To me, it show a lot of "grade inflation" by judges. When PH competed in 2010 and got 3rd overall, the teams score was 673.1430. Lotta Bull won that year -- it was their third AR championship (that is basically unheard of). They know how to cook comp bbq and had, at that time, numerous wins in big comps. Their score was 687.9998.
To have that many 700 and above scores indicates to me that KCBS should spend some time on retraining judges.