Jul 4–5, 2014 · Falls City, NE
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Sauce and Cycles on July 4, 2014 in Falls City, NE, scoring 695.3828 in a field of 15 teams. PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.3944. Category winners: Chicken — THE BLUE BLOODS (177.1544); Pork Ribs — PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (180.0000); Pork — THESLABS.COM (178.8800); Brisket — Three Brothers Different Mothers (174.2628).
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.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 15.9884 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 7–8: WHEN PIGS DIE and PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: SunMart and Three Brothers Different Mothers tied on 159.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: THESLABS.COM edged TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q by 0.0228.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 172 | 162.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 167.9656 | 153.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 169.7028 | 158.2628 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 170.2744 | 161.7028 |
15 entries · top 695.3828 · median 665.7028
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.5600
15 entries · top 180 · median 164.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
15 entries · top 178.8800 · median 159.4056
15 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.5944
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 326.8684 · median 312.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limp Brisket | |
| 2 | Tennessee Creek Meat House | |
| 3 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | Would Eye | |
| 5 | BEST BUCKIN' BBQ | |
| 6 | EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL | |
| 7 | Burn'n BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Al's Barbecue | |
| 9 | My-Kill | |
| 10 | Rachel Rankin | |
| 11 | Julie Sailors | |
| 12 | Jynnae Frankhauser |
12 entries · top 169.6800 · median 150.5772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee Creek Meat House | |
| 2 | Limp Brisket | |
| 3 | EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL | |
| 4 | Would Eye | |
| 5 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | My-Kill | |
| 7 | BEST BUCKIN' BBQ | |
| 8 | Rachel Rankin | |
| 9 | Burn'n BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Al's Barbecue | |
| 11 | Julie Sailors | |
| 12 | Jynnae Frankhauser |
12 entries · top 166.3088 · median 157.7544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burn'n BBQ | |
| 2 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | BEST BUCKIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | Limp Brisket | |
| 5 | Big Al's Barbecue | |
| 6 | Would Eye | |
| 7 | EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL | |
| 8 | Rachel Rankin | |
| 9 | Tennessee Creek Meat House | |
| 10 | Jynnae Frankhauser | |
| 11 | My-Kill | |
| 12 | Julie Sailors |