Dec 13–15, 2013 · Las Vegas, NV
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Downtown Throw Down Barbecue Championship on December 13, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV, scoring 687.3600 in a field of 25 teams. LEFT COAST Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8228. Category winners: Chicken — KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ (174.3088); Pork — LEFT COAST Q (174.8572); Brisket — RHYTHM 'N QUE (174.2628).
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 93% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 5–6: GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: THE SMOKING HILLS and LEFT COAST Q tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3088 | 171.4172 | 169.1316 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 171.4400 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 171.9656 | 166.8228 |
25 entries · top 687.3600 · median 665.0400
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168
25 entries · top 174.3088 · median 166.8572
25 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.8572
25 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.8116