May 3–4, 2013 · Knoxville, TN
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won Grand Champion at the West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff on May 3, 2013 in Knoxville, TN, scoring 697.1428 in a field of 46 teams. MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.4286. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE ON THIS (177.1428); Pork Ribs — BIG BOB GIBSON BAR-B-Q (176.5714); Pork — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (180.0000); Brisket — ADAM'S RIB (180.0000).
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.
ADAM'S RIB holds the KCBS record for highest brisket score — 180 one meat, out of 180, won the category with it, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
Wider than 95% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.7142 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 4–5: PARADISE QUE and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 173.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL and Q-WE-DO BBQ tied on 171.4284 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BIG HOUSE BBQ and MUSIC CITY PIG PALS tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 6th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
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 | 177.1428 | 173.7142 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5714 | 170.8574 | 167.4284 |
| Pork | 180 | 170.8570 | 167.4286 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.7144 | 167.4284 |
46 entries · top 697.1428 · median 644.2854
46 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7141
46 entries · top 176.5714 · median 160.2855
46 entries · top 180 · median 160.2857 · 🔥 perfect 180
46 entries · top 180 · median 159.4285 · 🔥 perfect 180