Aug 1–2, 2014 · Oakland, CA
RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS won Grand Champion at the Oaktown Throwdown on August 1, 2014 in Oakland, CA, scoring 683.5200 in a field of 22 teams. TOO ASHAMED TO NAME took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.1772. Category winners: Chicken — TOO ASHAMED TO NAME (173.7372); Pork Ribs — TOO ASHAMED TO NAME (175.4400); Pork — SmOakland (170.8456); Brisket — SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ (176.5600). 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
Ric's Righteous Ribs came in rated below the field's top team, WOODHOUSE BARBECUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS and WOODHOUSE BARBECUE tied on 167.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: WOODHOUSE BARBECUE and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ and SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TOO ASHAMED TO NAME won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2014 ← this one | Oakland, CA | Oakland, CA 94612 | 22 | 683.5200 | RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS | TOO ASHAMED TO NAME |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Oakland, CA | Oakland, CA 94612 | 27 | 680.5256 | SON OF SMOKE | TOO ASHAMED TO NAME |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7372 | 166.8800 | 161.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 166.2972 | 161.7488 |
| Pork | 170.8456 | 164.5600 | 160.5256 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 167.4628 | 159.3600 |
22 entries · top 683.5200 · median 636.5142
22 entries · top 173.7372 · median 160.5314
22 entries · top 175.4400 · median 160.5314
22 entries · top 170.8456 · median 158.5370
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.0972
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.
11 entries · top 155.9768 · median 144.5372
11 entries · top 457.6912 · median 419.0400
11 entries · top 141.0860 · median 132.0572
11 entries · top 164.0228 · median 144.5372
14 entries · top 180 · median 162.3486 · 🔥 perfect 180