2014-10-10 – 2014-10-11 · Fort Bliss, TX · 📍 Fort Bliss, TX 79906
Grand Champion: BAD BOYZ BBQ (685.6456) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN TRIGGERS
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 2016 — 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.
685.6456 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 667.3372 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ set in 2013.
Wider than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 21.1200 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
2 of 4 tracked editions
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Brisket places 2–3: BAD BOYZ BBQ edged SMOKIN TRIGGERS by 0.0116. Pork places 5–6: SUNDANCER BBQ edged HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ by 0.0228. Chicken places 4–5: Fire N' Smoke edged SMOKIN TRIGGERS by 0.0572.
BAD BOYZ BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
BAD BOYZ BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 4th.
Rio Grande BBQ turned in 176.5828 in pork ribs — past the 173.1772 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ (won 2013).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Fort Bliss, TX | Fort Bliss, TX | 26 | 667.3372 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | BBQ MAGIC |
| 2014-10-10 ← this one | Fort Bliss, TX | Fort Bliss, TX 79906 | 26 | 685.6456 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | SMOKIN TRIGGERS |
| 2015-10-09 | Fort Bliss, TX | Fort Bliss, TX 79906 | 40 | 686.7884 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS |
| 2016-10-07 | Ft. Bliss, TX | Ft. Bliss, TX | 32 | 690.2168 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | BAD BOYZ BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 167.4056 | 159.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 166.2628 | 161.7144 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 168.5828 | 161.7372 |
| Brisket | 173.1084 | 164.5484 | 155.9772 |
26 entries · top 685.6456 · median 625.0342
26 entries · top 173.7028 · median 154.8572
26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 160.2800
26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 159.9886
25 entries · top 173.1084 · median 151.9316
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.
13 entries · top 167.4400 · median 145.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Hess | |
| 2 | MEX A QUE | |
| 3 | Smokin' Eatz BBQ | |
| 4 | Romes Smokestack BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoking Barrel BBQ | |
| 6 | MIKE'S TEXAS EDGE BBQ | |
| 7 | Guillacious Que | |
| 8 | Matts Smokin BBQ | |
| 9 | Glazers | |
| 10 | Century 21 Over the Edge | |
| 11 | Rudolph | |
| 12 | El Jefe | |
| 13 | Big Bend Smokers |
15 entries · top 160.5256 · median 149.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Eatz BBQ | |
| 2 | MEX A QUE | |
| 3 | Matts Smokin BBQ | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN SMOKE | |
| 5 | Century 21 Over the Edge | |
| 6 | Smoking Barrel BBQ | |
| 7 | Guillacious Que | |
| 8 | Team Hess | |
| 9 | Romes Smokestack BBQ | |
| 10 | Rudolph | |
| 11 | Glazers | |
| 12 | El Jefe | |
| 13 | MIKE'S TEXAS EDGE BBQ | |
| 14 | Puro Humo | |
| 15 | Big Bend Smokers |
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.1258
7 entries · top 163.9772 · median 155.4288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Grande BBQ | |
| 2 | SOUTHERN SMOKE | |
| 3 | Sarges Smokewagon | |
| 4 | Three Brothers Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Virdinski's Rub Shack | |
| 6 | Jolly Roger Bar B Crew | |
| 7 | Smoking Barrel BBQ |