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2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards

2021-06-04 – 2021-06-05 · Murphy, CA · 📍 1894 6 Mile Rd · State championship

Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $8,500.00

Grand Champion: B'Mackin BBQ (697.7604) · 29 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q

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697.7604 · Master Series — Overall
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692.5372 · Master Series — Overall
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689.6916 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 174.27
  • Pork 177.71
  • Brisket 177.15
129.07 177.71

Entries

29
4 judged meats

Top score

697.7604

Winning margin

5.2232
GC over RC

Field average

646.42
395.29697.76
median 667.31 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7144 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

680.5256
395.29697.76
10th place overall

Field spread

302.4688
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,500.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.1316 pts — MUDVILLE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 41%
beats 59% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1565
avg power rating going in · stronger than 50% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1997 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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

15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100

B' Mackin BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1689
  • top seed 1997

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

B' MACKIN BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 9th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 3rd
  • Brisket 3rd

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

MUDVILLE BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7144176.0000172.5600
Pork Ribs174.2744171.9884168.5372
Pork177.7144174.2972169.1200
Brisket177.1544173.7028167.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

29 entries · top 697.7604 · median 667.3140

#TeamScore
1 B' MACKIN BBQ 697.7604
2 Meat Candy Q 692.5372
3 MUDVILLE BBQ 689.6916
4 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 686.8572
5 SMOKED SEDUCTION 686.2628
6 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 686.2512
7 CYNICAL BBQ 683.3484
8 BULL MARKET BBQ 682.8000
9 7 SINS BBQ 680.5260
10 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 680.5256
11 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 677.7028
12 OM BBQ COMPANY 671.3600
13 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 669.5884
14 Pops BBQ 22 667.8284
15 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 667.3140
16 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 666.7884
17 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 663.9432
18 WEST COAST SMOKE 660.4916
19 RBQ 655.3488
20 KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES 651.8512
21 Chowtown Smokers 647.9772
22 PRISON BREAK BBQ 641.6000
23 RedJaz BBQ 632.4340
24 Smokin B's BBQ 631.8400
25 Rack to the Future Barbeque 631.2228
26 Foothills Gold Catering 583.2228
27 Jerrys Downtown BBQ 576.4112
28 ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS 487.3488
29 Central Valley Smokers 395.2916

Chicken

29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5600

#TeamScore
1 MUDVILLE BBQ 177.7144
2 7 SINS BBQ 177.1544
3 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 176.5828
4 Pops BBQ 22 176.5600
5 CYNICAL BBQ 176.0000
6 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 175.4400
7 BULL MARKET BBQ 175.4056
8 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 173.7372
9 B' MACKIN BBQ 173.1544
10 Meat Candy Q 172.5600
11 WEST COAST SMOKE 172.0000
12 OM BBQ COMPANY 171.4400
13 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 169.7256
14 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 169.7028
15 Chowtown Smokers 168.5600
16 RBQ 168.0000
17 SMOKED SEDUCTION 166.8456
18 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 165.7144
19 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 165.1316
20 RedJaz BBQ 165.1200
21 PRISON BREAK BBQ 163.4172
22 ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS 161.6916
23 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 161.6800
24 Smokin B's BBQ 160.5372
25 KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES 158.8228
26 Rack to the Future Barbeque 146.1256
27 Foothills Gold Catering 145.1200
28 Jerrys Downtown BBQ 141.0972
29 Central Valley Smokers 135.4172

Pork Ribs

29 entries · top 174.2744 · median 166.8344

#TeamScore
1 MUDVILLE BBQ 174.2744
2 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 173.1428
3 B' MACKIN BBQ 172.5600
4 Meat Candy Q 172.0000
5 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 171.9884
6 SMOKED SEDUCTION 171.4172
7 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 171.4056
8 PRISON BREAK BBQ 170.2744
9 OM BBQ COMPANY 169.1544
10 KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES 168.5372
11 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 167.9772
12 CYNICAL BBQ 167.9772
13 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 167.9656
14 7 SINS BBQ 167.4172
15 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 166.8344
16 WEST COAST SMOKE 166.2744
17 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 166.2512
18 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 165.0972
19 BULL MARKET BBQ 164.5600
20 Rack to the Future Barbeque 164.5600
21 ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS 163.9772
22 Pops BBQ 22 163.9544
23 Chowtown Smokers 159.4288
24 RBQ 157.6916
25 Smokin B's BBQ 155.9428
26 RedJaz BBQ 151.3484
27 Foothills Gold Catering 147.9200
28 Jerrys Downtown BBQ 147.4056
29 Central Valley Smokers 129.0744

Pork

28 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.6856

#TeamScore
1 Meat Candy Q 177.7144
2 MUDVILLE BBQ 177.1428
3 B' MACKIN BBQ 176.5944
4 SMOKED SEDUCTION 176.5600
5 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 174.2972
6 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 172.0000
7 BULL MARKET BBQ 171.9772
8 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 170.8228
9 Rack to the Future Barbeque 170.2972
10 7 SINS BBQ 169.1200
11 RBQ 167.9656
12 Chowtown Smokers 166.2856
13 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 166.2856
14 WEST COAST SMOKE 165.7028
15 PRISON BREAK BBQ 165.6684
16 OM BBQ COMPANY 165.0972
17 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 165.0856
18 CYNICAL BBQ 164.5256
19 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 163.9772
20 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 162.2744
21 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 159.3828
22 Pops BBQ 22 159.3484
23 RedJaz BBQ 157.7028
24 KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES 156.5256
25 Smokin B's BBQ 152.5372
26 Foothills Gold Catering 145.0856
27 Jerrys Downtown BBQ 138.2284
28 Central Valley Smokers 130.8000

Brisket

28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.6742

#TeamScore
1 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 177.1544
2 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 177.1428
3 B' MACKIN BBQ 175.4516
4 CYNICAL BBQ 174.8456
5 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 173.7028
6 SMOKED SEDUCTION 171.4400
7 BULL MARKET BBQ 170.8572
8 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 170.8456
9 Meat Candy Q 170.2628
10 KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES 167.9656
11 Pops BBQ 22 167.9656
12 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 167.4172
13 7 SINS BBQ 166.8344
14 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 165.6800
15 OM BBQ COMPANY 165.6684
16 Smokin B's BBQ 162.8228
17 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 162.8112
18 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 161.7144
19 RBQ 161.6916
20 ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS 161.6800
21 MUDVILLE BBQ 160.5600
22 RedJaz BBQ 158.2628
23 WEST COAST SMOKE 156.5144
24 Chowtown Smokers 153.7028
25 Rack to the Future Barbeque 150.2400
26 Jerrys Downtown BBQ 149.6800
27 Foothills Gold Catering 145.0972
28 PRISON BREAK BBQ 142.2400

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