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Somerset Sizzle

2023-05-20 – 2023-05-21 · Somerset, MA · 📍 100 Slades Ferry Avenue · State championship

Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $5,000.00

Grand Champion: Paddy MCQ'S (701.1200) · 24 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA

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701.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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687.8856 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
685.0628 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

24
4 judged meats

Top score

701.1200

Winning margin

13.2344
GC over RC

Field average

658.60
median 660.20

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
PADDY MCQ'S (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork
2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.6912
10th place overall

Field spread

112.2628
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 5.7372 pts — PADDY MCQ'S

How hot was the win?

Top 43%
beats 57% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

54%
of the 24 teams with a home region came from outside MA

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.41 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1522
avg power rating going in · stronger than 27% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1716 pre-contest

Storylines

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 13.2344 points — a wider margin than 96% of championships in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

PADDY MCQ'S took the Grand Championship home to NJ.

🧹 A double category winner

Let It Smoke Barbecue won Chicken, Pork — a double.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 6–7: PADDY MCQ'S and Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque and ELJEFE SMOKE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: PADDY MCQ'S and 16 Mesh BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544173.1084171.4056
Pork Ribs175.4056168.5484166.8228
Pork175.4400173.1084168.5944
Brisket180.0000171.4056164.0000

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

24 entries · top 701.1200 · median 660.2000

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 701.1200
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 687.8856
3 ELJEFE SMOKE 685.0628
4 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 683.9196
5 Let It Smoke Barbecue 681.7028
6 HOG WASH BBQ 673.6456
7 Matt's Backyard BBQ 673.5996
8 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 671.9084
9 WAYPOINT BBQ 670.7656
10 16 Mesh BBQ 665.6912
11 Live Q or Die 665.0860
12 UP IN YOUR GRILL 661.0284
13 Lone Star Q' 659.3716
14 Barnyard Rebel 659.3372
15 Mullen It Over BBQ 658.8112
16 Q Shanty 656.5144
17 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 654.1596
18 STICKS & STONES BBQ 653.0400
19 SCHWEBS BBQ 647.8628
20 Bovine Intervention 635.8060
21 BBQ Bandits 630.2284
22 Red White and Cue 625.0396
23 Carpetbagger's BBQ 615.9312
24 Dunny's BBQ 588.8572

Chicken

24 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9770

#TeamScore
1 Let It Smoke Barbecue 177.1544
2 HOG WASH BBQ 174.8572
3 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.7028
4 Q Shanty 173.1428
5 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.1084
6 PADDY MCQ'S 172.5600
7 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 172.5600
8 ELJEFE SMOKE 172.5600
9 Bovine Intervention 172.0344
10 Live Q or Die 171.4056
11 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 170.8344
12 Mullen It Over BBQ 169.1312
13 UP IN YOUR GRILL 166.8228
14 WAYPOINT BBQ 166.2168
15 16 Mesh BBQ 165.1312
16 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 164.5372
17 Matt's Backyard BBQ 163.9540
18 SCHWEBS BBQ 162.2628
19 Barnyard Rebel 160.5372
20 Lone Star Q' 158.2288
21 BBQ Bandits 155.3828
22 Carpetbagger's BBQ 154.8684
23 Red White and Cue 154.2628
24 Dunny's BBQ 152.5372

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.6856

#TeamScore
1 Lone Star Q' 175.4056
2 PADDY MCQ'S 173.1428
3 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 169.7028
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 169.6916
5 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 168.5484
6 Mullen It Over BBQ 168.5372
7 WAYPOINT BBQ 168.0000
8 ELJEFE SMOKE 167.9772
9 Matt's Backyard BBQ 166.8344
10 SCHWEBS BBQ 166.8228
11 UP IN YOUR GRILL 166.2972
12 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 166.2628
13 Let It Smoke Barbecue 165.1084
14 Live Q or Die 164.5716
15 16 Mesh BBQ 164.0000
16 STICKS & STONES BBQ 163.9772
17 Barnyard Rebel 162.8344
18 Q Shanty 161.7028
19 HOG WASH BBQ 160.5488
20 BBQ Bandits 157.7144
21 Bovine Intervention 157.0628
22 Red White and Cue 154.8112
23 Carpetbagger's BBQ 152.5600
24 Dunny's BBQ 135.8172

Pork

24 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.5542

#TeamScore
1 Let It Smoke Barbecue 175.4400
2 PADDY MCQ'S 175.4172
3 16 Mesh BBQ 175.4172
4 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 174.8456
5 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 173.1084
6 Matt's Backyard BBQ 171.9656
7 ELJEFE SMOKE 171.4056
8 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 170.8228
9 SCHWEBS BBQ 169.1200
10 Lone Star Q' 168.5944
11 Q Shanty 168.5828
12 HOG WASH BBQ 166.8340
13 Live Q or Die 166.2744
14 Mullen It Over BBQ 165.7256
15 WAYPOINT BBQ 165.6916
16 UP IN YOUR GRILL 164.5256
17 Barnyard Rebel 163.4056
18 Red White and Cue 161.7028
19 BBQ Bandits 158.8228
20 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 157.6684
21 STICKS & STONES BBQ 156.5484
22 Bovine Intervention 151.9200
23 Carpetbagger's BBQ 148.5372
24 Dunny's BBQ 143.9772

Brisket

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.9886 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PADDY MCQ'S 180.0000 🔥
2 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 174.2628
3 ELJEFE SMOKE 173.1200
4 Barnyard Rebel 172.5600
5 HOG WASH BBQ 171.4056
6 WAYPOINT BBQ 170.8572
7 Matt's Backyard BBQ 170.8456
8 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 169.6912
9 FOUR SMOKING GUYS 164.5600
10 Let It Smoke Barbecue 164.0000
11 UP IN YOUR GRILL 163.3828
12 Live Q or Die 162.8344
13 16 Mesh BBQ 161.1428
14 Carpetbagger's BBQ 159.9656
15 STICKS & STONES BBQ 158.8116
16 BBQ Bandits 158.3084
17 Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque 157.6684
18 Lone Star Q' 157.1428
19 Dunny's BBQ 156.5256
20 Mullen It Over BBQ 155.4172
21 Bovine Intervention 154.7888
22 Red White and Cue 154.2628
23 Q Shanty 153.0860
24 SCHWEBS BBQ 149.6572

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