Aug 16–17, 2013 · Worland, WY
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM won Grand Champion at the 9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival on August 16, 2013 in Worland, WY, scoring 670.7312 in a field of 25 teams. MIKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 670.1828. Category winners: Chicken — LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS (178.8800); Pork Ribs — BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ (171.9772); Pork — BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES (171.9888); Brisket — MIKE (170.2628).
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 93% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES and MIKE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ and QUAU tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: QUAU and APRONS ONLY BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 170.8228 | 163.3712 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.9772 | 167.4172 | 160.6288 |
| Pork | 171.9888 | 162.8228 | 156.6056 |
| Brisket | 170.2628 | 165.6684 | 159.3484 |
25 entries · top 670.7312 · median 623.0516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | |
| 2 | MIKE | |
| 3 | QUAU | |
| 4 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 5 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 8 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 9 | BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 10 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 11 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 12 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 13 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 14 | GUPPPA D'S | |
| 15 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 16 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 17 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 18 | DONT KNOW YET BBQ | |
| 19 | WEST RIVER BBQ | |
| 20 | GIVE EM HELL BILL BBQ | |
| 21 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 22 | OVER THE COALS | |
| 23 | HEINOUS HAWGS | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ | |
| 25 | BARRS BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 2 | QUAU | |
| 3 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 4 | MIKE | |
| 5 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 8 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 9 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 10 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 11 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 12 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 13 | GUPPPA D'S | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ | |
| 15 | BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 16 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 17 | GIVE EM HELL BILL BBQ | |
| 18 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 19 | OVER THE COALS | |
| 20 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 21 | BARRS BBQ | |
| 22 | DONT KNOW YET BBQ | |
| 23 | WEST RIVER BBQ | |
| 24 | HEINOUS HAWGS | |
| 25 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ |
25 entries · top 171.9772 · median 158.8000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 2 | GIVE EM HELL BILL BBQ | |
| 3 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 4 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 5 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 6 | QUAU | |
| 7 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 8 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | |
| 9 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 10 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 11 | MIKE | |
| 12 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 14 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 15 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 16 | HEINOUS HAWGS | |
| 17 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 18 | GUPPPA D'S | |
| 19 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 20 | WEST RIVER BBQ | |
| 21 | DONT KNOW YET BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ | |
| 23 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 24 | BARRS BBQ | |
| 25 | OVER THE COALS |
25 entries · top 171.9888 · median 153.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 2 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 3 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | MIKE | |
| 6 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 7 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 8 | BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 9 | QUAU | |
| 10 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 11 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 12 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 13 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 14 | GUPPPA D'S | |
| 15 | OVER THE COALS | |
| 16 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 17 | WEST RIVER BBQ | |
| 18 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 19 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ | |
| 21 | HEINOUS HAWGS | |
| 22 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 23 | DONT KNOW YET BBQ | |
| 24 | GIVE EM HELL BILL BBQ | |
| 25 | BARRS BBQ |
25 entries · top 170.2628 · median 155.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIKE | |
| 2 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | |
| 3 | QUAU | |
| 4 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 6 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 7 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 8 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 9 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 10 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 11 | DONT KNOW YET BBQ | |
| 12 | BOMBER MOUNTAIN BBQ | |
| 13 | OVER THE COALS | |
| 14 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 15 | GUPPPA D'S | |
| 16 | WEST RIVER BBQ | |
| 17 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 18 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 19 | HEINOUS HAWGS | |
| 20 | BARRS BBQ | |
| 21 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 22 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 23 | GIVE EM HELL BILL BBQ | |
| 24 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ |
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
14 entries · top 167.9884 · median 155.1256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVER THE COALS | |
| 2 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 3 | APRONS ONLY BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ | |
| 6 | BARRS BBQ | |
| 7 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 8 | CHUBBY CHEEKS BBQ | |
| 9 | ROLLING HOGS | |
| 10 | DRAGON BREATH BBQ | |
| 11 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 12 | WYOMING BS BBQ | |
| 13 | THREE SMOKIN CHICKS | |
| 14 | HEINOUS HAWGS |