Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

2020-10-23 – 2020-10-24 · Shawnee, OK · 📍 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr · State championship

Reps: BOB MCKINNON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $13,000.00

Grand Champion: Boomerang BBQ (702.8116) · 64 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ

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BOOMERANG BBQ

702.8116 · Master Series — Overall

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SLAPS BBQ

698.8688 · Master Series — Overall

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HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE

697.7028 · Master Series — Overall

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.

606.11 median 681.05 702.81 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 177.71
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

142.18 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2021 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

702.8116

Winning margin

3.9428

GC over RC

Field average

676.60

606.11702.81

median 681.05 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

BUFFALO'S BBQ (Brisket), SLAPS BBQ (Brisket), Potbellied Stallions (Brisket) + 3 more

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

694.2056

606.11702.81

10th place overall

Field spread

96.6972

winner to last place

Prize money

$13,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

BOOMERANG BBQ

avg finish 9.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2628 pts — Lake Rat BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 22%

beats 78% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

38%

28 of 74 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1657

avg power rating going in · stronger than 97% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1986 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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 new contest record

702.8116 highest overall ever cooked here

702.8116 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.6916 Smoked Out BBQ set in 2019.

old record 701.6916
set 2019 by Smoked Out BBQ

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BOOMERANG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 6th
Pork 15th
Brisket 10th

A day of perfect scores

6 perfect 180s

6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

BUFFALO'S BBQ · Brisket
SLAPS BBQ · Brisket
Potbellied Stallions · Brisket

A stacked field

1657 average power rating going in

Stronger than 97% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1657 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.

top seed GETTIN' BASTED (1986)
64 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 18 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: BOOMERANG BBQ and MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and UNCLE J'S tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: UNCLE J'S and BOGGS HOG BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 5–6 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

Lake Rat BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 178.8572
across 1 past editions

One of the big ones

64 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data

64 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2019-03-22	Shawnee, OK	1570 S Gordon Cooper	74	701.6916	Smoked Out BBQ	DEAD BIRD BBQ
2020-10-23 ← this one	Shawnee, OK	1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr	64	702.8116	Boomerang BBQ	SLAPS BBQ
2021-03-19	Shawnee, OK	1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr	56	706.8456	Rio Valley Meat BBQ	CLARK CREW BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5600	175.4288
Pork Ribs	177.7144	175.4288	174.2628
Pork	180.0000	178.8572	177.7028
Brisket	180.0000	177.7028	175.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

64 entries · top 702.8116 · median 681.0456

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	702.8116
2	SLAPS BBQ	698.8688
3	HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE	697.7028
4	BUFFALO'S BBQ	697.1316
5	Smoking OCD	697.0972
6	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	696.5028
7	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	696.4912
8	Lake Rat BBQ	695.4056
9	UNCLE J'S	695.3600
10	GETTIN' BASTED	694.2056
11	TINY E BBQ	693.6684
12	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	693.6572
13	DIRT ROAD BBQ	693.6344
14	Potbellied Stallions	692.5028
15	HIGH i QUE	691.9428
16	RUB MY RACK	691.3828
17	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	690.2400
18	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	690.2056
19	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	689.5996
20	MAN MEAT BBQ	689.0512
21	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	688.4568
22	BACKDRAFT BBQ	687.9200
23	FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	686.7428
24	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	685.6684
25	SMOKIN DAN	685.6452
26	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	685.0972
27	Chingon BBQ	685.0400
28	Ncognito Cookers	684.5028
29	Texas Smoke Whisper	684.4916
30	Rollin Smoke BBQ Texas	681.6460
31	4 LEGS UP BBQ	681.6228
32	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	681.0628
33	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	681.0284
34	DIVINE SWINE	680.4912
35	#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	680.4796
36	Three Hog Night Smokers-OK	679.8740
37	Old Man Joe's	679.3484
38	Fat&Dumb BBQ	679.3140
39	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	678.8112
40	Ambition Que	677.0284
41	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	677.0284
42	THE GRISWOLDS	676.4344
43	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	673.6456
44	Ten-32	673.6116
45	Movin' The Chains BBQ	671.3256
46	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	670.7544
47	EVIL MONKEY BBQ	669.6000
48	Hat Creek Q	668.4572
49	THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	667.9428
50	DEAD BIRD BBQ	667.8972
51	BOGGS HOG BBQ	667.8856
52	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	665.0400
53	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	663.2340
54	LA PASADITA	662.1256
55	BOXER Q BBQ	660.5028
56	HONEYMAN BBQ	657.5772
57	CEO BBQ	655.2804
58	Smokin Bones	652.9828
59	DR. ALAN'S BBQ	650.7772
60	HOLLOW Q	649.5772
61	Pork Posse	632.9600
62	Ozark Fog BBQ	612.8000
63	PIG IN A PIT	607.3144
64	Boss Hogs Flying Pig BBQ	606.1144

