2014-10-03 – 2014-10-04 · Harrisburg, PA · 📍 Harrisburg, PA 17110
Grand Champion: PIG PEN BBQ (678.9144) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD
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.
678.9144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 674.8576 FLYING PORKERS set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
PIG PEN BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
PIG PEN BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was PIG PEN BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Smokin Dudes BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 3–4: BIG D'S BBQ and HAWG NATION BBQ tied on 172.0228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: HOG STREET BULLIES and THREE DOGS BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Smokin Dudes BBQ and PIG PEN BBQ tied on 172.5944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SLOWER LOWER BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 173.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FLYING PORKERS (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-04 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA | 55 | 674.8576 | FLYING PORKERS | HAWG NATION BBQ |
| 2014-10-03 ← this one | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA 17110 | 53 | 678.9144 | PIG PEN BBQ | BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD |
| 2015-10-02 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA 17110 | 57 | 675.3368 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | MEATWAGON BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 169.1544 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7256 | 169.1316 | 166.8572 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.4056 | 169.1084 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 169.6800 | 165.6684 |
53 entries · top 678.9144 · median 634.6740
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 173.7256 · median 159.9656
53 entries · top 175.4172 · median 158.8000
53 entries · top 176.5828 · 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.
24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.6000