A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
Holey Ribeyes finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Fired up Florida (KOSHER SERIES)
Dec 31, 2019 – Jan 1, 2020 · Boca Raton, FL · 📍 Sunset Cove Amphitheater
Reps: Mike Lake, Theresa Lake
Holey Ribeyes won Grand Champion at the Fired up Florida (KOSHER SERIES) on December 31, 2019 in Boca Raton, FL at Sunset Cove Amphitheater, scoring 589.7140 in a field of 10 teams. High Priests took Reserve Grand Champion with 575.4168. Category winners: Chicken — BakarBQ (160.0000); Brisket — Holey Ribeyes (156.5712).
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.
530.65
median 559.71
589.71 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 160
- Brisket 156.57
123.38
160
Entries
10
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
589.7140
Winning margin
14.2972
GC over RC
Field average
558.15
530.65589.71
median 559.71 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
9.6684 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
530.6512
530.65589.71
10th place overall
Field spread
59.0628
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Form held
Weak
ρ = 0.29 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,499
avg power rating going in · stronger than 1% of contests
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
0.0232
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 5–6: Aamazoon Prime Rib edged Roast Hashana by 0.0232. Chicken places 6–7: Roast Hashana edged Siyum HaSauce by 0.0456.
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0232
- Chicken 6–7 · 0.0456
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 160 | 150.3316 | 129.6684 |
| Brisket | 156.5712 | 141.6800 | 123.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Other
Overall
10 entries · top 589.7140 · median 559.7140 · out of 720, not the usual 720
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holey Ribeyes | |
| 2 | High Priests | |
| 3 | BakarBQ | |
| 4 | Hebrew School Dropout | |
| 5 | Roast Hashana | |
| 6 | Miriam Grills a Little Lamb | |
| 7 | The Smokey Sausage | |
| 8 | Aamazoon Prime Rib | |
| 9 | Siyum HaSauce | |
| 10 | Bris Meatlah |
Chicken
10 entries · top 160 · median 150.3200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BakarBQ | |
| 2 | Holey Ribeyes | |
| 3 | Miriam Grills a Little Lamb | |
| 4 | Hebrew School Dropout | |
| 5 | Aamazoon Prime Rib | |
| 6 | Roast Hashana | |
| 7 | Siyum HaSauce | |
| 8 | High Priests | |
| 9 | The Smokey Sausage | |
| 10 | Bris Meatlah |
Brisket
10 entries · top 156.5712 · median 139.9486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holey Ribeyes | |
| 2 | High Priests | |
| 3 | Roast Hashana | |
| 4 | Miriam Grills a Little Lamb | |
| 5 | Aamazoon Prime Rib | |
| 6 | Hebrew School Dropout | |
| 7 | BakarBQ | |
| 8 | Bris Meatlah | |
| 9 | Siyum HaSauce | |
| 10 | The Smokey Sausage |
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.
Other — Beef Ribs
10 entries · top 156.6056 · median 143.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Smokey Sausage | |
| 2 | High Priests | |
| 3 | Bris Meatlah | |
| 4 | Hebrew School Dropout | |
| 5 | Holey Ribeyes | |
| 6 | BakarBQ | |
| 7 | Roast Hashana | |
| 8 | Aamazoon Prime Rib | |
| 9 | Siyum HaSauce | |
| 10 | Miriam Grills a Little Lamb |
Other — Turkey
10 entries · top 135.3488 · median 127.1144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew School Dropout | |
| 2 | The Smokey Sausage | |
| 3 | BakarBQ | |
| 4 | Miriam Grills a Little Lamb | |
| 5 | Holey Ribeyes | |
| 6 | Roast Hashana | |
| 7 | High Priests | |
| 8 | Siyum HaSauce | |
| 9 | Bris Meatlah | |
| 10 | Aamazoon Prime Rib |