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Best of the Midwest

Oct 18–19, 2019 · Union Grove, WI · 📍 19805 Durand Ave · State championship

Prize money: $7,000

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HOGLINE
700.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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THE REAL SMOKIN ACES
682.8116 · Master Series — Overall
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WICKED SMOKE BBQ
678.7772 · Master Series — Overall

HOGLINE won Grand Champion at the Best of the Midwest on October 18, 2019 in Union Grove, WI at 19805 Durand Ave, scoring 700.5028 in a field of 52 teams. THE REAL SMOKIN ACES took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8116. Category winners: Chicken — HOGLINE (177.7144); Pork Ribs — HOGLINE (178.8572); Pork — D.F.G.'S BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Pit Snipe 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 178.30
133.07 180

Entries

52
4 judged meats

Top score

700.5028

Winning margin

17.6912
GC over RC

Field average

646.55
573.62700.50
median 649.95 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
D.F.G.'S BBQ (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
4 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

666.2056
573.62700.50
10th place overall

Field spread

126.8800
winner to last place

Prize money

$7,000
on the line

Most consistent

HOGLINE
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.9884 pts — D.F.G.'S BBQ

How hot was the win?

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

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,571
avg power rating going in · stronger than 56% of contests

Top-rated in the field

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
rated 2022 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

Hogline came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1912
  • top seed 2022

A statement win

17.6912 points clear of the field

Wider than 98% of the 4,710 championships in the data

The champion won by 17.6912 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 6–7: PORKRASTINATORS and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: QUE U and A BOY NAMED QUE tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. and HOG CALL BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Pork 8–9 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 2–3 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

HOGLINE won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

HOGLINE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 10th.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 10th
  • Brisket 3rd

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • D.F.G.'S BBQ · Pork

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
Chicken177.7144173.1200168.5372
Pork Ribs178.8572174.8572167.3944
Pork180173.1544170.8228
Brisket178.2972172.5600169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

52 entries · top 700.5028 · median 649.9490

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 700.5028
2 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 682.8116
3 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 678.7772
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 678.1252
5 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 674.2060
6 A BOY NAMED QUE 673.0288
7 SmokinGhost BBQ 671.3028
8 D.F.G.'S BBQ 670.7200
9 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 669.6340
10 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 666.2056
11 BIG HORNED BBQ 665.0972
12 QUE U 662.7544
13 HOG CALL BBQ 662.1828
14 THE BBQ BUS 660.4228
15 RUSTY PIG BBQ 659.8740
16 JACKS PIT SHACK 659.3488
17 BILLY RAY BBQ 658.1600
18 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 657.0056
19 CHANNABILLY BBQ 656.4916
20 SMOKE INFUSION 655.8740
21 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 653.5424
22 SI2 BBQ 651.3716
23 PORKRASTINATORS 651.2688
24 Beauty and the Beef 650.8228
25 Littles BBQ Co 650.7312
26 Pit Snipe BBQ 650.2748
27 SMOKE FREAKS 649.6232
28 LIMP BRISKET 648.4572
29 BURNIN BENJAMINS 647.8172
30 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 646.6400
31 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 646.1488
32 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 645.0060
33 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 644.9712
34 TOPPGATOR BBQ 644.4912
35 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 643.7944
36 MONTANA MAX BBQ 642.7316
37 P.I.G. 642.1260
38 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 633.6004
39 Two Brews bbq 633.1088
40 EF-Q 631.8740
41 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 631.2916
42 Moose's Barbecue 631.2688
43 Chocolate City BBQ 630.6284
44 HAWGWASH BBQ 629.0176
45 The Rub Doctors 622.1600
46 Smoke Eat Repeat 617.5428
47 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 614.7088
48 PURPLE SHADOW 614.2176
49 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 611.2460
50 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 587.1544
51 JJ QUE 586.8232
52 The Crooked Barrel Burns 573.6228

