Mar 1–2, 2013 · Baton Rouge, LA
CAJUN BLAZE won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on March 1, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA, scoring 699.4286 in a field of 28 teams. HABITUAL SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.7144. Category winners: Chicken — HABITUAL SMOKERS (174.8572); Pork Ribs — CAJUN BLAZE (178.8572); Pork — CAJUN BLAZE (180.0000); Brisket — 4 LEGS UP BBQ (173.1426). This is the 3rd of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by THE PIT CREW GA; the next was held in 2013.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
CAJUN BLAZE holds the KCBS record for the first perfect 180s on file — 180 earliest flawless score, Pork · Mar 1, 2013, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
699.4286 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.8572 SWAMP BOYS set in 2013.
This was CAJUN BLAZE's first Grand Championship in the data.
Wider than 95% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.7142 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Chicken places 5–6: PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION and BLIND HOG BBQ tied on 169.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ tied on 169.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ and SECOND HAND SMOKERS tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CAJUN BLAZE won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
CAJUN BLAZE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
CAJUN BLAZE turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8572 | 169.7142 | 166.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 170.2856 | 166.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 172.5716 | 169.7142 |
| Brisket | 173.1426 | 169.1428 | 167.4284 |
28 entries · top 699.4286 · median 655.9994
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' N THE DARK | |
| 5 | MIKE | |
| 6 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD MAN JOES | |
| 8 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 9 | JOE'S COOKSHACK | |
| 10 | PAPPA CHARLIES BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION | |
| 12 | Consistently Random BBQ | |
| 13 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 14 | HUFFIN' & PUFFIN | |
| 15 | BIG BEAR BBQ - LA | |
| 16 | SECOND HAND SMOKERS | |
| 17 | BARBEQUE EXPRESS | |
| 18 | BIG RON'S RUB | |
| 19 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 20 | BIG MEAT BBQ | |
| 21 | THROW DOWN COOKERS | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES - LA | |
| 23 | BAY TO THE BAYOU BBQ | |
| 24 | THE MML BBQ | |
| 25 | KARAOKE & KOOKIN | |
| 26 | PORK ASSASSINS | |
| 27 | COUZAN'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 28 | THE KREWE OF BBQ |
28 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.4286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Consistently Random BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 5 | PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION | |
| 6 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | SECOND HAND SMOKERS | |
| 8 | PAPPA CHARLIES BARBEQUE | |
| 9 | BIG RON'S RUB | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' N THE DARK | |
| 11 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 12 | MIKE | |
| 13 | OLD MAN JOES | |
| 14 | THROW DOWN COOKERS | |
| 15 | JOE'S COOKSHACK | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES - LA | |
| 17 | HUFFIN' & PUFFIN | |
| 18 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 19 | THE KREWE OF BBQ | |
| 20 | BIG BEAR BBQ - LA | |
| 21 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 22 | KARAOKE & KOOKIN | |
| 23 | BARBEQUE EXPRESS | |
| 24 | BAY TO THE BAYOU BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG MEAT BBQ | |
| 26 | THE MML BBQ | |
| 27 | PORK ASSASSINS | |
| 28 | COUZAN'S BBQ TEAM |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | OLD MAN JOES | |
| 3 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BIG BEAR BBQ - LA | |
| 5 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | MIKE | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' N THE DARK | |
| 10 | PAPPA CHARLIES BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | HUFFIN' & PUFFIN | |
| 12 | SECOND HAND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | BIG MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION | |
| 15 | BIG RON'S RUB | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES - LA | |
| 17 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 18 | THROW DOWN COOKERS | |
| 19 | JOE'S COOKSHACK | |
| 20 | Consistently Random BBQ | |
| 21 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 22 | BAY TO THE BAYOU BBQ | |
| 23 | PORK ASSASSINS | |
| 24 | THE MML BBQ | |
| 25 | BARBEQUE EXPRESS | |
| 26 | COUZAN'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 27 | KARAOKE & KOOKIN |
28 entries · top 180 · median 166.2855 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 2 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 3 | BARBEQUE EXPRESS | |
| 4 | MIKE | |
| 5 | PAPPA CHARLIES BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | JOE'S COOKSHACK | |
| 7 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 8 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 9 | SECOND HAND SMOKERS | |
| 10 | HUFFIN' & PUFFIN | |
| 11 | OLD MAN JOES | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' N THE DARK | |
| 13 | KARAOKE & KOOKIN | |
| 14 | Consistently Random BBQ | |
| 15 | PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION | |
| 16 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 17 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 18 | BIG MEAT BBQ | |
| 19 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 20 | BIG BEAR BBQ - LA | |
| 21 | THE MML BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES - LA | |
| 23 | THROW DOWN COOKERS | |
| 24 | BAY TO THE BAYOU BBQ | |
| 25 | THE KREWE OF BBQ | |
| 26 | PORK ASSASSINS | |
| 27 | BIG RON'S RUB | |
| 28 | COUZAN'S BBQ TEAM |
28 entries · top 173.1426 · median 163.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' N THE DARK | |
| 3 | JOE'S COOKSHACK | |
| 4 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 5 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 6 | BIG RON'S RUB | |
| 7 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 8 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 9 | MIKE | |
| 10 | BARBEQUE EXPRESS | |
| 11 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 12 | Consistently Random BBQ | |
| 13 | BAY TO THE BAYOU BBQ | |
| 14 | PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION | |
| 15 | BIG BEAR BBQ - LA | |
| 16 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 17 | HUFFIN' & PUFFIN | |
| 18 | PORK ASSASSINS | |
| 19 | THE MML BBQ | |
| 20 | OLD MAN JOES | |
| 21 | BIG MEAT BBQ | |
| 22 | THROW DOWN COOKERS | |
| 23 | PAPPA CHARLIES BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | THE KREWE OF BBQ | |
| 25 | KARAOKE & KOOKIN | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES - LA | |
| 27 | COUZAN'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 28 | SECOND HAND SMOKERS |