2013-11-08 – 2013-11-09 · St. James, MO · 📍 St. James, MO
Grand Champion: THE BLUE BLOODS (682.8000) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TRUEBUD 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.
Closer than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5940 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
THE BLUE BLOODS came in rated below the field's top team, TRUEBUD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4400 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 2–3: BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ and IN DEEP SAUCE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: ALL IN QUE and POLITICAL PORK tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: POLITICAL PORK and TRUEBUD BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
THE BLUE BLOODS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
THE BLUE BLOODS took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1428 | 170.8112 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 171.4172 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 174.2972 | 171.4172 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 170.8228 | 166.2628 |
33 entries · top 682.8000 · median 661.5772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 2 | TRUEBUD BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 5 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 6 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 7 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 8 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 9 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 11 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 12 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 14 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 15 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 16 | Smokin T's BBQ | |
| 17 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 18 | TRUE Canoe Envy | |
| 19 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 20 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC | |
| 21 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 23 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 24 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 25 | HAYSEED HOLLER SMOKE-N-BBQ | |
| 26 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 27 | DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES | |
| 28 | SMOKIN CRUE | |
| 29 | Liquor & Sticker | |
| 30 | BACKYARD BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 31 | RING OF FIRE BBQ | |
| 32 | Cole's Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 33 | R2-D2-BQ |
33 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.4284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 2 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 3 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 6 | TRUEBUD BBQ | |
| 7 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 8 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 9 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 10 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin T's BBQ | |
| 12 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 13 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 14 | HAYSEED HOLLER SMOKE-N-BBQ | |
| 15 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 16 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 17 | TRUE Canoe Envy | |
| 18 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 20 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 21 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | SMOKIN CRUE | |
| 23 | DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES | |
| 24 | Cole's Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 25 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 26 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 27 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC | |
| 28 | Liquor & Sticker | |
| 29 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 30 | RING OF FIRE BBQ | |
| 31 | BACKYARD BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 32 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 33 | R2-D2-BQ |
33 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 2 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 4 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUEBUD BBQ | |
| 6 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 7 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 8 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 9 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 10 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 11 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 12 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 13 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 14 | HAYSEED HOLLER SMOKE-N-BBQ | |
| 15 | R2-D2-BQ | |
| 16 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 17 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 18 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 19 | TRUE Canoe Envy | |
| 20 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 21 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 22 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 23 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 24 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC | |
| 25 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 26 | Cole's Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 27 | RING OF FIRE BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKIN CRUE | |
| 29 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokin T's BBQ | |
| 31 | DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES | |
| 32 | Liquor & Sticker | |
| 33 | BACKYARD BBQ BROTHERS |
33 entries · top 174.2972 · median 166.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 2 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 3 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 4 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 5 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 6 | TRUEBUD BBQ | |
| 7 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 8 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 11 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC | |
| 12 | TRUE Canoe Envy | |
| 13 | Smokin T's BBQ | |
| 14 | Cole's Sweet Heat BBQ | |
| 15 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 16 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | |
| 17 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 18 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 19 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 20 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 21 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 22 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 23 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 24 | DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES | |
| 25 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 26 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 27 | Liquor & Sticker | |
| 28 | BACKYARD BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 29 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 30 | HAYSEED HOLLER SMOKE-N-BBQ | |
| 31 | SMOKIN CRUE | |
| 32 | RING OF FIRE BBQ | |
| 33 | R2-D2-BQ |
33 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 2 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 5 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 6 | Smokin T's BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 8 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 9 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC | |
| 10 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | TRUEBUD BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 13 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 14 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 15 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 16 | TEAM SMOKERBUILDER | |
| 17 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 19 | HAYSEED HOLLER SMOKE-N-BBQ | |
| 20 | TRUE Canoe Envy | |
| 21 | BACKYARD BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 22 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 23 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 24 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 25 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKIN CRUE | |
| 27 | Liquor & Sticker | |
| 28 | DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES | |
| 29 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 30 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 31 | R2-D2-BQ | |
| 32 | RING OF FIRE BBQ | |
| 33 | Cole's Sweet Heat BBQ |