2014-08-22 – 2014-08-23 · Lakeport, CA · 📍 Lakeport, CA 95453
Grand Champion: SON OF SMOKE (685.6452) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smokey and the Pirate
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
SON OF SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SON OF SMOKE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 22nd tracked contest.
2 of 5 tracked editions
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT and Smokey and the Pirate tied on 169.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ edged Smokey and the Pirate by 0.0116. Pork places 1–2: SON OF SMOKE edged PORK DADDY'S BBQ by 0.0228.
SON OF SMOKE won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SON OF SMOKE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ (won 2013).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-04 | Liberty, IN | Liberty, IN | 37 | 682.8570 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE |
| 2013-08-23 | Lakeport, CA | Lakeport, CA | 20 | 690.8572 | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | HOG ISLAND PITMASTERS |
| 2014-05-03 | Liberty, IN | Liberty, IN 47353 | 43 | 701.7372 | YELLOW RIVER BBQ | ONE2BBQ |
| 2014-08-22 ← this one | Lakeport, CA | Lakeport, CA 95453 | 17 | 685.6452 | SON OF SMOKE | Smokey and the Pirate |
| 2015-05-02 | Liberty, IN | Liberty, IN 47353 | 36 | 695.9660 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 169.7256 | 164.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.0228 | 166.2400 | 159.3944 |
| Pork | 173.1428 | 163.4172 | 155.9772 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 167.4056 | 157.7372 |
17 entries · top 685.6452 · median 644.5600
17 entries · top 177.1772 · median 165.1772
17 entries · top 172.0228 · median 162.8344
17 entries · top 173.1428 · median 157.7028
17 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.0972