Jun 14–15, 2013 · Fillmore, CA
LEFT COAST Q won Grand Champion at the California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ on June 14, 2013 in Fillmore, CA, scoring 672.5714 in a field of 36 teams. MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 671.9996. Category winners: Chicken — ZZYZX BAR.B.Q (176.0002); Pork Ribs — FUNTIME BBQ (172.5714); Pork — Smokey and the Pirate (175.4286); Brisket — 2ND TO LAST BBQ (174.2860).
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 90% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5718 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
LEFT COAST Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0000 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 2–3: DADDY O'S SMOKIN' BBQ and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 173.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ and ALL SAUCED UP tied on 167.4286 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0002 | 173.7142 | 168.5714 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5714 | 169.1430 | 165.1428 |
| Pork | 175.4286 | 169.7142 | 166.2858 |
| Brisket | 174.2860 | 169.1428 | 165.7142 |
36 entries · top 672.5714 · median 642.8576
36 entries · top 176.0002 · median 160.8571
36 entries · top 172.5714 · median 160
36 entries · top 175.4286 · median 162.8571
36 entries · top 174.2860 · median 159.7142