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Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown

2021-09-25 – 2021-09-26 · Southwick, MA · 📍 Sodom Mountain Campground · State championship

Reps: BILL WRIGHT, KIM WRIGHT · Prize money: $4,000.00

Grand Champion: Insane Swine BBQ (684.5028) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY

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684.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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684.0116 · Master Series — Overall
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678.2628 · 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 175.41
  • Pork Ribs 174.30
  • Pork 178.30
  • Brisket 178.30
126.82 178.30

Entries

26
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

684.5028

Winning margin

0.4912
GC over RC

Field average

641.63
553.09684.50
median 645.00 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork
5.1772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

659.3944
553.09684.50
10th place overall

Field spread

131.4168
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.7372 pts — FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY

How hot was the win?

Top 83%
beats 17% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.79 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1577
avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1855 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.4912 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4912 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.

  • Insane Swine BBQ
  • FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 5 calls decided inside half a point

Brisket places 9–10: El Jefe Smoke and Q SHANTY tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: THE PIG'S PAJAMAS edged INSANE SWINE BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: INSANE SWINE BBQ edged UP-2 BBQ by 0.0228.

  • Brisket 9–10 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · 0.0116
  • Chicken 8–9 · 0.0228
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0232

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

INSANE SWINE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 5th
  • Pork 6th
  • Brisket 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
Chicken175.4056168.5600165.6800
Pork Ribs174.2972167.9656163.3944
Pork178.2972173.1200169.1200
Brisket178.2972170.8456164.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 684.5028 · median 645.0000

#TeamScore
1 INSANE SWINE BBQ 684.5028
2 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 684.0116
3 PADDY MCQ'S 678.2628
4 A MAZIE Q 677.1088
5 FIRE DOWN BELOW 674.2056
6 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 672.4796
7 Rogue Hog BBQ 671.9088
8 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 667.9196
9 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 663.3372
10 Belly Buss Barbeque 659.3944
11 Q SHANTY 653.6344
12 Pikes Pits BBQ 649.5544
13 UP-2 BBQ 645.5428
14 Matt's Backyard BBQ 644.4572
15 El Jefe Smoke 642.1828
16 CIDER BOYS BBQ 634.6512
17 HOKIE POKIE Q 631.9084
18 Jailbreak BBQ 631.8624
19 A SIMPLE PIG 627.3024
20 Park Street BBQ 621.5996
21 DQ'd 620.4912
22 Bone Daddy's BBQ 618.0572
23 SUWHEE Q 615.2000
24 Tasty Meat BBQ 588.4912
25 BOAR-N-Q 571.3252
26 BBQ Brothers 553.0860

Chicken

26 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.1028

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 175.4056
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 174.8456
3 Rogue Hog BBQ 170.8344
4 A MAZIE Q 169.6912
5 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 168.5600
6 DQ'd 167.9884
7 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 166.2744
8 INSANE SWINE BBQ 166.2628
9 UP-2 BBQ 166.2400
10 Pikes Pits BBQ 165.6800
11 Q SHANTY 165.1428
12 FIRE DOWN BELOW 165.1084
13 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 163.9656
14 El Jefe Smoke 162.2400
15 HOKIE POKIE Q 161.6916
16 Park Street BBQ 159.4056
17 Bone Daddy's BBQ 159.4056
18 Belly Buss Barbeque 157.1200
19 Matt's Backyard BBQ 157.1088
20 BOAR-N-Q 154.2628
21 CIDER BOYS BBQ 153.6800
22 SUWHEE Q 153.0972
23 Jailbreak BBQ 153.0856
24 A SIMPLE PIG 147.9540
25 Tasty Meat BBQ 147.4056
26 BBQ Brothers 142.2972

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 174.2972 · median 161.6570

#TeamScore
1 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 174.2972
2 UP-2 BBQ 172.5828
3 A MAZIE Q 170.2744
4 Belly Buss Barbeque 167.9888
5 INSANE SWINE BBQ 167.9656
6 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 167.4056
7 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 166.8456
8 DQ'd 165.1428
9 Jailbreak BBQ 164.5256
10 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 163.3944
11 Rogue Hog BBQ 162.8000
12 FIRE DOWN BELOW 162.2744
13 A SIMPLE PIG 161.6684
14 CIDER BOYS BBQ 161.6456
15 El Jefe Smoke 161.1200
16 Matt's Backyard BBQ 159.3828
17 PADDY MCQ'S 158.8344
18 Pikes Pits BBQ 158.2400
19 SUWHEE Q 154.8000
20 Park Street BBQ 154.2400
21 HOKIE POKIE Q 153.6800
22 Q SHANTY 153.1088
23 BOAR-N-Q 141.6452
24 Bone Daddy's BBQ 140.4000
25 Tasty Meat BBQ 139.3828
26 BBQ Brothers 128.5144

Pork

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.5428

#TeamScore
1 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 178.2972
2 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 176.5600
3 A SIMPLE PIG 174.2628
4 PADDY MCQ'S 173.1772
5 Pikes Pits BBQ 173.1200
6 INSANE SWINE BBQ 171.9772
7 Q SHANTY 170.8228
8 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 170.2628
9 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 169.7028
10 FIRE DOWN BELOW 169.1200
11 A MAZIE Q 167.4288
12 Belly Buss Barbeque 166.8456
13 Rogue Hog BBQ 163.4172
14 CIDER BOYS BBQ 161.6684
15 SUWHEE Q 160.5028
16 UP-2 BBQ 159.3828
17 Jailbreak BBQ 158.8456
18 Bone Daddy's BBQ 158.2516
19 Matt's Backyard BBQ 155.3828
20 El Jefe Smoke 154.2628
21 Park Street BBQ 153.7028
22 HOKIE POKIE Q 153.1428
23 Tasty Meat BBQ 150.8456
24 BOAR-N-Q 148.5944
25 DQ'd 147.9656
26 BBQ Brothers 142.8916

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.4286

#TeamScore
1 INSANE SWINE BBQ 178.2972
2 FIRE DOWN BELOW 177.7028
3 Rogue Hog BBQ 174.8572
4 Matt's Backyard BBQ 172.5828
5 PADDY MCQ'S 170.8456
6 A MAZIE Q 169.7144
7 Belly Buss Barbeque 167.4400
8 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 165.1084
9 El Jefe Smoke 164.5600
10 Q SHANTY 164.5600
11 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 163.4056
12 HOKIE POKIE Q 163.3940
13 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 162.8572
14 Bone Daddy's BBQ 160.0000
15 CIDER BOYS BBQ 157.6572
16 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 155.9656
17 Jailbreak BBQ 155.4056
18 Park Street BBQ 154.2512
19 Pikes Pits BBQ 152.5144
20 Tasty Meat BBQ 150.8572
21 UP-2 BBQ 147.3372
22 SUWHEE Q 146.8000
23 A SIMPLE PIG 143.4172
24 DQ'd 139.3944
25 BBQ Brothers 139.3828
26 BOAR-N-Q 126.8228

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.

Ancillary — Dessert

10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.2800

#TeamScore
1 THE PIG'S PAJAMAS 178.8572
2 CIDER BOYS BBQ 177.7600
3 HOKIE POKIE Q 172.5484
4 Belly Buss Barbeque 171.4172
5 Q SHANTY 170.8228
6 BOAR-N-Q 165.7372
7 DQ'd 165.6800
8 Park Street BBQ 162.2860
9 A SIMPLE PIG 147.9544
10 BBQ Brothers 144.5028

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