Jul 24–26, 2014 · Holladay, UT
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Days of 47 BBQ Showdown on July 24, 2014 in Holladay, UT, scoring 669.7600 in a field of 31 teams. SIN CITY SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 669.7488. Category winners: Chicken — SIN CITY SMOKERS (177.1772); Pork Ribs — BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ (175.4744); Pork — MASTER OF DISASTER (174.9028); Brisket — MOVIN' THE CHAINS (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.
Closer than 99% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rhythm n QUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: TRAILHOUND SMOKERS and SWAMP BOYS tied on 172.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: SIN CITY SMOKERS and BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ tied on 163.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE edged BUCCANEER BARBEQUE by 0.0116.
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 14th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 169.7144 | 166.9028 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4744 | 171.9884 | 164.5716 |
| Pork | 174.9028 | 167.3828 | 163.4284 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 165.1428 | 162.2628 |
31 entries · top 669.7600 · median 633.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 4 | R&R BBQ | |
| 5 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 6 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 7 | BAM BAMS BBQ | |
| 8 | MASTER OF DISASTER | |
| 9 | BBQ PIT STOP | |
| 10 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 11 | SWEET PETE'S BBQ | |
| 12 | TRAILHOUND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | |
| 14 | TRUE BLUE BBQ | |
| 15 | FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC | |
| 16 | H & D BBQ | |
| 17 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 18 | FINGER LICKIN Q | |
| 19 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 20 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 21 | PHIL & LOU BBQ | |
| 22 | BUCCANEER BARBEQUE | |
| 23 | Smokin' 101 BBQ | |
| 24 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 25 | SHOCK & AWE BBQ | |
| 26 | Piggin and Diggin | |
| 27 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 28 | HOGS FROM HECK | |
| 29 | CROP-DUSTER BBQ | |
| 30 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 31 | Gold Buckle BBQ |
31 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 2 | PHIL & LOU BBQ | |
| 3 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 4 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | SWEET PETE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 7 | TRUE BLUE BBQ | |
| 8 | MASTER OF DISASTER | |
| 9 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 10 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 11 | FINGER LICKIN Q | |
| 12 | H & D BBQ | |
| 13 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 14 | TRAILHOUND SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Piggin and Diggin | |
| 16 | BAM BAMS BBQ | |
| 17 | R&R BBQ | |
| 18 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 19 | Gold Buckle BBQ | |
| 20 | FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC | |
| 21 | NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | |
| 22 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 23 | BUCCANEER BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | Smokin' 101 BBQ | |
| 25 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 26 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 27 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 28 | BBQ PIT STOP | |
| 29 | SHOCK & AWE BBQ | |
| 30 | CROP-DUSTER BBQ | |
| 31 | HOGS FROM HECK |
31 entries · top 175.4744 · median 159.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 2 | TRAILHOUND SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 4 | R&R BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUE BLUE BBQ | |
| 6 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 7 | BBQ PIT STOP | |
| 8 | BAM BAMS BBQ | |
| 9 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 10 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 11 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 12 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 13 | SWEET PETE'S BBQ | |
| 14 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 15 | HOGS FROM HECK | |
| 16 | H & D BBQ | |
| 17 | MASTER OF DISASTER | |
| 18 | PHIL & LOU BBQ | |
| 19 | CROP-DUSTER BBQ | |
| 20 | FINGER LICKIN Q | |
| 21 | NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | |
| 22 | BUCCANEER BARBEQUE | |
| 23 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 24 | SHOCK & AWE BBQ | |
| 25 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 26 | FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC | |
| 27 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 28 | Smokin' 101 BBQ | |
| 29 | Piggin and Diggin | |
| 30 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 31 | Gold Buckle BBQ |
31 entries · top 174.9028 · median 160.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MASTER OF DISASTER | |
| 2 | BBQ PIT STOP | |
| 3 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 4 | SHOCK & AWE BBQ | |
| 5 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 6 | FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC | |
| 7 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 8 | HOGS FROM HECK | |
| 9 | NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | |
| 10 | BUCCANEER BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | Gold Buckle BBQ | |
| 12 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 13 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 14 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 15 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 16 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 17 | Piggin and Diggin | |
| 18 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 19 | BAM BAMS BBQ | |
| 20 | Smokin' 101 BBQ | |
| 21 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 22 | R&R BBQ | |
| 23 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 24 | FINGER LICKIN Q | |
| 25 | H & D BBQ | |
| 26 | SWEET PETE'S BBQ | |
| 27 | CROP-DUSTER BBQ | |
| 28 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 29 | TRAILHOUND SMOKERS | |
| 30 | PHIL & LOU BBQ | |
| 31 | TRUE BLUE BBQ |
31 entries · top 174.2628 · median 158.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOVIN' THE CHAINS | |
| 2 | R&R BBQ | |
| 3 | BAM BAMS BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ PIT STOP | |
| 5 | SWEET PETE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC | |
| 7 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 8 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 9 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 10 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | TRAILHOUND SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 14 | Smokin' 101 BBQ | |
| 15 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 16 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 17 | H & D BBQ | |
| 18 | Piggin and Diggin | |
| 19 | MASTER OF DISASTER | |
| 20 | TRUE BLUE BBQ | |
| 21 | Gold Buckle BBQ | |
| 22 | FINGER LICKIN Q | |
| 23 | SHOCK & AWE BBQ | |
| 24 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 25 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 26 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 27 | HOGS FROM HECK | |
| 28 | CROP-DUSTER BBQ | |
| 29 | BUCCANEER BARBEQUE | |
| 30 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 31 | PHIL & LOU BBQ |
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.
6 entries · top 180 · median 169.9886 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 2 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 3 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | RUB Q LONG TIME | |
| 5 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 6 | SIN CITY SMOKERS |