Jun 26–28, 2014 · Effingham, IL
QUAU won Grand Champion at the Legacy State BBQ Championship Cook-Off on June 26, 2014 in Effingham, IL, scoring 685.0512 in a field of 18 teams. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.9544. Category winners: Chicken — TWO REDS BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE (174.8456); Pork — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE (170.2744); Brisket — QUAU (176.5600).
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 85% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0968 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE and RURAL ROUTE BBQ tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: RURAL ROUTE BBQ edged SMOKIN CHILIES by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN RIBS AGO BBQ edged MONSTER-QUE by 0.0116.
QUAU took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1084 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8456 | 170.2744 | 167.4400 |
| Pork | 170.2744 | 168 | 166.2284 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.4628 | 163.9656 |
18 entries · top 685.0512 · median 664.4968
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5428
18 entries · top 174.8456 · median 167.7028
18 entries · top 170.2744 · median 166.2398
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5428