O, so I'm bored and taking advantage of a nice day while the kids are outside playing...but I did some analysis on the scores from yesterday's contests as reported here on the Brethren.
I used Jeffersonville, Ind; Storm Lake, Iowa; Frederick, MD; Williams, AZ; Davenport, Iowa; Hernando, MS; Belleville, Ill; Eurahlee, GA; Chandler, OK for this evaluation.
There is no weighting on the # of entries
I looked at placings for the GC and RGC in each category
I used average place in the four categories for GC and RGC at each contest
I then averaged the place in each category for GC and RGC
In ribs and pork the RGC actually placed better on average than the GC
It seems, at least in yesterday's contests anyway, that brisket is a big difference, but chicken may indeed be a bigger difference maker.
But the theory that brisket placings are, on average, higher than the other categories does hold true.
Category...................Avg. Scores
.............................. GC...........RGC
Chicken ................... 6.38...........13.00
Ribs..........................8.38...........6.88
Pork..........................9.00...........8.75
Brisket.......................2.88...........5.25
Location...........(#of entries) .......Avg. Placing
............................................GC..............RGC
Jeffersonville, Ind.....(43)...........5.75...........9.75
Storm Lake, IA.........(40)...........9.25...........9.75
Frederick, MD..........(69)...........11.25.........11.50
Williams, AZ............(30)...........4.75...........6.50
Davenport, Iowa......(19)...........2.50...........5.00
Hernando, MS.........(39)...........5.25...........8.00
Belleville, Ill............(32)...........3.75...........6.50
Eurahlee, GA...........(35)...........3.50...........4.75
Chandler, OK...........(32)...........7.25...........6.00