Jun 27–28, 2014 · Winchester, VA
3 EYZ BBQ won Grand Champion at the Hogging Up BBQ Festival on June 27, 2014 in Winchester, VA, scoring 674.1828 in a field of 46 teams. CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.5260. Category winners: Chicken — BIG BLOCK BBQ (176.5944); Pork Ribs — POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG (178.2972); Pork — 3 EYZ BBQ (170.8228); Brisket — WILBUR'S REVENGE (169.7256).
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.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: BOHEMIAN BBQ and CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ and BIG BLOCK BBQ tied on 164.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: BIG BLOCK BBQ and GOONEY CREEK BBQ tied on 164.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
3 EYZ BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 171.4172 | 163.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 165.6800 | 163.9772 |
| Pork | 170.8228 | 166.8460 | 165.1316 |
| Brisket | 169.7256 | 164.5484 | 163.4172 |
46 entries · top 674.1828 · median 635.0170
46 entries · top 176.5944 · median 160.2686
46 entries · top 178.2972 · median 159.3998
46 entries · top 170.8228 · median 158.0458
46 entries · top 169.7256 · median 156.8342
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.
12 entries · top 161.7256 · median 151.4170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 2 | BENTWOOD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM | |
| 4 | TIPSY PIGS | |
| 5 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 6 | HOG-IT-UP BBQ | |
| 7 | SULTANS OF SWINE | |
| 8 | The Inked Pig | |
| 9 | LETS MAKE A SQUEAL | |
| 10 | KRY BABY BBQ | |
| 11 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 12 | Hill High Country Store |
13 entries · top 168.6516 · median 157.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hill High Country Store | |
| 2 | BENTWOOD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | HOG-IT-UP BBQ | |
| 4 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 5 | PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | |
| 6 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGSHINERS | |
| 8 | The Inked Pig | |
| 9 | TIPSY PIGS | |
| 10 | BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA | |
| 11 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 12 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 13 | LETS MAKE A SQUEAL |