Honor-Q Competitor's Series
· Plainfield, IL · 📍 Plainfield, IL 60585
Reps: DAVE DRUETZLER
Grand Champion: Smoke Freaks (345.6800) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Mud's BBQ
Entries
9
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
345.6800
Winning margin
1.1428
GC over RC
Field average
332.54
median 329.63
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
8.5716 pts across the top 5
Field spread
28.0344
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 74%
beats 26% of 58 Competitor Series wins in the data
Traveled in
0%
of the 9 teams with a home region came from outside IL
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 4–5: Country Crossroad BBQ edged Red, White and Bacon by 0.0456.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 168.0000 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
9 entries · top 345.6800 · median 329.6344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Freaks | |
| 2 | Mud's BBQ | |
| 3 | P.I.G. | |
| 4 | Que PD | |
| 5 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 6 | Country Crossroad BBQ | |
| 7 | F & M BBQ | |
| 8 | Red, White and Bacon | |
| 9 | Bluecollar Boys BBQ |
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 176.5716 · median 168.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud's BBQ | |
| 2 | P.I.G. | |
| 3 | Smoke Freaks | |
| 4 | Country Crossroad BBQ | |
| 5 | Red, White and Bacon | |
| 6 | Que PD | |
| 7 | Bluecollar Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 9 | F & M BBQ |
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.
Competitor Series — Turkey Breast
9 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Freaks | |
| 2 | Que PD | |
| 3 | P.I.G. | |
| 4 | Mud's BBQ | |
| 5 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 6 | Country Crossroad BBQ | |
| 7 | F & M BBQ | |
| 8 | Red, White and Bacon | |
| 9 | Bluecollar Boys BBQ |