Mar 8–9, 2013 · Mobile, AL
TEAM TOP CHICK won Grand Champion at the BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival on March 8, 2013 in Mobile, AL, scoring 691.4286 in a field of 56 teams. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.2852. Category winners: Chicken — JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS (176.5714); Pork Ribs — CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ (177.1428); Pork — TEAM TOP CHICK (177.7142); Brisket — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (178.8572).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 80% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1434 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
This was TEAM TOP CHICK's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: JOBEAZ BLAZIN' BUTTS AND WINGS and SWIGGIN PIG tied on 176.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKIN TATERS and Organizer Portal tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TEAM TOP CHICK took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 13th.
Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5714 | 173.7142 | 172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 172.0002 | 170.8570 |
| Pork | 177.7142 | 173.1430 | 170.2858 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 171.9998 | 170.8568 |
55 entries · top 691.4286 · median 654.8570
55 entries · top 176.5714 · median 166.2856
55 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1428
55 entries · top 177.7142 · median 162.8572
55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.7140