A first Grand Championship
24
tracked contests to get there
This was Booties BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 24th tracked contest.
Albany Bacon Championship
2020-02-15 – 2020-02-16 · Albany, OR · 📍 Linn County Fairgrounds · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Booties BBQ (698.8344) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES
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.
469.12
median 646.20
698.83 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.58
- Pork Ribs 179.44
- Pork 180.00 🔥
- Brisket 180.00 🔥
135.37
180.00
Entries
16
4 judged meats
Top score
698.8344
Winning margin
9.6572
GC over RC
Field average
639.84
469.12698.83
median 646.20 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
7.4172 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
637.5884
469.12698.83
10th place overall
Field spread
229.7144
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,000.00
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 37%
beats 63% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1528
avg power rating going in · stronger than 21% of contests
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.
A statement win
9.6572
points clear of the field
Wider than 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.6572 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Photo finishes
0.0112
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Brisket places 5–6: Hoagie Smokes BBQ edged J&C BBQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Old Dirty Basters edged Hoagie Smokes BBQ by 0.0456.
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0112
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0456
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BOOTIES BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BOOTIES BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BOOTIES BBQ · Brisket
- BOOTIES 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)
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 | 176.5828 | 167.4284 | 157.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 169.6916 | 164.5832 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 172.5828 | 163.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 169.1656 | 154.9144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 698.8344 · median 646.2000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 2 | THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | |
| 3 | SMOKE324 | |
| 4 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ | |
| 6 | J&C BBQ | |
| 7 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 8 | 503 Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 10 | The Original Northwest BBQ Company | |
| 11 | Yeet the Myskeet | |
| 12 | Slo_Mo_Que | |
| 13 | G2PitCrew | |
| 14 | Rub Baby BBQ | |
| 15 | Uncle Troys BBQ | |
| 16 | Gourmet Bros BBQ |
Chicken
16 entries · top 176.5828 · median 161.3886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ | |
| 2 | THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | |
| 3 | J&C BBQ | |
| 4 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 5 | 503 Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE324 | |
| 7 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 8 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 9 | Rub Baby BBQ | |
| 10 | Gourmet Bros BBQ | |
| 11 | The Original Northwest BBQ Company | |
| 12 | Yeet the Myskeet | |
| 13 | G2PitCrew | |
| 14 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 15 | Slo_Mo_Que | |
| 16 | Uncle Troys BBQ |
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | |
| 2 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE324 | |
| 4 | Slo_Mo_Que | |
| 5 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 6 | The Original Northwest BBQ Company | |
| 7 | 503 Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 9 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ | |
| 10 | J&C BBQ | |
| 11 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Rub Baby BBQ | |
| 13 | G2PitCrew | |
| 14 | Yeet the Myskeet | |
| 15 | Uncle Troys BBQ |
Pork
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 2 | THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | |
| 3 | J&C BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKE324 | |
| 5 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 6 | The Original Northwest BBQ Company | |
| 7 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ | |
| 8 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 10 | 503 Backyard BBQ | |
| 11 | G2PitCrew | |
| 12 | Gourmet Bros BBQ | |
| 13 | Yeet the Myskeet | |
| 14 | Uncle Troys BBQ | |
| 15 | Slo_Mo_Que | |
| 16 | Rub Baby BBQ |
Brisket
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.8116 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOTIES BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE324 | |
| 3 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | RJs Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Hoagie Smokes BBQ | |
| 6 | J&C BBQ | |
| 7 | THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES | |
| 8 | Yeet the Myskeet | |
| 9 | Slo_Mo_Que | |
| 10 | Old Dirty Basters | |
| 11 | G2PitCrew | |
| 12 | Gourmet Bros BBQ | |
| 13 | 503 Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | Uncle Troys BBQ | |
| 15 | The Original Northwest BBQ Company | |
| 16 | Rub Baby BBQ |