Central Plains Ribfest Day 2

2021-06-19 – 2021-06-20 · Holdrege, NE · 📍 5th Ave & Grant st · State championship

Reps: LYNDA VOTH, ROBERT HAHN

Grand Champion: LC BBQ (712.5716) · 36 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 DIRT ROAD BBQ

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LC BBQ

712.5716 · Master Series — Overall

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DIRT ROAD BBQ

705.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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PROUD SOULS BARBECUE

699.4288 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

712.5716

Winning margin

7.4744

GC over RC

Field average

670.81

median 676.17

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

Florida Boy's BBQ (Brisket), DIRT ROAD BBQ (Chicken), LC BBQ (Chicken), LC BBQ (Pork Ribs), SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.3140

10th place overall

Field spread

142.4912

winner to last place

Most consistent

LC BBQ

avg finish 3.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.1428 pts — DIRT ROAD BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 2%

beats 98% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

83%

of the 36 teams with a home region came from outside NE

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.75 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1562

avg power rating going in · stronger than 67% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1804 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

LC BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

🧹 A double category winner

DIRT ROAD BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: DIRT ROAD BBQ and LC BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

LC BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	177.7028	176.5600
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.5716	174.8572
Pork	178.8572	174.2744	171.4172
Brisket	180.0000	174.8572	170.8344

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

36 entries · top 712.5716 · median 676.1712

#	Team	Score
1	LC BBQ	712.5716
2	DIRT ROAD BBQ	705.0972
3	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	699.4288
4	4 LEGS UP BBQ	698.2856
5	GETTIN' BASTED	693.6344
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	691.9660
7	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	687.9428
8	Smokin' Reefer BBQ	687.3488
9	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	687.3484
10	MAN MEAT BBQ	687.3140
11	BACKDRAFT BBQ	686.7888
12	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	685.6340
13	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	685.1088
14	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	683.3832
15	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	681.6232
16	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	679.9656
17	BnB BBQ	678.7888
18	M-DUBS BBQ	677.5996
19	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	674.7428
20	WHEN PIGS DIE	674.1600
21	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	670.7428
22	Well Sauced BBQ	670.7316
23	Florida Boy's BBQ	670.1828
24	HELPING U BBQ	669.7376
25	SMOKIN K	669.6228
26	TEAM BREW & QUE	666.2060
27	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	665.0284
28	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	661.0400
29	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	659.8516
30	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	655.8972
31	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	650.7316
32	CSGS BBQ	650.7200
33	Bear Bonz Competition BBQ	639.2800
34	Gone Smokin' BBQ	635.2452
35	Piccolos BBQ	585.3264
36	Saucey Momma	570.0804

Chicken

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

#	Team	Score
1	DIRT ROAD BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	LC BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	177.7144
4	4 LEGS UP BBQ	177.7028
5	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	177.7028
6	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	177.1772
7	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	177.1544
8	WHEN PIGS DIE	176.5716
9	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	176.5600
10	GETTIN' BASTED	176.5600
11	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	174.8456
12	Smokin' Reefer BBQ	173.1200
13	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	172.5716
14	BACKDRAFT BBQ	172.5600
15	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	172.5484
16	BnB BBQ	172.0000
17	M-DUBS BBQ	171.4172
18	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	170.8228
19	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	170.2628
20	HELPING U BBQ	167.4288
21	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	167.3828
22	Bear Bonz Competition BBQ	166.8572
23	TEAM BREW & QUE	166.2972
24	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	166.2628
25	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	166.2628
26	CSGS BBQ	164.5600
27	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	164.5372
28	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	163.9428
29	SMOKIN K	163.9428
30	MAN MEAT BBQ	163.3828
31	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	162.8228
32	Florida Boy's BBQ	162.7884
33	Well Sauced BBQ	162.2400
34	Gone Smokin' BBQ	157.6456
35	Piccolos BBQ	151.3716
36	Saucey Momma	145.6688