Chicken

64 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Lake Rat BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE	177.7372
3	THE GRISWOLDS	177.7028
4	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	177.1428
5	BOOMERANG BBQ	176.5600
6	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	176.5600
7	UNCLE J'S	176.5600
8	BOGGS HOG BBQ	176.5600
9	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	176.0000
10	HONEYMAN BBQ	175.4288
11	EVIL MONKEY BBQ	175.4172
12	GETTIN' BASTED	175.4172
13	Ten-32	175.4056
14	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	174.8572
15	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	174.8456
16	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	174.2856
17	BACKDRAFT BBQ	174.2628
18	RUB MY RACK	174.2628
19	Fat&Dumb BBQ	174.2628
20	Chingon BBQ	174.2628
21	Three Hog Night Smokers-OK	174.2628
22	BOXER Q BBQ	173.7600
23	HOLLOW Q	173.7028
24	HIGH i QUE	173.1428
25	DIRT ROAD BBQ	173.1316
26	DIVINE SWINE	173.1084
27	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	173.1084
28	LA PASADITA	173.1084
29	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.0000
30	SLAPS BBQ	171.9888
31	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	171.9656
32	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	171.9656
33	Rollin Smoke BBQ Texas	171.4172
34	TINY E BBQ	171.4056
35	Movin' The Chains BBQ	171.4056
36	Potbellied Stallions	170.8228
37	MAN MEAT BBQ	170.8228
38	#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	170.8228
39	BUFFALO'S BBQ	170.2628
40	Smoking OCD	170.2628
41	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	170.2512
42	DEAD BIRD BBQ	169.6800
43	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.6800
44	Ncognito Cookers	168.5828
45	DR. ALAN'S BBQ	168.5828
46	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	168.5716
47	Texas Smoke Whisper	168.5716
48	FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	168.5372
49	Ambition Que	168.5372
50	Hat Creek Q	167.3828
51	Smokin Bones	167.3712
52	SMOKIN DAN	166.8112
53	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	166.2400
54	Ozark Fog BBQ	166.2400
55	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	165.6684
56	THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	165.1428
57	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	164.5372
58	Pork Posse	164.5256
59	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	163.3828
60	Old Man Joe's	162.8228
61	CEO BBQ	162.2400
62	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	157.6800
63	Boss Hogs Flying Pig BBQ	153.1544
64	PIG IN A PIT	145.6800

Pork Ribs

64 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.8514

#	Team	Score
1	Smoking OCD	177.7144
2	BACKDRAFT BBQ	177.1544
3	SMOKIN DAN	176.0228
4	TINY E BBQ	176.0000
5	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	175.4288
6	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4288
7	HIGH i QUE	174.8572
8	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	174.2744
9	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	174.2744
10	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	174.2628
11	HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE	173.1316
12	RUB MY RACK	173.1200
13	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	173.1200
14	Ncognito Cookers	173.1200
15	BUFFALO'S BBQ	172.5716
16	Old Man Joe's	171.9772
17	FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	171.9772
18	GETTIN' BASTED	171.9772
19	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	171.9656
20	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.9656
21	Ambition Que	171.4172
22	DIVINE SWINE	171.4056
23	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	171.4056
24	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	170.8344
25	Movin' The Chains BBQ	170.8344
26	Texas Smoke Whisper	170.8344
27	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	170.8228
28	Fat&Dumb BBQ	170.2628
29	UNCLE J'S	169.6800
30	Chingon BBQ	169.6800
31	Hat Creek Q	169.1544
32	Smokin Bones	169.1200
33	#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	168.5828
34	THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	168.5372
35	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	167.9656
36	Potbellied Stallions	167.4172
37	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	167.4172
38	MAN MEAT BBQ	167.4056
39	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	167.3944
40	4 LEGS UP BBQ	167.3944
41	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	167.3944
42	BOGGS HOG BBQ	167.3828
43	SLAPS BBQ	166.8800
44	CEO BBQ	166.8344
45	Lake Rat BBQ	165.7028
46	DEAD BIRD BBQ	165.6800
47	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	165.6800
48	Ten-32	164.5488
49	Rollin Smoke BBQ Texas	164.5488
50	Three Hog Night Smokers-OK	163.9656
51	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	162.2516
52	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	161.6800
53	THE GRISWOLDS	161.6688
54	EVIL MONKEY BBQ	160.5372
55	Boss Hogs Flying Pig BBQ	159.9544
56	Pork Posse	159.4056
57	HOLLOW Q	158.2400
58	HONEYMAN BBQ	157.0856
59	PIG IN A PIT	156.5488
60	BOXER Q BBQ	156.5372
61	LA PASADITA	155.9428
62	DR. ALAN'S BBQ	155.3828
63	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	153.6228
64	Ozark Fog BBQ	147.3372

