The Best Dam Barbeque

2021-05-28 – 2021-05-29 · Boulder City, NV · 📍 999 colorado St · State championship

Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH

Grand Champion: YSB BBQ (693.0740) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RIP N BONES BBQ

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YSB BBQ

693.0740 · Master Series — Overall

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RIP N BONES BBQ

685.6456 · Master Series — Overall

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TEXAS OIL DUST

683.9884 · 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.

401.03 median 657.37 693.07 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 175.41
Pork Ribs 176.00
Pork 177.71
Brisket 177.14

102.82 177.71

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

693.0740

Winning margin

7.4284

GC over RC

Field average

634.54

401.03693.07

median 657.37 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Pork

2.8572 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.0396

401.03693.07

10th place overall

Field spread

292.0456

winner to last place

Most consistent

YSB BBQ

avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.2972 pts — TEXAS OIL DUST

How hot was the win?

Top 61%

beats 39% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

34%

10 of 29 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1540

avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ

rated 1793 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.

An upset on the books

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

YSB BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1529
top seed 1793

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

YSB BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 2nd
Brisket 10th

A first Grand Championship

3 tracked contests to get there

This was YSB BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.

A rookie on the podium

2nd at their first tracked contest

RIP N BONES BBQ finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: Rhythm n QUE and YSB BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: The BBQ Asylum and Git-R-Smoked tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: RIP N BONES BBQ edged YSB BBQ by 0.0116.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · tie
Brisket 9–10 · 0.0116
Pork 1–2 · 0.0116

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

RIP N BONES BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

The contest returns

2 yrs since the last edition

This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-05-24.

previous edition 2019-05-24

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
2019-05-24	Boulder City, NV	Boulder City, NV 89005	29	702.8112	Burnin and Lootin	Fergolicious BBQ
2021-05-28 ← this one	Boulder City, NV	999 colorado St	26	693.0740	YSB BBQ	RIP N BONES BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	175.4056	171.9884	169.1084
Pork Ribs	176.0000	167.4400	164.0116
Pork	177.7144	174.8572	169.6684
Brisket	177.1428	170.2856	165.6912

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 693.0740 · median 657.3714

#	Team	Score
1	YSB BBQ	693.0740
2	RIP N BONES BBQ	685.6456
3	TEXAS OIL DUST	683.9884
4	Salt City Barbecue	682.2284
5	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	678.7772
6	Rhythm n QUE	677.6340
7	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	675.3488
8	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	671.9428
9	Wood N Coals BBQ	669.1200
10	The BBQ Asylum	665.0396
11	The Smokin' B.A.R.	663.2800
12	Big Johns BBQ Company	659.2568
13	GIRLS CAN GRILL	658.2172
14	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	656.5256
15	All About Smokin' Q	656.4116
16	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	651.2456
17	Git-R-Smoked	648.5944
18	Fox Smoke House BBQ LLC	638.7888
19	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	636.4000
20	Smoke-em-Good BBQ	635.8060
21	Smokin Envy BBQ	625.6456
22	The Holy Smokers	596.3772
23	The BBQ Judge	553.0176
24	Swinging Meats	534.6624
25	LV Net Cafe	499.8972
26	Hickoryhead Smoked Meats	401.0284

Chicken

25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	Rhythm n QUE	175.4056
2	YSB BBQ	175.4056
3	The BBQ Asylum	173.7028
4	Git-R-Smoked	173.7028
5	The Smokin' B.A.R.	171.9884
6	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	171.9656
7	Wood N Coals BBQ	170.8344
8	Salt City Barbecue	170.2972
9	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.6916
10	Big Johns BBQ Company	169.1084
11	TEXAS OIL DUST	168.5256
12	All About Smokin' Q	166.2744
13	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	166.2400
14	RIP N BONES BBQ	166.2284
15	Smokin Envy BBQ	164.5600
16	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	164.5256
17	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	162.8572
18	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	162.2284
19	Fox Smoke House BBQ LLC	159.4172
20	GIRLS CAN GRILL	154.8228
21	The Holy Smokers	151.9544
22	The BBQ Judge	146.8572
23	LV Net Cafe	146.2744
24	Smoke-em-Good BBQ	146.2288
25	Swinging Meats	139.9884

