2014-07-05 – 2014-07-06 · Absarokee, MT · 📍 Absarokee, MT 59001
Grand Champion: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (694.3316) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SUNRISE BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2022 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
694.3316 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 650.2858 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS set in 2013.
Wider than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4628 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
3 of 9 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 3 times across its 9 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: UFF-DA-Q edged MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 2–3: Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ edged The Burger Dive by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 2–3: JO-BAWB'S BBQ edged Yogi's Picnic Basket by 0.0228.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 169.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-06 | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT | 22 | 650.2858 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2014-07-05 ← this one | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 25 | 694.3316 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SUNRISE BBQ |
| 2015-07-03 | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 29 | 696.5828 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| 2016-06-25 | Absarokee, MT | Downtown Absarokee | 29 | 701.7144 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| 2017-06-24 | ABSAROKEE, MT | Hwy 78 | 35 | 701.1200 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG |
| 2018-06-23 | Absarokee, MT | Hwy 78 | 26 | 695.9660 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2019-06-22 | Absarokee, MT | Hwy 78 | 29 | 699.9196 | Parrothead Smokers | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2021-06-11 | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 708.5600 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | Bushmaster BBQ |
| 2022-06-10 | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 693.6112 | Stoake-D-Fire.com | OWENS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 166.3200 | 160.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 169.1656 | 161.6916 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.8800 | 160.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.8456 | 158.8228 |
25 entries · top 694.3316 · median 628.0456
25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 156.5944
25 entries · top 174.8916 · median 160.5256
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 155.3944
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.
23 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8916