2013-09-27 – 2013-09-28 · Xenia, OH · 📍 Xenia, OH
Grand Champion: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (684.5600) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ
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.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 3–4: HISTORIC BBQ and QUBED tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: HOGAHOLICS and STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ edged iBQ'n by 0.0116.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-27 ← this one | Xenia, OH | Xenia, OH | 35 | 684.5600 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ |
| 2014-09-26 | Xenia, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4516 | 171.9656 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 169.1428 | 165.6800 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1772 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 172.5828 | 170.8344 |
35 entries · top 684.5600 · median 655.3600
35 entries · top 175.4516 · median 165.7144
35 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.8228
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.7144