Apr 25–27, 2014 · Monroe, WA
WINE COUNTRY Q won Grand Champion at the Washington State Spring BBQ Championship on April 25, 2014 in Monroe, WA, scoring 666.1828 in a field of 22 teams. DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 657.6000. Category winners: Chicken — BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON (171.4056); Pork Ribs — DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE (167.3944); Pork — Team Megasmoke 206 (169.7600); Brisket — DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE (170.8572).
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.
WINE COUNTRY Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was WINECOUNTRYQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Rusty's BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 5–6: Pork Que NW and JC'S BBQ tied on 166.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: JC'S BBQ and HELLUVA 'Q tied on 166.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: WINE COUNTRY Q and POWDER HOGS tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.4056 | 166.2628 | 163.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 167.3944 | 162.8228 | 161.1544 |
| Pork | 169.7600 | 166.2400 | 163.4056 |
| Brisket | 170.8572 | 162.8800 | 158.8228 |
22 entries · top 666.1828 · median 641.0456
22 entries · top 171.4056 · median 163.1028
22 entries · top 167.3944 · median 160.5772
22 entries · top 169.7600 · median 162.8228
22 entries · top 170.8572 · median 157.0972