A razor-thin finish
Closer than 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
- SOUTH PORK
- Organizer Portal
2013-09-20 – 2013-09-22 · Tunica, MS · 📍 Tunica, MS 38664
Grand Champion: SOUTH PORK (696.5140) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
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 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 6–7: SWIGGIN PIG and DRY HOLERS BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: 901Q and TEAM SMOKERBUILDER tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: OLD PLANTATION BBQ and BIG BLUE QUE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SOUTH PORK took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 20th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 175.4056 | 171.4516 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 174.2628 | 171.9884 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.2856 | 172.0000 |
53 entries · top 696.5140 · median 660.9828
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2972
53 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.8684
53 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.2744
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.
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHAT CHANCE BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 3 | GIVE IT TO GOD | |
| 4 | 901Q | |
| 5 | Big Al and the Buttrubbers | |
| 6 | Ginuswine | |
| 7 | Cotton Patch Cooking Crew | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' WITH AN ATTITUDE | |
| 9 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 10 | Got Pig? | |
| 11 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 12 | Bay to the Bayou | |
| 13 | Grillers Gone Wild |