Mar 14–15, 2014 · Tupelo, MS
Organizer Portal won Grand Champion at the Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre on March 14, 2014 in Tupelo, MS, scoring 701.6912 in a field of 95 teams. QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.0344. Category winners: Chicken — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (179.4400); Pork Ribs — CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE (177.7372); Pork — KILLER HOGS (178.8800); Brisket — Organizer Portal (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.
Closer than 76% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6568 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The People's Republic of Swina finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 6–7: HOUSE OF Q and RUB WON OUT tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: Organizer Portal and BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: The People's Republic of Swina and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Organizer Portal took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data
95 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.1544 | 173.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 178.2972 | 173.1200 |
95 entries · top 701.6912 · median 652.4000
95 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5484
95 entries · top 177.7372 · median 161.1084
95 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2400
95 entries · top 180 · median 162.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180