Chicken

52 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4000

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 177.7144
2 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 176.5600
3 SmokinGhost BBQ 175.4172
4 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 174.2628
5 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 173.1200
6 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 172
7 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 171.4056
8 TOPPGATOR BBQ 170.2856
9 BIG HORNED BBQ 168.5828
10 SMOKE INFUSION 168.5372
11 Moose's Barbecue 167.9772
12 D.F.G.'S BBQ 167.3944
13 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 167.3944
14 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 167.3828
15 HOG CALL BBQ 166.8344
16 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 166.8228
17 LIMP BRISKET 166.8228
18 SMOKE FREAKS 166.2744
19 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 166.2284
20 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 165.6800
21 Beauty and the Beef 165.1544
22 A BOY NAMED QUE 165.1088
23 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 164.0116
24 Chocolate City BBQ 163.9772
25 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 163.9544
26 CHANNABILLY BBQ 163.4056
27 JACKS PIT SHACK 163.3944
28 RUSTY PIG BBQ 163.3712
29 Two Brews bbq 162.8456
30 Littles BBQ Co 162.8456
31 EF-Q 162.8228
32 SI2 BBQ 161.7028
33 Smoke Eat Repeat 161.0856
34 P.I.G. 160.5372
35 BILLY RAY BBQ 160.5256
36 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 160.5256
37 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 159.9772
38 QUE U 159.9544
39 THE BBQ BUS 159.3712
40 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 159.3712
41 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 155.3828
42 BURNIN BENJAMINS 154.2516
43 The Rub Doctors 154.2400
44 Pit Snipe BBQ 153.7144
45 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 153.6800
46 JJ QUE 152.5256
47 PORKRASTINATORS 151.9544
48 HAWGWASH BBQ 150.2172
49 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 146.2400
50 MONTANA MAX BBQ 145.0972
51 PURPLE SHADOW 144
52 The Crooked Barrel Burns 136.5372

Pork Ribs

52 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.9658

#TeamScore
1 HOGLINE 178.8572
2 SmokinGhost BBQ 176.0116
3 Littles BBQ Co 176
4 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 175.4516
5 MONTANA MAX BBQ 174.8572
6 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 174.2744
7 RUSTY PIG BBQ 170.2972
8 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 169.1200
9 Two Brews bbq 167.4632
10 D.F.G.'S BBQ 167.3944
11 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 166.8572
12 TOPPGATOR BBQ 166.2972
13 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 166.2860
14 A BOY NAMED QUE 166.2628
15 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 166.2284
16 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 165.6916
17 QUE U 165.1544
18 SI2 BBQ 165.1316
19 BURNIN BENJAMINS 165.0972
20 CHANNABILLY BBQ 163.9888
21 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 163.9428
22 Beauty and the Beef 162.8228
23 LIMP BRISKET 161.7028
24 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 161.1432
25 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 161.0972
26 JACKS PIT SHACK 159.9772
27 PORKRASTINATORS 159.9544
28 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 158.8116
29 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 158.2516
30 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 158.2516
31 BIG HORNED BBQ 158.2400
32 BILLY RAY BBQ 157.6800
33 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 157.6688
34 HOG CALL BBQ 156.5600
35 Smoke Eat Repeat 156.5372
36 P.I.G. 156.5260
37 The Rub Doctors 155.4056
38 HAWGWASH BBQ 155.3944
39 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 154.2516
40 THE BBQ BUS 153.6344
41 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 153.1200
42 SMOKE INFUSION 153.1200
43 SMOKE FREAKS 153.0972
44 PURPLE SHADOW 153.0860
45 Moose's Barbecue 152.5372
46 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 151.3372
47 Chocolate City BBQ 150.7656
48 EF-Q 146.2400
49 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 146.2056
50 Pit Snipe BBQ 145.1088
51 JJ QUE 143.9888
52 The Crooked Barrel Burns 138.2628

