Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
iBQ'n won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 10th
- Pork 6th
- Brisket 4th
Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1
Sep 11–12, 2020 · Warsaw, IN · 📍 1400 E Smith Street · State championship
iBQ'n won Grand Champion at the Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 on September 11, 2020 in Warsaw, IN at 1400 E Smith Street, scoring 689.7144 in a field of 36 teams. KEVLAR BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.9888. Category winners: Chicken — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ONE2BBQ (178.8572); Pork — THE REAL SMOKIN ACES (178.3200); Brisket — KEVLAR BBQ (176.5944).
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.
604.90
median 665.86
689.71 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 178.86
- Pork 178.32
- Brisket 176.59
138.74
180
Entries
36
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
689.7144
Winning margin
1.7256
GC over RC
Field average
663.42
604.90689.71
median 665.86 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
5.1888 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
674.1484
604.90689.71
10th place overall
Field spread
84.8112
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 71%
beats 29% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,635
avg power rating going in · stronger than 92% of contests
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 knife fight at the top
4.0688
points across the top five
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0688 points.
- 1st iBQ'n
- 2nd KEVLAR BBQ
- 3rd ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
- 4th ONE2BBQ
- 5th THE REAL SMOKIN ACES
A stacked field
1635
average power rating going in
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1635 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
- top seed GREY STREET BBQ (1953)
- 36 rated teams
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 4–5: MAC ATTACK BBQ and GREY STREET BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: ONE2BBQ and iBQ'n tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: iBQ'n and Blowing Smoke BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork 5–6 · tie
- Pork 6–7 · tie
- Pork 7–8 · tie
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN · Chicken
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 | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 172.5600 | 172.0228 |
| Brisket | 176.5944 | 171.4056 | 168.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
36 entries · top 689.7144 · median 665.8624
Chicken
36 entries · top 180 · median 167.6856 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5370
Pork
36 entries · top 178.3200 · median 168.5428
Brisket
36 entries · top 176.5944 · median 165.7086
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
9 entries · top 180 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREY STREET BBQ | |
| 2 | BO B Q BBQ | |
| 3 | BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE | |
| 4 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 5 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 6 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 7 | Belly Buss Barbeque | |
| 8 | PapaDads BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Maestros |