Jul 25–26, 2014 · Windsor, VT
DIZZY PIG won Grand Champion at the Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ on July 25, 2014 in Windsor, VT, scoring 668.5944 in a field of 34 teams. SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA took Reserve Grand Champion with 668.4796. Category winners: Chicken — DIZZY PIG (172.5944); Pork Ribs — Mr. Bobo's Traveling BBQ All Stars! (168.5944); Pork — Mr. Bobo's Traveling BBQ All Stars! (173.1428); Brisket — STUBBORN BULL BBQ (177.1544). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; 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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 95% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.1148 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
DIZZY PIG came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: Mr. Bobo's Traveling BBQ All Stars! and 4:20 Q tied on 168.5944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: THE 5TH ARTERY and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 165.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: STUBBORN BULL BBQ edged HOWLING HOG BARBECUE by 0.0004.
Mr. Bobo's Traveling BBQ All Stars! won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
DIZZY PIG took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 17th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2014 ← this one | Windsor, VT | Windsor, VT 05089 | 34 | 668.5944 | DIZZY PIG | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Jul 25, 2015 | Windsor, VT | Windsor, VT 05089 | 35 | 685.6916 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ | Rogue Hog BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5944 | 167.4288 | 165.0740 |
| Pork Ribs | 168.5944 | 165.7144 | 162.9144 |
| Pork | 173.1428 | 165.1316 | 164.5484 |
| Brisket | 177.1544 | 167.4400 | 165.6800 |
34 entries · top 668.5944 · median 639.3538
34 entries · top 172.5944 · median 161.6914
34 entries · top 168.5944 · median 160.0058
34 entries · top 173.1428 · median 157.6742
33 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.7028
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.
27 entries · top 180 · median 162.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 176.5828 · median 159.9544
27 entries · top 180 · median 162.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 180 · median 168 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 677.0972 · median 654.7544