Apr 12–13, 2013 · Renton, WA
MOVIN' THE CHAINS won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on April 12, 2013 in Renton, WA, scoring 666.8574 in a field of 29 teams. PIGGY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 666.8570. Category winners: Chicken — BIG PIG BBQ (171.4284); Pork Ribs — MADDDOG'S BBQ (176.0000); Pork — WARPIG BBQ (175.4286); Brisket — WINE COUNTRY Q (175.4286). This is the 9th of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by PHIL & LOU BBQ; the next was held in 2013.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2017 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 99% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
MOVIN' THE CHAINS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was MOVIN' THE CHAINS's first Grand Championship in the data.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Pork places 4–5: BALTIC BBQ BOYZ and PIGGY D'S BBQ tied on 168.5714 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: BIG PIG BBQ and FRANK'S Q. tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: MOVIN' THE CHAINS edged TOMBSTONE BBQ by 0.0002.
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 | 171.4284 | 167.9998 | 165.1426 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 168 | 163.4284 |
| Pork | 175.4286 | 168.5714 | 165.7144 |
| Brisket | 175.4286 | 165.7140 | 161.7146 |
29 entries · top 666.8574 · median 626.2848
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 2 | PIGGY D'S BBQ | |
| 3 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 4 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | |
| 5 | BAD BONES BBQ | |
| 6 | WARPIG BBQ | |
| 7 | FAST EDDY'S BBQ | |
| 8 | WOODSTOCK SMOKERS | |
| 9 | DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | |
| 10 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 11 | ANDREW'S RIB SHACK | |
| 12 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS | |
| 15 | 3 Cock's & a Hen | |
| 16 | JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | |
| 17 | DUELIN' J'S | |
| 18 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 19 | LEFT HAND SMOKE | |
| 20 | SLABTOWN BBQ | |
| 21 | DA FAT BOYZ BBQ | |
| 22 | NORTHWEST SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 23 | MADCOW BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | BALTIC BBQ BOYZ | |
| 25 | BEAVER CASTORS | |
| 26 | THE RIB MAFIA | |
| 27 | FRANK'S Q. | |
| 28 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 29 | BITE THRU BBQ |
29 entries · top 171.4284 · median 159.4282
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 2 | PIGGY D'S BBQ | |
| 3 | BAD BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | WARPIG BBQ | |
| 5 | DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 7 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 8 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | |
| 9 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 10 | MADCOW BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | NORTHWEST SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 12 | ANDREW'S RIB SHACK | |
| 13 | DA FAT BOYZ BBQ | |
| 14 | LEFT HAND SMOKE | |
| 15 | SLABTOWN BBQ | |
| 16 | THE RIB MAFIA | |
| 17 | FAST EDDY'S BBQ | |
| 18 | WOODSTOCK SMOKERS | |
| 19 | LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS | |
| 20 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 21 | 3 Cock's & a Hen | |
| 22 | JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | |
| 23 | BEAVER CASTORS | |
| 24 | DUELIN' J'S | |
| 25 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 26 | FRANK'S Q. | |
| 27 | BITE THRU BBQ | |
| 28 | BALTIC BBQ BOYZ | |
| 29 | SLOW PORKIN |
29 entries · top 176 · median 161.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 2 | WOODSTOCK SMOKERS | |
| 3 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 4 | ANDREW'S RIB SHACK | |
| 5 | LEFT HAND SMOKE | |
| 6 | DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | |
| 7 | DUELIN' J'S | |
| 8 | FAST EDDY'S BBQ | |
| 9 | 3 Cock's & a Hen | |
| 10 | LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS | |
| 11 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 12 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGGY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | |
| 15 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 16 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 17 | BAD BONES BBQ | |
| 18 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 19 | THE RIB MAFIA | |
| 20 | BALTIC BBQ BOYZ | |
| 21 | FRANK'S Q. | |
| 22 | MADCOW BARBEQUE | |
| 23 | WARPIG BBQ | |
| 24 | BEAVER CASTORS | |
| 25 | NORTHWEST SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 26 | BITE THRU BBQ | |
| 27 | DA FAT BOYZ BBQ | |
| 28 | SLABTOWN BBQ | |
| 29 | BIG PIG BBQ |
29 entries · top 175.4286 · median 161.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARPIG BBQ | |
| 2 | FAST EDDY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 4 | BALTIC BBQ BOYZ | |
| 5 | PIGGY D'S BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 7 | LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS | |
| 8 | DUELIN' J'S | |
| 9 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 10 | FRANK'S Q. | |
| 11 | DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | BAD BONES BBQ | |
| 13 | LEFT HAND SMOKE | |
| 14 | SLABTOWN BBQ | |
| 15 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 16 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | |
| 17 | NORTHWEST SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 18 | ANDREW'S RIB SHACK | |
| 19 | DA FAT BOYZ BBQ | |
| 20 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 21 | JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | |
| 22 | WOODSTOCK SMOKERS | |
| 23 | 3 Cock's & a Hen | |
| 24 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 25 | BEAVER CASTORS | |
| 26 | MADCOW BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 28 | BITE THRU BBQ | |
| 29 | THE RIB MAFIA |
29 entries · top 175.4286 · median 157.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WINE COUNTRY Q | |
| 2 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | |
| 3 | WOODSTOCK SMOKERS | |
| 4 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 5 | PIGGY D'S BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 7 | BAD BONES BBQ | |
| 8 | LAKE HOUSE BBQ | |
| 9 | FAST EDDY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | WARPIG BBQ | |
| 11 | JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ | |
| 12 | 3 Cock's & a Hen | |
| 13 | THE RIB MAFIA | |
| 14 | SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | |
| 15 | BEAVER CASTORS | |
| 16 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 17 | ANDREW'S RIB SHACK | |
| 18 | BITE THRU BBQ | |
| 19 | BALTIC BBQ BOYZ | |
| 20 | DA FAT BOYZ BBQ | |
| 21 | DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE | |
| 22 | LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS | |
| 23 | FRANK'S Q. | |
| 24 | SLABTOWN BBQ | |
| 25 | DUELIN' J'S | |
| 26 | SLOW PORKIN | |
| 27 | MADCOW BARBEQUE | |
| 28 | NORTHWEST SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 29 | LEFT HAND SMOKE |