2014-09-05 – 2014-09-07 · Peoria, IL · 📍 Peoria, IL 61612
Grand Champion: THE SMOKE HUNTERS (697.6912) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOSS HAWG BBQ
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 69 times in 100
THE SMOKE HUNTERS came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 97% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 16.6512 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
Pork places 3–4: ALL IN QUE edged BUCK SMOKE by 0.0232. Pork Ribs places 8–9: NUTTHIN BUT PORK edged JH OLD SCHOOL by 0.0344. Pork places 8–9: CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE edged NUTTHIN BUT PORK by 0.0456.
THE SMOKE HUNTERS won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
THE SMOKE HUNTERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 169.1200 | 159.3484 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 171.4172 | 162.2400 |
| Pork | 172.5484 | 168.5256 | 164.5140 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 169.1200 | 161.1084 |
16 entries · top 697.6912 · median 660.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 2 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 3 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 4 | CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | |
| 5 | JH OLD SCHOOL | |
| 6 | MONSTERS OF THE RIBWAY | |
| 7 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 8 | QUAU | |
| 9 | Lucky 13 BBQ | |
| 10 | NUTTHIN BUT PORK | |
| 11 | BUCK SMOKE | |
| 12 | OLD STYLE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 14 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Bad Hawg's | |
| 16 | JBQ |
14 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JH OLD SCHOOL | |
| 2 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 3 | Lucky 13 BBQ | |
| 4 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 5 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 6 | CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | |
| 7 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 8 | MONSTERS OF THE RIBWAY | |
| 9 | QUAU | |
| 10 | OLD STYLE SMOKERS | |
| 11 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 12 | NUTTHIN BUT PORK | |
| 13 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 14 | BUCK SMOKE |
16 entries · top 176.5944 · median 162.8284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | |
| 2 | MONSTERS OF THE RIBWAY | |
| 3 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 4 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 5 | QUAU | |
| 6 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Bad Hawg's | |
| 8 | NUTTHIN BUT PORK | |
| 9 | JH OLD SCHOOL | |
| 10 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 11 | OLD STYLE SMOKERS | |
| 12 | Lucky 13 BBQ | |
| 13 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 14 | BUCK SMOKE | |
| 15 | JBQ | |
| 16 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ |
15 entries · top 172.5484 · median 165.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 2 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 3 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 4 | BUCK SMOKE | |
| 5 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 6 | MONSTERS OF THE RIBWAY | |
| 7 | Lucky 13 BBQ | |
| 8 | CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | |
| 9 | NUTTHIN BUT PORK | |
| 10 | QUAU | |
| 11 | JH OLD SCHOOL | |
| 12 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 13 | OLD STYLE SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 15 | JBQ |
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 2 | BOSS HAWG BBQ | |
| 3 | ALL IN QUE | |
| 4 | JH OLD SCHOOL | |
| 5 | NUTTHIN BUT PORK | |
| 6 | QUAU | |
| 7 | BRANDIN' IRON BBQ | |
| 8 | FIDDLIN' FATBACK | |
| 9 | BUCK SMOKE | |
| 10 | Big Bad Hawg's | |
| 11 | OLD STYLE SMOKERS | |
| 12 | MONSTERS OF THE RIBWAY | |
| 13 | CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | |
| 14 | Lucky 13 BBQ | |
| 15 | SAUCED N SMOKED |