A first Grand Championship
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title in the data
This was House Divided's first Grand Championship in the data.
Fifth Annual Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES)
Oct 24–27, 2019 · Dallas, TX · 📍 Coit & Spring Valley RD
Reps: Debbie Spray, Scott Spray · Prize money: $500
House Divided won Grand Champion at the Fifth Annual Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) on October 24, 2019 in Dallas, TX at Coit & Spring Valley RD, scoring 658.2740 in a field of 11 teams. Savage Smoke took Reserve Grand Champion with 658.2516. Category winners: Chicken — 5 Dudes and a Vegetarian (164.5600); Brisket — Savage Smoke (175.4744).
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.
590.70
median 630.31
658.27 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 164.56
- Brisket 175.47
139.97
175.47
Entries
11
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
658.2740
Winning margin
0.0224
GC over RC
Field average
627.95
590.70658.27
median 630.31 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
7.3600 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
601.5660
590.70658.27
10th place overall
Field spread
67.5772
winner to last place
Prize money
$500
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
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.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
House Divided finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 9–10: 5 Dudes and a Vegetarian and Green Family Camp tied on 143.9200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: DFW Kosher Q Crew edged 99 Percent Kosher by 0.0800.
- Brisket 9–10 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · 0.0800
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 164.5600 | 157.2000 | 149.7028 |
| Brisket | 175.4744 | 157.6688 | 143.9200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Kosher Series
Overall
11 entries · top 658.2740 · median 630.3084 · out of 720, not the usual 720
Chicken
11 entries · top 164.5600 · median 154.8344
Brisket
11 entries · top 175.4744 · median 151.9772
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.
Kosher Series — Beef Ribs
11 entries · top 172.0344 · median 161.6572
Kosher Series — Turkey
11 entries · top 166.2856 · median 160.5828