2014-09-26 – 2014-09-27 · San Diego, CA · 📍 San Diego, CA 92109
Grand Champion: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (686.2516) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG POPPA SMOKERS
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.
Chicken places 6–7: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and B' MACKIN BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: B' MACKIN BBQ and PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: COOL GRILLING edged B' MACKIN BBQ by 0.0112.
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 167.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3088 | 169.1200 | 164.5488 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 169.6684 | 163.9888 |
20 entries · top 686.2516 · median 662.8456
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.1370
20 entries · top 174.3088 · median 163.6972
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.6972
20 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.9830