Oct 18, 2014 · New Hope, AL
Grand Champion: Outlaw BBQ - AL (337.1888) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bama Big Guns
Full results from the I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) 2014, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 18, 2014 in New Hope, AL. Bama Big Guns took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — Bama Big Guns (176.0572); Pork Ribs — TEAM HOGWEISER (173.7372). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by Playin' With Fire; the next was held in 2015.
Chicken 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.
Chicken places 5–6: Outlaw BBQ - AL and THAT JUST AINT RIGHT BBQ TEAM tied on 168.0228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: TEAM HOGWEISER edged DANG GOOD BBQ by 0.0344. Chicken places 7–8: NERDS THAT BBQ edged SMOKIN A FATTY by 0.0456.
Bama Big Guns turned in 176.0572 in chicken — past the 176.0344 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2013 | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL | 24 | 348.1144 | Playin' With Fire | PO BACON BBQ |
| Oct 18, 2014 ← this one | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL 35760 | 23 | 337.1888 | Outlaw BBQ - AL | Bama Big Guns |
| Jul 31, 2015 | New Hope, AL | New Hope, AL 35760 | 32 | 354.2972 | Triple C | BEES KNEES |
| Oct 8, 2016 | New Hope, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0572 | 168.0228 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7372 | 168 | 162.8456 |
23 entries · top 176.0572 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bama Big Guns | |
| 2 | Stars & Bars BBQ | |
| 3 | Pot Bellie Pig | |
| 4 | BOOTLEG BBQ | |
| 5 | Outlaw BBQ - AL | |
| 6 | THAT JUST AINT RIGHT BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | NERDS THAT BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN A FATTY | |
| 9 | KILLIN' TIME COOK TEAM | |
| 10 | FIRE KEEPERS | |
| 11 | Radiance Technologies | |
| 12 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 13 | ALL SMOKED UP | |
| 14 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 15 | DAT-DA1-BBQ | |
| 16 | Fat Bottom Grillls | |
| 17 | Bruce Woods | |
| 18 | Aerospace Grillers | |
| 19 | SOUTHERN QUE | |
| 20 | Smokey Mc Dream Team | |
| 21 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 22 | Preachers' Pork | |
| 23 | Kellys BBQ |
23 entries · top 173.7372 · median 161.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM HOGWEISER | |
| 2 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 3 | DAT-DA1-BBQ | |
| 4 | Outlaw BBQ - AL | |
| 5 | SOUTHERN QUE | |
| 6 | SMOKIN A FATTY | |
| 7 | THAT JUST AINT RIGHT BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | FIRE KEEPERS | |
| 9 | KILLIN' TIME COOK TEAM | |
| 10 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 11 | BOOTLEG BBQ | |
| 12 | Preachers' Pork | |
| 13 | Fat Bottom Grillls | |
| 14 | Bama Big Guns | |
| 15 | Kellys BBQ | |
| 16 | NERDS THAT BBQ | |
| 17 | Radiance Technologies | |
| 18 | Stars & Bars BBQ | |
| 19 | Bruce Woods | |
| 20 | Pot Bellie Pig | |
| 21 | Smokey Mc Dream Team | |
| 22 | ALL SMOKED UP | |
| 23 | Aerospace Grillers |