Jun 27–28, 2014 · Nevada, IA
Meadow Valley BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rockin' Country BBQ Fest on June 27, 2014 in Nevada, IA, scoring 683.8856 in a field of 15 teams. LUCKY'S Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.9084. Category winners: Chicken — LUCKY'S Q (174.2856); Pork Ribs — Meadow Valley BBQ (173.1200); Pork — DIG-IN COOKERS (171.4400); Brisket — LUCKY'S Q (175.4056).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Meadow Valley BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Meadow Valley BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
Smokin Dinger (The Professor of Hogolgy) finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Brisket places 4–5: SMOKEHOUSE 72 and THE WICKED PIG tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SMOKEHOUSE 72 edged Hooligans by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY edged WOODWARD BARBEQUE by 0.0116.
LUCKY'S Q won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
Meadow Valley BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2856 | 170.8228 | 162.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 169.1544 | 164.5600 |
| Pork | 171.4400 | 168.0572 | 160.5600 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 170.8228 | 162.8112 |
15 entries · top 683.8856 · median 662.8112
15 entries · top 174.2856 · median 166.8228
15 entries · top 173.1200 · median 166.8228
15 entries · top 171.4400 · median 161.6688
15 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.8228
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.
4 entries · top 180 · median 173.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 2 | DIG-IN COOKERS | |
| 3 | Two Bohemians BBQ | |
| 4 | THE WICKED PIG |