Apr 3–5, 2014 · Evansville, IN
ONE2BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out on April 3, 2014 in Evansville, IN, scoring 680.5484 in a field of 64 teams. BIG BROTHERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2284. Category winners: Chicken — IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE (177.1544); Pork Ribs — ONE2BBQ (177.7372); Pork — RICE BROTHERS BBQ (174.2628); Brisket — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (174.8572).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
One2BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Brisket places 7–8: SMOKIN T'S and THE REAL SMOKIN ACES tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE edged iBQ'n by 0.0112. Pork places 9–10: MIDNIGHT SMOKERS MJ edged FOWL BUTT BBQ by 0.0116.
ONE2BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 41st.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data
64 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 173.1428 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 173.1200 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 170.2972 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 174.8572 | 169.1656 | 168.0344 |
64 entries · top 680.5484 · median 651.0456
64 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.4058
64 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.3030
64 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.3770
64 entries · top 174.8572 · median 161.4172
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.
5 entries · top 163.3828 · median 160.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POCO PORKERS | |
| 2 | RED HEADED MOOSE | |
| 3 | THUNDER BBQ | |
| 4 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 5 | Outlaw BBQ |
4 entries · top 322.1944 · median 309.9542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POCO PORKERS | |
| 2 | RED HEADED MOOSE | |
| 3 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 4 | Outlaw BBQ |
5 entries · top 158.8116 · median 154.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POCO PORKERS | |
| 2 | THUNDER BBQ | |
| 3 | RED HEADED MOOSE | |
| 4 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | ROADKILL BBQ |