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.4114

#	Team	Score
1	RIP N BONES BBQ	176.0000
2	YSB BBQ	174.2744
3	Wood N Coals BBQ	168.5828
4	Rhythm n QUE	168.5600
5	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	167.4400
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	167.3944
7	Big Johns BBQ Company	166.2284
8	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	165.6916
9	TEXAS OIL DUST	165.1428
10	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	164.0116
11	Salt City Barbecue	163.9772
12	All About Smokin' Q	163.9544
13	Git-R-Smoked	163.4400
14	The BBQ Asylum	163.3828
15	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	161.6916
16	The Holy Smokers	161.0972
17	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	160.5028
18	Fox Smoke House BBQ LLC	159.9772
19	GIRLS CAN GRILL	157.1544
20	The Smokin' B.A.R.	155.9316
21	Smoke-em-Good BBQ	155.3600
22	Smokin Envy BBQ	154.8456
23	Swinging Meats	134.2628
24	Hickoryhead Smoked Meats	131.4056
25	LV Net Cafe	125.7144
26	The BBQ Judge	120.4800

Pork

26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5484

#	Team	Score
1	RIP N BONES BBQ	177.7144
2	YSB BBQ	177.7028
3	The Smokin' B.A.R.	177.1428
4	Smoke-em-Good BBQ	175.4172
5	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	174.8572
6	TEXAS OIL DUST	173.1772
7	Salt City Barbecue	173.1084
8	GIRLS CAN GRILL	171.9772
9	Rhythm n QUE	169.7028
10	Wood N Coals BBQ	169.6684
11	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.1428
12	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	169.1200
13	Big Johns BBQ Company	169.1084
14	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	167.9884
15	All About Smokin' Q	162.8000
16	The BBQ Judge	161.1772
17	Fox Smoke House BBQ LLC	159.9656
18	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	159.3716
19	The BBQ Asylum	157.6684
20	Git-R-Smoked	154.8916
21	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	150.2172
22	Smokin Envy BBQ	148.5372
23	The Holy Smokers	146.2056
24	Hickoryhead Smoked Meats	136.5600
25	Swinging Meats	127.9084
26	LV Net Cafe	102.8228

Brisket

26 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.7086

#	Team	Score
1	TEXAS OIL DUST	177.1428
2	Salt City Barbecue	174.8456
3	GIRLS CAN GRILL	174.2628
4	SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE	173.1084
5	The BBQ Asylum	170.2856
6	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	170.2628
7	ALL UP IN MY GRILL	169.1428
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.1200
9	RIP N BONES BBQ	165.7028
10	YSB BBQ	165.6912
11	INFINITE SMOKE BBQ	165.1772
12	Rhythm n QUE	163.9656
13	All About Smokin' Q	163.3828
14	Wood N Coals BBQ	160.0344
15	Fox Smoke House BBQ LLC	159.4288
16	Smoke-em-Good BBQ	158.8000
17	The Smokin' B.A.R.	158.2172
18	Smokin Envy BBQ	157.7028
19	Git-R-Smoked	156.5600
20	Big Johns BBQ Company	154.8116
21	CRAZY COCKATOO COOKERS	148.4912
22	The Holy Smokers	137.1200
23	Hickoryhead Smoked Meats	133.0628
24	Swinging Meats	132.5028
25	LV Net Cafe	125.0856
26	The BBQ Judge	124.5032

The Best Dam Barbeque

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

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)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A first Grand Championship

A rookie on the podium

Photo finishes

A double category winner

The contest returns

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