Oct 10–11, 2014 · Ocean Springs, MS
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ won Grand Champion at The Shed BBQ & Blues Festival on October 10, 2014 in Ocean Springs, MS, scoring 698.8000 in a field of 16 teams. Uncle Kenny's Take-Away took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.4056. Category winners: Chicken — HOG WILD AND PIG CRAZY (175.4172); Pork Ribs — SMOKING O'S (178.8572); Pork — THE BLUE BLOODS (177.1544); Brisket — RED EYED SMOKERS (177.7028).
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.
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 7–8: Uncle Kenny's Take-Away and BACK-YARD SOUTHERN STYLE SEASONING tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ and SWEET DREAMS BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: SMOKING O'S and THE BLUE BLOODS tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 170.8228 | 166.9028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 165.6916 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 170.2856 | 163.9544 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 167.9656 | 161.0972 |
16 entries · top 698.8000 · median 668.5428
16 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.5486
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1256
16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2686
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.4286