Jun 7–8, 2013 · Bardstown, KY
BLUE CHIP BBQ won Grand Champion at the Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff on June 7, 2013 in Bardstown, KY, scoring 679.9998 in a field of 30 teams. Hogaholics BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 669.7140. Category winners: Chicken — Hogaholics BBQ (172.5712); Pork Ribs — LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS (178.2858); Pork — MUSIC CITY PIG PALS (175.4286); Brisket — BLUE CHIP BBQ (176.5714). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2014.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
BLUE CHIP BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BLUE CHIP BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Wider than 88% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.2858 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
2 of 2 tracked editions
BLUE CHIP BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: EAT MOR BUTT BBQ and Bubba and the Govenor tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK edged Hogaholics BBQ by 0.0002. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BLUE CHIP BBQ edged BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK by 0.0002.
BLUE CHIP BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 22nd.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2013 ← this one | Bardstown, KY | Bardstown, KY | 30 | 679.9998 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | Hogaholics BBQ |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Bardstown, KY | Bardstown, KY 40004 | 34 | 694.8456 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5712 | 168.5714 | 162.2858 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2858 | 167.4286 | 163.4286 |
| Pork | 175.4286 | 169.1430 | 162.8572 |
| Brisket | 176.5714 | 170.8572 | 167.4284 |
30 entries · top 679.9998 · median 643.4282
30 entries · top 172.5712 · median 160.2854
30 entries · top 178.2858 · median 162
30 entries · top 175.4286 · median 157.7141
30 entries · top 176.5714 · median 163.9999