A razor-thin finish
Closer than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5140 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
- ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
- HIGH ON THE HAWG
2014-10-17 – 2014-10-18 · Mount Pleasant, TN · 📍 Mount Pleasant, TN 38474
Grand Champion: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (708.5256) · 35 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH ON THE HAWG
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.
Closer than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5140 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKE ON THIS and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and Organizer Portal tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and Organizer Portal tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 ← this one | Mount Pleasant, TN | Mount Pleasant, TN 38474 | 35 | 708.5256 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | HIGH ON THE HAWG |
| 2015-10-16 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Mount Pleasant, TN 38474 | 31 | 703.9656 | SMOKE ME SILLY | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.2972 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 171.4516 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 172.5484 |
35 entries · top 708.5256 · median 676.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 6 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 7 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 8 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 9 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | DORAG Q | |
| 11 | Q SMOKE | |
| 12 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 13 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 14 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 15 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 16 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 17 | BBQ MAFIA | |
| 18 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 19 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 20 | TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS | |
| 21 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 22 | SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 23 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 24 | SMOKIN J'S BBQ | |
| 25 | True To Que | |
| 26 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 27 | SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ | |
| 28 | CUEPIG | |
| 29 | Area 51 | |
| 30 | Braai-B-Que | |
| 31 | BEER OR 12 BBQ | |
| 32 | THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS | |
| 33 | Hickory Hicks | |
| 34 | Bones Roll-N-Smoke BBQ | |
| 35 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew |
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | Q SMOKE | |
| 5 | DORAG Q | |
| 6 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 7 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 8 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 9 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 10 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 11 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 12 | SMOKIN J'S BBQ | |
| 13 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 14 | TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS | |
| 15 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 17 | BBQ MAFIA | |
| 18 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 19 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 20 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 21 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 22 | SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 23 | True To Que | |
| 24 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 25 | SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ | |
| 26 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 27 | Area 51 | |
| 28 | CUEPIG | |
| 29 | Braai-B-Que | |
| 30 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 31 | BEER OR 12 BBQ | |
| 32 | THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS |
35 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 2 | Organizer Portal | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 4 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 5 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 6 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 7 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 10 | SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ | |
| 11 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 12 | BBQ MAFIA | |
| 13 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 15 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 16 | Hickory Hicks | |
| 17 | Q SMOKE | |
| 18 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 19 | SMOKIN J'S BBQ | |
| 20 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 21 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 22 | DORAG Q | |
| 23 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 24 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 25 | True To Que | |
| 26 | TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS | |
| 27 | Bones Roll-N-Smoke BBQ | |
| 28 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 29 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 30 | THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS | |
| 31 | SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 32 | Area 51 | |
| 33 | CUEPIG | |
| 34 | Braai-B-Que | |
| 35 | BEER OR 12 BBQ |
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 2 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 3 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ MAFIA | |
| 5 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 6 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 7 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 9 | DORAG Q | |
| 10 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 11 | Organizer Portal | |
| 12 | Q SMOKE | |
| 13 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 14 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 15 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 16 | SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 17 | TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS | |
| 18 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 19 | Braai-B-Que | |
| 20 | THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Hickory Hicks | |
| 22 | True To Que | |
| 23 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 24 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 25 | CUEPIG | |
| 26 | Area 51 | |
| 27 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 28 | Bones Roll-N-Smoke BBQ | |
| 29 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 30 | SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ | |
| 31 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 32 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 33 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 34 | SMOKIN J'S BBQ | |
| 35 | BEER OR 12 BBQ |
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 2 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Hawg Feathers | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 7 | Organizer Portal | |
| 8 | T-N-T BBQ | |
| 9 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 10 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 11 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 12 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 13 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 14 | SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 15 | DORAG Q | |
| 16 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 17 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 18 | Q SMOKE | |
| 19 | BEER OR 12 BBQ | |
| 20 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 21 | CUEPIG | |
| 22 | SMOKIN J'S BBQ | |
| 23 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 24 | True To Que | |
| 25 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 26 | TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS | |
| 27 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 28 | BBQ MAFIA | |
| 29 | Area 51 | |
| 30 | Braai-B-Que | |
| 31 | SMOKIN BRICKS BBQ | |
| 32 | THE LOW AND SLOW SMOKERS |