Jul 4–5, 2014 · Thayer, MO
Q-BONES BBQ won Grand Champion at the Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout on July 4, 2014 in Thayer, MO, scoring 680.5140 in a field of 12 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.9428. Category winners: Chicken — GETTIN' BASTED (172.0000); Pork Ribs — The Rack Pack (170.3200); Pork — Q-BONES BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — Q-BONES BBQ (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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
Q-BONES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Q-BONES BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.
Pork places 7–8: The Rack Pack and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: A GOOD RUB BBQ and BOURBON SMOKE BBQ tied on 158.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: BOURBON SMOKE BBQ edged The Rack Pack by 0.0116.
Q-BONES BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Q-BONES BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172 | 162.8344 | 151.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.3200 | 167.9656 | 147.4288 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 167.4284 | 164.0116 |
| Brisket | 176 | 164.5600 | 154.7772 |
12 entries · top 680.5140 · median 641.9086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | The Rack Pack | |
| 6 | A GOOD RUB BBQ | |
| 7 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 8 | BOURBON SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | BEER-B-QR'S | |
| 10 | De' Boners | |
| 11 | GLAD TO MEAT YOU | |
| 12 | Ray Ray's Smokehouse BBQ |
12 entries · top 172 · median 161.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 3 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 4 | BEER-B-QR'S | |
| 5 | BOURBON SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 7 | A GOOD RUB BBQ | |
| 8 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 9 | De' Boners | |
| 10 | GLAD TO MEAT YOU | |
| 11 | Ray Ray's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 12 | The Rack Pack |
12 entries · top 170.3200 · median 161.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rack Pack | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 6 | De' Boners | |
| 7 | A GOOD RUB BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 9 | GLAD TO MEAT YOU | |
| 10 | BOURBON SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | BEER-B-QR'S | |
| 12 | Ray Ray's Smokehouse BBQ |
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | Ray Ray's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 3 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 4 | BEER-B-QR'S | |
| 5 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 6 | BOURBON SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | The Rack Pack | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | A GOOD RUB BBQ | |
| 10 | De' Boners | |
| 11 | GLAD TO MEAT YOU | |
| 12 | SLAB TECHS |
12 entries · top 176 · median 160.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | The Rack Pack | |
| 3 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | |
| 6 | SLAB TECHS | |
| 7 | A GOOD RUB BBQ | |
| 8 | BOURBON SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | BEER-B-QR'S | |
| 10 | GLAD TO MEAT YOU | |
| 11 | Ray Ray's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 12 | De' Boners |