Aug 29–30, 2014 · Warrens, WI
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual Smokin In the Bogs on August 29, 2014 in Warrens, WI, scoring 700.5716 in a field of 34 teams. FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5140. Category winners: Chicken — SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (179.4400); Pork Ribs — MYASSIS SMOKIN (177.7372); Pork — Pigtailers (178.2972); Brisket — QUAU (177.7028).
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 71 times in 100
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 16.0576 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: HOGLINE and QUAU tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ and Croix Valley Sauces tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SMOKEHOUSE 72 edged Smokin Gopher by 0.0112.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 175.4400 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 172 | 167.9656 |
34 entries · top 700.5716 · median 651.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 2 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 5 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 6 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 7 | QUAU | |
| 8 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 9 | HOGLINE | |
| 10 | HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL | |
| 11 | Wine and Swine | |
| 12 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 13 | A FINE SWINE | |
| 14 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 15 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 16 | Smokin Gopher | |
| 17 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 18 | Crown Cookers | |
| 19 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 21 | Pigtailers | |
| 22 | Z SMOKE | |
| 23 | WW4 | |
| 24 | STEER'S LOOKIN' AT QUE | |
| 25 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 26 | Jack's Beef Delight & BBQ | |
| 27 | HAPPY PIG BBQ | |
| 28 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 30 | BS BBQ | |
| 31 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 32 | WILBUR'S LAST SQUEAL | |
| 33 | Res-Q-N BBQ | |
| 34 | 3 THIRDS BBQ |
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 2 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 3 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 4 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 5 | HOGLINE | |
| 6 | QUAU | |
| 7 | A FINE SWINE | |
| 8 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 9 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 10 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 11 | HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL | |
| 12 | HAPPY PIG BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 15 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 16 | STEER'S LOOKIN' AT QUE | |
| 17 | Smokin Gopher | |
| 18 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 20 | Crown Cookers | |
| 21 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 22 | WW4 | |
| 23 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 24 | 3 THIRDS BBQ | |
| 25 | Wine and Swine | |
| 26 | Z SMOKE | |
| 27 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 28 | Pigtailers | |
| 29 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 30 | Res-Q-N BBQ | |
| 31 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 32 | Jack's Beef Delight & BBQ | |
| 33 | BS BBQ | |
| 34 | WILBUR'S LAST SQUEAL |
33 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 2 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 3 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 4 | HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL | |
| 5 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 7 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 8 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 9 | Smokin Gopher | |
| 10 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 11 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 13 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 15 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 16 | Wine and Swine | |
| 17 | Z SMOKE | |
| 18 | WILBUR'S LAST SQUEAL | |
| 19 | STEER'S LOOKIN' AT QUE | |
| 20 | QUAU | |
| 21 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 22 | A FINE SWINE | |
| 23 | Crown Cookers | |
| 24 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 25 | Pigtailers | |
| 26 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 27 | WW4 | |
| 28 | Jack's Beef Delight & BBQ | |
| 29 | HOGLINE | |
| 30 | HAPPY PIG BBQ | |
| 31 | BS BBQ | |
| 32 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 33 | Res-Q-N BBQ |
34 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.3770
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pigtailers | |
| 2 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 3 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 4 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 5 | HOGLINE | |
| 6 | Crown Cookers | |
| 7 | Wine and Swine | |
| 8 | Smokin Gopher | |
| 9 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 10 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 11 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 12 | QUAU | |
| 13 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 14 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 15 | Res-Q-N BBQ | |
| 16 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 17 | A FINE SWINE | |
| 18 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 19 | HAPPY PIG BBQ | |
| 20 | BS BBQ | |
| 21 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 22 | Jack's Beef Delight & BBQ | |
| 23 | WW4 | |
| 24 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 25 | Z SMOKE | |
| 26 | 3 THIRDS BBQ | |
| 27 | HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL | |
| 28 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 29 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 30 | WILBUR'S LAST SQUEAL | |
| 31 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 32 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 33 | STEER'S LOOKIN' AT QUE | |
| 34 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ |
34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.1256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUAU | |
| 2 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 3 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 4 | Jack's Beef Delight & BBQ | |
| 5 | HOGLINE | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL | |
| 7 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 8 | BS BBQ | |
| 9 | Wine and Swine | |
| 10 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 12 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 13 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 14 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 15 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 16 | STEER'S LOOKIN' AT QUE | |
| 17 | B.O.S. BBQ | |
| 18 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 19 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 20 | 3 THIRDS BBQ | |
| 21 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 22 | Z SMOKE | |
| 23 | A FINE SWINE | |
| 24 | WW4 | |
| 25 | Y-NOT! SMOKIN QUE | |
| 26 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 28 | Crown Cookers | |
| 29 | Pigtailers | |
| 30 | Smokin Gopher | |
| 31 | WILBUR'S LAST SQUEAL | |
| 32 | HAPPY PIG BBQ | |
| 33 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 34 | Res-Q-N 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.
9 entries · top 180 · median 176.6172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 2 | FRICKIN' CHICKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 4 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 5 | Z SMOKE | |
| 6 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN CROATIANS | |
| 8 | 3 THIRDS BBQ | |
| 9 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ |