The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial
2020-02-21 – 2020-02-22 · Coachella, CA · 📍 53973 Polk St. · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $10,600.00
Grand Champion: Slaughterhouse Five (694.2972) · 50 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0684 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and LADY OF Q tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and SMOKE HOUND BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 175.4628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.8456 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 173.1200 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 170.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
50 entries · top 694.2972 · median 662.1944
Chicken
50 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8456
Pork Ribs
50 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.4172
Pork
50 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.2400
Brisket
50 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.2400
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | 2LiveQ | |
| 3 | Stagecoach Barbecue | |
| 4 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 5 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 6 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 7 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 8 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 11 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 12 | LADY OF Q | |
| 13 | YARD LOBSTER BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 15 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ |
Kids-Q — Kids Q Age 11 To 15 Years
2 entries · top 169.1200 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lil Papa Roo Q | |
| 2 | 2LiveQ Jr |
Kids-Q — Kids Q Age 6 To 10 Years
2 entries · top 176.0116 · median 174.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Smokin' Duo | |
| 2 | Lil Miss Marvelous |