A rookie on the podium
2nd
at their first tracked contest
SMOKEY HAZE finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
1st Annual Deltana Fair BBQ Competition
Jul 22–23, 2022 · Delta Junction, AK · 📍 2755 Nistler Road
Reps: Bunny Tuttle, Rich Tuttle · Prize money: $4,750
BEAR NAKED BBQ won Grand Champion at the 1st Annual Deltana Fair BBQ Competition on July 22, 2022 in Delta Junction, AK at 2755 Nistler Road, scoring 698.8112 in a field of 6 teams. SMOKEY HAZE took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0512. Category winners: Chicken — BEAR NAKED BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SMOKEY HAZE (172.5600); Pork — SMOKEY HAZE (173.1200); Brisket — BEAR NAKED BBQ (180.0000).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 177.70
- Pork Ribs 172.56
- Pork 173.12
- Brisket 180 🔥
150.27
180
Entries
6
4 judged meats
Top score
698.8112
Winning margin
5.7600
GC over RC
Field average
662.39
623.34698.81
median 655.91 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
7.9888 pts across the top 5
Field spread
75.4740
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,750
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 38%
beats 62% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Field strength
1,497
avg power rating going in
Storylines (5 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
decided the closest call
Pork Ribs places 4–5: Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ and White T-Shirt BBQ tied on 160.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
BEAR NAKED BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
BEAR NAKED BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 1st
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BEAR NAKED BBQ · Brisket
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 157.1316 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 160.5256 | — |
| Pork | 173.1200 | 165.1312 | — |
| Brisket | 180 | 158.2512 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
6 entries · top 698.8112 · median 655.9140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEAR NAKED BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKEY HAZE | |
| 3 | PIG PEOPLE | |
| 4 | White T-Shirt BBQ | |
| 5 | Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ | |
| 6 | NORTH VS SOUTH |
Chicken
6 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEAR NAKED BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKEY HAZE | |
| 3 | PIG PEOPLE | |
| 4 | White T-Shirt BBQ | |
| 5 | Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ | |
| 6 | NORTH VS SOUTH |
Pork Ribs
6 entries · top 172.5600 · median 163.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEY HAZE | |
| 2 | BEAR NAKED BBQ | |
| 3 | PIG PEOPLE | |
| 4 | Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ | |
| 5 | White T-Shirt BBQ | |
| 6 | NORTH VS SOUTH |
Pork
6 entries · top 173.1200 · median 169.4342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEY HAZE | |
| 2 | Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ | |
| 3 | BEAR NAKED BBQ | |
| 4 | White T-Shirt BBQ | |
| 5 | NORTH VS SOUTH | |
| 6 | PIG PEOPLE |
Brisket
6 entries · top 180 · median 160.8170 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEAR NAKED BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKEY HAZE | |
| 3 | PIG PEOPLE | |
| 4 | White T-Shirt BBQ | |
| 5 | Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ | |
| 6 | NORTH VS SOUTH |