Pork

52 entries · top 180 · median 162.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 D.F.G.'S BBQ 180 🔥
2 BILLY RAY BBQ 176.0116
3 BIG HORNED BBQ 176
4 THE BBQ BUS 175.4516
5 Pit Snipe BBQ 173.1544
6 PORKRASTINATORS 173.1200
7 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1200
8 QUE U 171.9772
9 A BOY NAMED QUE 171.9772
10 HOGLINE 170.8228
11 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2744
12 SMOKE FREAKS 170.2744
13 SMOKE INFUSION 169.6684
14 Two Brews bbq 167.4172
15 JACKS PIT SHACK 166.8344
16 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 166.2744
17 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 166.2516
18 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 166.2400
19 RUSTY PIG BBQ 166.2400
20 HOG CALL BBQ 166.2284
21 Beauty and the Beef 165.1312
22 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 164.5484
23 BURNIN BENJAMINS 164.5256
24 PURPLE SHADOW 163.4400
25 EF-Q 162.8456
26 CHANNABILLY BBQ 162.8344
27 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 162.8228
28 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 162.2628
29 SmokinGhost BBQ 161.6340
30 LIMP BRISKET 161.0972
31 TOPPGATOR BBQ 160.5716
32 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 159.9772
33 Littles BBQ Co 159.9656
34 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 159.9656
35 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 159.9656
36 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 159.3828
37 MONTANA MAX BBQ 158.2400
38 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 158.2172
39 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 158.2056
40 Smoke Eat Repeat 157.6800
41 P.I.G. 157.6572
42 Moose's Barbecue 156.5144
43 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 156.5144
44 HAWGWASH BBQ 155.9544
45 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 154.8000
46 SI2 BBQ 153.7144
47 Chocolate City BBQ 153.6456
48 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 152.4916
49 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 151.9312
50 The Rub Doctors 149.6800
51 The Crooked Barrel Burns 145.7028
52 JJ QUE 144.0344

Brisket

52 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8056

#TeamScore
1 Pit Snipe BBQ 178.2972
2 STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 177.1428
3 HOGLINE 173.1084
4 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 172.5600
5 HOG CALL BBQ 172.5600
6 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 172.5484
7 THE BBQ BUS 171.9656
8 SI2 BBQ 170.8228
9 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 170.2628
10 A BOY NAMED QUE 169.6800
11 JACKS PIT SHACK 169.1428
12 TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 169.1200
13 HAWGWASH BBQ 167.4516
14 P.I.G. 167.4056
15 SMOKIN HIGHWAYMEN 167.3712
16 WICKED SMOKE BBQ 166.8228
17 CHANNABILLY BBQ 166.2628
18 PORKRASTINATORS 166.2400
19 QUE U 165.6684
20 SMOKE INFUSION 164.5484
21 MONTANA MAX BBQ 164.5372
22 BURNIN BENJAMINS 163.9428
23 BILLY RAY BBQ 163.9428
24 FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ 163.9428
25 CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE 163.4284
26 The Rub Doctors 162.8344
27 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 162.7768
28 BIG HORNED BBQ 162.2744
29 Chocolate City BBQ 162.2400
30 CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE 160.5256
31 SMOKE FREAKS 159.9772
32 RUSTY PIG BBQ 159.9656
33 EF-Q 159.9656
34 LIMP BRISKET 158.8344
35 CARNIVORE'S PARADISE 158.2860
36 SmokinGhost BBQ 158.2400
37 Beauty and the Beef 157.7144
38 43RD PARALLEL BBQ 156.5256
39 D.F.G.'S BBQ 155.9312
40 Moose's Barbecue 154.2400
41 PURPLE SHADOW 153.6916
42 The Crooked Barrel Burns 153.1200
43 CRACKHOUSE BBQ 152.5372
44 Littles BBQ Co 151.9200
45 SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV 150.8228
46 ROLL THE BONES BBQ 147.3944
47 TOPPGATOR BBQ 147.3368
48 JJ QUE 146.2744
49 BRASS MONKEY BBQ 144.4916
50 Smoke Eat Repeat 142.2400
51 Two Brews bbq 135.3828
52 Monkey Karl'z Party Q 133.0744

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