Photo finishes
Tie
decided the closest call
Brisket places 2–3: Real Southern Comfort-Kosher and Halal BBQ Pitmaster tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Brisket 2–3 · tie
Seventh Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES)
— · Dallas, TX · 📍 Coit & Spring Valley RD
Reps: Debbie Spray, Scott Spray · Prize money: $500
Chop Quey won Grand Champion at the Seventh Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) in Dallas, TX at Coit & Spring Valley RD, scoring 659.3140 in a field of 13 teams. Noah's Bark took Reserve Grand Champion with 656.5828. Category winners: Chicken — Chop Quey (168.5600); Brisket — Savage Smoke (170.2972).
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.
470.87
median 634.19
659.31 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 168.56
- Brisket 170.30
145.65
170.30
Entries
13
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
659.3140
Winning margin
2.7312
GC over RC
Field average
622.83
470.87659.31
median 634.19 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
7.4860 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
621.0176
470.87659.31
10th place overall
Field spread
188.4456
winner to last place
Prize money
$500
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Storylines (1 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.
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 168.5600 | 160.0228 | 154.2400 |
| Brisket | 170.2972 | 162.8112 | 154.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Kosher Series
Overall
13 entries · top 659.3140 · median 634.1944 · out of 720, not the usual 720
Chicken
13 entries · top 168.5600 · median 156.5944
Brisket
13 entries · top 170.2972 · median 161.6800
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.
Kosher Series — Beef Ribs
13 entries · top 171.4628 · median 159.4056
Kosher Series — Turkey
12 entries · top 165.7484 · median 158.8800