2014-09-05 – 2014-09-06 · York, PA · 📍 York, PA 17327
Grand Champion: LO' -N- SLO' BBQ (686.8344) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 3 EYZ 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 66 times in 100
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 1–2: FLYING PORKERS and UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: 3 EYZ BBQ and PIGHEADED BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ and 3 EYZ BBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.7028 | 168.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 169.1316 | 166.2628 |
| Pork | 172.5600 | 167.4056 | 165.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 169.1200 | 162.8572 |
39 entries · top 686.8344 · median 647.3600
39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.3828
39 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.0000
39 entries · top 172.5600 · median 162.2856
39 entries · top 177.7028 · median 158.2172
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.
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
19 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.5256