170.2856
11 KEVLAR BBQ 170.2744
12 PB & Js 170.2744
13 Heritage Q 170.2628
14 LICENSE TO GRILL 169.7028
15 PapaDads BBQ 168.5716
16 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 167.4400
17 DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY 167.4288
18 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 167.3828
19 Hoosier BBQ 166.2744
20 Mid-West Coatings 165.7028
21 S & G BBQ 163.9656
22 SMOKIN BROS BBQ -MI 163.4284
23 Q-JITSU 163.3944
24 QUE U 162.8572
25 Smoke til yer broke 161.0972
26 Hog Slayers 159.4288
27 BIG GUYS Q 158.8572
28 TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 158.2400
29 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 157.6684
30 Black Ace Barbeque 154.8228
31 Frogs Hair Competition BBQ Team 154.2860
32 UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 150.7656
33 Belly Buss Barbeque 148.5144
34 B.O.S.S. BBQ 144.5600
35 CBP Smoke 143.3600

Pork

35 entries · top 172 · median 163.9772

#TeamScore
1 KEVLAR BBQ 172
2 MAC ATTACK BBQ 171.4056
3 TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 169.6800
4 DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY 169.1200
5 BAD HABIT BBQ 169.1200
6 Heritage Q 169.1200
7 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 168.5716
8 Smoldering Q 168.5600
9 BIG "E" BBQ 167.4056
10 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 166.8456
11 SMOKIN BROS BBQ -MI 166.2744
12 QUE U 166.2628
13 Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced 165.7028
14 Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ 165.6800
15 iBQ'n 165.1200
16 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 164.5372
17 PapaDads BBQ 164.5140
18 Belly Buss Barbeque 163.9772
19 Smoke til yer broke 163.9656
20 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 163.4172
21 JAYBIRD'S BBQ 162.8456
22 PB & Js 162.2744
23 Q-JITSU 162.2628
24 Mid-West Coatings 161.1088
25 Hoosier BBQ 159.9428
26 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 159.4172
27 Black Ace Barbeque 158.8000
28 S & G BBQ 157.1200
29 BIG GUYS Q 155.9888
30 CBP Smoke 153.1656
31 Hog Slayers 153.1312
32 LICENSE TO GRILL 153.1200
33 UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 152.5600
34 B.O.S.S. BBQ 143.3600
35 Frogs Hair Competition BBQ Team 142.2628

Brisket

35 entries · top 174.8456 · median 162.8572

#TeamScore
1 QUE U 174.8456
2 Heritage Q 174.2628
3 BIG "E" BBQ 173.7028
4 Rubbed, Smoked and Sauced 173.1428
5 iBQ'n 172.5600
6 BIG BROTHERS BBQ 171.9772
7 Smoldering Q 171.4172
8 Hoosier BBQ 170.3200
9 PB & Js 170.2628
10 MAC ATTACK BBQ 169.6800
11 BAD HABIT BBQ 169.1316
12 S & G BBQ 168.5828
13 DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY 168.0228
14 KEVLAR BBQ 167.4056
15 MEAN MOE'S BBQ 166.8112
16 LICENSE TO GRILL 164.5716
17 TWO CRACKERS Q-ING 164.5140
18 JAYBIRD'S BBQ 162.8572
19 PapaDads BBQ 162.8456
20 B.O.S.S. BBQ 162.2628
21 Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ 161.7144
22 Q-JITSU 160
23 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 159.9884
24 UP IN SMOKE BBQ-MI 159.9544
25 FIREHOUSE SMOKE 158.2056
26 Belly Buss Barbeque 157.6916
27 Mid-West Coatings 157.6572
28 SMOKIN GOOD TIME BBQ 156.5260
29 Smoke til yer broke 153.0744
30 SMOKIN BROS BBQ -MI 153.0628
31 Black Ace Barbeque 150.2628
32 Hog Slayers 146.2172
33 BIG GUYS Q 143.9428
34 Frogs Hair Competition BBQ Team 136.4800
35 CBP Smoke 129.7028

Backyard Series

Overall

18 entries · top 338.3428 · median 311.6744

#TeamScore
1 Booyah Q 338.3428
2 Kids of S&G BBQ 334.8228
3 Grillberts BBQ 328.5828
4 Smokin' Chap 326.2972
5 Hogz Backyard BBQ 321.6688
6 Dune Ready BBQ 319.9772
7 It's in the Q 317.6916
8 Fatboys BBQ 313.1428
9 Better Half BBQ 311.9428
10 Grill Masters 311.4060
11 Average Joes 309.6688
12 Smoketroopers 289.5772
13 JD BAR-B-Q 166.2972
14 BC BBQ 165.7372
15 TNT BBQ 165.1772
16 Two Doods BBQ 157.7372
17 Dan's BBQ 157.1428
18 Detroit Sibling Rivalry BBQ 154.8572

Chicken

12 entries · top 170.8800 · median 160.5772

#TeamScore
1 Booyah Q 170.8800
2 Dune Ready BBQ 166.8572
3 Kids of S&G BBQ 166.2628
4 Grillberts BBQ 164
5 Fatboys BBQ 162.8228
6 It's in the Q 161.1544
7 Better Half BBQ 160
8 Smokin' Chap 159.4400
9 Grill Masters 158.2860
10 Hogz Backyard BBQ 155.9544
11 Average Joes 152.0116
12 Smoketroopers 151.9428

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 168.5600 · median 157.6972

#TeamScore
1 Kids of S&G BBQ 168.5600
2 Booyah Q 167.4628
3 Smokin' Chap 166.8572
4 JD BAR-B-Q 166.2972
5 BC BBQ 165.7372
6 Hogz Backyard BBQ 165.7144
7 TNT BBQ 165.1772
8 Grillberts BBQ 164.5828
9 Two Doods BBQ 157.7372
10 Average Joes 157.6572
11 Dan's BBQ 157.1428
12 It's in the Q 156.5372
13 Detroit Sibling Rivalry BBQ 154.8572
14 Grill Masters 153.1200
15 Dune Ready BBQ 153.1200
16 Better Half BBQ 151.9428
17 Fatboys BBQ 150.3200
18 Smoketroopers 137.6344

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