Photo finishes
0.0456
decided the closest call
Pork Ribs places 4–5: Country Crossroad BBQ edged Red, White and Bacon by 0.0456.
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0456
Honor-Q Competitor's Series
— · Plainfield, IL
Reps: Dave Druetzler
Smoke Freaks won Grand Champion at the Honor-Q Competitor's Series in Plainfield, IL, scoring 345.6800 in a field of 9 teams. Mud's BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 344.5372. Category winners: Pork Ribs — Mud's BBQ (176.5716).
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.
317.65
median 329.63
345.68 🏆
Entries
9
1 judged meat · 1 ancillary
Top score
345.6800
Winning margin
1.1428
GC over RC
Field average
332.54
317.65345.68
median 329.63 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
8.5716 pts across the top 5
Field spread
28.0344
winner to last place
Storylines (1 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.
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 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
9 entries · top 345.6800 · median 329.6344 · out of 360, not the usual 720
| # | 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
| # | 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 |