Pork Ribs

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LC BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	180.0000 🔥
3	4 LEGS UP BBQ	178.8800
4	BnB BBQ	178.8572
5	Smokin' Reefer BBQ	176.5716
6	MAN MEAT BBQ	176.5600
7	GETTIN' BASTED	176.5600
8	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	176.0116
9	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	176.0000
10	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	174.8572
11	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	174.2860
12	DIRT ROAD BBQ	174.2744
13	BACKDRAFT BBQ	173.7260
14	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	173.1544
15	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	173.1200
16	Gone Smokin' BBQ	172.0228
17	HELPING U BBQ	171.9772
18	M-DUBS BBQ	171.9656
19	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	170.2972
20	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	170.2744
21	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	169.6800
22	CSGS BBQ	168.5716
23	TEAM BREW & QUE	167.9888
24	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	166.2400
25	Well Sauced BBQ	165.0972
26	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	163.9888
27	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	163.9428
28	SMOKIN K	163.4288
29	Florida Boy's BBQ	162.8344
30	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	162.8228
31	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	158.8000
32	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	158.2172
33	WHEN PIGS DIE	158.2172
34	Bear Bonz Competition BBQ	156.5144
35	Saucey Momma	151.3828
36	Piccolos BBQ	125.5088

Pork

36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600

#	Team	Score
1	DIRT ROAD BBQ	178.8572
2	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	177.7144
3	MAN MEAT BBQ	177.7028
4	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	176.0000
5	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2744
6	SMOKIN K	174.2628
7	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	173.7028
8	LC BBQ	173.1316
9	Well Sauced BBQ	173.1200
10	Smokin' Reefer BBQ	171.4172
11	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	170.8688
12	WHEN PIGS DIE	170.8572
13	BACKDRAFT BBQ	170.8228
14	M-DUBS BBQ	170.8112
15	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	169.7028
16	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	169.7028
17	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	169.6916
18	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	169.1428
19	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	167.9772
20	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	167.4172
21	4 LEGS UP BBQ	166.8456
22	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	165.1316
23	BnB BBQ	165.1316
24	Florida Boy's BBQ	164.5600
25	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	164.5484
26	TEAM BREW & QUE	163.3828
27	Piccolos BBQ	162.8000
28	CSGS BBQ	161.6572
29	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	161.0972
30	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	160.5600
31	HELPING U BBQ	160.0344
32	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	159.9312
33	Bear Bonz Competition BBQ	158.7884
34	Gone Smokin' BBQ	157.6456
35	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	157.0744
36	Saucey Momma	146.8000

Brisket

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1372 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Florida Boy's BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	LC BBQ	179.4400
3	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	176.5600
4	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	174.8800
5	4 LEGS UP BBQ	174.8572
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	171.9772
7	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.9656
8	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	171.9656
9	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	171.9656
10	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	170.8344
11	HELPING U BBQ	170.2972
12	Well Sauced BBQ	170.2744
13	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	170.2628
14	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	169.6800
15	BACKDRAFT BBQ	169.6800
16	MAN MEAT BBQ	169.6684
17	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	169.6684
18	WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	169.1428
19	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	169.1316
20	TEAM BREW & QUE	168.5372
21	WHEN PIGS DIE	168.5140
22	SMOKIN K	167.9884
23	GETTIN' BASTED	166.2400
24	Smokin' Reefer BBQ	166.2400
25	M-DUBS BBQ	163.4056
26	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	162.8344
27	BnB BBQ	162.8000
28	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	162.2400
29	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	160.5828
30	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	159.3828
31	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	158.8000
32	Bear Bonz Competition BBQ	157.1200
33	CSGS BBQ	155.9312
34	Gone Smokin' BBQ	147.9312
35	Piccolos BBQ	145.6460
36	Saucey Momma	126.2288

Central Plains Ribfest Day 2

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?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

🔥 A day of perfect scores

🧹 A double category winner

📸 Photo finishes

🃏 An upset on the books

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

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