May 3–4, 2013 · Huntsville, AL
SWIGGIN PIG won Grand Champion at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ on May 3, 2013 in Huntsville, AL, scoring 694.8570 in a field of 62 teams. THE LOONEY PIT took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.7144. Category winners: Chicken — THE LOONEY PIT (178.8572); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN BUTT CREW (177.7144); Pork — WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? (177.7142); Brisket — BIG BLUE QUE (178.2858).
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 82% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1426 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
SWIGGIN PIG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 5–6: SOUTH PORK and BIG BLUE QUE tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BABY GOT FATBACK and BUSH LEAGUE BBQ (inactive) tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SOUTH PORK and BUB-BA-Q tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,468 contests in the data
62 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2856 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1428 | 170.8570 |
| Pork | 177.7142 | 175.4284 | 172.5712 |
| Brisket | 178.2858 | 174.2856 | 172 |
62 entries · top 694.8570 · median 655.1424
62 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7143
62 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4286
62 entries · top 177.7142 · median 165.9997
62 entries · top 178.2858 · median 161.4282