Pork

64 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9886 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SLAPS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	179.4400
4	DR. ALAN'S BBQ	179.4400
5	MAN MEAT BBQ	178.8572
6	Smoking OCD	178.8572
7	Old Man Joe's	178.8572
8	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	177.7372
9	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	177.7144
10	Fat&Dumb BBQ	177.7028
11	Lake Rat BBQ	176.5828
12	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	176.5600
13	DIRT ROAD BBQ	176.5600
14	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	176.5600
15	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4172
16	HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE	175.4056
17	Movin' The Chains BBQ	174.8572
18	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	174.8572
19	Ten-32	174.2972
20	BUFFALO'S BBQ	174.2972
21	UNCLE J'S	174.2744
22	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	174.2628
23	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	174.2628
24	DEAD BIRD BBQ	174.2628
25	Potbellied Stallions	174.2628
26	Chingon BBQ	174.2628
27	TINY E BBQ	174.2628
28	THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	173.1428
29	Three Hog Night Smokers-OK	173.1200
30	Rollin Smoke BBQ Texas	172.5600
31	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.5484
32	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	172.0000
33	Ncognito Cookers	171.9772
34	HIGH i QUE	171.9772
35	Texas Smoke Whisper	171.9656
36	GETTIN' BASTED	171.4056
37	SMOKIN DAN	170.8456
38	LA PASADITA	170.8344
39	RUB MY RACK	170.2856
40	HONEYMAN BBQ	170.2628
41	THE GRISWOLDS	169.6800
42	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	169.6684
43	EVIL MONKEY BBQ	169.1200
44	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.1200
45	Ambition Que	169.1200
46	FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	168.5256
47	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	168.5256
48	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	167.9772
49	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	167.4056
50	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	166.2972
51	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	166.2856
52	BOXER Q BBQ	166.2628
53	#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	166.2284
54	DIVINE SWINE	164.5372
55	Hat Creek Q	163.9428
56	BACKDRAFT BBQ	163.3828
57	PIG IN A PIT	162.8456
58	BOGGS HOG BBQ	161.6572
59	CEO BBQ	161.1088
60	Smokin Bones	158.2516
61	Ozark Fog BBQ	155.9084
62	Pork Posse	155.3944
63	Boss Hogs Flying Pig BBQ	150.8228
64	HOLLOW Q	149.0860

Brisket

64 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BUFFALO'S BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SLAPS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Potbellied Stallions	180.0000 🔥
4	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	178.8572
5	FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	177.7028
6	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	176.5600
7	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	176.0000
8	GETTIN' BASTED	175.4056
9	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	175.4056
10	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4056
11	#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	174.8456
12	UNCLE J'S	174.8456
13	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	174.2628
14	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	174.2628
15	RUB MY RACK	173.7144
16	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	173.7028
17	Lake Rat BBQ	173.1200
18	BACKDRAFT BBQ	173.1200
19	Texas Smoke Whisper	173.1200
20	Rollin Smoke BBQ Texas	173.1200
21	TINY E BBQ	172.0000
22	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.9772
23	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	171.9656
24	MAN MEAT BBQ	171.9656
25	BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	171.9656
26	SMOKIN DAN	171.9656
27	HIGH i QUE	171.9656
28	DIVINE SWINE	171.4400
29	HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE	171.4284
30	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	170.8684
31	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	170.8228
32	Ncognito Cookers	170.8228
33	Smoking OCD	170.2628
34	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.7028
35	4 LEGS UP BBQ	169.6800
36	MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	169.1200
37	HOLLOW Q	168.5484
38	Three Hog Night Smokers-OK	168.5256
39	Hat Creek Q	167.9772
40	Ambition Que	167.9540
41	THE GRISWOLDS	167.3828
42	Chingon BBQ	166.8344
43	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	166.2284
44	Old Man Joe's	165.6912
45	DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	165.6684
46	CEO BBQ	165.0972
47	EVIL MONKEY BBQ	164.5256
48	BOXER Q BBQ	163.9428
49	BOGGS HOG BBQ	162.2856
50	LA PASADITA	162.2400
51	THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	161.1200
52	Ten-32	159.3600
53	DEAD BIRD BBQ	158.2744
54	Smokin Bones	158.2400
55	SMOKIN TRIGGERS	158.2284
56	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	157.6912
57	Fat&Dumb BBQ	157.0856
58	HONEYMAN BBQ	154.8000
59	Movin' The Chains BBQ	154.2284
60	Pork Posse	153.6344
61	DR. ALAN'S BBQ	147.3716
62	Ozark Fog BBQ	143.3144
63	PIG IN A PIT	142.2400
64	Boss Hogs Flying Pig BBQ	142.1828

Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

A stacked field

Photo finishes

A contest record in chicken

One of the big ones

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket