2014-09-12 – 2014-09-13 · Mears, MI · 📍 Mears, MI 49436
Grand Champion: iBQ'n@TheBBQSuperStore.com (708.6056) · 43 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG BROTHERS 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2015 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
708.6056 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.6684 CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM set in 2013.
Wider than 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4856 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: FIREHOUSE SMOKE and RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ and BIG BROTHERS BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: EXTREME ROASTERS and Mutts & Butts Bark-BQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
iBQ'n won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
iBQ'n took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 2nd.
Giggly Pig BBQ Team turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM (won 2013).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-13 | Mears, MI | Mears, MI | 47 | 693.6684 | CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM | iBQ'n |
| 2014-09-12 ← this one | Mears, MI | Mears, MI 49436 | 43 | 708.6056 | iBQ'n@TheBBQSuperStore.com | BIG BROTHERS BBQ |
| 2015-09-11 | Mears, MI | Mears, MI 49436 | 34 | 699.4744 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | SMOKIN' IN THE D |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 171.9772 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 176.0228 | 173.7028 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 171.9884 | 169.1656 |
42 entries · top 708.6056 · median 649.6112
42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4116 · 🔥 perfect 180
42 entries · top 176.5828 · median 163.3944
42 entries · top 176.0228 · median 164.5542
42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.1258