Jul 18–19, 2014 · Galax, VA
Boars Night Out won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship on July 18, 2014 in Galax, VA, scoring 673.1200 in a field of 30 teams. ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.5488. Category winners: Chicken — SWEET SWINE O'MINE (174.8456); Pork Ribs — Too Sauced... (173.1316); Pork — ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ (172.0000); Brisket — VICTORY LANE BBQ (175.4400). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by FIRED UP SMOKERS; the next was held in 2015.
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 2015 — 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.
Closer than 91% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
673.1200 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 673.0512 FIRED UP SMOKERS set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
BOARS NIGHT OUT came in rated below the field's top team, THE BLUE BLOODS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Boars Night Out won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Boars Night Out's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
Pork places 5–6: Appalachain Mountain Smokers and VICTORY LANE BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and The Shed BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE and TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
VICTORY LANE BBQ turned in 175.4400 in brisket — past the 171.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FIRED UP SMOKERS (won 2013).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2013 | Galax, VA | Galax, VA | 16 | 673.0512 | FIRED UP SMOKERS | Boars Night Out |
| Jul 18, 2014 ← this one | Galax, VA | Galax, VA 24333 | 30 | 673.1200 | Boars Night Out | ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ |
| Jul 17, 2015 | Galax, VA | Galax, VA 24333 | 29 | 701.6456 | Q-BONES BBQ | VICTORY LANE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8456 | 169.7028 | 166.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 168.5372 | 164.5716 |
| Pork | 172 | 170.2628 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 170.2628 | 165.1656 |
30 entries · top 673.1200 · median 653.8800
30 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.8400
30 entries · top 173.1316 · median 162.5314
30 entries · top 172 · median 164.8286
30 entries · top 175.4400 · median 162.5486