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Hops and Hogs Festival
Oct 4–5, 2019
· Huntersville, NC
· 📍 4431 Neck Rd
Reps: Connie Amidei, Jonathan Amidei
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Prize money: $6,150
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696.5484 · Master Series — Overall
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690.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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683.9312 · Master Series — Overall
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE won Grand Champion at the Hops and Hogs Festival on October 4, 2019 in Huntersville, NC at 4431 Neck Rd, scoring 696.5484 in a field of 11 teams. SMOKE MONSTER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.7884. Category winners: Chicken — The Sauce And All That Goes With It (178.8800); Pork Ribs — OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE (177.7372); Pork — SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (173.7028); Brisket — SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (178.2972).
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.
630.71
median 675.36
696.55 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
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Chicken
178.88
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Pork Ribs
177.74
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Pork
173.70
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Brisket
178.30
154.22
178.88
Winning margin
5.7600
GC over RC
Field average
669.84
630.71696.55
median 675.36 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
6.2856 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
650.1480
630.71696.55
10th place overall
Field spread
65.8404
winner to last place
Prize money
$6,150
on the line
Most consistent
avg finish 3 across 4 meats
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Widest winning margin
Pork Ribs
How hot was the win?
Top 47%
beats 53% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.65 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,609
avg power rating going in · stronger than 83% of contests
Top-rated in the field
rated 1872 pre-contest
Storylines (3 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.
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Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 5–6: HOT WACHULA'S and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 169.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: JL Smokers and HOT WACHULA'S tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: HOT WACHULA'S and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · 0.0228
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A double category winner
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
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How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
- Chicken 6th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 2nd
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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
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| Chicken | 178.8800 | 169.1084 | 159.9540 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 169.7144 | 161.1084 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 167.4172 | 162.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 169.6684 | 156.5256 |
Master Series
Overall
11 entries · top 696.5484 · median 675.3600
Chicken
11 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1084
Pork Ribs
11 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.9772
Pork
11 entries · top 173.7028 · median 166.8456
Brisket
11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.7028