Feb 28 – Mar 1, 2014 · Havasu Landing, CA
BURNIN AND LOOTIN won Grand Champion at the Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship on February 28, 2014 in Havasu Landing, CA, scoring 679.3600 in a field of 28 teams. WOODHOUSE BARBECUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.7772. Category winners: Chicken — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (176.0000); Pork Ribs — KNIFE PORK AND SPOON (173.1544); Pork — SMOKIN MO'S BBQ (174.2972); Brisket — WOODHOUSE BARBECUE (176.0000).
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.
Closer than 89% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: KNIFE PORK AND SPOON and SMOKIN MO'S BBQ tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: WHEN PIGS FLY and STEEL CITY BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: KNIFE PORK AND SPOON and PHIL THE GRILL tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BURNIN AND LOOTIN took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 19th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 170.8456 | 167.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1544 | 169.6916 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 174.2972 | 171.4056 | 169.7372 |
| Brisket | 176 | 168.5828 | 165.1200 |
28 entries · top 679.3600 · median 656.8456
28 entries · top 176 · median 164.8456
28 entries · top 173.1544 · median 161.9886
28 entries · top 174.2972 · median 168.5714
28 entries · top 176 · median 160.5142
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
13 entries · top 164.5600 · median 150.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BY2 Denise | |
| 2 | BY9 Vic | |
| 3 | BY STEVE | |
| 4 | BY11 Penny | |
| 5 | BY5 FRED | |
| 6 | BY8 EManuel | |
| 7 | BY6 Lovett | |
| 8 | BY1 DENNIS | |
| 9 | BY4 Bill | |
| 10 | BY3 Julie | |
| 11 | BY7 Leaming | |
| 12 | BY12 Brent | |
| 13 | BY13 Jill |