Aug 17, 2013 · New Hope, AL
Grand Champion: Playin' With Fire (348.1144) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PO BACON BBQ
Full results from the I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) 2013, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on August 17, 2013 in New Hope, AL. PO BACON BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — Pot Bellie Pig BBQ (176.0344); Pork Ribs — Bama Big Guns (176.0000). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2014.
Chicken 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 2015 — 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.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Stars & Bars BBQ edged Pot Bellie Pig BBQ by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 8–9: UNCLE REDSTONE edged The Pig Easy by 0.0340.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2013 ← this one | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL | 24 | 348.1144 | Playin' With Fire | PO BACON BBQ |
| Oct 18, 2014 | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL 35760 | 23 | 337.1888 | Outlaw BBQ - AL | Bama Big Guns |
| Jul 31, 2015 | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL 35760 | 32 | 354.2972 | Triple C | BEES KNEES |
| Oct 8, 2016 | New Hope, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0344 | 171.4172 | 165.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 169.1200 | 165.1084 |
23 entries · top 176.0344 · median 161.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pot Bellie Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | BOOTLEGG BBQ | |
| 3 | Playin' With Fire | |
| 4 | PO BACON BBQ | |
| 5 | That Just Ain't Right | |
| 6 | Dat-Da-1 BBQ | |
| 7 | The Pig Easy | |
| 8 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 9 | SPICES SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 10 | Outlaw Barbecue Competition Team | |
| 11 | KILLIN' TIME COOK TEAM | |
| 12 | Borrowed Meat | |
| 13 | UNCLE REDSTONE | |
| 14 | Beer&Ribs Gang | |
| 15 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 16 | Stars & Bars BBQ | |
| 17 | Bama Big Guns | |
| 18 | Meat, Drink, & Be Merry | |
| 20 | Preachers' Pork | |
| 21 | Short Leg BBQ | |
| 22 | The Smoky Robinson's | |
| 23 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 24 | HOG-N-HONEYS |
23 entries · top 176 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bama Big Guns | |
| 2 | Playin' With Fire | |
| 3 | Outlaw Barbecue Competition Team | |
| 4 | PO BACON BBQ | |
| 5 | The Smoky Robinson's | |
| 6 | Stars & Bars BBQ | |
| 7 | Pot Bellie Pig BBQ | |
| 8 | UNCLE REDSTONE | |
| 9 | The Pig Easy | |
| 10 | SPICES SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 11 | That Just Ain't Right | |
| 12 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 14 | Short Leg BBQ | |
| 15 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 16 | Borrowed Meat | |
| 17 | HOG-N-HONEYS | |
| 18 | BOOTLEGG BBQ | |
| 19 | KILLIN' TIME COOK TEAM | |
| 20 | Beer&Ribs Gang | |
| 21 | Dat-Da-1 BBQ | |
| 22 | Preachers' Pork | |
| 23 | A VIEW TO A GRILL | |
| 24 | Meat, Drink, & Be Merry |