Apr 25–26, 2014 · Lexington, NC
SMOKIN SKULLIES won Grand Champion at the BBQ Capital Cookoff on April 25, 2014 in Lexington, NC, scoring 690.2972 in a field of 62 teams. THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.4912. Category winners: Chicken — ROCKWELL SMOKEHOUSE BBQ (178.2972); Pork Ribs — Q SMOKE (174.3088); Pork — TEAM BIB'S (176.0000); Brisket — THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA (172.5600).
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 73 times in 100
SMOKIN SKULLIES came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKIN SKULLIES won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMOKIN SKULLIES's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 13th tracked contest.
Pork places 3–4: CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ and BALD HAWG BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: BALD HAWG BBQ and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA edged Mighty Fine Swine by 0.0112.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data
62 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1428 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3088 | 170.2628 | 168.5256 |
| Pork | 176 | 172.5600 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 172.5600 | 169.7028 | 167.3828 |
62 entries · top 690.2972 · median 643.3942
62 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8400
62 entries · top 174.3088 · median 160.5542
62 entries · top 176 · median 161.1314
62 entries · top 172.5600 · median 158.5428