A first Grand Championship
58
tracked contests to get there
This was Meat Candy Q's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 58th tracked contest.
The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2
2022-01-22 – 2022-01-23 · Santa Barbara, CA · 📍 Cachuma Lake · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Meat Candy Q (705.0972) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 B' MACKIN BBQ
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.
604.97
median 681.65
705.10 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180.00 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
- Pork 180.00 🔥
- Brisket 178.86
138.78
180.00
Entries
25
4 judged meats
Top score
705.0972
Winning margin
6.2512
GC over RC
Field average
679.47
604.97705.10
median 681.65 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2856 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
686.2172
604.97705.10
10th place overall
Field spread
100.1256
winner to last place
Prize money
$6,000.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 14%
beats 86% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1619
avg power rating going in · stronger than 87% of contests
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 day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ · Chicken
- MUDVILLE BBQ · Chicken
- Meat Candy Q · Pork
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and MUDVILLE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: CYNICAL BBQ and BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE and Meat Candy Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Meat Candy Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
- Chicken 7th
- Pork Ribs 8th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 6th
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 705.0972 · median 681.6460
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 5 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 6 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 7 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 11 | LADY OF Q | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 13 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 14 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 15 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 17 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 18 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 19 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 20 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 21 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 22 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 23 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ | |
| 25 | Sticky Vics |
Chicken
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 2 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 3 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 4 | BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ | |
| 5 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 6 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 9 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 10 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 11 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 12 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 13 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 14 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 15 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 17 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 18 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 19 | LADY OF Q | |
| 20 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 21 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 23 | Sticky Vics | |
| 24 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 25 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 2 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 6 | LADY OF Q | |
| 7 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 8 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 9 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 11 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 13 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 14 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 15 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 17 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 18 | BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ | |
| 19 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 20 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 21 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 22 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 23 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 24 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 25 | Sticky Vics |
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 3 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 5 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 6 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 7 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 10 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 11 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 12 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 13 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 14 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 15 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 16 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 17 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 18 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 19 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 20 | LADY OF Q | |
| 21 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 22 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 23 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 24 | Sticky Vics | |
| 25 | BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ |
Brisket
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 3 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 4 | LADY OF Q | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 7 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 8 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 13 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 14 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 15 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 16 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 19 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 20 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 21 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 22 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 23 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 24 | BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER BBQ | |
| 25 | Sticky Vics |