Aug 23–24, 2013 · Harrisonburg, VA
HOLLYWOOD N SWINE won Grand Champion at the Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival on August 23, 2013 in Harrisonburg, VA, scoring 647.9316 in a field of 28 teams. FIRE FIGHTING BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 638.7312. Category winners: Chicken — FIRE FIGHTING BBQ TEAM (169.7144); Pork Ribs — GRAND SLAM BBQ (165.7028); Pork — FIRE FIGHTING BBQ TEAM (168.5828); Brisket — 3 EYZ BBQ (167.9656).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
HOLLYWOOD N SWINE came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
HOLLYWOOD N SWINE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was HOLLYWOOD N SWINE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Wider than 85% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.2004 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 6–7: ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ and HEAVENLY HOGS BBQ COMPANY tied on 162.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: SMOKIN GOOD BBQ and HEAVENLY HOGS BBQ COMPANY tied on 167.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Cooter Jackson's BBQ edged Chillin & Grillin Crew by 0.0112.
FIRE FIGHTING BBQ TEAM won Chicken, Pork — a double.
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 | 169.7144 | 164.5944 | 160.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 165.7028 | 160.5716 | 156.0572 |
| Pork | 168.5828 | 163.4056 | 157.7256 |
| Brisket | 167.9656 | 162.3428 | 154.8000 |
28 entries · top 647.9316 · median 611.6970
28 entries · top 169.7144 · median 154.2400
28 entries · top 165.7028 · median 153.4228
28 entries · top 168.5828 · median 154.8342
28 entries · top 167.9656 · median 151.9942