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"Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Jul 30–31, 2020 · Blairstown, NJ · 📍 Triple Brook Camping Resort

Reps: Alex Jr Brown, Louise Weidner

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PIGGIN' WHISKEY
682.1596 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN' TEX BBQ
681.6228 · Master Series — Overall
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DANTE'S INFERNO
681.0972 · Master Series — Overall

PIGGIN' WHISKEY won Grand Champion at the "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES on July 30, 2020 in Blairstown, NJ at Triple Brook Camping Resort, scoring 682.1596 in a field of 18 teams. SMOKIN' TEX BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.6228. Category winners: Chicken — GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (176.5944); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (171.9656); Pork — PIGGIN' WHISKEY (176.5600); Brisket — SMOKIN' TEX BBQ (177.7144).

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 176.59
  • Pork Ribs 171.97
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 177.71
142.79 177.71

Entries

18
4 judged meats

Top score

682.1596

Winning margin

0.5368
GC over RC

Field average

662.84
616.46682.16
median 668.74 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

668.4228
616.46682.16
10th place overall

Field spread

65.7020
winner to last place

Most consistent

DANTE'S INFERNO
avg finish 6 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 5.7372 pts — SMOKIN' TEX BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 87%
beats 13% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,701
avg power rating going in · stronger than 100% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
rated 1966 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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 razor-thin finish

0.5368 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 93% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.

  • Piggin' Whiskey
  • SMOKIN' TEX BBQ

An upset on the books

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Piggin' Whiskey came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1732
  • top seed 1966

A stacked field

1701 average power rating going in

Stronger than 100% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1701 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.

  • top seed WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (1966)
  • 18 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 2–3: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: A MAZIE Q and DANTE'S INFERNO tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 167.9884 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

PIGGIN' WHISKEY took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.

  • Chicken 7th
  • Pork Ribs 6th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 10th

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
Chicken176.5944173.7028169.6684
Pork Ribs171.9656169.1200164.0116
Pork176.5600169.1544165.6800
Brisket177.7144169.1200164.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

18 entries · top 682.1596 · median 668.7428

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 682.1596
2 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 681.6228
3 DANTE'S INFERNO 681.0972
4 TOP GUN BARBECUE 673.6800
5 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 671.3600
6 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 671.2916
7 SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 670.7656
8 DRILLING & GRILLING 669.6344
9 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 669.0628
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 668.4228
11 PADDY MCQ'S 667.3140
12 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 662.6856
13 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 661.5772
14 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 654.1600
15 A MAZIE Q 654.1256
16 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 650.6972
17 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 624.9488
18 Tactical Chef BBQ 616.4576

Chicken

18 entries · top 176.5944 · median 169.9828

#TeamScore
1 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 176.5944
2 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 176.5600
3 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 176
4 DRILLING & GRILLING 175.4172
5 DANTE'S INFERNO 173.7028
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 172.5600
7 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 172.5484
8 A MAZIE Q 171.4056
9 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 170.2972
10 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 169.6684
11 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 169.1200
12 PADDY MCQ'S 169.1200
13 SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 168.5600
14 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 168.5488
15 TOP GUN BARBECUE 168
16 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 166.2972
17 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 166.2400
18 Tactical Chef BBQ 160.5716

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 171.9656 · median 165.4172

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 171.9656
2 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 170.2744
3 SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 170.2744
4 PADDY MCQ'S 169.7028
5 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 169.1200
6 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 168.5256
7 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 168
8 A MAZIE Q 166.8228
9 DANTE'S INFERNO 166.8228
10 DRILLING & GRILLING 164.0116
11 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 163.9544
12 TOP GUN BARBECUE 163.4172
13 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 163.4060
14 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 160.5484
15 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 158.2284
16 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 153.0972
17 Tactical Chef BBQ 153.0972
18 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 150.2056

Pork

18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8342

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 176.5600
2 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 175.4172
3 TOP GUN BARBECUE 173.1428
4 DANTE'S INFERNO 172.5716
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 169.1544
6 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 168.5372
7 DRILLING & GRILLING 168.5256
8 SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 167.9884
9 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 167.9884
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 165.6800
11 A MAZIE Q 164.5256
12 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 163.3828
13 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 160.5144
14 Tactical Chef BBQ 160
15 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 159.3484
16 PADDY MCQ'S 158.7884
17 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 155.3600
18 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 154.8000

Brisket

18 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.8114

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 177.7144
2 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 171.9772
3 PADDY MCQ'S 169.7028
4 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 169.1200
5 TOP GUN BARBECUE 169.1200
6 DANTE'S INFERNO 168
7 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 167.3712
8 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 166.2284
9 PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB 165.0972
10 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 164.5256
11 SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS 163.9428
12 UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT 162.8000
13 DRILLING & GRILLING 161.6800
14 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 155.3600
15 BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT 151.3944
16 A MAZIE Q 151.3716
17 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 147.8972
18 Tactical Chef BBQ 142.7888

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