2014-09-05 – 2014-09-06 · Cottonwood, AZ · 📍 Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Grand Champion: JAESTAR BBQ (708.5484) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S 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
JAESTAR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 4–5: BAD BOYZ BBQ and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and BIG POPPA SMOKERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ and JAESTAR BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
JAESTAR BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0228 | 173.1428 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 170.2972 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 166.2972 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 172.5600 | 167.9656 |
17 entries · top 708.5484 · median 675.3256
17 entries · top 176.0228 · median 169.1084
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1084