Aug 22–23, 2014 · Washington Island, WI
FOX RIVER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Deaths Door Barbecue on August 22, 2014 in Washington Island, WI, scoring 683.4516 in a field of 27 teams. CRASH TEST SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.8116. Category winners: Chicken — DA REV & ANIMAL BBQ KREWE (177.1428); Pork Ribs — DD'S BBQ (174.2972); Pork — FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — CRASH TEST SMOKERS (178.8572).
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 86% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6400 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
FOX RIVER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was FOX RIVER BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: DA REV & ANIMAL BBQ KREWE and BIG CITY BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: FOX RIVER BBQ edged HOT ASH BBQ COMPANY by 0.0004. Chicken places 6–7: DD'S BBQ edged SWEET BOURBON SMOKERS by 0.0112.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 172.5828 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 169.7144 | 162.8228 |
| Pork | 180 | 172 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 169.6912 | 167.4400 |
27 entries · top 683.4516 · median 658.7428
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.2628
26 entries · top 174.2972 · median 160.2630
27 entries · top 180 · median 166.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200
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.
14 entries · top 180 · median 171.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180